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Geez, I have to get back on the bandwagon….I have to. Been a while and now it’s catching up with me……

Breakfast - 8:00 a.m.

• Banana - 2 WW Points

Snack - 9:45 a.m.

• Apple Crisp - 2 WW Points

Lunch - 12:00 p.m.

• WW Artisan Creations Steak Flatbread (SUPER YUMMY!!!) - 6 WW Points
• Fat-Free Yogurt - 1 WW Point
• 100 Cal Chex Mix - 2 WW Points

Snack - 4:45 p.m.

• Jello - 0 WW Points

Dinner - 6:30 p.m.

• Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Whiskey Beef - 5 WW Points
• Mixed Steamed Veggies - 2 WW Points

Snack - 8:45 p.m.

• Strawberries - 2 WW Points
• Chex Mix 100 Cal Pack - 2 WW Points

Total WW Points Today - 24

Total WW Points Allowed - 25

Water Intake - 74 oz

Exercose = 1 1/2 LOOOONG hours of Yard Work.  Serious, hard, labor, yard work! And for those that dont think this is work….you should see my yard.

P.S. Ladies I added a granola bar to my breakfast starting today.  I am working on breakfast. It’s HARD! These are the meals for yesterday. I post it a day behind.

Okay, so I said I was going to start this last week but didn’t.  I am a little funny about logs and it had to start on a good day (the beginning of the week) so here it is.  Call me a little OCD about days and starting at the beginning.  I started yesterday, here is my log…

Monday - June 7, 2010

Breakfast - 8:00 a.m.

• Banana - 2 WW Points

Morning Snack - 10:11 a.m.

• Apple Crisp Bar - 2 WW Points

Lunch - 12:30 p.m.

• WW Smart Ones Chicken Enchiladas - 6 WW Points
• Non-Fat Yogurt w/granola - 3 WW Points

Snack - 3:50 p.m.

• Sugar Free Jello - 0 WW Points
• 100 Cal Chex Mix - 2 WW Points

Dinner - 7:00 p.m.

• WW Smart Ones Santa Fe Chicken - 2 WW Points
• Salad (Lettuce, Tomato, Crushed Red Pepper with Light Vinigarette) - 2 WW Points
• 100 Cal Pack of Chex Mix - 2 WW Points

Snack - 8:30 p.m.

• 100 Cal Pack of Almonds - 2 WW Points

Total WW Points for the Day - 23 Points

Daily Allowance - 25 Points

 Exercise for the day - 2 Mile Fast Paced Walk

Total Water Intake for the day - 80 oz.

So, I am having trouble. Yeah, struggling. Stuck in a rut. Stalled. Whatever you want to call the fact that I can’t lose anymore weight.

Really, I would have to say it’s my fault. I was hitting the gym, working my butt off (quite literally) but then….I started a new job (almost 3 weeks ago) and just haven’t had the time to get there.  For the most part, I have been eating well. No wait, let me be honest, I have been eating well for breakfast and lunch and then doing whatever the heck I want for dinner. So I guess no, not so well.

But anyways…..My plan is to get back on the ball. I need to start really getting back on the ball. I don’t want to let myself get out of the habit and then fall back into my old routine!! So here is my plan……

When I started, I did low carb. Which worked really well for me but I like to change stuff around often.  So from October to December I did low carb.  Then starting in December I did low fat/low cal.  Then for lent, I decided to do the Daniel Fast. Which is basically a vegan diet.  Now, I have decided that since I have lost quite a bit of weight, it’s time for me to really do something that I think I can be successfull at long term.  With the other diets, I was trying to lose as fast as I could.  I now want to keep losing but then be able to maintain without having to give up everything.  SO, as of Monday, I have started Weight Watchers.  I haven’t joined a meeting or the online program or anything like that yet, I want to see how it goes and whether or not I think it’s something that I can do.

Another part of my plan to get back on track is to actually post what I am eating and the points of each food on here so that I can see the big picture and have all of you call me out when I am cheating or getting off track.  So basically, that means, I need you all to make me accountable!

