SO I was craving chocolate today.  Instead of buying and eating some random pastry, I bought some cake mix and made 2 dozen cupcakes....uhm.  I only ate FOUR!!  I plan to take them all to work on Monday and let my coworkers eat them.  They usually like my baked goods.

This was a pretty good week.  I had my 4-week weigh-in on Tuesday.  I was down 10 ( Read more... )

so far.

Eating well.  Went for a walk during lunch.  Drinking water.  And I plan to hit the gym after work.  Just have to make it through the next 1.5 hours!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2008 will be GREAT!!

The last two months of 2007 were hectic.  I got a bit lazy.  Ok. let's be honest - A LOT LAZY!  I stopped going to the gym and my eating was crap!  I regained about 15 pounds :(    I don't want to make this too long.

So for 2008...
*I just paid for another package with my personal trainer
*I signed up to take ( Read more... )

I've been up and down this past month since school started.  It's hard to find time to eat right, even when I pack my lunch and snacks, when the day slips by so fast and you realize at 3:00 that you haven't really taken a break since 7:00.  So I have been going to the gym pretty regularly until I got sick two weeks ago.  I gained after that.  So I ( Read more... )

So I'm closing in on the 7 week mark for when I began this journey.  My ankes and knees are swollen and aching.  I'm exhausted.  And I would love a pint of Chocolate Fudge Brownie Icecream (which I can eat in one sitting!).   But everythign seems to be going well.  I am losing the weight, eating healthy, have more energy, my stress is down, ( Read more... )

I don't even remember when my last post was.  It's getting harder to keep up this journal and use spark people.  I want to though.  I like the friends I've made here and they helped me jumpstart my diet and keep me motivated.  I will try to do better about posting.  But I won't be keeping my food log here anymore.  Sparkpeople tracks my calories/ ( Read more... )

It is FREEZING!  It's been raining for a couple of days here in NY and the temperature has dropped.  The high today is only supposed to be 68.  I know that's not that cold.  But it's still AUGUST for crying out loud!!  Makes you not want to get out of bed.  Off to put on socks.

Breakfast
Egg white veggie scramble on whole wheat tortilla w/ shredded ( Read more... )

I am determined to put 110% into meeting my goal (15 lbs ) by Labor Day.  Even though I was exhausted today, I still went to the gym and did some cardio.  I've been crazed with finishing up my statistics class and trying to go to the gym.  I had to skip my Move & Groove class today b/c I had to finish the Take Home test he gave us yesterday. Btw, ( Read more... )

Breakfast-
Dannon Light Blueberry Yogurt
Large Banana

Snack
Large Apple

Lunch
Salad w/French Dressing on the Side and 2 oz smoked turkey meat

Snack
Sliced Peppers, Celery and Cherry tomatoes

Dinner
1 cup Whole Wheat Pasta w/1/2 cup marinara,  Salad w/1 can (5 oz) Bumblebee Thai Chili Tuna

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Ok. So do I cut more calories or exercise more or both.  I've started using SparkPeople as well to help me track calories and nutritional goals.  So we'll see how that goes.

I know I shouldn't expect to get up and suddenly be at my GW.  But my progress has been so slow.  I'm eating pretty healthily, getting exercise, and putting more effort into ( Read more... )