I've fallen and I have to get up!

Well folks things were going well for a few days. I mean I slipped a little but today I crashed. Sort of. A manager at my job brought Panera bagels for breakfast and I couldn't resist having a half of the cinnamon and half asiago cheese. I took the top half with all the "stuff" on it not the bottom stuff. So my carb intake was off the "Induction" chart! Yikes! Tomorrow is a new day...I know I'll do better.

Have a great night folks!

I eeked a little progress

Today like other days in my recent past have been quite stressful at work. Tasks and projects come from everywhere and I am expected to handle it. Ugh! Don't get me wrong I truly appreciate the job I have and I do love my job. It's just one of those days that completely breaks you down when you already feel broken.

Okay so enough of my pity party. My weigh in today was 232.4. Not too bad, not spectacular but I will take it because the number is moving in the right direction.

I had 5 sausage links for breakfast and I broke down and had a Zbar as a snack. For lunch I had tuna salad and dinner I have to say spam and cheese. I consumed about 6 glasses. That is my downfall is not consuming enough water. I will continue to work on that weakness. Since I was feeling under the weather I wasnt able to workout with little me. I will have to make it up to her tomorrow.

Well I will check in tomorrow!

Check in!

Well this post is going to be pretty brief. I wanted to report that my weight this morning was 232.8 pounds! I am well on my way to losing this albatross called weight. Okay so my start weight was 238 this round so I'm down almost 6 pounds! Yippee! My goal is to be 229 pounds by Saturday, this Saturday. So 4 pounds is the goal for this week. My challenges this week will be following a planned menu. I haven't prepared a menu nor do I have food that's convenient. I've learned in my years of dieting that I have to have foods easily accessible. I always gravitate toward foods that I can grab and go. Typically those foods are never good for you. Other than fruit, and those foods are not allowed during the Induction Phase of Atkins.

Well I'm going to do some Wii activities with my little me, she is my new personal trainer!!!

Progress!

Hello friends!

I hope this blog post finds you well. So I am on day I dont know of the Atkins diet. I think its day 5 and I am down to 233.6 pounds. In order for me to keep track of my progress I am going to be a bold woman and post my weight! I know bold!

So in order to do the Atkins or any diet effectively you need to select your foods wisely. Don't assume anything. For example, dont assume that just because it is meat without any breading that there are no carbs. Did you know a package of tuna in "water" actually contains vegetable broth? Also did you know that I have yet to find a deli/lunch meat that has NO nitrate or Sugar! I don't think it exists.

When I read the Atkins book and read the part that Dr Atkins wants you to take the time to read labels and estimate you may be in the store for 3 hours or more...they were not lying. Ugh! Talk about a chore! But then I have to think to myself that I have to stay focused on my goal and I have to do whatever it takes.

So far things are looking up and I can realistically see me being the size 14 I plan to be for the wedding and my daughter's birthday.

Things are looking up for me and I hope the same goes for you! Have a great weekend!!!

You have to get up when you fall...

So today's post is about overcoming setbacks. We all get them. I know I get more than my share. My brother's wedding is less than a month away and I am no closer to my goal weight than I was when I started this blog. I have to admit that maybe I was not as focused as I could have been but I feel that I've made progress in other ways than on the scale.

I have gone through rounds of different diets and no diets and this diet and that diet. None seem to work. So at the moment I am on the Atkin's diet. You know the one. Eat pork rinds till you explode or aspirate on one! Like I did the other night! Oy! Yesterday mom, hubby, and little me went to the mall to shop for dresses for the wedding. And as usual I tried something on and looked in the mirror only to be visually assaulted by the person staring back at me.

I found a couple of dresses that I liked but my figure didn't like them so much. So I put them back only to vow to come back in 3 weeks 2 sizes SMALLER! That's right you read it! TWO SIZES SMALLER! That would be a size 14. I think I posted back when I started this journey that I wanted to be a size 4 but I think settling for a 6 is okay too. I secretly wanted to be a size 2 but I don't think that is realistic. I wrote in my journal that instead of focusing on the pounds I am going to focus on the inches. So I gathered measurements from designers that I liked and all I need to lose is about 41 inches to fit into my favorite designers size 6.

Well I have been pretty religious about focusing on sticking to the diet these past two days. And it's paid off! Wow I have lost 3 pounds!!! in basically 24 hours. And I must admit I took a few swigs of Arbor mist to have a sweet taste swish thru my mouth a bit. And I had some potato chips...yes I figured I would confess all my sins! LOL.

So since I have experienced instant gratification with Atkins I will stick to it. Now comes the decision to do some exercise. I am not sure what I should do. Chalean extreme, turbo jam, treadmill, elliptical, or just plain old dancing. That is what does it for me is dancing. I look forward to dancing more than any other activity. So maybe I start with committing to about 30 mins of dance a day. That shouldn't be too hard. Well I will report back here in a couple days to let you know how me and Atkins are getting along.

Talk to you soon...

Feeling worthy

May I ask you a question? Do you feel worthy? Worthy of what? you ask... Well generally speaking. I ask this because I briefly watched Oprah's last episode a while back and she mentioned something about feeling worthy because YOU matter. At least that is what I think she said. Well what I took away from that was that I don't feel worthy all the time. I kept pondering why I don't feel completely worthy in all aspects of my life.

Here is why. Is it me or when you go shopping and you find THE outfit, you know the one that will change your life forever. You're ready to make the leap and purchase it or add it to your cart only to find out that the item was not available in your size. As a matter of fact was never made in your size. Then when you scour the web to find an "equivalent" you find that there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that is available. That to me is when I don't feel worthy. When I have to "sit this one out" to watch all the skinny girls snatch up the outfit that was made for "Me!"

Other minor (well in reality they aren't minor) episodes of feelings of unworthiness would be having bad credit that prevents you from getting your dream "whatever." With this recession there are many folks that have less than stellar credit. And if you had better credit you can get that "whatever" your heart desires, whether it be a new home or car.

There are other episodes through life that make us feel unworthy. So I ask you what makes you feel unworthy? And what do you do to remind yourself that you ARE worthy? Please post your comments, I would love to hear your feedback!

Here's to YOU that PHENOMENAL person!

I'm baaack!!!

It has been a long while but now I'm back. I need to stick to my commitment of blogging about my weight loss journey. I am working at it again! Ugh! I was compelled to restart my weight blog because I wanted to talk about being worthy. I will discuss it further tomorrow. I cut my finger pretty bad and I'm heading to bed. Check back tomorrow for my blog post.

Night night!