Week One-Success

Okay, good news to report. I lost two pounds. Last Sunday was my official start date. No sugar treats or unhealthy snacking all week. I do allow myself a treat on Wednesday treat night and a little on the weekend. No alcohol. I stuck with it for a week and lost two pounds. Yippee. 10 more to go. My goal is by Memorial day to be at my target weight. Here's to week two....

S

Well... 2/2 has come and gone.....

So... what' the deal? Everyone doing FABULOUS now... that 2/2 has come/gone? I'm NOT!!!! I've lost NOTHING! Zilch... NADA!
I did do some research... I can't remeber if I shared this before or not.. but here goes.. My bloodwork came back with a thyroid level of 0.90... 0.45 is consider hypothyroid! So i'm 0.45 off... 4.50 is the max. Anyway -- i started researching.. and found that if you take your basal temp. it's more accurate to test the levels. I got a basal thermometer and put it beside my bed. When i woke before i moved... talked.. I took my basal temp. My temp. was consisently 97.0, 96.9, 96.6... The info. I found... said anything below 97.5 is LOW THYROID! So... I gathered all my data and e-mailed my doctor... I'm waiting to hear from him... ;-) Maybe the glandular thing is actually a FACT for me! When I read the symptoms.. I have SO MANY of them! Anyway.. I'll keep you posted! Amazing what a little butterfly shaped glad that weighs less than an ounce... can do!
Anyone else struggling???? Love, C
P.S. I miss you all!

I'm Gross.

So apparently eating cookies every night and doing absolutely nothing by way of physical activity has finally caught up with me. I always wear my jeans big, so I really can't tell from them if I've gained weight. However, I had to put on a pair of dress pants today for a play that I'm going to with Daniel's class. I haven't worn them in a while. They've apparently shrunk, or else my ass got fat. Also, my muffin top is so attractive in them. It's so bad I refuse to tuck my shirt in and I'm wearing my belt on the outside of my shirt. I'm pretending it's because it's the style I'm going for, but we all know the truth.

I'm going to have to stop making excuses and get my butt back in gear. My goal is now to lose 10 pounds. If I didn't have to go to this play I'd go running right now. My goal is to exercise 5 days a week for at least 45 minutes. I'm throwing it out there so you all can hold me accountable. You can be my Jillian Michaels and yell at me when I slack off. Feel free to call me mean names and make fun of me if needed. My favorite nickname is Lard Ass, so feel free to use it often.

Love you all.
Mort

Jillian PodCast...

Hi there... I just found out Jillian from BL (Biggest Loser) has a podcast!!! I guess it's 2 hours... weekly.

I haven't listened to it yet... thought i would pass on the link? So what do you think about the virus theory?

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/theskinny/blog/2008/01/jillian_in_your_ipod.html

A VIRUS????

Here is an article I read online ... from a Newsmax link.... So... do I have AD-36???? *sigh* I'm probably just fat... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!


Obesity Can Be Caused by a Virus
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:23 AMBy: Sylvia Booth Hubbard
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Obesity can be caused by a virus and can be caught like the common cold, say researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana. The highly-infectious virus, an adenovirus called AD-36, can be caught as easily as a cold from the coughs, sneezes and hands of those infected.
Once caught, the virus circulates through the body causing runny noses and sore throats. It also causes fat cells to multiply and can lead to massive weight gain.
“This virus goes to the lungs and spreads through the body,” said Nikhil Dhurandhar, an associate professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. “It goes to various organs and tissues such as the liver, kidney, brain and fat tissue,” Dhurandhar told BBC2’s “Horizon” program.
“When this virus goes to fat tissue it replicates, making more copies of itself and in the process increases the number of new fat cells, which may explain why the fat tissue expands and why people get fat when they are infected with this virus.”
Victims of the virus could remain infectious up to three months.
Studies show that 33 percent of all obese adults have the AD-36 virus compared to only 11 percent of thinner people. Tests in animals infected with the virus gained weight more quickly than those animals not infected even when they did not eat more.
Regardless of the virus’ role in causing obesity, most scientists agree that the single largest cause of obesity is eating too many and too much of the wrong foods.
© 2009 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

My new idea.

