Update:
Week #1 is over on my new 2 week goals and it went well…
First, I lost 6.2 pounds out of the 16 I am trying to lose in 2 weeks… Continue reading
Tonight we went to my daughter’s dorm room for dinner. It was the first time she has had us over and she cooked for us! I was very touched that she was very concerned with my diet when deciding what to make and adjusted the meal around that… we had chicken tacos and burritos which were very good. Continue reading
Quick Sunday blog question (please comment with your reply) … What do you find the hardest thing to stick with when trying to get fit or lose weight?
Is it eating right, being active, getting enough sleep? Everyone has their difficult habits to break. Continue reading
Today was day 3 of the new goals and so far so good… I have done my cardio each day (going to do my bike right after I post this), have stayed on track with the food and have blogged everyday. The weight is dropping so it is nice to see results… there have been some hard parts… we went out to eat the first night at Outback… I researched the menu before we left and stayed on track… Continue reading
A quick list to adjust and build on…
#10 – Cut Portion sizes:
I can eat huge amounts of food… that doesn’t mean I ‘should’ eat huge amounts of food.
#9 – Track All Food:
Every bite that I take needs to be accounted for on my food chart Continue reading
When it comes to weight loss I have only had one ‘goal’ for the last 14 months.. “Lose weight to my goal weight of 228 pounds”
Great goal right? Wrong. First I neglected one of my favorite sayings.. ‘A goal without a date is just a dream’ (American psychiatrist Milton Hyland Erickson) When do I want to reach this weight? Well tomorrow would be great, but then that would be a fantasy not a dream or a goal… and if I look at what the ‘experts’ say then I am looking at about 16 months (best case scenario of 3 pounds per week, every week) Continue reading
Hi everyone… to those of you that are members of Richard Simmons website, you will understand the title of this post.. if you are not a member, Richard does a Cruise to Lose Cruise every (I think) year.. it is a real cruise and quite a few people go on it.. for those of us that don’t go, there is a cyber cruise on his website… Continue reading
So in looking back at the previous posts I have made I notice a couple of things… first, I tend to post more when I my motivation is high.. and I avoid posting when I fail at a goal…
For example, the April 30 day challenge that I started and was all Gung-Ho on.. for 3 days.. Continue reading
Yesterday was day #3 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results:
Goal #1 – Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day.
Stayed on and monitored all day. Was two fruit exchanges under. Score: A
Goal #2 – Exercise at least 5 days a week (home workouts and gym)
I was more motivated, but got caught up in a urget issue with a clients website. Score: F
Goal #3 – Sleep 7+ hours every day
In bed at 12:50 am and asleep by 1:00… up at 6:40 am.. 5 hours and 50 minutes of sleep Score: F
Goal #4 – Water intake of 8+ servings every day and Limit myself to 1 can of diet soda (or diet flavored water) a day
Drank 8 servings at my desk and had 2 more at home. Drank only 1 diet soda all day. Score: A
Overall score for day #3 is a C (2.00) The issue with the client was the excuse I need to not exercise. The issue really needed imediate attention and caused me to stay up late also. I need to make the time for myself no mater what.
Overal average: C or 2.375 of 4 (7.125/3)
Yesterday was day #2 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results:
Goal #1 – Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day.
Stayed on and monitored all day. Was one dairy exchange over and two vegetable and one fruit exchange under. Score: A-
Goal #2 – Exercise at least 5 days a week (home workouts and gym)
Again I sat and thought about it, and never did. Score: F
Goal #3 – Sleep 7+ hours every day
In bed at 10:30 pm and asleep by 11:30… up at 6:40 am.. 7 hours and 10 minutes of sleep Score: A
Goal #4 – Water intake of 8+ servings every day and Limit myself to 1 can of diet soda (or diet flavored water) a day
Drank the 8 servings at my desk and then had about 3 more at home. Drank only 1 diet soda all day. Score: A
Overall score for day #2 is a B- (2.875) Much better.. the no exercise really brought down the overall score. Today I have the gym scheduled.