DAY 8

I love aquafit! what a great workout and you don't even realize it until you're out of the pool about to walk up the stairs to leave. I live it a smaller "city" and we don't have a rec center...... so aquafit is at one of the local hotel pools which can make for interesting entertainment for everyone involved. but most times I can get in the zone and stop worrying about what I must look like leaping out of the water, jogging around in a circle or alternating heel touches with my arms flying in and out of the water. LOL

1. cheerios + s.milk
2. 1/2 c. plain yogurt + kiwi + heaping tsp. ground flaxseed
3. small chicken ceasar salad + 5 mini ww pitas, 3 olives, lemon dill hummus
4.
5. Edit - boston pizza - tuscan 8" (920 cal "holy #$^&$) + sm. ceasar salad (250 cal)
6. 2 dark chocolate squares (105 cal)

Water: 107 fl.oz.

Active: thinking of trying out my hip hop abs DVD tonight, haven't even popped one of those in the DVD player yet. what I actually ended up doing was errands with my husband, lots of them! lol we didn't make it home till almost 9pm

some fun at work

DAY 7

So it's Wednesday and my little sister, flew in from NB last night, she's at my Dad and step mom's though and this weekend we are all going to meet up at the cottage a.k.a. Hanover. I love my sister very much be we could not be more complete opposites MOST of the time and I have a confession to make... I've been dreading her visit just a little. Over a year ago she joined weight watchers and lost a TON of weight. Her initial motive was my wedding day, yes I said my as in my day and I on the other hand couldn't drop more then 5 pounds before the big day (probably didn't help that the dress already fit and if I lost too much I would have no dress that fit). Anyways my sister looks great but sometimes she says really stupid things like "you have so much to loose, you'll drop lots of weight really fast" and the only comfort I take away from watching her going on and on about food and what she does or doesn't do is that she ......get ready for it.... smokes! She smokes and how is that keeping her healthy. I worry about her. I worry that she's lost all this weight in the most unhealthy way and it's going to come back and bit her in the ass. But if I try to offer something up about being healthy and taking care of yourself it's brushed off cause I feel she's thinking "how do you know what's healthy? look at you!"

I want this to be a great weekend, I know it will be. I just hope I've got myself in the best place possible that all the little jabs from person 1 and 2 will be kept to a minimum AND to top it off if TOM arrives this Sunday.... well it means we are onto try #6 so there will be the disappointment to shake off once again.

On a positive note the scale moved again and I lost almost 1 pound this week. I'm okay with this considering the minimal amount of physical actively I've been doing. And "they" say 1 to 2 pounds per week is what I should be aiming for.

1. cheerios + s.milk
1 green tea
2. 20 almonds
3. 5 olives + hummus + 5 mini pitas + 2 hard boiled eggs
4. yogurt + kiwi + g.flax
5. 1/2 blue label pizza (250 cal) + salad + 2 spring rolls (220 cal)
6. 2 dark chocolate squares (105 cal) - saving this for after aquafit, have to drive past a tim's to get to aquafit and sometimes I so just want a box of timbits, I looked it up 5 - honey dip and 5 - chocolate is almost 800 cal) - yuck!

Water: 88 fl. oz.

Active: Aquafit tonight!

Trying to be oh so good this week because the weekend will bring temptation!

DAY 6

1. 5 egg whites + 1 whole egg + 3 slices lean turkey deli meat
2. 2 hard boiled eggs
3. sausage tortillini soup + pear
4. 20 almonds
5. chicken + ceasar salad + 5 olives
6. 2 dark chocolate squares (105 cal)

Water: 107 fl. oz.

Active: 30 minutes elliptical (270+ cal burned!)

DAY 5

1. yogurt + almonds
2.
3. leftovers from last night
4. 2 hard boiled eggs
5. roast beef w cheese on a white bun (white bun so bad :-( + homemade tortillini soup
6. frozen real juice pop (80 cal)

Water: 107 fl. oz.

Active: aquafit - I worked really hard tonight and was so pooped by the end of class, but monday nights are not my favorite because there are way too many ladies.

DAY 4

I slept in until almost 10am!!!! glorious sleep!

1.
2. pancakes + 2.5 tbsp. real maple syrup (150 cal) + 1/2 an orange + s.milk
3. raspberry real juice pop
4. 1 toberone mini (180 cal) - 3 pieces to Jamie
5.
6.

Water:

Active: we worked up a sweat cleaning our bedroom today! holy cow dusty! but it looks so great now and I also bathed the dog, he was a little musty spelling but squeaky clean now.

Jamie's making a tortellini and veg soup AND a pot roast for dinner tonight! so yummy!

DAY 3

1. 2 hard boiled eggs + 6 strawberries + green tea
2.
3. cheese burger + salad w/ l. italian dressing + 1 small milk
4.
5. second half of leftovers from last night (no salad)
6. strawberries w/cool whip and tea biscuit

Water:

Active:

DAY 2

Well I took a peak at the scale and I'm so glad I did. I'm back to where I was before my screwed up weekend and start to this week so I'm feeling good about next Wednesday and what kind of drop I'll see then. I really want to see the scale go below 210 but I'm okay if that doesn't happen by Wed. cause I know it's coming.

Just last May I was down to 192 and that's my first goal. I want to see that number again. I can't believe I actually put on 26 lbs in 8 months, that's just awful... why did I do that to myself?!

1. 5 egg whites + 1 whole egg scrambled with lean turkey slices
1 cups of green tea
2. 20 almonds
3. salad + chicken + o. oil/vinegar dressing
4. plain yogurt + kiwi + 1 tbsp ground flax seed
1 cups of green tea
5. theo's souvlaki chicken 1/2 of it + small greek salad
6.

Water: 107 fl.oz.

Active: clean up the living room for a photo shoot tomorrow! Looking forward to picking up my camera for the first time this month. So many great things have been happening this month I'm really looking forward to how 2008 is going to play out.


Diet Mistakes: 6 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight
By Kathleen M. Zelman, LD, MPH, RD
WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature

1. Racing to the Finish (to finish you're meal that is)
2. Skipping Meals
3. To Many Liquid Calories
4. Oversized Portions
5. Choosing Unhealthy Add-Ons
6. Mindless Eating

DAY 1

Okay today is Day 1 of 10
(but we'll call it day 1 of 9 cause day 10 will be spent at my dad and step mom's place in Hanover as my little sis is coming to visit)

Tonight I'm going to do Turbo Jam cardio party to get the blood pumping

I need this kick start so I can see a change and make the next couple of weeks in weight loss more disciplined, I think that's the right word.

1. 5 egg whites + 1 whole egg scrambled with lean turkey slices
2 cups of green tea
2. 20 almonds
3. salad + chicken + light Italian dressing
4. plain yogurt + kiwi + 1 tbsp ground flax seed
2 cups of green tea
5. large salad with oil/vinegar dressing + 1 chicken breast
6.

Water: 64 fl.oz + 4 cups of tea

Active: turbo jam cp3 - 55 min

1. cherrios w/ s.milk + banana
2. cake (Jen's b-day today - work friend)
3. cheese, crackers + carrots
4. 2 hard boiled eggs
5. yogurt
6. kd (I know so shit but had to get something on my tummy and I didn't prep properly for this week at all)
7. one frozen juice pop (80 cal)

Water: 64 fl.oz.

Active: massage after work and then aquafit tonight!