Okay, Family! I have a fabulous idea. Since we all for the most part agree that we've sucked so far with the whole exercise/healthy eating thing, why don't we do this. Let's move our new starting deadline to February 2. It's such a cliche to make New Year's resolutions; everybody does that. So let's make Ground Hog's Day resolutions instead. Plus, we don't want to start on February 1 because that's Super Bowl Sunday, and let's be honest: We're all going to be pigging out on crap and likely drinking alcohol by the gallons, so there's no sense starting then. What do you think? Plus it gives us one more week to eat what we want, sleep in just a bit and not feel guilty about not exercising. Then starting next Monday we all hit it hard.

Who's with me??

Fail.

So, I'm not doing HORRIBLE. Not exercising, mind you, and yes, it's the cold. I put the kids to bed and I curl up on the couch and stay warm with my giant electricity-producing fuzzy blanket.

Maybe all the shocks it gives me are burning some calories?

Anyway, the eating though. I've been pretty good. Not snacking too much, turning away fatty foods, etc.

Howevah. I went to Dunkin' Donuts in Market Square this morning and two things happened, first, I did not see Mark there which is shocking in and of itself because I thought he lived there, and second, I was hungry and am forcing myself to eat breakfast since I read it's good for your metabolism, but instead of asking for the reduced fat blueberry muffin like I should have, I was all, "Hello, fatty pumpkin muffin with gobs of icing. Come to mommy."

Unfortunately it obeyed me and I ate it and now I'm all, "Blurgh."

Pray for me.

SMILE!!!!

Hummmm.... well aren't we all a pair? At least you all are cute and in my mind SKINNY!!! (Actually in REALITY ... you're all SKINNY and GORGEOUS! So smile!!!!

;-)

I'm not sure if it's winter blues.. or what.. but i've had a terrible time getting motivated... I mean w/ everything.. including house cleaning. I did my house really really well today so that helps a bit... but WOW. I get so easily distracted... like say w/ this BLOG... or with FB... OR WHATEVER!!!!

It's Been Quiet on the Blog.

Does that mean that you all are sucking on the exercise/healthy eating as much as I am? I don't have a clue what's wrong with me, but I have yet to start exercising. I'm eating less crap, but I still manage to fit some in now and then. Had a bunch of Hershey's kisses last night. Then topped it off with an Oreo. Every night I go to bed sure that I'll be up early the next day to exercise, then I just hit the snooze button and go right back to bed.

Anyone else struggling? Anyone? Anyone?

Healthy Snack ... I think.

Here's something I've been snacking on lately and LOVE IT.

• I take about 10 reduced-fat Triscuits (actually, the Target brand)
• Put a little blob of salsa on each one (I use ChiChi's)
  
• Sprinkle reduced fat Mexican blend cheese (again, Target brand)
• Microwave for 45 seconds.
• DELISH!

Hope that's healthy. If not, well, that explains why I haven't lost weight.

Fatty McFatpants

Well just got back from doctors and I am no longer able to eat what you all are craving. I gained 7 freaking pounds in one month. Good golly I have turned into Ginny with the pregnancy weight gain. :) Doc said not to worry since I was really small to begin with but still that is alot of weight for one month. I am going to try and slow down on eating. I have been eating like a champ since I have been feeling better and now I am paying for it. So lets get some ideas for good healthy snacks so I don't gain 60 pounds with this pregnancy!

Tam

Great News....

I've gained a pound.

I blame it on the freakin' cold weather.

Goals.

Sorry for the delay in getting the goals up. In addition to the lose 10 pounds....:)

1. Exercise 3 times for 30 minutes.
2. Share one healthy recipe with the group. Any meal, snack, etc. We need some fresh ideas on food.

Here's one. Cut up a apple, add lime juice, sprinkle with salt. Yum! It will feel you up and the sour/salt thing is satisfying. Actually got that from Mort. Will post more soon.

They delay in posting is b/c my dog has decided that everytime we leave him alone now, he needs to poop in the crate. Neighbor had some work done on their house and I think it scared him. Free dog to any home.

S

Goals.

Well, Stacey hasn't bothered to give us a goal for this week yet.

Who put HER in charge?

I guess I'll set the goal.

Here it is.

Lose ten pounds.

Good luck! ;)

RSS Feeds...

Hi Everyone... so... I subscribed to the RSS FEEDS (at the bottom of the BLOG)... the folder showed up in my inbox... but it seems that it only shows up there when someone posts a NEW post... not just comments on an exisiting post? Is that correct?

