Weigh In...

Hey guys!

I just wanted to do a check in. I got back up to my fatty weight again... there's no shocker huh? 258 a few days ago.

I've been working on sticking to eating right, but I don't feel like keeping a log. I mean, I tried this morning, but I am making healthy choices, so whatever. I checked yesterday's points and was just under, so I think I am doing okay.

Today was probably even better too. I ate a low cal salad, a high cal dinner of salmon, chicken, a bit of pasta and black and green beans.

Not bad...

Today was down to 256 or something. Better than nothing.

I really want to at least feel reasonably attractive for my brother in law's wedding in August...

Wednesday Weigh In

Hey Ladies!

Well, how has your week been?

What is your weight loss? gain? Strategies that have helped you? New things you have learned?

Share! I encourage you to share all that you feel comfortable and help all of us in this lifetime challenge.

Wednesday Weigh In

Hey Ladies!

Well, how has your week been?

What is your weight loss? gain? Strategies that have helped you? New things you have learned?

Share! I encourage you to share all that you feel comfortable and help all of us in this lifetime challenge.

Edamame

Want to punch up the fiber, protein and vitamin/mineral content of your diet?

I highly recommend Edamame, which is just another name for SOY BEANS boiled in lotsa salt (yummy! lol) and served up on a platter. Hot or cold. Ok, or you can buy them raw and do what you like too.

I found this great article over here.

We bought some of these beans for the first time at Costco a month or so ago and ever since I have. been. hooked! I am telling you, I can't believe how great they taste and the Nutrition Facts of these little green fellas. Seriously... 8 grams of fiber in a 1/2 cup of beans? Can you beat that? 90 Calories? You'd have to eat like 2 Instant Oatmeals packs for that... and account for an extra like 200 calories.

So check them out the next time you are out and about. I seriously love them.

Wednesday Weigh In

WHOO HOO!! I am coming to you to hear your Weight Loss drops!



Ok, ok, mine was a whopping THREE pounds. No kidding. I am actually pretty shocked myself considering the weekend didn't go as well as I would have liked and I am on the rag. Blah.



But regardless. 3 more pounds lost.



What's your scale telling you? Any good exercise to report?



I have to say I've failed on the exercising portion. I had to flake on my hiking buddy and then she flaked on me... so that I haven't done in at least a week. Bad bad Marni. But at least my eating habits are maintaining well.



Jaime: How's maintenance going?



Jennie: How's the exercise AND eating holding up??



Kelley: MIA? Still trying??



Come on ladies... I need some support in this and I want to see you succeed!!!

Wednesday Weigh In

Hey guys!

I am coming to you with this on Tuesday because tomorrow I'll be enjoying time with my honey for his birthday at the SF Giants game!

So what's your weigh in?

Good stuff to report? BAD? Anything that worked or didn't? Anything else you'd like to share.

I'd love to hear it... come on guys get to posting!

Marni

The real deal

I have a little bit of a rant....so bear with me.
I belong to Curves and they just started this new system. I had to go in and get weighed and measured. They all but gave me a colonoscopy- they were so thorough.
(I actually really like the program;but this is not a commercial for Curves. I just want to set the stage for this rant.) As I mentioned, a very thorough exam including BMI and blood pressure. After all the 'history' they ask you your goals, goal weight, why you are working out ect..
Fine.
I tell her that really I just want to have more energy, I want to be able to run around and keep up after my toddler. I just want to be healthy.
So she asks me what is my goal weight? I say really I don't know, I don't have a goal weight...I guess my goal is to not gain weight. I am working out for the multitude of other positive effects you get from working out, not just weight loss. So she tells me that "according to Kaiser (hospital)I am overweight and you should weight 165."