I am also going to start exercising again. If I can’t make it to the gym, I will do Exercise OnDemand, run around my subdivision or work out on my own.  I will also be posting this on here as well.

I hope that you all will not get tired of my posting about what I am eating and what I am doing but I hope that doing this will help me to pay a little more attention to what I am eating and doing in order to lose weight.  From October through January, Buddyslim really helped me lose a considerable amount of weight.  I was able to do it alone from January until last month but now I need you again BUDDYSLIM!

Hi there BuddySlim, it’s been a while…I kind of disappeared a few months ago and for that I am sorry. I had a lot of stuff going on and it threw me off a bit. I have continued to lose weight (almost 80 lbs) but I really need to get back to eating right. The only reason I have continued to lose is because I have stuck to my workout plan (5-6x’s a week for about 3 hours a night). 

Well I hope that you all can still support me and motivate me and help me get back on track even though I left so quickly. I am here saying I am sorry and well, I NEED YOU BUDDYSLIM!!!!!  Since I have been gone, I passed my short term goal and now I feel like my long term goal is really, really within reach! I hope that you guys will help me get to where I need to be and help me to stay there!

So I am officially 51 pounds lighter. YESSSSSSS! I am soooo very proud of myself. I can’t believe that I have really stuck to this and lost this much weight. I have so much more to go but I can honestly say that I am motivated and so ready to lose more!

People have really started to notice the weight loss and the more that I hear, “You look good!!” the more I am ready to push myself a little harder. I will be posting more before and after pictures soon. Probably tomorrow as it is almost four in the morning right now…

Thank you BuddySlim Buddies, for helping me get this far, without you all, I wouldn’t have been able to do this. Without all of you, I would still be stuck on my sofa, unmotivated to do anything!!!!

BuddySlim, I look forward to what we will accomplish together this year in the New Year.  I know that together, we will accomplish many more goals! I look forward to it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR BUDDY SLIM!!!!

So, as most of you who read my blogs know, I host a foreign exchange student from Brazil. Well, I am also a rep for the company and oversee the placment of a couple of other kids as well. Let me say that apparently, chocolate was the gift for these kids to give this year. And when I say chocolate, I mean….CHOCOLATE!!! My student’s mom literally sent two bags (as in grocery bags) full of Chocolate! And the German students each gave me HUGE bags of German Chocolate!!!!

Let me just take a moment to remind all of you readers….I COUNT CARBS! So, I had one Atkins Angel on the right shoulder saying, “Stick to the plan, you can do it, look away, put it away, move along, go to the gym. Just think of how many hours at the gym you just wasted if you touch it!”  And then there was the damn Atkins Demon on the other side saying, “Ahhh, eat it! What harm can it do, it’s Chocolate. Imported, delicious, melt in your mouth chocolate!!!!!” Needless to say, I listened to both! Ha! I had me a piece of chocolate a day for 3 days straight! BUT….I also went to the gym EVERYDAY! Yup, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, EVERYDAY this WEEK! So do I feel guilty. NOPE, not at all, not one bit, not even a little!!!!

So, I ate a bit a day for three days and then I decided that it would be best to give the Chocolate away. So, my neighbors, family members and friends are all enjoying…..CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, GALORE!!!!!!!!

Hope you all had a WONDERFUL Chrismas Buddy Slimmers!!!!

Oh and a quick question……Have any of you ever tried any of the Shape Up tennis shoes? If so, which ones and were you pleased with them? I have seen the commercials for several and I was just wondering….

So, when I first joined Buddy Slim and I posted my short term goal, I thought to myself, maybe I set it too far away for a short term goal. I set a goal that was 67 pounds away. But then I was like, why set it closer just so I can feel an accomplishment sooner. Why not set it further and work for the accomplishment.

 Well, as of today, I am less than 30 pounds from that goal and I know now that the goal itself is just a number. I already feel accomplishment. I feel like I am accomplishing something all 6 days out of the 7 in a week that I work my butt off at the gym.  I feel accomplished when I sit down at the kitchen table for breakfast with my family and pass up my husbands AWESOME pancakes for ONLY a kiddie sized one with eggs and bacon. (I am on Atkins so really only the kiddie pancake is a cheat. But really not too big of one, kiddie sized pankace = 2 inch diameter pancake.)  I felt SUPER accomplished yesterday when I went to buy jeans and had dropped almost 3 jean sizes.

