Defend Yourself Against Diet Saboteurs!

Defend Yourself Against Diet Saboteurs!

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I'm back

Welcome to Summer in Texas

Sorry it took so long. I have been super busy and shouldn't be blogging at work. The last thing I want to do when I get home is get online at all. But here we go.

I have been terrible- teetering over 135 and it finally scared me when I didn't see 133,134 anymore. I see it, though my big girl clothes are still big on me, just in a different way. Mom, you have inspired me to keep going. I'm chasing the wagon at this point.

I didn't work out at all last week because it was so shockingly hot outside. 113 degrees! And I worked so much I just wanted to collapse at the end of every day. But I couldn't because we had plans almost every single night. This week I have no excuses. I'll run later in the evening and I don't have any meetings or anything planned. No official dates. I'm even off work all day on Friday! Woo hoo.

I ran 4 miles last night (even though I didn't eat well at all) and saw a little group of about 8 kittens playing in a ditch. There are wild cats all over San Marcos. The dogs were so cute, curious about the kittens, they just stood still with their ears perked and looked up at me in confusion. "What are those?" they seemed to be asking. I took a step toward them to pet one or something and they all took off in different directions. Just old enough not to trust people. Sad. Then, this morning I saw a baby gray kitten dead in the middle of the road and I cried. Poor baby. I hope it's not there anymore when I get home because I don' t want to jog by it tonight.

Tea party on Saturday- want to look tiny. Then Brian's work's field day is Monday. I am dreading all his little hot co-workers in bikinis so I have to be super strict all week. I mean fruits and veggies, counting calories and working my buns off till Monday night. Whew, and it wont be easy with Brian home every night. He never wants to eat good because it's not "hearty" enough for him usually.

Wish me luck and good luck to you ladies.

One Step Back, Two Steps forward

What do these SMART people have in common?

Patience and Perseverance - NEVER GIVE UP!

"Fall seven times, get up eight"...Chinese proverb, Winston Churchill said ""Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never." and our most memorable of all "Unless you puke, faint or die, Keep Going!...Jillian
Are you catching the common theme in these famous quotes?

"In tennis, losing one point isn’t the end of the world. It happens to the best of them. In fact, if you can consistently win a few more points that you lose, you may end up in the hall of fame. With healthy eating and exercising, as long as you’re consistently out-stepping your steps back, you’re ahead of the game. If you expect perfection (and many of us do), you’re setting yourself up for disappointment and guilt"... Sparkpeople

After reading the Sparkpeople article I was ready to Refocus, Rededicate and Recommit to reaching my goal.

In an effort to show my re-dedication, I let Leah drag me out to the tennis courts tonight in 106 degree heat. I believe she won one game - maybe? I won, well, who can count that high;-)) Then she and dad drug me to the driving range. I was so busy being Miss Athlete tonight that I did not snack, not even once. That's not to say I wasn't thinking about snacking all night long.

Everyone is on health kicks at work too. My co-worker boasts about her ability to run on her treadmill every morning at 5:30 AM with weights. Although, I read that running with weights is not good for your body. My other co-worker shares all her bike riding adventures and one hired a trainer. I feel in a way that I inspired them; either that or the thought of not having a job soon was the inspiration.

Wow do I want a snack right now. That's it - I'm going to get a glass of ice cold milk before bed.

Goodnight!

Leah Speaking

Not a guilt trip? Your last entry was titled alone alone alone! How is that supposed to make me feel? (hint...pretty guilty) I'll blog because I know it's a good influence for me too. But here comes the part where I say how bad I did. Last night ate horrible food at work and then came home to munch some more all night. I don't know why but lately I'm letting the food win. On the bright side went and played Tennis for about an hour with Krista. Really fun and I beat her every time :-)
Grandma glad to see you join the blog!
Mom we'll need to get back on the court soon so you can speed up your next goal...I think I might do a better job at taking you down a notch.
Whitney?????
July 4th is coming up soon. I want to look cute and conservative not convex and conservative.

LEAH OUT!

