Sunday's Weigh-In

Sunday, February 05, 2012

I am down 2 pounds for a total of 10.5 pounds!!!

I've had a great weekend that's for sure and these two pounds are the sprinkles on my sweet as a cupcake weekend

Speaking of cupcakes...while the man and I were shopping yesterday I came across this fabulous display...



LOVE IT!

  

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SAMMYDIZZLE81 2/14/2012 8:11PM

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

ANDREA0301 2/6/2012 11:44PM

Big congrats on the weighin! And I agree, über cool display! Report Inappropriate Comment

1STEELERLADY 2/6/2012 12:51PM

2 lbs is great!!! WOOT!!! Proud of you Report Inappropriate Comment

DARLINGDEE85 2/6/2012 11:09AM

you go, girl!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LIVELAUGHXO 2/5/2012 5:38PM

great!! Report Inappropriate Comment

JAZZ20 2/5/2012 4:01PM

Congratulations on your success, and may you have continued success as well. Report Inappropriate Comment

January Wrap Up / February Goals

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

I started January at 282.5 pounds and I am ending January at 274! That's a total loss of 8.5 pounds and it puts me half a pound ahead for my goal of losing 100 pounds in a year.

January stats:

SW:282.5
CW: 274
PL: 8.5
PTG:134


I've gone 31 days with out any fast food!

I got in activity 18 days out of 31 (59%)

Went to church once - I will do better.

A wonderful start to the year.

My goals for February :

Lose 8 pounds (GW - 266) and move into a new decade

Get in activity 70 percent of the time (at least 20 days)

Go 29 more days with out fast food (for a grand total of 60 days)

Go to church at least 3 times.

Get up at the same time every day(6 am). Especially on the days I do not go to work!

Here's to a February full of love and healthy living!

  

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DADDYS_GIRL6 2/3/2012 11:46AM

So proud of you Andrea!! Keep it up!! Now I don't feel so badly that you haven't been logging in your breakfast! I'd rather you were exercising and eating good healthy food at home! It all takes time and there just aren't enough hours in every day! :) Just the same you are missed at the "breakfast table"! Blessings and congrats on the going to church goal too! Daddy'sGirl Report Inappropriate Comment

ANDREA0301 2/3/2012 10:16AM

I'm SOOOOO proud of you!!!! You got this thang! Report Inappropriate Comment

1STEELERLADY 2/2/2012 11:54AM

So proud of you!! Not only for your weight loss but for your committment to being healthy and accountable! You go girl! Report Inappropriate Comment

MICHELLEYSBELLY 1/31/2012 11:27PM

Wow, that is such a great loss! Congrats!! The hardest thing for me would be to cut out the fast food. If Starbucks is considered fast food then I would fail in the first 5 minutes. I completely know how hard that must be. So happy for you!! Report Inappropriate Comment

SRBULLARD1 1/31/2012 4:50PM

Well done! Sparkle on! Report Inappropriate Comment

JUSTCALLMETEA 1/31/2012 3:49PM

I love the goals you have set out for the month. It's great that your focus is on overall self-improvement, not just on pounds you have to lose for the month. You've done so well this month, i'm sure you'll be extremely successful next month! Congrats on the 8.5 lbs lost this month, and good job on going for a month without fast food. You're doing great! Report Inappropriate Comment

Just call me Ms. Excuse Buster

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

I was watching the BL last night and the mantra for this season is no excuses. I love that. The quote above pretty much sums up how I feel about excuses.The truth is, if it is important to you, you will make the time for it (whatever it is). Over the past seven years my number one goal was to to finish undergrad and grad school. Done. This year marks the first year in seven years that my status is not "student". I have used that excuse for the past 7 years and look where it got me. This year, this year is MY year. I am not making excuses ever again. Let's not ignore the fact that I've also run out of excuses. School is no longer an excuse, work is no longer an excuse, being nutritionally single is no longer an excuse. I have no excuses.The only thing that stands between me and my goals is how important my goals are to me. I have reached my breaking point and for me that means that losing half of me is no longer a dream, or a wish, but it will be a reality. I have set out to lose 100 pounds in a year and I WILL do it. And in 2013 I will lose what is left of the other half of me (around 40 pounds).

I will not let circumstances or situations guide my progress.

No excuses!!!!