A. effing Kaiser, I dont think I have ever weighed 165
B. effing society, we put more emphasis on weight than on health

Honestly, I dont mind my weight. I like myself, really. I am basically healthy, have a great family, I can walk,run,ride bikes,touch my toes, do yoga & pilates.
I am not an athlete by any stretch of the imagination; but I am not a BonBon eating
fat couch potato either. I feel good about myself and according to some statistic,I have to loose 60 pounds. Its all a bunch of crap. What about my 7 aunts that are all almost carbon copies of my body and weight? What about the fact that I have 1 aunt that has had lipo twice and is back,again, to the same weight? I do think genetics comes in to play. I dont think it is as easy to just look at this and that and 'poof' your weight should be this.
I can see how weight and self esteem can get away from so many girls/woman.
Here are my new weight rules:

1. I will work out b/c my body needs it and it is good for me.
2. I will watch what I eat and not watch the scale. Everything in moderation, for me, is the best thing.
3. I will do the SELF challenge because it looks fun!
4. My goal is to not gain weight and just feel good.

The rest will fall inline. I will either be a statistic of just plain ol' me. And really, I am fine, with just plain ol' me.

Wednesday Weigh In... and more.

Alright guys! It's been too too long. I realize this. But I am back! I swear!

Jennie (also an author of this blog) sent me a great link last night via email. It's the Self Challenge. It's completely FREE and has a lot of resources on the page. I decided to sign up and give it a try and I think you should all do it with me. It's got a buddy program so we can send updates and all that kind of stuff like a MySpace or Blogger, but for WEIGHT LOSS.

I weighed in this morning at 253. Owie. I know.
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For extra motivation I also proposed a challenge to my best friend yesterday. Whoever of us loses 10% of our body fat first gets dinner and a movie on the non or slower loser.

Jennie: I'd be willing to do the same with you... except... it would be whoever loses first gets to stay home while other visits. It's a win/win. I get to see you again and we both lose!

So what is your Wednesday Weigh In?

Oh and get ready... I plan to do a "photo Friday". Let's get those horrible bellies out and show what we want to get rid of... Yuck. Stay posted.

Wednesday Weigh In

Any good/bad news to report this week?

New members? Anyone like to join in our weekly check in and be accountable to someone? Just leave a comment!

The 'LunchBox' Diet

It’s official, I have seen everything.

The new diet 'craze' with the celebs is the Lunchbox diet. It seems the gist is you fill this 'box' w/ 60%organic vegetables, 30% protein and 10%fat. You are to graze on this box of food all day...eating about once an hour. You get to add in some carbs if you work out.

My first thought on hearing of it was....mmmm, how big a box do I get? I mean, I think I currently live on a box of food right now. I just call it a refrigerator. Maybe the celebs know something I don’t know? The diet does not sound very new to me. It kind of reminds me of a cross between the zone diet and WW; but who am I to criticize? I think all this guy did was take the best things from all diets...the things we all know and try to do and find some celebs to say they love it. Isn’t marketing great! (Did I mention you can download the 10 page pamphlet for $19.95?)


I think I will stick it out on my own for now. I will continue to focus on eating the right mix of foods, control portions, and keep up regular exercise. I wish there was a magic diet, something that for only $19.95 would cure all the diet woes of the world; but no amount of money you spend can replace simple logic and determination. We all know what we should be eating and we have good days and we have bad days. Dieting and weight loss is not something to 'cure.' Its not in a book, (or online pamphlet) - its in your mind and your heart. It’s with your family and friends that you will find success. Its just plain life and you work at it every day. And you know what, you can do it. We all can.

Wednesday Weigh In

It's that time! Suck up the Holiday Weekend blowouts and weigh in with us! It's never too late to get started and keep on chugging.

What's your Wednesday Weigh In? I am betting mine won't be exciting, especially since I got a new scale that's telling me how my old one LIED to me all the time. Yup... I was only down like 5 or so pounds from the beginning of my sugar diet. Anyways, what's your weigh in like??

HELP!!! I'm Struggling!

Well for the past two weeks I have been struggling with my eating. It all started a few weeks ago when I went out lunch for a friend’s birthday. I ate; I drank to the point of being stuffed. Now I am constantly hungry! Did I expand my stomach or something? What is it? Why can’t I get back on track? Let’s just say Easter didn’t help. I even tried to be healthy on Easter but I ate too large of portions. I made an entire Weight Watchers meal (Spinach Fettuccini with Broccoli Rabe, Stuffed Herbed Artichokes, and Apple Blueberry Crumble. Even a low fat version of the classic Deviled Eggs! You can’t get much healthier. The problem was I pigged out! I couldn’t stop eating. I did exercise like crazy all week – earning 23 of 28 exercise points! Maybe this is triggering my hunger?