Grandma BJ

I knew you would stop at Las Palapas on the way out. It was probably my fault. I never should have mentioned it. Your dad and I went to Olive Garden later. I did fairly well considering it was the Olive Garden.
Your dad was really impressed with your walking and jogging on the treadmill. Good work.

alone Alone Alone ALONE

Where is everyone? I know Leah finds this blog to be redundant now. What did you call it Leah, a "guilt" session? You don't realize how this blog has helped me and maybe Whitney. You don't always have to write just when you are doing great. Likewise, you do not have to write only to talk about setbacks. How about sharing any kind of exercise tips or new foods? What can we do to get motivated again? Have you thought about that? Then please share. You don't have to write a novel either; one paragraph, a joke, a saying or quote would all suffice as a blog. You can pretend like you are on Twitter and limit your blog to 140 characters. C'mon, I know you have 140 characters to spare.

I woke up after (here's the confession/guilt part) eating hush puppies and Reeses Pieces the night before, and Wogged for 40 minutes on the Treadmill. Actually ran for 3 minutes at 4.5. I love Mom's treadmill; seems so effortless.

Then I overcame a Palapas Taco plate temptation by your Dad a.k.a. Snacky Monster (with the help of Leah) and instead had a healthy Turkey Sub at Subway.

Tonight I'll have a Lean Cuisine and walk Charlie. Tomorrow I weigh. It will be Week 23 of this new journey. Longest that I've stuck to a "lifestyle change" or diet. I WILL hit that goal and cross the finish line.

Milestone Buster!!!!!!!

Celebrate Celebrate Celebrate

I hit a major Milestone today - not only 50 lbs down, which was my major milestone but I'm in fact 52 lbs down. Woohoo!

Ok, Grandma's birthday and Father's day are coming up and I must not stray from the plan.

I'm back on the Tennis Court now too. If I Walk/Jog for 60 minutes at average of 3.0 mph, I only burn 250 Calories compared to Tennis for the same time, I burn 600 calories. Wow! Leah and I are headed to the Tennis Courts now. Whitney backed out on us....C'mon Whit, no excuses this morning.

Leah just announced that she wants to lose 7 lbs by July 4 so we are going all out on the "new lifestyle" plan - back to basics. She wants me to be more "judgmental" with her eating. HA - I'm the one that needs to be watched and judged; although she did pop some late night popcorn. Did I judge? Nooooo, I joined in to help her finish it. What a team we are.

Stay With It!!!!! I am so pumped now!!!!

Dunce Cap

MY WILL POWER SUCKS!
(where I'm at)....(where I need to be) (haha get it? "Will" Power...Will Smith)

Time to quit sucking so bad. After a horrible week of pigging out on County Line, Pizza, and almost an entire box of Cheese It's (within like 15 min.) I've realized that the working out (very limited) that I've been doing is almost pointless. It's time for me to step up and stop eating the crap food! I've started by telling all my friends that I'm no longer going out to eat with them. I told Krista no more pizza (she's going to the Bahama's with the Texas Bikini team and she doesn't want to feel bad so she's in) We are going to wake up at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow to jog at the track and then come back to do a Jillian video before I have to go to work.

Mom and I went to the track tonight and I did 3 miles. I pushed mom to do one more lap with me and then we came home and walked the dogs around the park once. Dad joined us and apparently is trying to jump on the weight loss wagon. I hope he sticks with it. Made turkey spaghetti tonight and mom and dad both loved it! Great :-) Tomorrow really is the start of starting over. New goal GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS! (and help push mom to her goal even quicker than she'd like)

Mom- Great job today!
Whitney- As soon as I'm not working again we'll plan our club/T-shirts...(and do a Jillian video work out)
-Mopeah

Southbeach

Last night Lindsey and Scott made us dinner for date night. We had South Beach Chicken Parmigiana with fat free mozzarella and tomato and I have no idea what else. Then she made a delicious veggie-vinaigrette salad to go along. Then Scott made chocolate covered strawberries. I ate two. But before that, I went for a 4 mile run. Poor Captain. Then, I came home and did some Jillian. It felt good.

This morning I got up early and cooked B and me some veggie-mushroom breakfast tacos with egg whites. Yum.

This weekend was pretty bad though. Starting with queso covered migas on Thursday night after Shelby's grad. Then pizza on Saturday night. Oh and I totally snacked at the CL and didn't work out at all. Lord! Where was my head?

<- My daily life. Ugh.

