Weigh-in Sunday

IT'S SUNDAY!!! Do you know what that means?!?

I've completed my 1st Challenge!!! YAY but whatever I'm sure your ready for the juicy stuff right? {I'm so totally trying to delay telling you how my weigh-in went ....LOL}

{Cue the Jeopardy Music!}

So you either just skipped down here or you actually listened to the music LOL but either way your awesome cause you've decided to take a little time out of your day to read my blog! {Thank you! Note how I'm still trying to delay the inevitable. LOL ok I'll stop... here goes!}

I weighed in today and the scaled reported back to me... 216.2 {gasp!}
Ok see I was obviously drowsy when I first stepped on the scale cause when I saw this number I thought I had gained weight {I saw 226.2 in my mind}. LOL so I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and stepped on it again. 216.2 *thinking* *What the heck did I weigh last week?? DUH!!! you weighed 220.6 STUPID!!! You Lost 4lbs!!!*

{Cue in the Victory Dance!}

Ok so I didn't make a video of me doing my Victory Dance, LOL maybe one day I will!

But I am so excited! I worked my butt off this week and it paid off! Hard work, dedication, patience, and the willingness to put forth the effort and you can do whatever you set your mind too! Nothing can stop me NOW!!! 

If you would like to see how I did on my Challenge check it out here: Healthier Me's Challenge 1

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Update1, Challenge 1

Ok, so I was going to wait until Sunday to talk about how my Challenge went and what not, but I just can't keep anything away from you guys for too long!!! LOL

So anywho!

Day	Eating	Exercise	Calories Burned
Monday	Went fabulous! Planned all my meals out for the day and stayed on schedule. I even ate veggies! I usually eat salads.	I was so Hyped up and motivated! I did 30mins on the Treadmill (which was no joke by the way! I wanted to quit after 5 mins!!! LOL felt like my legs were gonna give out on me and my calves were tightening up) and 5 mins on the Row Machine (thighs and arms were hurting).	1. 230-Treadmill 2. Not sure on Row Machine
Tuesday	Ate a little late because I didn't estimate the time it would take me to finish some hw, but other than that It was a pretty good day! Even got my veggies in!	O.M.G It was so hard trying to motivate myself to go to the Gym, but I did it! I even pushed myself a little harder than I did Monday! 30 mins on Treadmill (I even jogged a little and I mean "LITTLE") I also did 15mins on the stationary bike (The one that feels like your on an actual bike LOL)	1. 229-Treadmill (weird! It was 230 Monday) 2. 82-Bike

Oh yea! Before I forget I joined Planet Fitness today...er yesterday (Tuesday April 5, 11). Now I have no excuses LOL can't be complaining that the Gym is too far, when it's right up the street from where I stay! Membership is only $10 a month! Awesome right? But I'll talk more about that come Sunday!

I'll also be posting my food planner at the end of the week so you can see how I'm eating! Hope you all are having a Great Week!

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Challenge 1

Since this past week was such a bust I've decided to do a challenge for myself!

1. Drink a gallon of water every day for an entire week
2. Exercise at least 3 days this week
3. Plan out my meals ahead of time
4. Eat more veggies!
5. Continue this challenge on to the next week


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I screwed up!

Ok, so this past week has been... Madness!

All of my professors have decided to grow little horns out of their heads and shove a ton of work down my throat! ='(

It wasn't pretty! The weather has been acting CRAZY! Mother Nature is seriously taking a break cause one day the sun is out and shining and the next it's drizzling and cold. (I do not do cold weather! It's like my body shuts down)
I was messing up my eating routine and yes I've still been eating healthy foods but I haven't been sticking to my time schedule so it was off this week. Also I haven't been drinking water like I was supposed to, and I wasn't able to excuse this week either due to stress and this crazy weather.

On top of all this madness I haven't worked out in 11 days!!!  11 freaking days! So I already know I'm going to be crying when I do get back into the groove -sighs-

Weighed in today at 220.6 so from my last weigh in which was Monday 3/28/11 I haven't lost anything. I pretty much expected this, if anything I'm glad I didn't gain! (Woo!) 

Today is a new day and I shall recover! Next weigh-in better watch out cause I'm kicking it into high gear this week! I'm going to reach my goal of 36lbs gone by June!

Letter to my Enemy

Dear Muffin-top,

You've situated your self over the top of my pants once again. and no matter how hard I try to hide you, you always seem to find a way to make your self known...
High-waisted pants and belts don't stop you. Girdles and shaper underwear don't phase you.

Why Muffin-top? Why must you appear over the rim of my jeans?
Why must you cause my underwear to roll down into an uncomfortable position on my stomach?
I tire from pulling them (underwear) up all day. Do you have nothing else to do besides hang around my hips?

Yes, I know that you provide a place for my elbows to rest when my arms are not in use, but I think its time for you and I to go our separate ways. You are unsightly! You keep me from wearing certain tops and pretty dresses, hip hugger jeans, and all kinds of nice things.

Your time has been up! Cause once I started this journey Feb 14, 2011, I decided that enough is enough! 

So farewell Muffin-top, may we never cross paths once again.


Yours Truly,
-Healthier Me

(a.k.a) T
O_o

Diet Mentality

Today err...Yesterday since it's 12:38am

Uhh yea anyway Monday 3/28/11 (<--Yea! that's what I'm trying to say!) I weighed my self again since Sunday my scale decided to play mind tricks with me and this morning..err you know what I mean! Anyway the scale said 220.6 which is what I was expecting to see Sunday -__-
Which means that in total since my start date 2/14/11 I have lost 21.4 pounds!!! I'm very excited about this!!

So! before I go off into Lala-land I wanted to talk about stuff.

Ok so this past week I went back on Phase 1 of the South Beach diet, it was actually a heck of a lot easier to do this time around! So I'm eating salads, drinking water (sort of), and I exercised but this weigh-in I only lost 2.4lbs or 3lbs (however you want to look at it) Now please note that I'm always excited to see any amount of weight loss because that means I'm still moving forward, but after restricting myself to certain foods again and only seeing such a low number I was slightly disappointed. Moral of the story? Me trying to go back to Phase 1 and rush my weight loss wasn't the brightest idea I've ever had LOL! It wasn't worth giving up bread, cereal, oatmeal, pasta etc for an entire week just to lose 2.4lbs

Also I wanted to say stop calling what we're doing diets (I know I just said "South Beach Diet" earlier, but bare with me lol). A diet is something that you will eventually come off and basically erase all of your hard work when you go back to your old eating habits.
I believe that to lose weight and maintain that weight-loss it takes Patience, Will Power, Motivation, Exercise and most important of all a Life-style change; meaning eating healthier foods, controlling your portion sizes and not just pigging out like a Fat Chick just because the food is placed in front of you.

Everyone's situation may be a little different, but for me I'm using the South Beach Diet (Life-Style Changer!)as a way to teach myself healthy eating habits. It's my manual, my guide and I know that what I learn from it I can carry on with me waaay after I've reached my goals. South Beach is not the only way to change, it was just a convenient resource for me to use. (Mom had the book so I said "Hey, why not?")

I can't speak for you, but I will not let myself become a statistic! My goals are going to be accomplished...what about you?


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Our Challenge

A friend of mine (one of my support team!) has started a new blog on Tumblr.com

I thinks it's a really great idea! It's an Open Blog where we can all help each other out in one place.

Advice, Motivation, Recipes, Exercise tips and More!

If your interested check it out @ http://www.ourchallenge.tumblr.com/



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