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Well I haven’t wrote in my blog in about a week….I didn’t leave or disappear…just wasn’t a great week.  It’s all good now though.  When I started at BuddySlim I was 145 and went down to 143…then back to 145 last week (I slipped and binged two times) and this morning am back down to 144.  So although I am not where I planned on being at this point I am still grateful I am under my original.

Staying positive this week.  My hubby is back to work off holidays…..TOM is gone for another month…stocked my fridge with good foods and have my DVD’s ready to go!   I have fewer kiddies coming this week which will lessen the load.  I had 4 here everyday last week except Wednesday….when there was 7 kiddies here.  I am off right now to clean before everything gets crazy here and then this afternoon I’ll be able to cut my lawn!!

Hope everyone is doing well and pressing on!  The battle can be won!!

What a busy week!  I had 4 kiddies all week and 6 on Wednesday….they are just so darn cute and sooo funny though!  The potty training deal didn’t fly with the little guy yet this week.  I am hoping his parents stick him in real underwear this weekend.  That is all that worked with my little girl.  I just find them pull up things way too much like diapers….even the ones that get cold when they pee in them.  Anyway….may go better next week we’ll see!

Eating has been under pretty good control this week.  I have come close to bingeing a few times but came back on BuddySlim and found the support and inspiration I needed to stop.  I have managed to get my water down (6-8 glasses) each day.  Most days I am doing Leslie Sansone DVD’s or yardwork.  We heat with wood and I have been loading the wheel barrow up…pushing it down the yard into the shed….and piling it.  I imagine I am burning some calories with that LOL!  I sure sweat when I do it!  Gotta be done…I have already piled about 3 cord with 2 more to go then next week we have another 5 cord coming.  OUCH….but good strength training I suppose!

Better go get my stuff started before all the little people show up…..hope you are all doing great and seeing the results you desire!!!

Well….although I haven’t lost as many pounds as I would have liked to I believe I am losing inches faster!  My profile pic is my four side and I put those pants on today and guess what???  I needed a belt to keep’em in place!!  So excited!   Haven’t had to use a belt in over a year!

Yesterday went well.  I almost lost control when I had my evening snack of watermelon….it almost turned into a huge binge but I shutt’r down and went to bed before it happened.  So glad I have the thread and the blog and you wonderful people to be accountable to…makes it easier!

I ate pretty healthy yesterday but am pretty sure I went over my calorie range for the day….but maybe I was a little hungrier because I didn’t sit down all day!  Got all my water into me and I can’t believe how much of a difference that makes.  Honestly….I haven’t felt this great in years….with eating right and water and exercise I just can’t express what a difference it is making in my life.  I can see now I was in such a bad rut for sooooooo long….I was so sedentary…..I want to enjoy this summer with my daughter…..she goes to school full time this fall (Grade 1) and I am gonna miss her soooo bad!  I want to make this a fun summer and I think I will have the energy to do it now!

Well….I have 3 more kiddies coming here today….(I do child care)!  Sadly I must start potty training one of them today….its been 4 years since I have done this so think of me LOL!!  I am sure I will survive….it just may be interesting!!!

I realize I missed a day or so of blogging but I guess that’s ok! It was a busy weekend…filled with activity! I had my eating under control and made some good food choices…some not the greatest but managed to stay within my calorie range. Ate lots of fruit! Avoided the fast food. Even after church yesterday I got hubby and daughter some fries from the chip stand…now if you knew me before you would know that is a huge temptation for me…I love fries! I came home and made myself a salad instead of telling myself oh just this time…start over tomorrow. Finally something is different this time. I am still as motivated as last week when I started. Now I didn’t check the scale just yet today but may weigh in tomorrow instead…..but so far there is a 2 pound loss in the past week! I find it easier this time with BuddySlim and the different approach I am taking. I have convinced myself I am not dieting…..I am making healthier choices….and that seems to make it easier!

So….I ate pretty great this weekend and packed it with activity. We went swimming on Saturday and Sunday afternoon….plus I did about 2.5 miles of my 3 Fast Miles DVD both days. Sorry for the lack of details concerning the food but my choices were very similar to previous days and I didn’t have time to scribble it all down this weekend. Back to note taking today though…it helps me stay on track but I find my memory getting better now that I am putting better fuel into this body!!

Have a great day folks!!