I crave my runs after work. It's seriously relaxing to move around after sitting, frozen in an office chair for nine hours with no breaks and no food. I feel dead when I get home. The runs with the kids revitalize me. And I think they really look forward to them. I think no matter how cool your job is, when you function from a cube it becomes monotenous. You could be planning Victoria Secret runway shows but if you do it from a cube, it loses all it's sexiness. I think we'd be more productive if work environments were more creative. Maybe we'd be thinner because we wouldn't be stiff and miserable? We'd be happy, thus burn more calories?

RULE: NO BRINGING PIZZA ROLLS TO MOM'S HOUSE

Mom- LOVED the "rolls" pix. You can get back into it. Don't forget the importance of weight training. Work out Sunday perhaps?

Mop- ? See you tonight for the formation of our new political party haha. Want to go for a run with me? Don't forget your laptop and research.

Back to the cube.

Pizza Roll Nightmare

It is now Tuesday, June 9 and I am still trying to burn off a bad night of Pizza ROLLS. I fell hard off the wagon Saturday night with not one, not two but three pizza rolls. I'm guessing each one was about 250 calories a piece. The sad thing is I had already eaten dinner - 1/2 Turkey club sandwich.

CUTE ROLLS


UGLY ROLLS


Good Rolls


Bad Rolls



Pain of regret is finally subsiding after two nights of hard core treadmilling. Still not brave enough to get on the scale. I think I'll wait one more day before weighing in hopes that it was all a bad dream.
It's all just a bad dream....(disturbing image - isn't it - muahahahahaha)

Oooops - look at June 2 for my post today

All Together Now

Helloooo! ^ Yumm

I'm glad we're all on the blog again and active in our reporting.


My report

I threw up Monday night and slept from 5 pm to 8 am, called in sick to work and slept again till about 12. Then I got up and was productive for a while. Then I went back home and slept some more. On the up side, I ate practically nothing up until that point. In two days, 2 cracker packets and a lean cuisine. Then we went swimming w/ Linds and Scott. SO FUN. Then we had them and another (new) couple over for dinner. SO FUN. I made B's favorite- Dad's "enchiladas." I think everyone liked them. I ate half of one because I was busy talking and knew how many calories were in each enchilada. Sneaky. Plus, I had not eaten much before that so my stomach filled up super fast.

No work outs unless you count the swimming. I love feeling good in my bathing suit. Brian picks me up and throws me around like a doll in the pool. That's kinda fun too. I'm not insecure when he grabs me around the waste. I have NEVER felt that way- not even in high school. But he can touch my belly all day and I don't feel like a blob.

I'm doing better today after all the rest so I will go running and do a Jillian video after work. I have to make it quick though because we have Shelby's graduation tonight at 8 at the Frank Erwin Center. Linds said the families can go out after if we want, but it will probably be late. I would just come straight to Austin for a group workout but I know the traffic will be horendous around 5, and I'm just not willing to face it.

I'm excited to get back into weight training. I had a bit of a workout set back. But the good thing is I lost 3 lbs and got back to 129. Nice. Have not weighed today but I'll guess I'm around 130. That's my new number. I need to get below it before Sunday. Easy.

This morning I ate some Special K. B bought groceries this time because I'm out of $ till Thursday's paycheck. Whew. Thank goodness for boyfriend/roomies. I don't think I'll be able to have lunch today because I have to answer phones and I have some work to catch up on from yesterday. Oh well. I'm not hungry because I had a late dinner and good breakfast. I'll have to eat a snack between tonight's workout and the ceremony. Can't wait to see you ladies.

Mom! Way to freakin' go! I love love love your dedication. You seriously keep me on track. Love the scale pic, where did you find that one? I think the second to skinniest is a pretty good figure actualy. I pictured charlie's cute butt waggling. I can never tell her "no," either. And-I saw a job posting for an admin assistant with starting pay at $55 per year... Mom... eh emmm... (got I hate elipses) Sorry. Got a new body for the interviews :). You never answered Leah's question: What's your next # goal?

