I got on the treadmill today for 20 minutes! I had the luxury of borrowing my daughter's ipod so that I could listen to the radio while walking. (I need to get one of these!) I absolutely love and am always blessed when I have the opportunity to listen to 97.9! The Midday Connection program was on and it was so nice to be able to listen and not think about what I was doing, exercising.
I think the thing I love most about walking is stretching afterwards! I have foot problems and so I have to be careful about this form of exercising. I love to sit on the floor and stretch out my legs and then lay down and stretch out my back! I even opted to see how many crunches I could do today! I started with a set of 15, took a little break and then did 15 more. Wow it feels really good to accomplish a little bit!
My goal is to do this every other day for the next two weeks and then add something else. Perhaps weights or some kind of workout video.
In my food/exercise journal I put down that I walked for 20 minutes, burned 177.1 calories, distance = .898, and did 30 crunches! This will help keep me accountable and help me track my progress and see when I need to bump things up to the next level.
Consistency is my worst enemy! But I have to jumpstart my weight loss again! I haven't met my goal yet and I am not going to stop doing all that I can until I am there!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
So it's Week 5
and guess what? I didn't lose any this week! I maintained! So I guess it may be time to add exercise to the whole diet and exercise plan! I cheated a bit on Superbowl Sunday! I had a few pieces of thin crust Pizza King Pizza and some wings! So that'll teach me to cheat! So that's my news for now!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
You might be a knitter...
if your husband wants to hand you the remote and you say, "I can't change the channel until I finish knitting this row" and then when he tosses it to you and it land on the floor you discover that you can turn the channels with your foot! Awesome!!!
I'm only a beginner knitter! But i just couldn't put my knitting down last night! I finally called it quits around 1 am! But I've found I love being able to watch tv but still be doing something! I also liked that when it got a little difficult I would warm up and kinda sweat a little, I guess out of aggravation! I thought this has gotta be burning some calories! My project that I am so very close to finishing is an eyelet edge dish cloth! Next I would love to do some coasters with this same technique and then I would love to move onto bookmarks and coffee cozies! And then maybe a big project after that!
Happy knitting!
I'm only a beginner knitter! But i just couldn't put my knitting down last night! I finally called it quits around 1 am! But I've found I love being able to watch tv but still be doing something! I also liked that when it got a little difficult I would warm up and kinda sweat a little, I guess out of aggravation! I thought this has gotta be burning some calories! My project that I am so very close to finishing is an eyelet edge dish cloth! Next I would love to do some coasters with this same technique and then I would love to move onto bookmarks and coffee cozies! And then maybe a big project after that!
Happy knitting!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Losing 20 pounds
20 reasons I've lost 20 pounds:
1)For my kids
2)For my husband
3)For myself
4)To feel better
5)To look better
6)To have more energy
7)To be healthier
8)To have a chance at winning the Biggest Loser at work and have money to go shopping
9)To win this battle I've been losing for the last 10 years
10)To help & inspire others
11)So that my clothes will feel more comfortable
12)So that my feet won't hurt so bad
13)Because I am not going to spend my life being an overeater
14)Because I am worth it
15)Because God has better plans for me than leaving me addicted to food
16)Because it's saving me money
17)Because I can overcome this
18)Because there's no time like now
19)Because I know I can ;)
20)and so that I didn't have to stop wearing my wedding rings because they were getting so tight and now they are loose!
1)For my kids
2)For my husband
3)For myself
4)To feel better
5)To look better
6)To have more energy
7)To be healthier
8)To have a chance at winning the Biggest Loser at work and have money to go shopping
9)To win this battle I've been losing for the last 10 years
10)To help & inspire others
11)So that my clothes will feel more comfortable
12)So that my feet won't hurt so bad
13)Because I am not going to spend my life being an overeater
14)Because I am worth it
15)Because God has better plans for me than leaving me addicted to food
16)Because it's saving me money
17)Because I can overcome this
18)Because there's no time like now
19)Because I know I can ;)
20)and so that I didn't have to stop wearing my wedding rings because they were getting so tight and now they are loose!
Monday, January 25, 2010
2.5 more down
It's weigh in Monday! I lost 2.5 more pounds which makes my total weight loss 16.5 pounds! I feel like I am actually getting to the point where I am enjoying this new way of eating! It has really taken away the temptations that I used to have because Atkins is low carb and very very low sugar and that was what 90% of my diet was before! It's teaching me that I can eat to live not live to eat and I haven't had to feel overstuffed or just yucky from eating too much. God will get me through this process and I long for a new lifetime of better choices!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
A Women of Moderation
I have started a new bible study, A Women of Moderation by Dee Brestin. I would like to post some of my notes to hopefully encourage someone else! And I also hope that it will help keep me accountable to sticking with the study through to the end of it! I have a bad habit of starting a book, journal, or bible study and stopping half way through or sometimes even after a few days!
Here are my notes from today: (They may be a little scattered, but I hope that they make some sense)
~We want to be women of moderation, but victory eludes us. Is there truly a way to be delivered? Yes! Yes! Yes!
~Our real problem is "soul hunger."
~In the book French Women Don't Get Fat it says that:
-less satisfies them more,
-the first several bites are always the best
-& that "The arrangement of a food in the center of the plate is part of French enjoyment."
-It also talks about how they would never completely fill their plates as we do and that they use several plates. I like this idea as I do not like my food touching at all! And must have a new clean plate for dessert!
(The new dishes I have been keeping my eye on are square plates. However, they looked kinda small. So I have yet to make a purchase. But I suppose that due to my dieting and liking this idea of putting a small portion in the center of the plate and using separate plates, maybe indeed those new square plates would be just right!)
~Yet in the end, our strength must not come from a food program, but from focusing on Christ. But for a lifetime you want a program that focuses on the Lord and not on food.
~Studies have shown that often we think we're hungry, when in fact our bodies need to be hydrated.
~Whenever we have a problem with an idol or love something more than God, even if that is a good gift from Him, there is a period of time in which we need to have a distance from that idol.
~He is the Redeemer who can exchange our polluted hearts for clean hearts, our distorted motives for pure motives, and break the chains that bind us.
~Psalm 34: 8-9 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who trust in him! Let the Lord's people show him reverence, for those who honor him will have all they need.
Here are my notes from today: (They may be a little scattered, but I hope that they make some sense)
~We want to be women of moderation, but victory eludes us. Is there truly a way to be delivered? Yes! Yes! Yes!
~Our real problem is "soul hunger."
~In the book French Women Don't Get Fat it says that:
-less satisfies them more,
-the first several bites are always the best
-& that "The arrangement of a food in the center of the plate is part of French enjoyment."
-It also talks about how they would never completely fill their plates as we do and that they use several plates. I like this idea as I do not like my food touching at all! And must have a new clean plate for dessert!
(The new dishes I have been keeping my eye on are square plates. However, they looked kinda small. So I have yet to make a purchase. But I suppose that due to my dieting and liking this idea of putting a small portion in the center of the plate and using separate plates, maybe indeed those new square plates would be just right!)
~Yet in the end, our strength must not come from a food program, but from focusing on Christ. But for a lifetime you want a program that focuses on the Lord and not on food.
~Studies have shown that often we think we're hungry, when in fact our bodies need to be hydrated.
~Whenever we have a problem with an idol or love something more than God, even if that is a good gift from Him, there is a period of time in which we need to have a distance from that idol.
~He is the Redeemer who can exchange our polluted hearts for clean hearts, our distorted motives for pure motives, and break the chains that bind us.
~Psalm 34: 8-9 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who trust in him! Let the Lord's people show him reverence, for those who honor him will have all they need.
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