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.
George Bernard Shaw

Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George W. Carver

  

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RONDAJONES 2/28/2012 12:40PM

With posts like this...you could make your own Sunday sermons!! ;) Report Inappropriate Comment

1STEELERLADY 1/29/2012 10:41PM

Nothing can stop an attitude like that! Report Inappropriate Comment

SARAHSTARTSOVER 1/27/2012 1:20PM

Wohoo! You said it! Love the additude, and the quote, I am stealing it for my inspiration board. Go you! Report Inappropriate Comment

JUSTCALLMETEA 1/24/2012 10:34PM

You are so right! You are so motivated that i'm confident you'll reach your goal, and then some! Thank you so much for this! I only have 5 minutes on the computer tonight, but i thought i should log on to spark, since i've been so spark-less these past couple of days. This is exactly what i needed to read. I haven't exercised and i've been eating junk, using my In-laws visit as an excuse. Yes, it's hard to make time, and hard to eat healthy when they won't eat anything but fast food, but i can do better. I can make better choices, i can find a way to get to the gym for 30 minutes. I will find a way and i will stop making excuses! Thanks for being such a great motivator! Report Inappropriate Comment

SRBULLARD1 1/24/2012 3:08PM

You are on FIRE! Report Inappropriate Comment

FOREVERFAYE 1/24/2012 2:42PM

Preach on girl! The only roadblocks that exist are the ones we put up and boy have I been putting up some doozies for the past couple of years. No More! Report Inappropriate Comment

The next best thing to ice cream...IMO

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Those closest to me know I love ice cream! LOVE IT! So believe you me, that was one of the first things I brought up to the dietician when I saw her last week. As I mentioned earlier, she suggest I try Arctic Zero. So today me and the man made a trip to WF to pick up a few things and look for Arctic Zero. I was in luck. They had some. So I bought three pints. 1 each of chocolate peanut butter, chocolate, and vanilla maple. I just tried the chocolate peanut butter


.....survey says......It is delicious! And actually I could only eat about 1/2 cup (which is a serving) but if I wanted to eat the entire pint I could because it's only 150 calories! I like it so much I am willing to give up full fat ice cream for it. It is that good. The best thing about it is the nutritional stats.... have a look for yourself...





And there are no artificial sweetners (which wreak havoc on my digestive system)
www.myarcticzero.com/benefits.php
Ahhhhmazing right!!!! I am one happy bunny!

P.S. I bought this at Whole foods and it was $4.39 a pint

  

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JONEC14333 1/27/2012 12:58PM

Cool! Will have to try it! Report Inappropriate Comment

NICOLE12-01 1/23/2012 1:57PM

That is awesome. I wish we had a WF here! UGH! And yes, ice cream is pretty much the same thing as happiness. lol Report Inappropriate Comment

1STEELERLADY 1/23/2012 1:18PM

Awesome!!! I need to make a trip to Whole Foods!! I love ice cream too. Blue Bunny makes some low carb ice creams that I like but I love chocolate and peanut butter. Report Inappropriate Comment

ANDREA0301 1/23/2012 1:16PM

OMG!! I'm pretty sure a stop at WF on the way home is in order for me!! Report Inappropriate Comment

ALLIGATORKATE 1/22/2012 9:42AM

I am curios about the cost of a pint; I found it at Amazon for 6 pints for 38 dollars... at 6 bucks a pint I think I could live without :( Report Inappropriate Comment

It's Friday, I'm in love

Friday, January 20, 2012

I am so glad it is Friday. It's been an exhausting week. I think all this working out is finally catching up with me! Not that it's a bad thing, my body is just on overload with all this activity I am getting. Last night I had a great workout at my female focus class. My quads were still so sore from Tuesday's work out they adjusted the workout to where I wouldn't really work them and focused more on my boo-tay and hamstrings.

I am feeling much better today than yesterday that's for sure. That's the ebb and flow of life. We can't feel sparkly everyday!

I don't have a lot planned for this weekend other than the usual domestic duties. I do know that I am going to make it to church and I am going to get at least an hour of activity in a day.

Everything is going well at the moment. My eating has been good. Although I am having a very hard time meeting my 2000 calorie a day goal. Yesterday I made it to 1800. I really need to make sure I am eating every 3 hours 6 times a day. That means I need to eat at 8, 11, 2,5,8, and one other time which will be lunch at 12. I am not awake enough hours to eat every 3 hours six times a day. I guess I could get up at 5....NOT. LOL

  

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SARAHSTARTSOVER 1/20/2012 1:18PM

Sounds like you are doing great! Isn't it a strange feeling when you can't seem to get all your calories in? I am always so suprised. Take care! Report Inappropriate Comment

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