Fail! And I blame Haze-A-Palooza!

My husband plays rec hockey for a team called the Haze and every year one of his teammates hosts an event called Haze-A-Palooza and its usually held on the same day as CBC's Hockey Day in Canada! They play sponge hockey, drink beer, watch hockey, drink more beer, enjoy the hot tub, eat fatty food and drink more beer...you know, the usual guy type of stuff!

Our daughter had an evening soccer game so due to the lateness of the game, hubby wasn't going to the event until well after 9 pm so he decided to bring munchies as his contribution as any appetizer type foods would be long ago eaten and probably not wanted!

Cue his return a few hours later *with* said munchies! All of them. A big bag of chips, a bag of Greek chips (mmmmm....Greek), popcorn twists and another bag of Mrs Vickie's chips.

And here's me whining "Why didn't you leave the snacks there??" I don't care that they didn't need them, better them than us! Needless to say, I find it hard to say no to the Greek chips and I ripped that bag open right then and there and so given all this, its no surprise today that my weigh in was less than stellar and I am up 1.1 lbs to 123.7.

Now really, I'm not blaming my husband or his hockey buddies. They didn't shovel the chips into my mouth, that was all me and I'll be the first to admit it! I'm a sucker for salty snacks, what can I say? (I haven't been ripping open the other bags of snacks though so I'm glad for that). I just need to remember "mind over matter" and if I do, then I'm good.

I did take some measurements the other day though and its been awhile since I've done that.

Hips - 39", Waist - 32" and Chest - 34 1/2". My last measurements are buried deep within the bowels of My Fitness Coach and I can see the graph bars, but not the actual numbers! I'm going to measure in a couple of weeks to see where I'm at

Maintain, Maintain!

Hello peeps and welcome to the Week 4 weigh in for the Rethink Your Shrink challenge over at the Sisterhood! Its still not too late to join, that is if you don't mind the occasional homework assignment. The mood is light and out spirits are up so come on over and join us!

I'll be honest and say that I haven't put a lot of effort into exercising this week. I've done some but not much so with that being said, I am happy to report that I maintained this week at 122.6. This I am happy with as my goal is to get between 118-120. If I could lose this paunch on front, I'd be really happy. I've been losing weight but I really wondering where I'm losing it from, if not from my front. My a** most likely, hmm? Which, is a capital A-Okay in my book too!

How was your weigh in this week?

Rawk, Roll *and* Boulder!

Over at the Sisterhood, the Monday Project this week is to toot our own horns and list at least 5 reasons why we totally rock! And I don't mean to blast my own horn too much but I Rock, Roll, *and* Boulder and here's why!

#1 - I'm a Mom and it is the most important job in the world, I don't care what anyone says. It is also the job that is the most thankless so for this I RAWK! All you Mom's out there deserve a huge pat on the back. Pat your own back if you have too, I just did!

#2 - I make people laugh with my very sarcastic sense of humor. Quite often at my own expense, too. I was never a class clown but I do enjoy people chuckling with me. It does take less muscles to smile than it does to frown! For this, I ROLL!

#3 - I'm a good friend and will always be there for my friends, no matter what and for this, I BOULDER!!

#4 - I'm not perfect and will be the first to admit I have my faults but I refuse to stay stagnant and I'm always trying to learn or improve my self in some way. I think its important to show my kids that they are never too old to learn and improve!

#5 - I'm short, cute and spunky and I'm ME and for that I definitely RAWK, ROLL, *and* BOULDER!!

Let's Roll It All Into One, Shall We?

* I admit to not working out much this past week. I've been to my Zumba class, went for a few walks but haven't made a concerted effort to really get back into it.

* Having said that, I haven't been snacking...much. A little here and there but nothing crazy which is a good thing. Snacking at night is lethal I say!

* My printer is out of ink so my Motivation wall is well, motivationaless. Last night my daughter wanted to print something out and we told her we were out of ink. She proceeded, unbeknown st to us, to leave reminders about Ink in various places around the house such as in my book, on my lamp, on her Dad's lamp and on my closet. I had a very good chuckle about that, even a LOL for realz like and told her so this morning how amused I was.

