Good grief. Have these past few weeks flown by for anyone else? I feel like we just started this whole thing, and we are really making some progress! So exciting! Good news: I've lost another 2 pounds! I have had people start making some comments about looking a little skinnier, which is such an encouragement. It's hard to notice myself because it's such a gradual change. Some pants are fitting a little looser though! Yay! Here's a stats update:
Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight loss this week: 2 pounds
Weight loss total: 14 pounds
Weight loss to go: 48 pounds
I watched a McDonald's commercial the other day and felt a small twinge of craving. Those quarter pounders with cheese and some salty fries are just fabulous. However, I'm finding out that there really are good tasting, healthy foods out there. I have found new loves in sushi, turkey or grilled chicken wraps, and grilled or steamed seafood (Red Lobster's steamed crab legs anyone?!?). I have also discovered healthy snacks that help my salty tooth and my sweet tooth. I am LOVING sea salted roasted almonds! Life changing... Pimento stuffed green olives are another favorite. As for my sweet tooth, Amy and I are discovering more and more weightwatchers cakes:
-Chocolate cake mix and a can of Diet Coke
-Lemon cake mix and a can of Diet Mountain Dew
-Red velvet cake mix with a can of Diet Dr. Pepper (my favorite!)
Just mix then together and bake! You can also frost them with a container of fat free whipped cream. We're loving exploring all of the options!
Praise the Lord for progress!
For His glory, Kate
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
It's a GREAT Friday!
Good news all around:
First and foremost - I'VE LOST 10 LBS TOTAL!!!! I am so freaking stoked. Secondly, I get to see some of my very best friends this weekend! Thirdly, Miss OBU is this weekend!
HOW AMAZING IS TODAY?!?!
So here is my update:
Weight loss goal: 50 lbs
Weight lost so far: 10 lbs
Weight left to lose: 40 lbs
10 lbs in one month is great progress, I think!! It averages about 2 . 5 lbs per week. I would say that's a pretty healthy weight.
Here's even MORE good news:
You don't have to kill yourself at the gym or starve yourself to lose weight. Kate and I have been spending 30 minutes a day, 5 days of the week working out. Honestly, I walk a mile and use some of the machines. My thinking is, I'm not in any rush to lose this weight. I don't have to lose 60 lbs in a summer. I'm not setting any time limits. And I think that might be the best way. Changing your diet is a complete life style change. If you can make yourself start healthier habits, you WILL lose weight. I promise!
Just remember to start small. Don't completely change your diet in one week. Don't go from eating cheeseburgers to dry lettuce. Your body will hate you. Just slowly start making healthier choices and sooner or later you will get into the habit of eating better. So next time at the drive thru, don't order the cheeseburger. Maybe order the grilled chicken sandwich w/o the mayo. Instead of getting french fries, get a side salad. It's the little things that make a big difference.
Thank you all so much for your encouragement!! This weight loss is going to motivate me, but it's really you guys that keep us going!!
Peace & love,
A
First and foremost - I'VE LOST 10 LBS TOTAL!!!! I am so freaking stoked. Secondly, I get to see some of my very best friends this weekend! Thirdly, Miss OBU is this weekend!
HOW AMAZING IS TODAY?!?!
So here is my update:
Weight loss goal: 50 lbs
Weight lost so far: 10 lbs
Weight left to lose: 40 lbs
10 lbs in one month is great progress, I think!! It averages about 2 . 5 lbs per week. I would say that's a pretty healthy weight.
Here's even MORE good news:
You don't have to kill yourself at the gym or starve yourself to lose weight. Kate and I have been spending 30 minutes a day, 5 days of the week working out. Honestly, I walk a mile and use some of the machines. My thinking is, I'm not in any rush to lose this weight. I don't have to lose 60 lbs in a summer. I'm not setting any time limits. And I think that might be the best way. Changing your diet is a complete life style change. If you can make yourself start healthier habits, you WILL lose weight. I promise!