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Leah. Love the Bill O'Reily pic. Hillarious. Also so funny that our dogs get to work out and get in shape when we do. Charlie doesn't need to be fat for her "family reunion" haha. Oh and I've never seen the contraction "Y'all've" but I absolutely love it. Tweeting it now. THE NEW SIMS- SIMS3 CAME OUT TODAY AND I'M FREAKING OUT ABOUT IT. MUST HAVE. But first I need a good computer to run it on... Ahhhh. Can't wait for the economy to turn it's butt around and for me to get a great job in Austin. Please pray. Everyone.

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Both: I forwarded you the results of the Texas House meeting. They're forming a new committe called the Republican House Commitee, committed to making sure Texas does not turn into a blue state. Democrats have also formed a group because they're confident Texas is the new Virginia: red state to blue state. Read the e-mail. NEVA! It's good stuff to know. I like getting the updates on what my reps are voting for. Leah, great newsletter to subscribe to for your career, which I'm seriously thinking about joining you in. Sorry for copy catting but I'm news addicted these days. They said my PR career would do that to me but I never believed them. (Sorry off diet-topic) And while I'm off topic. GET A TWITTER and follow the politicians. You can do that. They giv it. Even Glenn Beck gave in. You should too! I bet you would have some great tweets.e you updates as they happen from the guys doing

Wogging

I'm a Wogger. Bet you can guess what that is! My routine now is a combination of Walking and Jogging and an occasional sprint.

I learned that if I do nothing at all but lay in bed I will burn 1,600 calories a day. Add a little activity and I'm estimating that I burn about 2,800 calories a day. If I eat about 1100 a day, then I will lose 3 lbs a week. Hmmm? I'm not losing 3lbs a week; either my math is wrong or I'm not staying within the 1100 calories a day plan.

Ok, I'm challenging each of you to a 200 Squat challenge. I will do more squats in 4 weeks - 1 month than you two Chiquitas. By July 4, I'll do 200. If you're interested in the training website let me know and I'll email you the link. Still attempting to find my teardrops.

Damn it's a hot one

My bad! The turkey didn't defrost as quickly as I would have liked and that's why we didn't have the meal I had planned. I would have done Jillian with you except dad and I were watching all of our news shows and you were out on your jog for so long and when you came home you didn't mention it so I just thought you were done with your working out for the evening! We both did fine on our own it appears.

I went and got my glasses prescription today. I'm slightly near sided! No more 20/20 for me :-( But luckily she said it's very minor and it's only necessary to wear for help in class and sometimes at night while I'm driving. So I'm not all the way in the glasses club.

Made myself two egg whites put it in a 90 calorie wrap with one slice of no- fat cheese and two spoon fulls of low-fat cottage cheese. Delicious! It feels good to eat fresh food again. After that I did a Jillian video work out, jumped on the trampoline, and took Charlie for a 30 minute jog. She needs to get in shape before her family reunion. I don't want her to be the fat out of shape one of the bunch! It's so hot outside so we are both hot and pooped out now!

I work tonight. Not going to eat a single pickle, cruton, fry, cheese bite, sausage, ice cream of the day spoon full ect. (I could go on all day listing my county line guilty pleasures) I work again tomorrow morning and then there's charlies vet appointment. I have ACC stuff to take care of too! Registering by Thursday for all my summer classes. Gosh time just flies when you have to be responsible! Whatever happened to my lazy kick back summers? :-(

Well I'm off to take a shower.
-Mop

What a Beautiful Night

Tonight I went for a power walk - about 50 minute walk. Yes, I took Charlie - the Border Collie in her knew when I put on my earphones it was time for a walk - I could not sneak out either; she was blocking the door and wiggling her butt so hard that it was impossible to ignore.

It's nice to have you back on the blogsphere, LEAH! We were going to do a Jillian tonight and ummm, well we didn't- HA and wait, Leah, you were going to make a low cal dinner tonight and ummm, well that didn't happen either. But anyway, it's nice to have you focusing on the "Spring Break Leah" goal again.

Ok Whitney, Brandice is skinny in a bathing suit, but if you drop just a few, you have nothing to worry about. You were sporting a good figure too in your yellow two piece. No worries!
Just be true to the scale - I sound like a scale worshipper. Dietitians would slap my wrist.


