Holiday Hoedown check in

I'm unsure whether to consider this last week a success or failure.  Somewhere botched it, not ON Thanksgiving, not even on Saturday after the SECOND Thanksgiving meal.  In fact, on Sunday my scale was down half a pound.  And then I got careless and up the scale went and here I sit one pound up. For the nonfitness challenge, to drink water water water - some days I did well, others not so well.

Alas, the holiday week is over.  It's the start of a new challenge week!  The fitness challenge is to continue with the exercise minutes, but to also try something new.  This truly will be a challenge with my time limited as far as getting to the gym.  I may have to figure something out for at home, somehow.  The nonfitness challenge is to list three things I'm going to do to stay on track this month.  And here they are!

1. Use my new (early Christmas present cuz I didn't want to wait another couple weeks to start) Bodymedia GoWear Fit armband monitor.  I also got the display, only cuz I found a fantastic deal on Ebay.  This is the same company that makes the BodyBugg (for those of you familiar with that from The Biggest Loser). The difference with this model is that it also tracks the quality of your sleep.  I will be tracking my eating on their system from here on out.

2. Strive to get 10,000 steps in every day.   Being at a desk job, I can use all the movement I can get.  On the days I can hit the gym I can get those steps in easily, it's the days I can't exercise that it's difficult and I have to find ways.

3. Get a new scale.  In reading through fellow sisters blogs I see lots of you posting pics of your scales.  I wanna do that too! (Can't you just hear the little kid whiney tone in that?) My scale only measures in half pounds, so I maybe could weigh 162.8 but since it's closer maybe it reads 163.  I know that's only .2 but that 162 looks better than 163 for my motivation lol. 

Holiday Hoedown Week 2

The first, and easiest, week is done in our Holiday Hoedown. That first week you’re so gung-ho and all positive on this dieting healthy lifestyle thing. Now begins the second week… the I’m still hopeful and positive that I’m going to keep all the holiday weight off and maybe even lose!


I was able to lose 1.5 pounds this last week. I know that sounds good, but trust me my body is saying I’m comfortable at 163. I’ve been at 163, several times. The scale goes up the scale goes down. My success will be in getting past that this next week (a daunting task with turkey day and all).

I put in 325 exercise minutes this last week, burning around 1900 calories.

The goals for this next week are: get as much or more exercise minutes in, and to drink at least 80 oz of water every day.

 

picturesofmyfood.com

So, over a year ago I'd started www.picturesofmyfood.com .  I had intentions of doing something fun with it, and maybe making a boatload little money via ads.  But a short time went by, I posted a couple entries, and then I got a REAL job. And thus things I had time for had to be put on the backburner...or just put in the freezer...or maybe even thrown away.

Tonight I had a friend asking me about getting their own website and I explained how I'd gotten this one, and then realized that my food blog should have expired yet I knew it wasn't. Well, detail-oriented forgetful me had, well, forgotten that I had auto-renew turned on and the domain renewed for another year.

THUS... I may as well make some use of my forgetful spending and start using that blog. If any of my readers feel so inclined, feel free to email me pictures of YOUR food at picturesofmyfood@gmail.com . It can be a photo of any thing food related-- funny, yummy, healthy, scary unhealthy. If I don't get outside submissions you'll all just be subject to me posting my daily turkey sandwich ;)

Holiday Hoedown Week 1

In an attempt to keep any holiday weight gain from creeping up on me I've joined the Holiday Hoedown challenge over at Shrinking Jeans. We've been given our first week's challenges today, and I'll be using my lonely ignored blog to document my hopeful progress.

The fitness challenge part is to log as many exercise minutes as possible. Boy do I need that motivation! Saturday was the last real exercise I did lately. Not good! So this will get me moving again. Treadmill-ho!

The nonfitness part is outline our goals. So here are mine:

How much do you want to lose? 30 pounds! Ok ok, I know that's not realistic for a couple weeks challenge lol.  Honestly, I'm setting my goal for a whopping 5 pounds.  That would put me at the lowest weight I've been in 15 years, and it would break the under 160 barrier. 

What are your fitness goals for this challenge? To continue running on the treadmill--as in to run longer stretches and walk less, and maybe to pick my pace up just a tiny bit.  I also know how important strength training is so I need to fit that in too.  I'm thinking of maybe doing a push-up challenge to myself.  Start with 10 push ups (real man style!) and increase it each week by say 5. 

What will you be doing to track your food or calories? I was at Sparkpeople for so many years, and I decided a clean break would be nice so I started tracking over at My Fitness Pal where my friend Jenn has been logging her fantastic weight loss progress.   So if you remotely care about what I'm eating or the exercise I'm doing, you can find all the dirt there. 

Finally, the scary honest truth that no one is supposed to ask a woman, I'll admit freely.  My starting weight at the beginning of this challenge is... 164.5. 

Good luck to all do-si-do-ing, and to my team - GO JIGGLE BELLES!