Just remember to start small. Don't completely change your diet in one week. Don't go from eating cheeseburgers to dry lettuce. Your body will hate you. Just slowly start making healthier choices and sooner or later you will get into the habit of eating better. So next time at the drive thru, don't order the cheeseburger. Maybe order the grilled chicken sandwich w/o the mayo. Instead of getting french fries, get a side salad. It's the little things that make a big difference.
Thank you all so much for your encouragement!! This weight loss is going to motivate me, but it's really you guys that keep us going!!
Peace & love,
A
Monday, February 21, 2011
I'm still here!
I know- I've been a very bad blogger lately!
I have a new enemy: Teacher Appreciation Week. Monday through Thursday last week these fantastic ladies brought all kinds of goodies to the teachers' lounge. One could not enter that room without taking a bit of the heavenly goodness! I worked very, very hard to "graze not gorge." I still should not have eaten half of what I did- not to mention, Grandma made me biscuits with chocolate gravy this morning (my weakness). So, as you can tell, food is the struggle. When I get out of my routine, I have to be extra careful with what kinds of foods I put in my body. Workouts, however, have been my strong point. I managed to wake up at 4:50 am every single day last week and do around thirty minutes of exercise. I walk 3/4 of a mile on an incline and jog 1/4 of a mile flat. I do ab workouts daily and then alternate legs and arms every other day. This week, I'm going to up the jogging: 1/2 mile walking on an incline and 1/2 mile jogging flat.
Sunday has come and gone, but I weighed this afternoon and was incredibly surprised to see that I had still lost 2 pounds in spite of my feelings of failure! For those of you keeping up:
Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight lost this week: 2 pounds
Weight loss total: 12 pounds
Weight loss to go: 50 pounds
Now that I know my weakness, I know that this is where my prayer needs to be focused: Self control. I would appreciate your prayers on this. Thank you so much for giving us such strong accountability by being involved in this with us. Just knowing that people are looking at this blog keeps us going!
For His glory,
K
I have a new enemy: Teacher Appreciation Week. Monday through Thursday last week these fantastic ladies brought all kinds of goodies to the teachers' lounge. One could not enter that room without taking a bit of the heavenly goodness! I worked very, very hard to "graze not gorge." I still should not have eaten half of what I did- not to mention, Grandma made me biscuits with chocolate gravy this morning (my weakness). So, as you can tell, food is the struggle. When I get out of my routine, I have to be extra careful with what kinds of foods I put in my body. Workouts, however, have been my strong point. I managed to wake up at 4:50 am every single day last week and do around thirty minutes of exercise. I walk 3/4 of a mile on an incline and jog 1/4 of a mile flat. I do ab workouts daily and then alternate legs and arms every other day. This week, I'm going to up the jogging: 1/2 mile walking on an incline and 1/2 mile jogging flat.
Sunday has come and gone, but I weighed this afternoon and was incredibly surprised to see that I had still lost 2 pounds in spite of my feelings of failure! For those of you keeping up:
Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight lost this week: 2 pounds
Weight loss total: 12 pounds
Weight loss to go: 50 pounds
Now that I know my weakness, I know that this is where my prayer needs to be focused: Self control. I would appreciate your prayers on this. Thank you so much for giving us such strong accountability by being involved in this with us. Just knowing that people are looking at this blog keeps us going!
For His glory,
K
Thursday, February 17, 2011
17 short days
Well everybody.. it's officially been two weeks (and two days) since I've started this new change. I told myself in the beginning that when two weeks hit and I hadn't "cheated" on my diet, that I would reward myself with a day of shopping. When I started, I thought "two weeks is going to take forever." Well the two week mark hit and I didn't even realize it til two days later! That's a great thing. & I just so happen to be going to El Dorado this weekend to go shopping with my sister! So I WILL be rewarding myself this weekend. Can't decide if I'm going to reward myself with clothes or food yet... to be determined.
Surprisingly, I've been enjoying all of this. I'm all about projects. I'm always looking for some new project to start on. And this is my project. And if you don't know me, when I come up with a project or idea, I take it and run with it. I'm fully committed to that project. So I think I've gone about this in the right way.
Weight Watchers has made this journey so much easier. There are so many resources it provides you with. It's the easiest diet to go on. Obviously, I highly recommend it.
