SHRINKVIVOR Challenge (Week 3, Down 2.4 lbs More)

Well, it happened! I celebrated my 39th birthday this last weekend! One year ago on my 38th birthday I joined a She Rocks Boot Camp and was ready once and for all to GET-FIT! I am here to say, I've come a long way in one year, but I am not finished yet!

The number ONE thing that has happened to me this year is realizing what healthy food is and what fast food has done to my body (and my stomach)! My twin daughters (17 years old) have come along with me on this journey and I can say with out a doubt that we have learned some very valuable LIFE-LESSONS that we will take with us forever! I am so thankful for all the learning and growing we have done over this past year. And as a mother I am SO grateful that I was able to teach them these lessons before they left home.

Now on to the challenge and MY TEAM... we did AWESOME once again! The 5 of us that are left are ALL GO-GETTERS and I am so happy to be on a team with all of them! (Check out their blogs and journey's here).

BEE FIT

REAL LIFE ADVENTURES

We are into week 3 now and the scale was definitely my friend this morning and I couldn't be happier. I was less-focused on exercising this week and more focused on food choices and it paid off after last weeks low weight loss I was SO happy to see that new number this morning.

WATER - WATER - WATER.... The challenge from week 1 continues and it has become second nature and it's SO easy now to drink 6 bottles of water a day! And I can tell you that from all the things I've been doing to help me loose weight this has been key. I had one diet coke this week (my first in 3 weeks) and it tasted like pure syrup, I couldn't even finish it GROSS. (I am sure my boot camp trainer would be happy to here that!)

NO FAST FOOD: enough said. I DID IT (AGAIN)!

FRUITS & VEGGIES: I have been doing SO well with my eating all day (and as you all know this is a food blog and YES I do eat almost everything I post, with very few exceptions). You are all watching what I am eating and I am STILL loosing weight. It has to do with healthy breakfast, healthy snacks, healthy lunch and sensible dinner. I snack on carrots, apples, grapes, cucumbers, oranges, I try NO carbs all day. Lunch is turkey (NO bread) or a Salad and dinner is whatever I make (NO SECONDS, no matter how good it is). If it's that good, I save the left overs for the next day's dinner. And I eat one protein bar a day, right before my workout. And that's it....it's successful and I am loosing weight!!

The SHRINKVIVIOR CHALLENGE is a 7 week challenge and we are in week 3. I am so looking forward to the next 4 weeks and seeing where it takes me. The NEW challenge will be announced tomorrow and I can't wait to get right on it. This challenged has PUSHED ME and helped me exactly where I needed it the most, and I am forever grateful. I know the next few weeks are going to get harder and harder as I am coming onto my "plato" weight between 150-155. Every time I get down that low, I just stay there forever and ever. So, I am gonna have to push HARDER then I ever have before and be MORE DEDICATED then I ever have before. And I know I WILL GET PAST THIS... I WILL SUCCEED. 

 First Week’s Weight:

164.4

Today’s Weight:

157.8

this week LOSS:

2.40 lbs

Challenge

150.0

Ultimate goal weight:

139.0

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 6.60 lbs 



the blank photo spots are for my NEW 40 YEAR OLD SELF on October 2, 2011; Wish me LUCK!!!





LIFE-TIME Goal would be to be in the 130’s, and yes I don’t even care if it’s 139. I am posting my weight here (because on The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans they say “Coming to terms with the number on the scale can aid you in your weight-loss”)

Here's to 4 more weeks to go on this ULTIMATE SHRINKVIVOR CHALLENGE!

Shrinkvivor Challenge (Week 2 - DOWN .2)

BLACK TEAM ROCKED IT THIS WEEK, we survived week 2 !!!

Another week behind us, and even with a birthday party, I survived. So, week 2 down and 5 more weeks to go! The BLACK TEAM had a few inner-challenges of our own and some I made and some I didn't. Our challenges this week were "minutes of exercise" and "NO fast food"; then we added "rolling out of bed for 10 minutes of sit-ups/floor exercise" and "trying to reach 120-200 minutes of exercise each day".

WATER - WATER - WATER I still tried to hit the 120oz of water (challenge from week 1) and I can say about half way through the week, I was SO sick of water. But I picked it back up and I can honestly say WATER does help with weight loss. So, DRINK YOUR WATER!

