WEEK ONE STATUS.

The end of the first week of our June challenge is almost here. I have family 'stuff' this weekend, so I wanted to come give a report out. I hope everyone is doing well. For me personally it was good to get back in the swing of things again.

First, Twilight related, I was out and about over the weekend and saw a person out running. As I got closer, I had to do a double take, as he was built just like Jacob Black... He was wearing the longer shorts, , nice muscular physique, tank top with the big open arm holes, sporting a dark tan, with short spiky black hair. okay, so I know, it wasn't Jake, but a girl can dream cant she?

Some changes i've made recently....
I have been playing with a couple of pounds for a while now (for almost as long as Edward has been 17). I reset my ticker to my true weight as I thought it would help me mentally to see the number inch back down, instead of feeling like I was trying to climb out of a hole. I want to tell you that it has made a huge difference, I am glad I owned up and did it.

A week ago, I ate myself into sugar coma. I cannot recall ever doing this to myself, and it is beyond me why I did it. Please don't be alarmed by what I am about to say, even I consider it sacrilege.~~ Anyway, I decided to CUT~~~OUT~~~SWEETS~~~from my diet and see how I would do. I felt so crappy the weekend after the sugar binge, that I had no desire to eat anything sweet, so it honestly worked to my advantage. So far I have done extremely well for someone that has always had sweets in her life. Monday morning was difficult, as I drove past 'Sweeties' on the way to work, where I stop for a donut or a latte. I just kept going....didn't look back, but let me tell you, the auto pilot wanted to turn the car into their drive thru. I am allowing myself things like sugar free pudding, kettle corn flavor seasoning on my popcorn, but when it comes to cookies, candy, pastry, ice cream, and the like, I am still just saying NO! This afternoon, My coworker was walking down to the snack area, he wanted a Payday, I told him I would come for the walk, and when I got there, I had no desire to buy or eat any of it. I was fine, and I still can't believe it!

As for our challenge items, I've been focused on getting my 'strive for five', and while it has always been really hard for me, I am making pretty decent headway towards drinking my 8 glasses of water daily. I have started using my weights instead of just walking, and this week the numbers on the scale are inching downward.

I am looking forward to reading about everyone's accomplishments and challenges and your Twilighty thoughts!

no sweets?! more power to you! and congrats on your iron willpower - keep it up! maybe it's a newly developed vamp-power!

your story of jacob black - i met him off the coast of venice! i kid you not - he was a ferry man when we went a couple of summers ago, and we were there with a slew of high school girls (we tour students - that's how we can afford to go). the girls weren't technically in our group, but when i gasped and said, "omigosh! jacob black! twelve o'clock!" they all turned to look, and hot damn if he didn't fit the bill! the biggest difference was his hair style, but, whatever, close enough. we mobbed him. i don't think he ever understood why we all wanted pictures with him. i actually printed a picture of jacob and put it in our album beside the imposter jacob - i'll post them and let you see what you think!

What an awesome story Stacy! Poor guy, never knew what hit him! Lol

For my sweets, today I went to chick fil a and got a kids meal of grilled nuggets, the server tells me that in lieu of the kids toy, I can have ice cream, well, heck, I had the ice cream. It was a nice small cup, and it was tasty and when I was done, I was done. So I guess I am not totally cutting them out, but certainly cutting way back!

Yvonne, no sweets??!! :noway: Girl, will you have enough umph to fight those zombies?:laugh: Loved your Jacob Black story as well as Stacy's!

Twilight related, ummmm...... that is hard for me since I eat, sleep, and breathe Twilight. So picking one thing is hard. Recently, I have been going through the songs of the sound tracks and kind of doing a close reading of the lyrics of each song. I'm loving actually getting into the songs. This week was "Never Think," so I have been hearing Rob's voice as the background to my week.

Fitness related. I finally dropped some weight after staying the same for 2 months.:drinker: I don't really call it a plateau since I changed my settings to half a pound a week, and plan to lose super slowly as I approach maintainence. I didn't quite finish my May Fab Ab challenge because it was just getting too hard, and I found myself pretty much spent by the end of my morning workout. :frown: This month I'm cutting back to more manageable numbers, but doing them faithfully (she said on the 7th of the month). My abs really do look a lot better thanks to all those crunches, planks, and push ups!:bigsmile: I bought a new swimsuit, and it makes me feel great! :glasses:

I love the idea of checking the lyrics to the songs, definitely something worth doing. I had to take my car in for some recalls, and had my handy iPad with me, and I started reading more of Midnight Sun. Yes, I am guilty of not finishing it, and I still have some chapters left in breaking dawn, what can I say, I am savoring every moment, I don't want it to end.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/06/comic-con-2012-schedule-final-twilight-panel-and-dexter-headline-opening-day.html


Comic-con, Countdown to the end of Twilight begins July 12th. Final comic-con appearance. :sad:

Hmmm what is this new Beauty and the beast series they mention....