Well finally we are gonna have 3 days in a row without rain! In june…out of 30 days we had like 22 days of rain…ewww! Anyway, so glad that I love, love , love Leslie Sansone’s DVD’s! The Walk At Home-Walk Slim DVD’s are the best suited workouts for my life right now. I had tried Tae-Bo and the 30 Day Shred but since I couldn’t finish them I was getting dicouraged and just doing NOTHING. At least with these I can finish and get at least 30-60 minutes of exercise a day. Plus last night I bought her Fast& Firm 4 Really Big Miles with strength training at the end…..now that just may kick my butt! I used to walk about 5 KM a day when I first lost weight 6 years ago….now due to my lifestyle getting out alone for 60 minutes is a rare thing but I am not gonna let that stop me. I used to feel weird doing DVD’s but now I look at it this way….I used to do aerobics 2 nights a week and kickboxing 2 nights a week and it was about $40 a month. I buy the DVD’s for $10-$15 bucks and its mine! I am not against gyms…they just aren’t in my money/time budget right now!

Yesterday brought some temptations but I am happy to say that when the chocolate covered peanuts were put in my face…I only took about 15 of them and stopped! Felt good cuz that could have been the start of a very bad junk binge! Throughout the day I consumed toast with PB (habit LOL), 1 and 1/2 cups of fagioli soup, apple, watermelon, supper was bad burger and small fry…..still managed to stay in my calorie range though so didn’t feel that bad about it….opps!

I managed to get down 7 glasses of water (I have to cut back on my green tea habit so I can fit extra water in, I drink about 6 cups a day of green tea..is that really bad???)

Exercise….3 Fast Miles DVD

No binge…very small snack! (Thanks for the support BuddySlim & binge thread)

Hope everyone else is doing well…..we can do this……I have tried many times….the thing that is different this time…BuddySlim and accountability!!!

Have a great day all!!!!!

Well, now that I am actually DOING something about the last 20 pounds I can’t help but look back at how muc time I wasted. This is July……approximately 6 months after my intended start date….I should have been at my GOAL by now. You may find yourself doing the same thing. I spent the last six months browsing websites about weight loss, before and after weight loss sites (one of my favs is theweighwewere.com) forums etc etc etc…..reading and reading and READING about weight loss. I love to read the success stories and view the before and after photos…I find it inspirational and motivational. At the same time I really think that in my mind…I thought that doing all this reading and research was doing my body some good. I can use and apply a lot of the knowledge I gained from it but the reading and knowledge itself does nothing for my body. I would tell myself I should try that and then each day would pass….and at the end I would be telling myself tomorrow…..tomorrow….over and over. I really don’t think I believed that exercising and eating right would make a difference for ME!

The whole point of this little bit is that I finally realized I had to just DO IT. That is so NIKE but seriously….I made a choice this week….to make a lifestyle change and that is when this all started to work. I quit thinking about dieting and losing weight and started to think about my long term health and longevity, myself, my husband my daughter. I want to live long and be active with my daughter and have energy and be happy. The way to accomplish this is by exercising and making healthy food choices….getting enough sleep…..taking time for yourself…..loving people! This my friend is not a diet…..this is a LIFESTYLE change…..and I truly feel that it is one thing we can continue on after we reach our weight loss goal (diets are hard to keep up forever)….the lifestyle change is the plan….the weight loss is a benefit from it. I am just excited about this whole idea….I feel motivated and am looking at life in a different manner all together.

If you find yourself in the same rut I was in try to change your thinking…..I have lost 2 pounds this week by controlling my binging, eating right and exercising but the BIGGEST change I have made is in my thinking!!!

Yesterday I made some great choices but my supper was strange…..haha! I ate some toast with PB, chicken salad, whole wheat crackers, apple, watermelon, hotdog, another salad….LOL….time to do some groceries I think I ate similar things everday!!

Managed to get 7 out of 8 glasses of water into me!

Work out to my WATP Fast Firming DVD!

And then…..today..another new day to try and get things right again! We can do this everyone!!!!!!

Well I didn’t do that bad yesterday! I find since I have found BuddySlim, their forums and this blog I have been able to hold myself together for the most part. I am still working on the binge thing….been doing it a long long time! Only had about 300 calories last night (I was alone and should have went to the binge thread) which is where I stopped the big binge and turned it into a mini binge! I am surprised at how much I want to exercise now and eat right….it is like I am in competition with myself and ACCOUNTABLE to someone! I was thinking the accountability thing would help but didn’t realize how much!