So yeah, I wanna meet all of my goals and yeah, it gives me something to shoot for but I am no longer looking at those numbers as an accomplishment. My accomplishment will come when I can run for 30-45 min straight, without stopping. Or maybe when I can look at myself in the mirror and really think I look AMAZING!! Maybe my accomplishment will come when the people I see everyday tell me how great I look or maybe, just maybe, my accomplishment will come when I can wear a decent size in some fabulous name brand jeans. GAP would be GREAT! :o)

So, if you read my blogs, then you know that I have literally been working my ASS off the past couple of months to lose weight. I have been going to the gym regularly, 6x’s a week, and working out for 2-3 hours every time. It may sound excessive but I am considering it dedicated. Anywho, here are some before and after pictures of me. I had my foreign exchange student help me take pictures tonight and I can FINALLY see a really drastic change. I am so excited!!!! Check it out for yourselves….

October 9, 2009 *The day I joined Buddy Slim*

Another from October 9 2009

November 1 2009 *The day I weighed in for my Wildcats Turkey Countdown Challange*

Another from November 1 2009

AND FINALLY…

TODAY, November 26, 2009

Another from today….

 So obviously, I still have a very long way to go but I just wanted to share some of my excitement with all of you. I honestly believe that being a part of this website is what is helping me stay focused and stick to my plan. I really appreciate everyone on here and all of the support that you all give to me!!!!

First of all let me apoligize to all of my buddies for not being as supportive and motivating as I am supposed to be. I must admit that I have not really read any blogs in the past few weeks and have not had much of a chance to get on here and really focus on what is going on. We have had so much going on in the past few weeks and there has just been little time. BUT I am making Buddy Slim part of my plan and I will make myself get on here at least daily to try and make sure that I give the same motivation and support that all of you have given me since I joined Buddy Slim!

Secondly, I have a new goal. I was watching the news while I was working out on Sunday and I saw all the coverage about the Rock-N-Roll San Antonio Marathon. I have decided that I want to run a marathon. I don’t know how soon I will realistically be able to do it but I figure if I put my mind to it and work my ass off, it is not totally out of reach. I have not been able to really run since High School so that is why this is a REALLY BIG thing for me. My sister ran a marathon last year and had pushed me to do it at the time but I just wasn’t interested. I hadn’t really focused on health and fitness prior to August when I started working out and getting healthier.

So anyways, as part of my plan to get into shape for a marathon, I added a new application to my iPod called Get Running. It is a sequence of running/walking that is supposed to help condition your body into running. I find that it has been fairly easy for me to do the running and I am not struggling as much as I though that I would be using this program. I am starting to think that maybe this goal isn’t so far out of my reach….

Also, since adding the treadmill to my workout instead of just doing the ellyptical for cardio, I have really started to see the pounds come off! It is only Wed. but I have already lost three more pounds since my weigh in last Fri. I had to step off and back on the scale last night at the gym because I was sure that I was reading it wrong. Also, I have actually started eating more. I think that in doing Atkins I have been so paranoid about carbs and getting lean ones that I hadn’t noticed that I was not really taking in very many calories. I had gotten to where I was only eating like once or twice a day. I wasn’t getting hungry so, I wasn’t eating. HOWEVER, I started to notice that I didn’t have a whole bunch of energy and going to the gym was getting harder. I guess I just had so much going on that I was forgetting to eat and stuff. Well anyways, I find it quite funny that I have started eating more and changed my workout routine and as a result I am losing more!!!  So, I am pretty sure that I will start sticking to this new plan! I am still doing Atkins, just eating more on it!

So in conclusion…..WILDCATS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT BECAUSE I’M COMING UP FROM BEHIND TO KICK SOME BUTT!!!! :o) - Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little friendly competition! No really, hope that all of my Wildcats are doing well and sticking to their plans too!!!!