Happy Monday, everyone!
I'm able to get on the Wii today - Yeah! I don't care how crappy my throat feels from the sinus drainage (thanks for sharing, Cindy!) I am determined to work out, regularly.
If Cher can do it, then I can.
So it's a Can-Do Attitude (from here on out known as my CDA) that will get me into shape.
Even with watching what I ate while at the convention this week, I managed to put 2 pounds back on! WHAT? So my report this week:
183c/ 130t
Have great week and
Enjoy the Journey!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Weekly Check-In
My question for this week is "Why do we have to be scared into doing something we knew we should have been doing all along?"
I met up with a young woman (I'll call her Cher) I hadn't seen since February. When I saw her walk into the restaurant, my mouth fell open. Wow! She looked AMAZING! Mind you, at her previous 232 pounds, I'd never saw her as fat or obese. She was a little on the heavy side but she is a bit taller than I am so I guess it didn't show that she weighed fifty pounds more than I do.
In March, she found two lumps. The doctors checked them out and just kept an eye on them by retesting over a period of weeks. But the thought that she could have cancer at 35 scared the crap out of her. She instantly began counting calories, staying within 1200-1500 per day and working out like a mad woman. She uses the Wii machine with The Biggest Loser workout program and Zumba Fit. She's lost forty pounds in almost five months! She said she isn't done fighting yet... either the weight she knew she should have lost a long time ago or the battle for her health. They've found a mass and we're awaiting the test results. In the mean time, she'll keep living her new path on the journey of life.
I don't want to be 'scared' into losing weight. I just want to do what I know I should be doing on a daily basis and enjoying the journey right along with Cher .... and you!
Blessings!
Kelly
I met up with a young woman (I'll call her Cher) I hadn't seen since February. When I saw her walk into the restaurant, my mouth fell open. Wow! She looked AMAZING! Mind you, at her previous 232 pounds, I'd never saw her as fat or obese. She was a little on the heavy side but she is a bit taller than I am so I guess it didn't show that she weighed fifty pounds more than I do.
In March, she found two lumps. The doctors checked them out and just kept an eye on them by retesting over a period of weeks. But the thought that she could have cancer at 35 scared the crap out of her. She instantly began counting calories, staying within 1200-1500 per day and working out like a mad woman. She uses the Wii machine with The Biggest Loser workout program and Zumba Fit. She's lost forty pounds in almost five months! She said she isn't done fighting yet... either the weight she knew she should have lost a long time ago or the battle for her health. They've found a mass and we're awaiting the test results. In the mean time, she'll keep living her new path on the journey of life.
I don't want to be 'scared' into losing weight. I just want to do what I know I should be doing on a daily basis and enjoying the journey right along with Cher .... and you!
Blessings!
Kelly
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Weekly Check-in
I know this is supposed to be a Monday post but may I ask a couple of questions first?
1) how many of you have in-laws?
2) how many of you feel you must 'clean' the house before said in-laws arrive?
I can raise my hand on both questions. Cleaning is what I did most of last week. Now that my in-laws are here, I can relax a bit and just enjoy our visit. Mom is taking advantage of my WiFi to work on genealogy research while I sit next to her with my own laptop doing my writing thing.
With family visits comes food. Because there are four of us instead of just two, I've been cooking some things I don't normally make because we can indulge a bit without feeling like we have to eat a larger portion. Monday night when they arrived I made a small roast with boiled potatoes and 'canned' peas. Canned because they're the only kind Bob will eat. I survived.
Last night was spaghetti and garlic bread. I measured the spaghetti for a 5-person serving so I could put at least one serving in the freezer for me. I do that with a lot of meals so I don't have to cook big meals for just me the three weeks Bob is gone. I only made 1/2 a loaf of french bread, giving us each a 1/4 of the 1/2 loaf. YUM! I can't remember the last time I had garlic bread. It was definitely a treat. For dessert I had a 1/2 a blueberry and 1/2 a peach pie left over from when our daughter and her family were here in July. I had a small piece of cherry pie, warmed up then 1/4 c up of canned milk poured over it. I grew up eating my cobblers that way. Again, not something we have on a regular basis.
Tonight we won't be as lucky. Normally we reserve Pizza Night at Memories Sweet Shoppe for the Wed. Bob comes home... so only once every six weeks. But this will be the only opportunity to take Mom and Dick, both who love pizza. We'll eat our share and hopefully I can bring 4 pieces hope to put in the freezer for later.
Before going to bed tonight I'll put a brisket in the oven to slow-cook all night long so we can enjoy a traditional BBQ brisket and all the fixin's in honor of Dick's birthday. We'll top it off with homemade ice cream. No cake.
So yeah, this week it is more about the portions. And I'm doing a better job of it than Bob. I told him last night I didn't want to hear any complaints when he steps on the scales Tuesday morning. So far, I've lost 1 pound.
I'll be back in here next week and hopefully getting things in line the way they should be. Wish me luck... there are days I feel I need it.
Enjoy the Journey!
Kelly
1) how many of you have in-laws?
2) how many of you feel you must 'clean' the house before said in-laws arrive?
I can raise my hand on both questions. Cleaning is what I did most of last week. Now that my in-laws are here, I can relax a bit and just enjoy our visit. Mom is taking advantage of my WiFi to work on genealogy research while I sit next to her with my own laptop doing my writing thing.
With family visits comes food. Because there are four of us instead of just two, I've been cooking some things I don't normally make because we can indulge a bit without feeling like we have to eat a larger portion. Monday night when they arrived I made a small roast with boiled potatoes and 'canned' peas. Canned because they're the only kind Bob will eat. I survived.
Last night was spaghetti and garlic bread. I measured the spaghetti for a 5-person serving so I could put at least one serving in the freezer for me. I do that with a lot of meals so I don't have to cook big meals for just me the three weeks Bob is gone. I only made 1/2 a loaf of french bread, giving us each a 1/4 of the 1/2 loaf. YUM! I can't remember the last time I had garlic bread. It was definitely a treat. For dessert I had a 1/2 a blueberry and 1/2 a peach pie left over from when our daughter and her family were here in July. I had a small piece of cherry pie, warmed up then 1/4 c up of canned milk poured over it. I grew up eating my cobblers that way. Again, not something we have on a regular basis.
Tonight we won't be as lucky. Normally we reserve Pizza Night at Memories Sweet Shoppe for the Wed. Bob comes home... so only once every six weeks. But this will be the only opportunity to take Mom and Dick, both who love pizza. We'll eat our share and hopefully I can bring 4 pieces hope to put in the freezer for later.
Before going to bed tonight I'll put a brisket in the oven to slow-cook all night long so we can enjoy a traditional BBQ brisket and all the fixin's in honor of Dick's birthday. We'll top it off with homemade ice cream. No cake.
So yeah, this week it is more about the portions. And I'm doing a better job of it than Bob. I told him last night I didn't want to hear any complaints when he steps on the scales Tuesday morning. So far, I've lost 1 pound.
I'll be back in here next week and hopefully getting things in line the way they should be. Wish me luck... there are days I feel I need it.
Enjoy the Journey!
Kelly
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