my top 10 reasons

for wanting to diet/exercise


10. to look better
9. to get healthier
8. to tone up
7. to relax
6. to loose weight
5. to feel sexier
4. to get long lean muscles
3. to set a healthy example for my family
2. to have a better body image
1. to be the strong capable woman I know I am and can be

oh wow if thats not motivation I dont know what is

1. As I was looking thru cookbooks and organizing them yesterday I ran across an old journal of mine from Jan 2004, which was about 1 month after Carlie was born. It was a diet/exercise log.......and I weighed 20 lbs give or take less than I do now!!! So in the course of 7 years I gained 20 lbs.......thats not very good......that is just the extra motivation I need to spur on this tired butt of mine to actually do what I want to do.......

going and feeling strong

Today could have been a total BUST! With the kids having a 2 hour delay due to snow, my Zumba class was out of the question....it ends at same time I would have to be taking Carlie to school (besides it was probably cancelled anyhoo) and of course AF showed up last night.

I could have said to heck with it and sat my booty on the couch and ate.....

But I got up and did my kickboxing tape......and I feel good!!!! Even helped with the cramps a little!!

WTG me!!

startigng a new

I started taking Zumba, not obbessing about diet, just watching calories, but not cutting anything out......

and lost 3.4 lbs last week!!!!!

I am taking Zumba Mon, Wed, Fri and doing my dvds on Tues and Thurs.....did some cardio kickboxing today, feeling strong.....lol

Sat ams I think I will do pilates to stretch my muscles wanna get that long lean look

Sun will be a day off ....... at least from exercise

heres hoping the scale shows more losses!!!

in this game losing is winning!!!

monday

Starting day 7 of south beach, as of today my weight loss is 7.5 lbs, so a little over 1 lb per day, if I continue to follow this path, by the end of the 2 week phase 1 I will have a weight loss of 18 lbs in 2 weeks....that fricking rocks!!!

I was surprised by how easy this plan is to follow, as long as you plan ahead...you definatley need to plan for your meals and snacks.... the cravings were virtually non existant as well.....yes the 1st 3-4 days I did think about bread A LOT!!! even drempt about it one night....LOL....but those cravings subsided. The key is to not let yourself get to the point where you have to eat right now!! And thats why the snacks are built into the program I think so that you dont get to point of ravenous hunger where you eat, scratch that, inhale anything in sight....

8 more days, I got this in the bag!!

south beach day 6

Ok I went on South Beach thinking it was gonna be very very hard......and was pleasantly surprised with the ease of it. Yes, you can eat only certain things, and no carbs the first 2 weeks.....not even fruit, but still, what you CAN eat is good......lean red meat, chicken breast, fish, eggs, veggies, canadian bacon, turkey breast......I can make a variety of meals that my family actually enjoy.

After 6 days, I have already lost 6.5 lbs.....YAY!!!!!!

I am hoping to have a total loss of 15 lbs at the end of the first 2 weeks.

Then moving forward into phase 2 to take off the rest of the weight, I can do it, just not overnight!!!

Pleasantly surprised

Saturday and Sunday were not my finest dining days.....

Saturday hubby and I went for lunch at Panera and even though its 1/2 a sandwich, boy are there calories packed in it....plus the brocoli soup; ate pretty good for dinner, had roasted chicken and veggies; but had caramel apple pie with ice cream for desert.....NO!!!!!

Sunday was my bday and I knew it would be a splurge day.....had steak, parsley potatoes, corn on cob, tuscan bread and red velvet cake .......WOWIE

plus I didnt have time to work out Fri, Sat, Sun

so I was pleasantly surprised to step on the scale Monday morning and see a loss of 2.5 lbs!!!

My saving grace was drinking a TON of water