Living in Moving Chaos - Scarier than any Halloween

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

I am not losing a thing and I know why. We are building a house and have to be ready to move at a moment's notice because we are living in our sold house...and if she sells her house...well. Pull up stakes and go to my SIL's. I'm packing like crazy.



I just HATE disorder and living out of boxes is not fun. Demotivating at best. And, stress eating? For sure. But...

I got a wedding invitation the other day and I'm going to make that my goal to knock off 10 lbs. I have another Sparkbuddy that I weigh in with on Monday's (Go CARANN!) . We are going to do this together. If not, I'm afraid I'll look like this at the wedding:
Poor groomsman!

So, what are my barriers to success? Well, I have a hard time exercising with my husband home. This is just stupid, but I when he is home, all I do is watch TV with him or go to the buffet. And I miss my Wii workouts so much, I really do.


I'm going away next spring on a cruise and I really, really want to be in shape again. I have quit Curves because of the move, I stopped Zumba and I have GOT to get motivated..so

I thought if I put it out there that I am publicly going to commit to 10 lbs off by December 15th, I would be motivated to exercise again...so here it is.


Everyone have a safe and healthy Halloween and I hope my next blog I'll sparking my goal to rock my new dress at the wedding!

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The Snowmanless January

Thursday, February 02, 2012

The warmest January in 80 years! I'm loving it! A great jumpstart for my 2012 goals. I started out this year with my extra holiday weight...210 lbs. I had gained, gained, gained from the holidays.


My Zumba buddy, Curves buddy and Sparkfriend all in one decided we needed to come up with a plan. So we got together and set some goals and made a pact that we would do this in 2012!!!


So we stepped up the Zumba.


I joined the Walk it Out Team's Dude Ranch Challenge (GO AMBLERS!)


And I have read a motivational article almost every day and looked at many other Sparkpages to get ideas and support.



I stayed under 1800 calories a day, which is monumental for me and so far I've lost 6 lbs!


As you can see in this picture, the pounds are just melting off.


And this makes me very happy and proud of myself and my buddy!


This is a picture of me celebrating.

My February goals are to try to reduce my daily calorie count by 100. Stick to a meal plan and keep my exercise minutes up. Here's to a successful 2012 to you, all my Sparkfriends!

I'll close with a picture of what I want to look like in 2012.

If you are wondering, that's me in the middle.

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Week 2 Health Challenge

Monday, September 19, 2011

Worked out on the Wii, Curves Circuit training and tried two new exercises: Country Line Dancing and Leslie Sansone walking DVD 5 miles. I liked the line dancing except I was doing it on carpet and that was a little difficult. Leslie is a good workout and I got to do it with friends. I lost one lb!

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Week 1 Health Challenge

Sunday, September 11, 2011

This week our team challenge was to track sodium, calcium and fiber. I have learned that I am horribly deficient in all these nutrients! Way too much salt, not enough calcium and fiber. I learned I need to pay attention to these food qualities, that's for sure!


I wasn't able to track the last 2 days of the challenge as I went away. Best I not track those foods anyway! Mostly processed foods.

I hope to do better for next week's challenge, but I have two birthday dinners coming up, so I'd better be ready.

Thanks to our team leader for setting these challenges up!

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Doing a 30 day challenge with my Sparker-Curves Friend SteelerGirl

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Well, I made it to the magic 199 lbs. and then, I let it slip away...a little at a time. I went back to work part time and ate at restaurants and eateries with all my old work friends...to "celebrate". I am quite the little celebratory animal, as I found out and celebrate hard lost lbs. right back on.


So my friend and I have challenged each other to a 30 day weight loss. I'm on day 3.


Got up to 107 and now I'm back down to 104 with a lot of hard work. I find it easier to exercise than to cut the volume of food I eat, for some reason. So for now, I have made a 30 challenge plan.

1. Stay under 1600 calories a day (weekly average)
2. Work out everyday per my established schedule
3. Remember every day it is just 30 days. Stay aware

Day 3 and going strong! Steerlergirl has some kickin' recipes, that are low fat and low sugar. I'm going to stick with eating the same thing everyday except for dinner so I don't have to think too much. 27 days to go!

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