MINUTES OF EXERCISE... I was doing SO well at the beginning of the week. Each day I get in 35 minutes of Boot Camp and I up'd the minutes by adding in walking, exercise DVD or swimming. I did not reach my OWN challenge of doing 120-200 minutes of exercise each day, but I can tell you I DOUBLED my exercise everyday this week and it felt GREAT! Although not showing on the scale as much as it did last week (with a loss of 4.2), I can really start to tell in my clothes feeling so much looser. (and people are starting to noticed, that is a sure sign you can tell you are loosing weight; when people notice).

NO FAST FOOD: enough said. I DID IT! I really did not go through one drive through this week and not even one restaurant either. So, proud of myself.

ROLL OUT OF BED EXERCISE: this is such a great habit, and well exactly that it MUST become a habit. Somedays I was able to roll right out of bed onto the floor and do some sit-ups and other days I was running late and did try to do them right before bed. I even went to bed at 2am on the night of my twins sleep-over and there I was at 2am on the floor doing my exercises. I was proud and need to continue to PUSH myself to do this everyday!

The SHRINKVIVIOR CHALLENGE is helping me to PUSH MYSELF when I am tired, PUSH MYSELF when I don't want to do that extra 30 minutes of exercise and PUSH MYSELF that extra step because I know my tribe members are pushing themselves too and it's a TEAM EVENT and I want to be a strong team member. Today is weight in and all week I have done TWICE as much exercise as last week, ate LESS food and the scale was NOT my friend this morning. I only lost .2 lbs. Now, I ask was this my body saying....

"HOLD ON WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" (I LOST 4.4 lbs last week)

"WAS THIS MY LACK OF EXERCISE?" (No, I did DOUBLE the exercise this week)

"WAS IT BIRTHDAY PARTY FOOD?" (I did only taste everything, that can't be it)???

I am still not sure of the answer, but I do know in my heart I did EVERYTHING I could to loose weight and it just didn't happen this week. Am I giving up? HECK NO!! I really hope I make it another week with my tribe and NOT get sent to Exile Island, the daily emails from these ladies are SO valuable!



Total Weight Loss

Down 4.4 lbs

First Week’s Weight:

164.4

Today’s Weight:

160.0

this week loss:

-0.2

Challenge goal weight (in 7 weeks):

150.0

Ultimate goal weight:

139.0


LIFE-TIME Goal would be to be in the 130’s, and yes I don’t even care if it’s 139. I am posting my weight here (because on The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans they say “Coming to terms with the number on the scale can aid you in your weight-loss”)

Here's to 5 more weeks to go on this ULTIMATE SHRINKVIVOR CHALLENGE!

Shrinkvivor Challenge (Week 1 - DOWN 4.2 lbs)

Go BLACK TEAM, we survived week 1 !!!

1 week down and 6 more weeks to go! The BLACK TEAM is drinking some serious water (we've learned to drink 1/2 our body weight in ounces of water; I have done just that and more... I am up to 6-7 bottles of water a day... plus many more trips to the bathroom too!) And WOW what a difference that makes in weight loss, JUST DRINK MORE WATER. The SHRINKVIVIOR CHALLENGE is still going strong, today is weight in and we'll find out who gets sent to Exile Island (I hope it's not me!!!). This week we also had a challenge to log our miles. I did my FIRST EVER 7 mile walk; and well it kinda kicked my butt! But overall I did way more walking then weeks before (so, I FEEL GREAT!). I can't wait to find out tomorrow what the next challenge will be!



LIFE-TIME Goal would be to be in the 130’s, and yes I don’t even care if it’s 139. I am posting my weight here (because on The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans they say “Coming to terms with the number on the scale can aid you in your weight-loss”)

Down 4.2 lbs


Yep, that's my little toes! We are taking a picture
to show the world our weight loss!

First Week’s Weight:

164.4

Today’s Weight:

160.2





Okay, kinda silly but I hope you
can read, each day, my weight loss!
In lip-liner written on mirror!

Challenge goal weight (in 7 weeks):

150.0

Ultimate goal weight:

139.0


And YES, my twins did make
Chocolate Chip Cookies this week
I HAD just 1/2 of a cookie, I was
satisfied and didn't affect my weight loss!

OUR FAVORITE CHOCOLATE
CHIP COOKIE RECIPE