Eating yesterday, scattered throughout my day I consumed the following

Toast with peanut butter, 1 and a half healthy mini-pizzas, large homemade chicken salad, 6 whole wheat crackers, an apple and some fruit snacks. (I think I actually had room for the 300 calorie mini-binge last night to stay in my calorie range)

Drank 7 of my eight glasses of water…I drink an awful lot of green tea (does it count at all?)….no milk in it.

Exercise: Walk Slim 3 Fast Miles DVD

Weight this morning: 143 pounds down from 143.4 (start weight was 145)

Feeling so great and the workout DVD’s I have selected are good workouts for intermediate level….I had tried a few crazy ones (Tae Bo etc…) but I am gonna leave those for maybe in a few weeks. I find them to hard to finish and then I end up doing nothing. This is getting even more exciting now that I have been feeling an energy increase and a 2 pound loss!

Hope you are all having a great week!

Morning:

Well I didn’t do too bad last night controlling the binge attack. I started but after a few fruit snacks thought that was enough. Tonight when I am tempted to binge I am going to the binge thread and posting my thoughts etc. The vent may be the thing that will prevent even the start of a binge. It is so so hard to stop mid-binge and I think it would be a lot easier to not even start. So glad I stopped but will be happier tonight when I don’t even start.

Since I posted my first blog entry with all my challenge ideas a little late yesterday I had not recorded my food intake. I printed off my log sheets and am recording breakfast right now! Today being the 1st of July…..we’ll see what reults I have as of August 1st! So excited!

Exercise for yesterday was loading wood into a wheel barrow, moving it into the garage and piling it all. That is a workout for sure. Having a wood stove brings some extra work but when I look at it as exercise it doesn’t seem like ‘work, I feel like I am helping myself.

Goal today is in line with my challenge…..30-60 minutes of exercise, drink up my water, log my food and have a binge free day!!! Also in line with my challenge is my daily weigh in..happy to say nothing changed for the worse…..143.4 pounds this morning. Since I know the binge is my main issue I am super excited to see (like I have seen happen to a BuddySlim buddy) the results when I don’t even have a mini binge!

Evening:

I know I am posting a little early for a night time post but I am heading out for Canada Day fireworks and I won’t be home till about 10:30 or later and there will be no food where I am going! This will help me avoid the night time binge because I will be off to bed as soon as I get home!

Today I ate….lol….some not good choices and some great choices…stayed within my calorie range so the good has offset the evil…I think!

Breakfast- toast with peanut butter (1 slice)

Lunch- Hot dog on a bun (I know…I was in a rush)

Supper: Large Salad with chicken, carrots, onions, small amount of cheese and about a tbls. of miracle whip on it!

Snack: Apple, 6 whole wheat crackers

Water: I got all 8 glasses in…and it wasn’t that hard!

Exercise: WATP Walk Slim Fast Firming DVD

I haven’t felt this great in a long time! I have done the above before…the difference this time..lifestyle change, not diet AND BUDDYSLIM! This site is soooo great and the people are soooooo awesome!

I am so excited to see what tomorrow brings! I look forward to not having a Binge ‘hangover’…instead I won’t feel bloated and gross in the AM!

Hi everyone! This is my very first blog post and it won’t be my last! I am so grateful to have found BuddySlim. The support through Buddies, forums and blogs is priceless! I really believe that without this support I will just end up re-trying the weight loss battle over and over and I am tired of it. I have got 20-25 pounds left to lose. How do I plan on doing this….accountability through this blog and going to BuddySlim for the excellent support!

So I have set up a personal challenge and it starts today June, 30th, 2008! You will notice my profile pic…I have it labeled “My Soon To Be Before Picture” For now this will be a one month challenge. I am super excited to see what results I can get in one month. I have decided to not be on a specific ‘diet’ but rather I am taking this chance to make a complete ‘lifestyle’ change. If I can’t keep the changes I make forever then the results will not last forever either. So from this day on I am going to do the following:

Blog daily.

Make healthy eating choices.

Drink 1/2 my body weight in ounces of water each day. (This is the recommendation.)

Weigh myself daily. (I know a lot of people don’t believe in doing this but I am choosing to do this as I find it personally motivational)

Exercise. 30-60 minutes each day of cardio/strength with Sunday’s being optional.

No eating after 8 P.M. (I admit it, I binge at night and I truly believe it is my BIGGEST stumbling block…I know it is!)

Starting Stats are:

Begining Weight 145 pounds

Band Size: 31″

Bust Size: 37.5″

Upper Arm: 11.25″

Waist: 33″

Hips: 41″

Upper Thigh: 25.5″

I am super excited to see what happens after actually following through with this personal commitment/challenge!