Also what's this P90X???

I've got to do somethign to really trigger my weight loss... I'm definitely working really hard on the exercise portion.. so I got that down... but the eating/jogging my metabolism portion... well that's where I'm hung up.

I guess I coudl try to South Beach Week 1 again..... Why do I have such a mental block with that?????

C

Follow-up Week One

Okay gang, how did we do this week in meeting our goals? I know we had a lot of sickness to deal with the last several days. Did you exercise 3 times? Did you pass up that bad snack at least a few times?

Personally, I did really good on the eating...of course that may have had to do with the fact that my stomach was on the edge for two days and I didn't feel much like eating. :) But the eating part was good. I'm embarrased to say, the exercising didn't happen. It is so cold and rained several days, I just couldn't get outside. My goal is to have the kids show me how to use the Wii this weekend. So I guess meeting one out of two goals is okay.

As far as posting measurements...don't worry about that. Everyone just track your own, but keep us all posted. I'm going to try to make up a little spreadsheet that we can just put the measurements in and it will calculate results. I gotta get to it this weekend before school starts...or it won't get done. :)

I'm proud of you all for making the resolution to get healty this year. Just think how good we will all look in our bikinis this summer. :)

I'll post our goals for week two tomorrow.

So, I discovered when my problem time is. At about 4:00 I get this horrible lull/blah feeling and I start eating anything in my house. I did clean out my pantry this past weekend and threw away the majority of my crap, but I have this one dark chocolate candy bar in my fridge and I eat some of that. Which leads to more of that. And then a little more. Before I know it I've eating nearly half of a huge chocolate bar. So apparently I need to keep the chocolate out of the house. Maybe I'll have Dewey hide it so when I want a piece I can have him get it for me, but then I won't know where it is.

I also discovered that I absolutely cannot sit down on the couch during the hours of 3:00 to 5:00 or I will absolutely fall asleep. Not that that has anything to do with weight loss, but it was another epiphany I had this week.

I'll post measurements. I promise. I just need to take the time to get naked and take them.

Keep being healthy!!!

1st step

Well I have taken the first step to a healthier Me!  

I just went to Target and bought me a really pretty purple yoga mat (that Laney will love) and some accessories in order to assist me in my new embarkment.  Gotta look good when exercising right???

Hopefully today I will actually unwrap the stuff and use it.  

 

You know it's bad when....

You are walking down the steps and stop b/c you hear something...only to realize it is your thighs rubbing your pants together. Totally serious...happened this morning. I was walking down the steps, Jack was behind me. I kept stopping b/c I was hearing something. I said "Jack, do you hear that?"...He said "it your pants". Humbling.



People, I'm waiting for measurements. T & J are the only two that have complied. Of course, they are....they have no body fat between them.



Okay, here is the challenge for the week. We have to start small b/c if we go to big we will get discouraged. So your challenge for this week is in two parts.



1. Do some form of exercise for 30 minutes, three times this week. Anything...walking, playing with the kids, Wii Fit, whatever....just get the butt moving.



2. Try to at least one time a day, avoid grabbing that junky snack. Eat one cookie instead of two. Skip the candy dish at work, once. You get the idea. You don't have to completely abstain...just once a day, make the choice to say "no" to the junk.



Keep everyone posted on your successes and failures. Together we can do this.

There's nothing like piggy meat!

Guess what I had for dinner? A nice, juicy piece of the muscle from an oinker. It was immediately deposited on my gut. I followed that up with stuffing, rolls, salad (because I'm eating healthier) and then I had pumpkin pie for dessert. I'm measuring myself tomorrow so I'm trying to bulk up quickly.

Seriously, I look forward to losing some of my wobbly bits. I'm chunking all the junk food and I'm going to try to treat myself on weekends to something I love. I just need to think before I eat instead of taking handfuls of peanut m&ms and chewing the chocolate and spitting the peanut out because somehow that makes it healthier. Seriously, ya'll, I do that.

Okay. So are we posting our measurements for all to see?

It begins.

What does a family do when they've all decided that while they may be hanging out in the normal BMI range, they're not as thin or as fit or as awesome as they could be?

What does a family do when even though they are all well-adjusted members of society, there are emotional issues yet to be addressed, goals yet to be achieved, life dreams yet to be realized?

We can blame it on our glands, or we can join together and do something about it.

This is us. Doing something about it.