My goal this week is to get back on track. I have stocked up on high protein, high fiber foods. I am drinking my water (74 oz by noon yesterday!!). Trying to keep myself from hitting the hungry stage. We will see where I am next week and hopefully I will have something better to report!

60 second seasoning

Do you hate veggies? Do you find yourself mindlessly chewing you veggies because, well, that is about all there is on your plate?
Have no need to fear, underdog is here! (No seriously, how many times have you got to use that in real life. )
Ok,back to vegtables. Did you know that for each extra serving of vegtables you eat a day can drop your risk of heart disease by 4%. Here are some ideas from Diane magazine to take veggies from 'ho hum' to hum dinger!

Steam a bag of fresh or frozen veggies in the microwave, then give their taste a much needed lift by adding or experimenting with new flavors.

Toss some Broccoli with asian style dressing and top with sesame seeds and faster than you can say Ne-how, you have a great side dish.
Toss Cauliflower with olive oil,curry powder, paprika,and parsley and boom you got a tasty and spicy side dish.
Spinach topped with olive oil, walnuts and some blue or feta cheese an voila another fast and easy veggie treat.

Start with your favorite vegtables and mix and match with new spices. You will be suprised at the good tastes that you find with a little bit of experimenting. Go on, give it a try.

Slackers Unite

Everyone has “one of those days”- too much on the old 'to do' list, work driving you nuts, family working the very last nerve? It happens to everyone. What I find interesting is it can affect you in one or two ways. You either get to the gym. Exercise to work it off, to blow off that steam or you go the other route and become a complete slacker.
Which one are you?
I am the slacker.
I have a crazy week and just did not manage to fit in working out. To be truthful, I did not even try. I don’t like working out, so this was a very convenient excuse. But want to hear something strange, I am dying to work out. I can’t wait until tomorrow morning because I get to go work out. It is really baffling to me this extreme change. Did I mention I hate working out? Hate with a white hot passion, Hate….that’s some hate, man. So you can see why I am so perplexed by this sudden change. Could it be as simple as my body and mind has gotten use to working out? Could I actually be *gulp* starting to enjoy working out?
Naaaawww.
Maybe it’s best if I just take it one week at a time. But for all your slackers out there, beware, getting healthy may just be addicting.

Weigh In Wednesday

Here is your chance to fess up and review your past week's good and bad points.

Well, what's the final answer?

Having a Fit Pregnancy

Hello all! So most of you know im pregnant, so while im not exactly joining you on your quest to loose the unwanted winter coat, I am however NOT wanting to gain an excess amount during this pregnancy!
Im starting out this Pregnancy at 207. NOT IDEAL. I really would like to not get about 240 by my delivery date.
My plan includes trying not to use the term "EATING FOR TWO". In fact during your 1st trimster you dont actually need any EXTRA calories! you do however need lots of extra nutrients so you need to eat food high in nutirients.
so I have been trying hard not to eat fast food, ice cream, and other things that are high in calories and low in nutrition.

Weigh In Wednesday

YES it is that time again! it is WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY!!! So walk over the the scale (you can do it) and let's see what your progress for the week has been. Remember each one of us is different and has different goals. This exercise is simply to make you accountable for what you put in your body and how that affects it.



GOOD LUCK!

Tip for Thursday

You've likely heard this one before, but it's true. Drinking water can curb your appetite. Try guzzling a full glass of it before a meal, and there's a good chance you'll eat less. If you have trouble getting cold water down, try drinking the stuff at room temperature. Just don't fall victim to those silly high-calorie waters (Glacéau VitaminWater, SoBe Life Water, etc.). Remember to drink 6 to 8 eight ounce glasses of water a day. This makes a huge difference. If you fail to drink enough water your body retains what water you have, thus adding weight!

