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.