We got a wii today.we got four controllers and some games and etc. I am excited about it cause if we are going to play video games at least then we are moving besides our fingers.

More exciting news than that. My wonderful sweet husband of mine has decided to start working out with me here at home :) I am so excited. We are going to do our ST on tuesday, thursday,saturday! I went to target and got some more hand weights. And a feq other things. I really am excited especially with the new year, new biggest loser that is couple that starts 1/1/08!!
All of this is great!! Steps to a new life that is healthy and having my husband joib me! To a new and improved us!! Stay tuned to our progress pictures. :)

Buddies?

Do you have an accountability buddy? I finally had to ask someone if they would be my accountability buddy. Why? Cause if I have one small hang up in my food journal, exercise journal I think to myself ... well there I go and blow again. I expect perfection out of someone who is NOT perfect. :) Funny how we do that to ourselves?

Another thing I have learned in the last few months, especially last few weeks is sometimes you just need to not tell EVERYONE what you are doing, especially if they aren't going to be supportive. I have a couple people in my life that like this. Whenever I try hard to get on the wagon, they like to take a big stick and kick me down. So I have been trying to surround myself more with the people who want to be like me or I should say "I want to be like them". I am not saying I wont talk to these people but I am not going to share with them to only be criticized or told that I am wrong. Are you saying my trainer is wrong? If so, take a look at her. Her pictures say it all! And if she is wrong, that is ok. I will still follow her path. :) Seriously, the other day, I wrote an email after watching the biggest loser and told her that I was ready to come down there, park myself on her porch and have her give me a good work over. Why? Because this time I am committed. I don't care what it takes but I know that I am going to do it this time :) Waste no more time!

NSV for the day. I have my meals planned out to the the last bite of my day and I am not going to stray from it. So far I have already resisted cookies ... Let me tell you that sometimes the cookies aren't my friends.

I am also with myself because yesterday and today, I have stood my ground to be able to say "No, my lunchtime is my time to workout, not to go and eat food that isn't on my plan." For me, its day 2 on track. :) I am planning on staying on this track!!! Yesterday I was asking myself "what happened to the girl who went to S.F. on vacation, still went to the gym and was being good?" I know that I have the commitment inside, I just need to let it out. I think that I am scared of failure. Well "hello silly" I am setting myself up for a bigger failure by not doing it. :) Thats right!!! So that is why I am making the changes NOW! :)

Where have I been?

Sorry I haven't been on here to update lately but I have been dealing with a flood that came in my town back on December 3, 2007. It was pretty ugly! I will have more details later of things I wrote on my phone that I just need to copy onto here :)

As for my eating better, working out. Working out has been a struggle the last couple of weeks with all the heavy work of moving people, cleaning and working full time as well but I have been able to get in some exercise.

As for food, I am actually pretty proud of myself. I could have just thrown the towel 100% but I didn't. I told myself that I had to stay strong, I have to keep trying though life isn't always making it easy for me.

I have been having a few people tell me that they think I have lost some weight. The scale and I aren't currently friends but I do think that my stomach isn't as bloated as I really have been trying to stay away from the refined carbs!

I am back on the wagon 100%! I got my plan laid out for me and I am ready to go for it.

A NSV for me was tonight, we went to a 40 year anniversary party. There was cake and etc there. I did treat myself to a SMALL piece of cake but I only ended up taking 2 bites and I set the rest aside for "later" but I didn't end up eating it, I was put in the garbage.

Preplanning for week 12.2.07

Here is my meal plan & exercise for the week of 12.2.07 !! Please let me know what you all think. If I need to twik something, SPEAK UP please!!!!

I will be sending you an update EVERYDAY of what I ate for my accountability. :) I am tired of finding excuses, this time I am going to do it!!!

Planning?

We need to make sure that we "plan" our meals, workouts out so that we make sure that we get them in. When we don't we are flying through the day in hopes that we are making the best decisions. So with that thought, I am going to PLAN my WHOLE weeks menu out along with my workouts.

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We all at times are faced with eating out with work, family dinner or something. I just came across this article and I thought you should take a look at it. It was the 20 worst foods in AMERICA. I was actually surprised myself to see some of the calorie counts in these foods. And the fat content! OH MY GOODNESS. Are they really trying to kill us here?

It bring me back to eating out isn't wrong but take some time and prepare yourself. You know you have a lunch with the work at a certain restaurant. Take some time, look over the menu, make a wise choice, when you get there STICK WITH IT. You will be so much happier!

I hope that this article will help. :)

Enjoy.

Lets move ahead!

I was thinking today. Why do I still here and analyze on what I could have accomplished in the past when I really need to focus on where I am going on the future. I think this is true for a lot of us. We sit idle thinking of if I did this or that, I would be at goal by now. In the end, we beat ourselves up and we go and some of binge, we fall off the wagon again and it’s this never ending cycle.
I told myself today that I need to focus on what I want to be in the future, then figure out the steps that I need to take to get there, and then maybe along those steps there are baby steps along the way. What kind of rewards can I earn along the way as well? Maybe at our 10lbs loss, we will reward ourselves to a massage or pedicure. Why not give yourself kudos along the way? Makes us feel better about ourselves. Instead of thinking, its only 10#s or maybe its 1#, we can think … one less lb, I have to worry about. And feel a sense of accomplishment.

The only thing we can do about the past is look back, see where we made our mistakes, how to avoid them and LEARN FROM THEM. But we can’t change the past so there is no real reason to dwell on it in my opinion. I think too many of us get caught up in this.

So what are you going to do today to start making changes? Me … I am working on my storyboard. I am hoping seeing the visual guides will help me on my journey and make stronger, healthier woman.