Charlie's mom (could be?) ->

Leah Speaking

Okay Okay yall've convinced me to get back to the blog. Well yall combined with the reality that it's summer time and everyday is a possible swimsuit day so there really is no room for cheating. I ended up getting back down to 121 at my lowest when I was in the swing of things. Then I gained and jumped all the way back up to 132! It was depressing and I've realized that my whole life in every aspect feels better when I have more diet and excersize schedule going the right way. I've lost 3 pounds and am currently at 129 and hope to be down to 125 by Sunday. I'm positive that I can pull that off. Whitney I can totally relate to your gumbie feeling. It's a huge difference going from toned and tight to flat but flabby. It's not so much about the number on the scale as much as it is the definition in my abs, but, legs, and arms. Also I see it in my face and my confidence. I'm ready to be sexy spring break Leah again because I loved the new attention I got and the new attitude I had. Mom I already told you that 50 lbs will be no problem because this week I'm dead serious which means I'm going to be "helping" you like crazy. (so buckle up) I'm so proud of you and really excited that you're hitting such an important milestone but we're not stopping after you hit it. (Whats your next goal after 50 and when do you want to hit it by?)

Okay I blogged! Now i'm off to sort through all the clothes I have and don't need.
Much love,
Leah

Food as Fuel NOT Entertainment

Food as Fuel NOT Entertainment was the title for today's SparkPeople newsletter. I swear those things flooding my inbox makes me honest. The mistake I have made lately is lusting after food instead of being practical. I have been eating things that are sinful and delicious because everyone else is eating it. But I know I can still have fun at a dinner table, on a boat with friends etc. without eating the crap everyone else is eating. I got cocky and confident about my body. I'm just afraid I wont be able to wear Leah's clothes anymore and giggle because they actually go down over my massive upper body.

I have been feeling droopy, Gumby-like (my favorite super hero by the way) lately because I have not been doing weight training like I was before. I have kept up with my running- only three workouts all week last week. But no Jillian. Jillian kept me honest, too. I have to just ice my knees and go for Jillian two or three times per week, the rest of the time I'll run. I need to be more strict about working out and find time to do it. I could have ran yesterday but I found myself going back to ALL my old excuses; Brian's here and I want to hang out, I don't want to get my hair dirty and there's no time to shower, it's late and I'm tired, it's early and I don't want to wake people up... bla bla. Looking back, they sound so redic. and I know it. Just excuses. Today I have no excuse. Lindsey's excuse for today is shin splints. I have never had shin splints but I hear they are killer. So she can't go running with me. When I get off work, I'm going to go running and do a video. I have nothing else to do tonight except for maybe clean the house but I can do that here and there.

Mom I am so proud of your dedication. You really motivate me to be aware and keep active. I'm sorry you were sick this weekend. It was sad. But hey, 48 lbs is a bright side! Most people veg out after they threw up for a day and gain it all back, so way to stick with the low calories. Two more pounds is NOTHING! You can totally make it by this weeken.

I have a wedding to go to Sunday and I'm wearing the silk purple dress from The Limited. I'm so excited to wear it! I'm gonna feel like a princess. I love weddings, too. It's so fun to drink and dance to love songs :). So Mom and the dress are my motivation for this week. I really want to focus on my arms, shoulders and chest because those areas are unforgiving in pictures when you're wearing a strapless dress. Yikes! I think I'll flip to the back of Jillian's book and do the last minute quick weight loss techniques. Leah's I know is not eating for two days, haha. I may make it through like the first half day on that plan and then buckle. She is stronger than I.

Oh, another motivation: Brandice in a swimsuit. Dang it. I don't know if y'all saw her new profile pic, but yea she's skinny. And now we're all going to the river in three(ish) weeks. The river. Where you have to wiggle, go up and down, bending in all directions all while in a swim suit. Ugh. And I don't want to be the fat girlfriend in front of the family. So I must be skinny by Father's Day. It can be done! My goal is 5-8 lbs. So like 2 per week and crash diet the last couple of days. Yes, sounds good. On top of kick ass work outs leading up to the event.

Today I'll go home and eat can of soup for lunch because I think that's all we have left in the fridge. We're seriously on empty so I can't wait to get paid again. Maybe I wont be able to eat for a couple of days, haha.

Good luck on the last two lbs. I'd really like to see Leah back on here... sigh*