I Did It!! I Did It!!

Friday, September 23, 2011

I lost weight! I lost 3lbs this week! I finally found the nutritional vs physical level that works for me! I'm so excited! And 3lbs - that's amazing! I was looking forward to half a pound or even staying the same, but I lost 3lbs!

I know I'm supposed to be averaging 1lb/ week so I'll see how it goes next week and see if I need to readjust anything. I want to make sure I can keep up my healthy lifestyle for, well, for life.

A note of caution to myself: Don't blow it this weeknd! I know Sunday is your day off from exercising and Saturday is the day you make waffles for the kids. Just keep tracking and paying attention!

  

Weighing in Tomorrow

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Tomorrow is my second real weigh in day since I started weighing myself again. I made sure that I was comfortable with my exercise and tracking my food before I decided to start stepping on the scale again. I told myself I was not going to be nervous because I don't want to feel controlled by a scale (but I must admint that there is a tiny bit of anxiety still lurking). I know that I did well this week. I exercised and ate right. I tracked everything and even managed to throw in some strength training which is the main area I need to work on next. So whether the scale, goes down, up or stays the same I'm just going to track it and forget it and continue doing what I know I need to do to stay healthy!

  

Eating in Paradise

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Okay, so maybe I'm not in paradise, but every now and then it's nice to make a meal that makes you feel like you are in paradise. Tonight, I made Island Shrimp. It's actually from a Sparkpeople recipe called Island chicken, but I would never eat chicken in paradise. It would have to be some kind of food from the sea and lots of fruit and at least one good drink. So I substituted the shrimp for the chicken and it was wonderful! The "salsa" for the recipe is a mixture of mango, kiwi, pineapple, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro and lime and I piled it high with the shrimp. Fabulous! Next, I decided that I needed a good drink to go with this wonderful meal and I wanted to try to keep it as healthy and fresh as the meal to go with my island theme. (That means no rum and coke here!) So I blended a banana, some cherries, some pineapple and mango with some ice and, of course, some Cruzan Rum! And it was just as fabulous! It was a perfect meal to end a perfect day! I was able to get in all of my cardio, stay in my calorie range and have a drink!

  

2 Great Days!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I've stayed in my calorie range and exercised well the last 2 days! Yay! Of course, now I've been thinking of brownies for the last two hours, but I'm so exhausted I don't feel like getting up to make them. I guess that's one other positive about exercising!
If I do make them tomorrow, I know I'll add them to my tracker and keep up the exercise and eat well the rest of the time. I won't let them be a sabotage! I'm on track and I'm staying on track (which means that I expect the ocasional bump along the way, but I'll get back on and keep going).
I want to make this the best life possible!

  

Weighing In on Friday and Monday

Monday, September 19, 2011

Weighing in onFriday and Monday is a very good motivator for styaing on track over the weekend. I had stopped weighing in at all because I was always so dissapointed but now that I feel like I am exercising well and eating decently and almost always remembering to track I decided to start weighing in again.

I feel like I wasn't working hard enough before because I wasn't keeping myself accountable through weigh-ins. I don't want to be dissapointed but I also want to make sure that I am always trying to improve and not just slacking off occassionally.

I realized the hard way this weekend how detrimental taking off a couple of days can be! I know not to do it and I've blogged about it before. I thought I was going to do okay this weekend but many things happened that were beyond my control and I ended up not trying to take control of the things that I could, so I gained back 1.5 lbs. That was enough motivation to keep me on track this week and this weekend!!

One day it will become second nature! At least logging in to Sparkpeople and logging my food and exercise has become a very good habit! One thing at a time!

  

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FITFABJENN 9/19/2011 12:12PM

That sounds like a great solution. I know lots of people struggle with staying on track over the weekend. That is such a good idea for holding yourself accountable. Let us know how it goes. Report Inappropriate Comment