Ok - I know this isn't adoption-related - but so excited to share something with all of you. For those of you following this blog - you know I've been working on dieting and healthy eating like never before for about 9 months now -- and lost 45 lbs. I felt great and got rid of a bunch of BIG clothes - my mom altered some of my favorite pants and things were going great! Until.... vacation. Actually, it was spring break - when we went to Hilton Head - and had tons of seafood - which is very fattening. Anyway -- since spring break and the months in between I've been soooo stressed ... I've eaten my way through life... and gained about 18 lbs back.....UGH I know 18 lbs isn't too bad - especially given all the sweets I've been clinging to in my stress! But all that has changed.......
A coworker of mine has lost 35 lbs using an iphone app called My Fitness Pal. It is the NEATEST thing. It's like a diary - but you can pull down foods that are already in their database .... like salads from restaurants, etc.... It keeps track of your daily calories and what you have left to eat for that day, in order to lose the weight you want to lose. You can also record exercise. And the part I love the most is when it says.... "If you continue to eat like today by _____ (X date) you will weight _____ (X)". It's all projected out for you and for me.....is sooooo motivating. You also enter your daily weight in a progress area ....and all the projections update too...... It's like a guarantee of weight loss by this certain time.... IF you do the things you've logged TODAY and every day thereafter.... you enter in each day .... so it really takes those "weekly plans" and breaks them down into days...almost moment by moment encouragement. And it also summarizes your day at the end in "notes to you" .....all the things you did right that day... positive things like "your exercise burned ___ (x) calories".
It is really neat. My friend - who is barely overweight.... lost 35 pounds doing this and is at an alltime low body weight for her --- she really looks awesome.... and we know that the smaller you are, the harder it is to lose. I generally lose weight really fast when I'm focused on it ....so here's to hoping most of the 18 is gone soon!!! When I'm brave one day .... I'll do before and after pictures :)
No news still on passport - still waiting and praying -- seeing a perfect window still available before VISA expires. :) Off to Holiday World AGAIN tomorrow -- can you believe it?? We are nuts! Looking forward to one last summer celebration before school starts. Joshua is bringing a friend - Donovan who has never been there and LOVES roller coasters and water slides. Brad is taking the day off work! It's going to be a great day! Pictures to come -- with smiling boys' faces....don't look for any pictures of me - remember, I'll be in a bathing suit :)
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I have that too! You should check out endomondo I LOVE IT!! It tracks your exercise and keeps a history (which for me I love because when I'm feeling lazy, if I look at my history I can see what I've already done and it motivates me :) Also, the lady tells you while your walking/running/ or whatever exercise you are doing, how far you are and at what pace. I LOVE this too because I find it motivates me to go longer. And there's a section where you can add your friends and see what they are doing :)
ReplyDeleteI will have to check that out ... my exercise routine is pretty basic, I do a 20 minute mile walking - I said I'd do it 5 times a week -- I'm at the YMCA (in and out).... and I asked last week, while on leave, if I could walk with Lauren on the track with a snugglie - if she will tolerate it -- they said YES! I was excited, because I figured the answer would be no. During the day they are not very busy - so this might be a great 20 minute "break" for mommy....we'll see how that goes... the best laid plans.... getting back into exercise is convincing me of one thing -- my frame of mind is soooo much better with routine exercise in my life.
DeleteIt's fun to "get to know you better" through non-adoption posts. :o) Thanks for sharing about other parts of your life! Job well done on losing weight and being healthier -- I am a stress-sweets-eater too, so I know exactly what you're talking about!
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I LOVE my sweets, cookies, muffins, icecream, cake... it's awful. I ordered these healthy protein bars online that I used on the program I was on... those help me alot with the sweet tooth -- I can have one a day (but need to avoid all the above listed items :)
DeleteJust had to share this . . . when I posted my first comment, the Captcha code was "ogravy." It's like the computer knows we're talking about healthy eating! :o)
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LOL :) wonder if they have some biscuits to go with that :)
DeleteI love that app too! Funny how we find so many things to distract us during this wait time! Gotta love when it's something healthy
ReplyDeleteI am in LOVE with this app -- and that's funny, because it sat on my phone for weeks -- I'm NOT a techie - so one day thought - I should set this up...it was sooo easy :)
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