I've been baaaaad! I'm having a problem stopping myself! Today is my day off for the gym but I'm going anyway because I missed the last two days. Y'all pray for me! I've messed up on diet and exercise. My cousin had a birthday party yesterday and all the food hanging out...how do you say no??? Woosah!!! I'm not going to beat myself up about it...I'm just going to keep it moving. I just need to lose weight this week!

So, have you heard of Zumba? If not, look it up and find a class. It's fun, high energy, and a great way to get your exercise in. It's a mix of Latin and other dances and time flies. If you like dancing but don't care for cardio, this is a workout for you. Just have fun with it!

I'm losing weight!!! I weighed myself today and I'm down 1.5 more pounds...it's not even the end of the week. My normal weigh in days are Fridays so hopefully I lose more than two pounds this week!

Do any of you enjoy Panda Express? Well here's some good news, a kids meal with white rice and broccoli beef is only 370 calories and pretty low in fat. It's just enough food and I enjoy it (although I'm over the age of 11...lol). I get the iced tea (unsweetened or with a zero calorie sweetener). It's delicious! It's a good tip to know if you have to eat out.

So I lost 2 pounds over the last week and for some reason, I didn't find much satisfaction in that. My friend is being encouraging by pointing out that 2 pounds a week translates to 8 pounds a month and 40 pounds in five months. That made me feel better but I still want to lose more. I'm gonna keep up my diet and exercise. Oh I almost forgot to tell you, I'm starting a vegetarian diet. I've done this once before and I lost a lot of weight pretty quickly so I'm going back to what I know works! I'm still going to track my calorie and fat intake but I'm just going to cut out the meat. I'll probably add more protein supplements to my regimen so I'm not depriving my body of necessary proteins. Any suggestions?

Ignoring You

I've been terrible. When you don't hear from me for an extended period, it's mostly because I've been bad. I avoid spreading my lack of enthusiam when I know I ain't right! Lol. Anyway, I've really began to step my game up this week. I'm on the committed track...AGAIN! I HAVE TO STAY DISCIPLINED!

I found a cool online program out there that's FREE and it's at sparkpeople.com. Check it out and see if you like. I've been using that this week and I enjoy it. You're created a program based upon your goals and this program has the amount of calories, fat, carbs, and protein you should consume each day. There's also a work-out regimen created based upon your workout goals (i.e. how long you want to work out and on which days). If you need even more help, they create a meal plan for you and you can print out a grocery list. I really like it.

Day 3

First of all, my muscles are SORE!!! I didn't work out yesterday but I did do my pilates two days ago. I plan to do Yoga today in spite of my soreness. Hopefully stretching out the muscles will help them to feel better. I was once told that if your muscles are really sore the morning after working out, you're out of shape. That should tell you a thing or two about your girl! Lol. That should come as no surprise though...given my starting weight. Speaking of weight, I weighed myself this morning and I'm at 211...lost two pounds!!! YAAAAY!

As far as my diet is concerned, I've been doing really well during the day but I fall off after 7:00pm. I'm such a muncher at night and I need to work on that. Every piece of food I eat is added calories. I need to be more disciplined and say NO to myself after 7:00pm!!! I'm going to do it!

Day 1

It's February 1st and It's the first day of my diet. I'm really excited about my future weight loss but it always starts like this. I'm just going to have faith that my level of discipline remains high. So, I'm going to try out the Slim Fast diet with little or no snacks and exercise of course. Their shakes are really good but not the kind you buy premixed...the ones you mix yourself with milk. It just tastes fresher...I guess because it is right??? Lol. The diet is 2 shakes, 3 snacks, and 1 500 calorie meal but like I said, I'm going try eliminate as many snacks as I can. I have to make sure to get some vitamins too. I'll make a trip to my favorite place, GNC.

So for today, I'm going to do some Pilates for exercise. As a matter of fact, I'm going to get on to that in just a few seconds. I'm going to add housework to the list although we don't really consider that exercise...it's better than sitting like a bump on a log. I weighed myself this morning and I'm embarrassed to even announce what the scale read but I'm going to tell you anyway because that's what this is all about right??? So I weigh a whopping 213 pounds. BOOP! That number won't be there for long!