minimizeme

Well, today is a new day. If any of my buddy slimmer buddies have checked my page recently, they have noticed that I had not changed my weight since sometime in January. Well, that is because I hated to see the numbers go up and down, up and down repeatedly. So, I am off to a new start today. Today is the first day of Spring and prayerfully, the first day to a new me. I apologize to all my buddies out there for failing you all before. I, like anyone else, need a swift kick in the rear from time to time to get me going. I do feel more accountable when I have my buddies on here to account to.

Well, I am off for the day and off to a great start. Wish me luck!!!
Love and Hugs,
Sandi

You ever just have one of those weeks where EVERYTHING goes wrong? I just wish the Calgon commercials weren’t ‘false advertisements’. I sure would like to be whisked away right about now. This past week, it has been family turmoil, sick as a dog about 3 days this week with stomach junk, finances stink (why can’t we all be rich? haha) and I have backed up personal paperwork out the nose right now. Not to mention, with everything being haywire, I haven’t been sticking to my diet as planned. Sooooo, my purpose for writing this is to make myself a little more accountable. From here on out, instead of getting totally upset with family and everything else that is going crazy right now and eating whatever I find to grab quick, I plan to take my frustrations out on my exercise machine and my stationary bike. I am hoping that this will not only give me a ‘venting place’ for those days, but will also help me to do some much needed exercise to burn some of this flab. Wish me luck.

Hugs to all,
Sandi

I am down a total of 10 pounds. Not super bad for about 5 weeks of work. It’s hard for our minds to grasp how easy the weight is to put on and just how HARD it is to take off. I am trying my hardest to stay positive about it all and to keep on trucking in the right direction. I am stuck right now with my weight—a GOOD, HARD plateau. I know it is just a matter of time before I hop on the scales and the number drops quickly. Until then, it’s healthy eating and just trying to stay busier than I have been in the past.

I hope that everyone is doing well, hanging in there and reaching some of your goals you have put before you. Keep up the great work and I hope to hear from you all soon.

Love and hugs,

Sandi

This week, all in all, I guess was pretty productive for a new start. I lost an overall total of 4 inches and a total of 4 pounds. I had a couple of ‘not so good’ days in there too. I can honestly tell that I am feeling better, thinking clearer and more excited (in the depths of my soul) about things now.

I hope everyone on here has an AWESOME weekend. If you had a bad day or two, don’t beat yourself up and quit. It’s okay. Just get up and start better and fresh the next morning. I’m rooting for you as I know YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

Hugs to all,
Sandi

Ever just have one of those days where everything seemed to aggravate you and you couldn’t do much about any of it? That was my day. Just one of those things. Good thing is, I didn’t completely blow my diet. When I thought of something snacky, I opted for a protein bar (the special K ones are REALLY GOOD), a peanut butter fold over or an orange. Not too bad considering.
My MIL sent over some yummy, moist looking brownies. I am going to feed them to the kids and get them out of sight so there isn’t temptation there.
Just wanted to wish you all a great day tomorrow and say—HANG IN THERE!!
Hugs to all,
Sandi

As most of my buddies know, my wagon sort of “broke down” probably way back in the middle of October or so. I did pretty good maintaining the weight, but then the holidays came. I am back up to like 373 or so now (about a 15 pound gain I guess) so now it’s back to the drawing board. I know that the soda I have been drinking is the culprit for the most part. So, as of tomorrow, no more soda (I had to drink the last of the Caf. Free Coke as I am the only one in the house that honestly likes it). I made up a big pot of blackeye peas today and made them with just water, a little garlic powder and a little seasoned salt. This will make for some good protein the next few days as well as it’s pretty good for ya. Living in the South, everybody hear hollers for “collards, blackeye peas and how jowls” (which, I don’t do the last one–I did by collards to try this year, but only because they are a good healthy green as well).

I also wanted to wish everyone on here a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I wish each of you all the success with your healthy living and I promise to be on here more for my online buddies (sorry for being so AWOL recently).

Love and hugs to each of you,
Sandi

I am trying to obtain some information on sending some Christmas cards and possibly a care package to some service men and women that are serving our country. If anyone out there has any information/addresses on sending these things, I would be ever grateful. It doesn’t have to be overseas for that matter. There used to be an address that was going around on the internet for a hospital for the wounded (I think it was somewhere in Virginia or something). If I could send something to them even, that would work. I just want to share some holiday cheer with people who have fought so hard to serve our country.

Thanks in advance,

Sandi

Today makes day number 73. My weigh in for the Rockstars this morning went GREAT. I am now, officially, down 47 pounds TOTAL from when I started back on July 23rd of this year (when I weighed in at 402—YIKES). Not only am I losing the weight, I FINALLY made it down into the 50’s from my 60’s plateau. Once it dropped, it dropped quickly. So, if you are stuck in a plateau as I was, remember not to give up. Even your worst day at dieting beats your best day before you started. Hang in there!! You can do this!!

I hope that everyone out there is doing great. I am here for you if you need me.

Love and hugs to all,
Sandi

Thankfully, I am through my TOM and the weigh in this week looked better. Thankfully, I didn’t gain last week—just maintained. This week, I have a 5 pound weight loss from last Wednesday. I can’t knock it. As long as the scales are going down instead of up, right? I have been teetering back and forth in the 60’s range now for so long. I want SOOOOO bad to see the 50’s. I haven’t been in the 50’s in well over 4 years now. I would LOVE to be able to reach mini goal by the end of the month (not too unrealistic—that would be 11 pounds in a month). I am hoping to boost some exercise and start the loss to get there.

I also watched the Biggest Loser last night. Let me say, I cried, cried and cried some more. I SOOOOOO wanted the yellow team to be able to hang in there and make it through. That father daughter team was SO inspiring (not to say that the other teams aren’t). I cried even more when I saw his 4 months after the ranch pictures. He done an AWESOME job. I imagine his daughter is SOOOOOO happy for him.

Well, I am off of here for now. All of you hang in there—you are doing an awesome job. Remember, even if you are having a bad day of dieting, it is STILL WAY BETTER than your best day not dieting. Hang in there.

Love and hugs,
Sandi

Okay, so I don’t have the money to go out and get the exercise videos that I would like. This makes me have to search the web for exercises that will work for me. Today while doing so, I ran across this website:

http://www.workoutz.com

They seem to have exercises that work every part of your body and they show you the difficulty levels too. Now, I have no excuses, right?

On another similar note, I have noticed myself getting complacent and feeling like ‘as long as it’s healthy, eat whatever’. Well, I am starting back today on monitoring my food intake a little more closely. I feel like I am having to treat myself like a little kid, but I guess until I get to a better point and into a better routine, I’ll have to do what I have to do. I am also planning to start my exercise routine today. Tomorrow is weigh in/measure up time and I am hoping for something better than last week (maintaining).

Well, I am off of here for now. I hope that everyone is having a great day. I will check in with you all soon.
Love and hugs,
Sandi