Posted in cooking, feeling good, goals, healthy choices, healthy outlook, mental changes, organization, preparation on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last week I wrote a long post about my beginning-of-the-school-year healthy plan lists. I thought I’d check in (and ‘fess up) about the progress I’d made my first week.
Overall, I was pleased with what I was able to accomplish, although I was far from perfect.
On target with the plan:
setting up the coffeemaker (grinding beans, [...]
Posted in NSV, excitement, feeling good, goals, healthy outlook, physical changes, self esteem, tagged pictures on August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today is picture day at school for all of the faculty and staff. I usually like taking these pictures, because besides the ID card that helps me get teacher’s discounts on things, I also get a free set of photos to give my parents.
Each year there is usually something I don’t like about the photo, [...]
Posted in Healthy You Challenge Update, feeling good, gym, health, healthy choices, healthy outlook, organization, preparation, weigh in day, weight loss, working out on August 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last week I lost 1.6 pounds for a total lost of 49.4 pounds. I feel as if this small loss is still a good one because at least I lost something.
This past week I was mostly on track, but did feel as if I was transitioning back into the weight loss program. I felt sort [...]
Posted in Healthy You Challenge Update, feeling good, fitness, goals, health, healthy choices, healthy outlook, mental changes, organization, weigh in day, working out on August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As expected, when I got on the scale this morning, I was up 2.4 pounds, for a total weight loss of 47.8 pounds. I’m actually ok with this gain, because I had a great time on vacation, and while I did indulge quite a bit (let’s be honest – I ate and drank [...]
Posted in anticipation, excitement, exercise, feeling good, health, healthy outlook, weigh in day on August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My vacation was wonderful (to read more about it, go to the Bella Blog), and I had a great time sampling lots of the food Boston and CT has to offer. I didn’t go crazy, but I did enjoy myself. I wasn’t sure how much weight I’d gained, since we did a ton of walking [...]
Posted in excitement, tagged hiatus, vacation on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This will be my last post until I get back from Boston on August 14th. I do plan to write a travel log on my Bella’s Bold Brilliant Blog, so you can look for that daily. Also, please check out the other blogs in my blogroll for inspiration, motivation, and advice.
I leave tonight for my [...]
Posted in anticipation, excitement, healthy choices, mental changes, preparation, weight loss on August 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week I’ve begun a bit of a transition from Medifast to vacation eating mode. Which is not to say that I’ve been going crazy, but I have veered from the “lean and green” meal at dinner.
Friday night, after my mom’s terrible car accident, the family gathered at my parents’ house and after we had [...]