Weigh in Wednesdays

Alright, alright. I am ready to fess up. I weighed in at 259.4 last week. :(

This week I have been forced to diet for my health though, so I will keep you posted on what my weigh in is and what went well and didn't for me...

You?

Tackle It Tuesday

Alright ladies! If I can do this, you can too!

Set some goals for this week and stick to them! Come on, you can do it. Mine is no sugar. Yuck. No candy, no sugar, no fruit sugar, no flour, nothing. I have to because of my health, but that doesn't mean it will make it easy... so what are you doing?

Oh plus... I went walking last night and today. :) And I've gone pee like 50 times already, that means I have been drinking the water right?

Ok now... what do you plan to tackle?

Maintain Monday!

It is Maintain Monday! It is time to refocus and regroup after a crazy weekend. Now is the time to think, what do you have to do to maintain focus this week. What are your goals for the week? What can you do to make sure you maintain and reach your goal?

For me, this week I’m going back to basics. Follow my meal plan and just try to keep up with my exercise for the week. I’m taking it easy as I’m recovering from a cold. So for me it is just get through by eating healthy and keep moving (even if it is a slower pace than normal).

Good luck!

Please Read!

I'd love to get some more contributors for the group, or even hey, be a member and post updates on yourselves. Send me an email anytime if you'd like to join.

marniself@sbcglobal.net

Weekly Challenge

Okay Ladies! It is Sunday and the start of a new week. This week I challenge you to write down everything you eat. Yes, EVERYTHING! I have found that writing down what you eat helps make you accountable for the outcome at the end of the week. Why did my weight go up? WOW, I lost 2 lbs.! The outcome depends on what you put into your body. So for one week write down every morsel, every bite, sip, crumb, etc.

I have been keeping a food journal (as part of my Weight Watchers plan) for 9 months now. I have written down everything I have eaten for about 95% of the time. When I get off track I go back to the week where I lost 2 lbs. and look at what I ate. I can see the difference between that week and what I just ate. This always helps me get back on track.

Also, remember to include veggies, protein, fiber, dairy and yes even some oil (olive, canola, fish, etc. - good oils) in your diets. Take a multi vitamin and drink tons of water!

Good luck with my challenge!

Thursday's Thought

Ok ladies, now it is time to begin to think about what do you want out of this. We have now begun this community of women who want to get healthy, be fit, eat better and overall feel good. So what is your goal? What is it you are trying to obtain?

At one of my WW meetings they talked about setting out an outfit, pair of pants, bathing suit, etc. in your room. Something you want to wear again. Leave it out so you can constantly be reminded of your goal. A big part of weight loss is visualizing how you want to see yourself.

Fo me, my goal is to be as healthy as I can. I want to be in a normal weight range where my BMI is considered "normal". I want be able to go to the doctor without hearing about how I should lose some weight. I want to be active. This Summer I want to go run around the park with my girls, go swimming, bike rides, etc. I want to have the energy to do all of these things with them.

So what do you want to achieve?

National Strawberry Day

Today, February 27th, is National Strawberry Day. A cup of strawberries contains 136% of the vitamin C your body needs in a day. WOW!

I just ate my pound of strawberries, have you had yours today?

~Marni

Weigh in Wednesdays

Ok, here it is, the first weigh in.

If you are going to do this, really going to do this (hey, give it a shot! Seriously!), what do you have to lose???

Then here is our first weigh in. Create yourself a name... any name; Monkey625 (something completely off the wall or something more personal) and post your weigh in after clicking on the comment box. Below the comment box you can choose to use your real name or post it under something you make up (Name/URL ~ You do not need a URL). OR simply sign it with the name you like and click anonymous. This will make you accountable to us, but never reveal any information you may not care to share. :)

Here it goes...

Welcome

Welcome to the Macrobiotic Mama's!

We are a Sonoma County Based group of women who are interested in getting in shape and staying healthy. If you too find that you are constantly looking for new ideas on how to be creative with those fruits and veggies and find that perfect balance between life and fun, here is the place for you!

The blog is intended to motivate, stimulate, challenge and reward you ladies.

Please stay tuned as we get the ball rolling!

Marni & Jaime