* Soccer and scheduling is driving me to drink or at least to stress out. I'm a planner and a scheduler and I *hate* not knowing what my schedule is like. I know its a minor thing, but its one of those things that really, really bothers me and stressed me out! We don't have a soccer schedule currently for our daughter who plays indoor soccer. We had the next 2 game sked but that was it. So this upcoming Saturday was going to be a busy day for us with a soccer game in the morning, my son's basketball game at noon, an out of town birthday party and then soccer evaluations at 6. I had it all worked out and then....BAM, they changed our soccer game right smack dab when the birthday party was to start so needless to say, we've cut that out of our day and my daughter is quite disappointed.

* I have been de-cluttering. I've gotten rid of a whole whack of old magazines, some old VHS movies that really if I ever want to see again, I'll just buy or rent the Blu-Ray, some bath toys and other things! Feels great to let some stuff go!

* Alas today is Wednesday and I almost forgot to weigh in this morning. I'm happy to report that I am down 0.9 lbs from 123.5 to 122.6! Check out how everybody else is doing over at the Sisterhood!

Boo-Yeah, Just Call Me Normal!

Normal? What's normal anyways?

Well let me tell you, after 2 weeks without weighing in, I was a little nervous. I was sick last week so didn't work out much and wasn't generally in the best of shape so didn't keep on track with my health goals and such.

Before Christmas, I was doing a great job of getting up in the morning to do my workouts but I just can't get back on track with that. I don't know if its the darkness in the morning let's not talk about my late nights, that has nothing to do with it. or what but it seems to be difficult to get up. But I'm back at work this week, started Zumba, am drinking more water and feel good overall.

Then this morning its the bleary eye stumble downstairs, *^$#(%^& there's not 3 batteries in the damn board, stumble back upstairs to grab 2 more, CLICK! All right, back on track! After the last weigh in fiasco, my lines are all wrong, my weight goal is skewed, its lovely, but alas, the news is good!! Somehow, someway I am down 2.2 lbs and....*and* the best part is I am now in the Normal BMI range!!!! Did you hear that? Normal, stinkin' BMI!! Woo-hoo I tell you!! I am very happy about this.

So for those playing along at home:

Dec 30, 2009 - 125.7
Jan 12, 2010 - 123.5
for a difference of -2.2lbs!!

And on top of that, I have homework again? Ooh, what class am I taking, you might ask? Ah, yeah, that would be no class except for those hookers over there at Shrinking Jeans. I need to make a Motivation Wall for my Monday Project and while I already had some plans for a scrapbook page, only some inklings mind you, I have no idea what else to do with this. Maybe something will come to me at my crop on Saturday!

The Monday Project - All About Me

Call it what you will, its homework and I am totally admitting right here, right now, I haven't been a good girl this week. I've had a cold since Tuesday and just haven't felt like exercising, getting on the scale or doing really much of anything.

But for me, that's all part of it. I can't say as that I have a defining moment or a rock bottom moment. For the past year or so, I've known it in myself that I needed to make changes. I was aware of it but for the longest time I didn't do anything about it.

Like many people, I gained my weight after I had kids. With my daughter in 2000, I gained 27 lbs which for me is considerable as I'm such a small person. I lost it all the next day - literally. You never would have known that I was pregnant. Then I had my son in 2003 and that was a bit different. I gained about 30 lbs but it didn't disappear quite so easily - I think sometimes our bodies have minds of their own.

I've probably hovered around 140 lbs for quite a while which is not bad...but not great for someone of my height and while I'm active, I'm not actively active if you know what I mean. So I made a change. But in this case, it was something I wanted to do and I was ready to do it.

I'm a firm believer that with any kind of addiction, problem, whatever, the person needs to want to get help or change themself and its the same with weight loss. If you're not truly there and ready to do it, it just ain't going to work. Ask any of the contestants on The Biggest Loser - they really needed to be ready to change.

How was I ready? Ah, back to the whole mind over matter thing. I stopped snacking at night so much and noticed, rather quickly that because I stopped, I wasn't hungry anymore in the evenings. This was *huge*, I'm sure of it. The snacking is bad and for me, I'm a sucker for salty snacks like chips and the like but if you don't buy it, you can't eat it. (But we won't talk about the Xmas holidays will we?)

