THE Team - Week 2 - 2/13/09

~Reward yourself with something NON-Food related. New shoes, or clothes, or a purse or jewelry.

~Sign up for some fun activity or learn a craft you always wanted to learn.

~Better yet - an activity that burns cals like dance or SCUBA or a bike ride
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Amen CM... already plannin on rewarding myself with a deep tissue massage once I hit the 20# mark. Which will probably be sometime next month at this rate. I loves me a goooooooooood massage!! We even have a school here that offers $25 1 hour massages from thier students. Every time Ive gone, they have been great! Its definitely a rewarding and great way to relax and love that body you've been sweating and workin in!! Pamper yourself and love your new you! You deserve it!!

Other idea's:
Manicure
Pedicure
New hair cut
New hair color
New cosmetics
Different MP3 Workout music
Different workout video

Keep it simple, I myself dont deprive myself, I sneak little tidbits of goodies now and then when I want it but I ALWAYS log every bite which keeps me in check when I do it. For example.. Im a chocoholic. Always have been, always will be. I still eat it a couple times a week but have changed the type and what I eat. I never used to drink ANY milk. Hate the stuff! BUT now I add a little sugar free choc syrup and lowfat milk and Im hitting 2 birds with 1 stone... choc fix and milk intake! I do that at least once a day. Ya have to find things that work for you so you dont feel deprived.

Stay away from the greasy deep fried stuff. It will make you feel like crap after eating healthy for a while, which is what it should do, since it really isnt good for you once its been deep fried!! Your better to stick with the 3 B's--> baked, broiled, or boiled, especially when it comes to things like chicken. Just because its chicken, doesnt mean its good for you when its been cooked in a vat of lard. :laugh: :laugh:

hi

I have a cranky 3 year old in my lap so I can't type much LOL. Anyway, I'm proud of myself. Last night I ran 30 min and walked 35. Tonight I've already ran 40 :noway: and now the kids are hungry LOL. I'm going to feed them supper and walk another 30 min.

I measured today and have lost 2 inches from my waist in 3 weeks

OH my new goal... no fries for 21 days. they are my weakness and I'm going to destroy them LOL

YAY Kelle!! Im so proud of you!!! That is awesome that you are running!!

Congrats on the 2" lost!! Thats amazing aint it!

And yes, banish the fries! I had to resist when I went to wendys yesterday. They smelled SO darn good, but I knew I was just hungry. I had a HUGE salad instead which was more than enough to fill me up and satisfy me. You'll feel alot better getting them off of your menu. I maybe eat fries once every 3 months now... if that.. LOL

I find I like a baked potato with fat free yogurt and salsa. Yums.

Wow, now that sounds like an interesting combo! Maybe I'll give that a shot. Do you use plain or vanilla yogi? Greek or lowfat? Im assuming your trying to replace the sour cream right? I couldnt imagine using blueberry yogi on a potato... :laugh: :laugh: :sick:

Hey, I found this site called weightview.com that does a virtual nip & tuck with real picture of you and its free!! They take your picture and show you what you might look like after losing 10, 20 or 50 pounds.

This new profile pic is me at my goal weight of 175. Im a bit to embarassed to post the original photo up there also... maybe after I lose more but for now the before photo is just grossing me out.. LOL!

I'll stick with the nipped photo for motivation! Gonna stick it on the fridge :bigsmile:

I do like my taters gang. I slice them into eighths then oven roast them with a little olive oil and Concord potato seasoning or McCormick potato seasoning and they are just like home fries mmmmmmmmmm. I also like a baked potato with salsa and yogurt - the plain greek tastes just like sour cream to me - or I like it with just salsa or sometimes with a little bbq sause or steak sauce - much much better than butter! .

Everyone is doing so great - you all make me proud to be amongst ya!:bigsmile:

losingit - i'm soooo gonna try the "make me skinny" website! What a fun thing to do - and I'm so glad you told me that's what you had done, cuz I was gonna think you had serious body image issues if you thought that body need to lose a buncha weight!!

just summitted my pic so we ill see what happens i am excited

Zano-

I got 1.5 miles done today in 22:28 during my wogging workout at the gym. My back feels GREAT! I think that yoga yesterday morning worked wonders for me.

I jogged 1/4 mile twice with about 7 minutes of walking in between. Big improvement over last week! Of course it REALLY helped that adopt4 was there talking my ear off to keep me distracted... :laugh: I wasnt saying much... just nodding and listening, but it helped ALOT and knocked almost 8 minutes off my time! yay!!!!!


Woggers unite!! :flowerforyou:

Li4G, I'm really glad your back feels better, that was a scary fall you had. Fantastic job with the wogging, I got in my hour wog, including a .5 mi jog around the track. I'm still doing the weekly challenge (journal, drink, and exercise).
PrayerfulMom, wow your workouts are inspiring!
Hows everyone else doing on this weeks challenge?
Have a great day!...Zano