Woo-Hoo I'm down 2!

All the @ss kicking by Jillian must have worked, I burned off 2 lbs this week. You know what that means? I hit my 10 lb. mark, 10.4 to be exact. I'm feelin' lean and mean today!! Now, if only I can do it again next week I'll be down to my 5% goal!

How far will I go? Pretty darn far.

I went to give blood today. Instead of the 11th hour workout I thought I'd just bleed a little to see the scale go down tomorrow. That's dedication right there. Unfortunately I have low iron and today it happened to be too low so they booted me out. And in honor of my failure I wrote this little song:

(Sung to the tune of "Beauty School Dropout" from Grease)
Blood donor dropout
no juice and cookies for you
Blood donor dropout
won't take a drop or even two
I answered all the questionier
and they gave my finger a prick
spun my blood around and then I found
no dice, you are anemic!

Blood donor dropout
no big needle stick today
Blood donor dropout
won't even let me if I pay
I've rolled up my sleeve
don't make me leave
I even think I cried!
The nurse just gave a smile
and a sticker that said "I Tried".

I must be a fast learner

So after the first day of Jillian trying to kill me I was actually better. In fact, the second day wasn't too bad. Don't get me wrong, I was dog tired and thirsty, but not once did I feel like I was going to keel over. I took a break on Sunday. Washed the cars and did some walking, but nothing serious. Today was the gym. I did push-ups a little easier than before, so that was a plus. And I just know under all the pooch is a 6 pack waiting to be revealed because I have to do that "advanced" ab moves before I feel a thing. And to add to the happiness I'm expecting a good surprise when I weigh in on Wednesday. Stay tuned.

I think I'm going to pass out

I just finished level 1 of Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. I almost passed out, twice. But I finished it, all 20 min. I haven't done jumping jacks in years but she uses lots of them, and they are awful. However, I bet I burned a lot of calories so I feel good that I got some serious exercise in today. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow and see what happens!

Keep on Keepin' on

The results are in, my body is in love with it's fat. The scale at WW said I was down another .6 lb. So at this rate I ought to reach my goal weight in about 180 weeks (that's about 3 1/2 years for those keeping score at home). Now, I know slow weight loss is really the best because it's better for your body, but honestly this is a little silly. In all honesty though, while I didn't "cheat" last week I know I didn't do my best. So I'm redoubling my efforts this week in hopes that I can see at least a whole pound off the scale instead of a fraction.

Wish me luck!

New Tech. to Kill the Pooch

Over the weekend I had a lovely time at Donna's. She let me play Wii, and I love it. I raced in Mario Cart, was a rock god in Guitar Hero: World Tour, got my butt kicked in boxing, and actually did okay on bowling. I LOVE that machine. Today I think I'm going to go buy Dance, Dance Revolution. While I don't have a Wii there are a few things we can get for the Xbox 360 that will burn some calories, while having some fun.
The next item is one my brother sent me. Here's the link http://www.bodybugg.com/index.php
While it's a little too rich for my blood at the moment my hope is that it will come down in price so us "mortals" can get in on the deal sometime soon.
So there's some new ammo for the war against pooch.

If my weight were a plateau it would be the whole midwest.

I lost a whopping .6 lb. so now I'm at a grand total of 8 in 7 weeks. The "bright side" of me says "you ate a little stupid this week but you still lost instead of gained, yay you!" The "dark side" of me says "how much is lipo and a lap band? Better yet, can they just clamp my mouth shut so the only way to get sustenance is through a tube in my nose that can be closely monitored for excess calories?" Seriously, this is getting lame. Not ready to give up though, I'm too pissed to give up.

The Saga Continues

I forgot to post last Wednesday, I think out of frustration. According to the WW scales I gained .8 lb. WHAT THE HECK? All that water, all the exercise, all the fiber and low-fat healthy eating and I GAINED!
I talked with my hypnotherapist about it and she suggested maybe working within the WW program a bit differently. The last time I was on a diet it was based on more protien. I have noticed with this particular method of weight loss the focus is on fiber and foods high in water content. So I may switch things up a bit and see what happens.
In the mean time I sort of bombed a bit over the weekend. Not bombed in the sense that I ate 100 points worth of food per day but I used up most of my "bonus" points. The positive thing was that I still managed to stay mostly under control. I didn't just throw caution to the wind and binge on crap, and Sean noticed how careful I was being and was proud of me so that was encouraging.
I guess we'll just see what happens this week...

Munch, munch, munch

Happy Monday! I know, it's an oxymoron.
This weekend was a little rough in Pooch-land. I had really bad munchies on Sunday. I attribute it to a large amount of hormones in my system, but it's still no excuse. I am happy to report though that I didn't go over my "points" for the day, and I even managed to make myself do a little Yoga on Sunday. So all in all I did well, but it took a lot of effort.
And for my effort I bought myself a fun little book called "The Girl's Book of Glamour: A Guide to Being a Goddess". It has all sorts of beauty remedies and ideas, should be fun to read. And it's pink. So I think this weekend was a success, even if it doesn't really feel like one.