Coke. Its Evil Incarnate and I'm addicted and while I totally admire those of you who cut caffeine out of your life, I can't. I don't drink coffee and I rarely drink alcohol so coke is my one big vice but if I limit it to 1 per day, I don't feel so bad about myself and really why should I? I need to be healthier and still have some joys in my life food wise and if a coke a day is one of them, I'm okay with that. Slurpees, same thing. Love them, can't drink them so I have 1 a week and boy does it taste good.

I bought EA Sports Active back in the late spring and I just can't say enough good things about this program. It is truly a good workout and loads of fun and the best part is that it really does make a difference. I did two 30 day challenges with the original and I contribute my weight loss over the summer and fall to this and my determination to stick with it. More Workouts which came out in November is equally good and even better, I would say. I just completed the 6 week challenge on it and Wow! Did I ever sweat!! I encourage anyone who isn't sure to purchase this program and try it for yourself. Like anything, you get what you give into it but if you only have 20 minutes a day, that's all it takes and I guarantee, you will do more than you think you will. I myself, am going to head downstairs right after I post this to do a workout for the first time since Monday. I need to get back on track and I will. Today.

I hope to be down a few more pounds by the end of this challenge and even meet my goal but if I don't, I just know that I'll need to keep plugging along, putting one foot in front of the other and keeping my "mind over matter" mantra at the forefront of my mind. And you can do. Do whatever works for you to get it done but more importantly ask yourself this - Are You Ready?

Join us over at the Sisterhood to Re-think your Shrink or even if you just need some inspiration, I know you will find it there!!

Re-Thinking *My* Shrinking!

It starts today. The Revolution over at ShrinkingJeans. A new challenge to re-shape your mind, body and spirit! And to start the challenge was a weigh in this morning at which I balked, whined and cried about last night on twitter and was threatened with "Don't make me get all Jillian on you!"

And so, 6:20 or so so me rise after staying up *waaayyy* too late last night. My weigh in went thusly:

-Bathroom break, struggle with my clothes for weighing in and stumble into the kitchen where I grab the camera which contains the spare batteries which came out of the Wii Balance Board. Trod downstairs and throw on the light switch. This is a new step for me, as normally the light from the tv is all that is required but with replacing batteries at this God awful hour, its needed. Flick of the tv, press of the Wii power, fumble with the Wii Fit and then struggle with the batteries....and the balance board doesn't turn on. Fuck. Fumble some more, check the tv remote thinking the batteries are dead...only to realize I've put them in wrong (Epic Fail).

At this point the game has started and is ready to go so I clicka clicka away to choose body test, step on and oh Wow, I've reached my goal and lost 119 lbs!!! Whoa, that is some sweet stuff! I also might note that my BMI is pretty much next to nothing, obviously there was an error in initializing....sooooo, let's try that again, one more time with feeling.

Okay, now that's a bit more realistic of a Body Test. 125.7, up 1.4 lbs. Not surprising in the least.

And with that, I can take this new challenge head on! In the next 7 weeks, I'd like to be at 118 lbs! My other goals include:

- Zumba starting next Monday nite!
- More Workouts Tues, Thurs, Fri
- If I can get to the Y once a week and hop on that treadmill and/or elliptical, I'll be pleased as punch!
- 1 walk a week, preferably outside
- Gonna be Bugs Bunny - salads, salads, and more salads

I'll re-define these in the coming days but I'm excited about this and I ask you, what are you going to do to Re-Think Your Shrink?? Join me!

Join the Revolution!!

In November, I stumbled across this awesome website called The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans! They are a great group of women (and men) who are on a journey to better themselves physically and lose weight with the help and support of each other. Some are runners, some are walkers but they all are fighting a battle with themselves.

Since I joined the 'hood, I've participated in 2 challenges to help me better myself. I've pushed myself just a bit further and felt that much better about myself!

And now, starting tomorrow (Dec 30) is a new challenge, a Revolution if you will! They are being very secretive on the details but it starts tomorrow and I encourage you to join with me and Re-think your Shrink! I assure you you won't regret it!