Your Shape Update and Healthy Snacking Challenge

As you may have noticed I haven’t really been updating you on my Your Shape progress lately.  I am still trudging along with Jenny trying to better my life but it has been really hard lately.  I haven’t been feeling well, the kids have been sick so I am not getting much sleep and I was away for the better part of 3 weeks totally off my program.  Surprisingly while I was away I didn’t do too bad , I only gained about 3 pounds back (which I lost again this past week).  I tried to watch what I ate while I was gone and I wasn’t totally good the whole time but I did try to make better choices and not to over indulge.  I also did a ton of walking while I was gone, The Opryland Hotel and Disney World are monstrous!   Starting today I am recommitting myself to my weight loss journey and my Your Shape Challenge because I don’t want to look like this forever.

click here to see my healthy snack choices and see some great dessert recipes.

Your Shape Challenge ~ Week 2

Well I just finished up my second week with Jenny and Your Shape and what a trip it has been!  It’s getting easier but I’m still amazed at how out of shape I actually am.

After a frustrating week 1 where I didn’t loose any weight I’m happy to announce that I have lost 11 pounds this week! It feels really great to say that.  I’m not exactly sure what made the difference but I changed several things this week.

1.  Upped my water intake ~ I’m still nowhere near the suggested amount of water a day, I have to keep working on this, but I did drink more than I used to which was only about 1 or 2 glasses a day.  I used to reach for a Pepsi, now I reach for water.

2.  I changed my diet.  This was big for me, I never ate breakfast, I usually snack all day a little at a time, eat what the kids don’t eat after I make lunch and then eat dinner with my family.  Drastic changes here.

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Beginning My Your Shape Challenge

The challenge has begun! I finally opened my Your Shape last night and set it up.  It has been sitting on my table for about a week and a half now and I haven’t touched it.  It was almost like there was a scary monster in the box that I was afraid to unleash.  The time finally came that I could not put it off any longer, so I put on my workout clothes, laced up my Earth Footwear and hooked everything up and gave it a try.

It was really easy to set up and it’s really cool how it shows you on the screen. Here’s a quick Whrrl showing a few screen shots as I got started.

click here to read about my work out and see my before photos

Project Skinny Minnie

Skinny Minne, thats what people used to call me a VERY long time ago. Check out this waistline (me in 1989, hubby was pretty skinny then too…)

Over the years I attended college (can you say Freshmen 30), had 4 kids (used the fact that I was gonna have more as an excuse not to loose weight in between), and quit working (thus sitting around more on the couch).  Put this all together and I have gone from “Skinny Minnie” to someone I don’t even recognize, someone who has gained 80 pounds in 14 years, someone who has to buy new clothes when the seasons change cause she keeps gaining weight, someone who is disgusted that she let it get this bad.  I have been disgusted for years but I have not been ready to do anything about it, I think I am finally ready.  Maybe its because I’m quickly approaching 40 (only 2 more years yikes!), maybe its because I can’t keep up with my kids anymore, maybe its because I can feel the fat around my midsection folding up when I sit down, whatever the reason,  I want to be healthy for me and for my family. It’s time, it’s been time and I keep ignoring it.

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