Pleeeaaasseeee continue to pray for Kate and me. This week has been one of the hardest weeks to get my bum out of bed and go work out. I need more motivation and more energy.
Peace & love,
A
Surprisingly, I've been enjoying all of this. I'm all about projects. I'm always looking for some new project to start on. And this is my project. And if you don't know me, when I come up with a project or idea, I take it and run with it. I'm fully committed to that project. So I think I've gone about this in the right way.
Weight Watchers has made this journey so much easier. There are so many resources it provides you with. It's the easiest diet to go on. Obviously, I highly recommend it.
Pleeeaaasseeee continue to pray for Kate and me. This week has been one of the hardest weeks to get my bum out of bed and go work out. I need more motivation and more energy.
Peace & love,
A
Monday, February 14, 2011
good morning!
Well good morning everyone!!
Kate and I started up our 5 a.m. work outs this morning. I think this morning was the hardest morning so far to actually get up and out of bed. I had a pretty hectic weekend, so I was exhausted. But I pushed through, got up and we worked out.
I officially signed up for Weight Watchers this morning. I found that counting calories was exhausting and Weight Watchers is so user-friendly. I'm hoping this will work out better than the calorie thing. There's more to work with when doing Weight Watchers. There are lots of recipes to use.
Pleeease pray for me this week. There will be lots going on. So pray that I can keep focused on my plan.
Peace & love,
A
Kate and I started up our 5 a.m. work outs this morning. I think this morning was the hardest morning so far to actually get up and out of bed. I had a pretty hectic weekend, so I was exhausted. But I pushed through, got up and we worked out.
I officially signed up for Weight Watchers this morning. I found that counting calories was exhausting and Weight Watchers is so user-friendly. I'm hoping this will work out better than the calorie thing. There's more to work with when doing Weight Watchers. There are lots of recipes to use.
Pleeease pray for me this week. There will be lots going on. So pray that I can keep focused on my plan.
Peace & love,
A
Sunday, February 13, 2011
hollerrr
Good news! I've lost 5 lbs!! WOOP WOOP!! I'm stoked. Some of you might think 5 lbs isn't a big deal. But it's 5 lbs closer to my weight goal!
Weight loss goal: 50 lbs
Weight lost so far: 5 lbs
Weight left to lose: 45 lbs
This is going to motivate me to do even better this coming week!
These past couple of days has been a true test to my plan. With snow days, eating out and not having time to work out, I've been struggling a little bit. But thankfully, I still chose options that were healthy. Maybe not the best choices for the beginning of my journey, but it could have been worse!
Tomorrow we'll be back to our 5:00 a.m. workouts. Please continue to pray for us as it's probably not going to get any easier this week.
Peace & love,
A
Weight loss goal: 50 lbs
Weight lost so far: 5 lbs
Weight left to lose: 45 lbs
This is going to motivate me to do even better this coming week!
These past couple of days has been a true test to my plan. With snow days, eating out and not having time to work out, I've been struggling a little bit. But thankfully, I still chose options that were healthy. Maybe not the best choices for the beginning of my journey, but it could have been worse!
Tomorrow we'll be back to our 5:00 a.m. workouts. Please continue to pray for us as it's probably not going to get any easier this week.
Peace & love,
A
Weigh day #2!
Okay so here's the deal. My wonderfully perceptive boyfriend noticed a glitch in my bathroom scale yesterday. With no weight on it, the scale shows 4 pounds. So, with his help, the scale has been fixed and I have lost four pounds with no effort at all! In addition to the 4 "lost" pounds, I lost an additional 2 pounds on my own. So, if we're being technical, I lost 6 pounds this week, but actually only lost two pounds off my body. That being said, here's the stats for the week:
Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight lost so far: 10 pounds (including the broken scale weight loss)
Weight loss to go: 52 pounds
Keep up the prayers!
For His glory,
K
Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight lost so far: 10 pounds (including the broken scale weight loss)
Weight loss to go: 52 pounds
Keep up the prayers!
For His glory,
K
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