This week I am down .4 pounds and currently weigh 185 pounds which is down 6.6 pounds since the start of the campaign. My BMI is 29.9. I have found a great way to stay active while sitting at my desk working many hours a day. I started using Spotify which is a free music … Read more
I finally feel like I am on the right track! Food: GOOD: I cut out so many calories by watching for those “hidden calories” that I talked about last week. GOOD: Yummy wraps for lunch made on my George Foreman Grill. NOT SO GOOD: Eating late at night. When I’m working I don’t realize that … Read more
I was pouring salad dressing on my salad the other day and I looked down and noticed that the Italian salad dressing I was using was not fat free like I thought it was…it had SEVEN grams of fat! Here I was having a salad with vegetables, grilled chicken, and shredded cheese thinking the cheese … Read more
This week I spent a few days out of town in Asheville, North Carolina at a blogging conference. I brought along healthy snacks (including fresh fruits and vegetables) to snack on during the car rides. While at the conference we were fed breakfast and lunch. I was both surprised and excited that there were many … Read more
This journey of weight loss has been a continuous battle for me. In the past month and a half I have been frustrated with the weight the scale showed. I thought that by starting this challenge I would see the pounds come off each time I weighed myself but that is not the case. I … Read more
I’ve noticed my weight yo-yo’ing lately. One week I’ll lose weight, the next I’ll gain, and then I’ll be down the next week. This week I am down. I lost 1.4 pounds since last check-in and so far am down 4.4 pounds since the start of this journey. My BMI is still stuck at 30 … Read more
I gained weight this past week. At one point early in the week my scale said I was down to 185.6 which was more than a pound lost. Then came the weekend and I was craving sweets and other unhealthy foods. I had some birthday cake for my son’s birthday on Saturday and then Sunday … Read more
I am down two pounds from last week! Woohoo! I now weigh 186.8 and have a BMI of 30.1. So far during this challenge I have lost 4.8 pounds. I have been eating healthier and using my George Foreman grill to “knock out the fat” in my meat. I have been noticing recently that I … Read more