Hi iaf! I just noticed your diary for the first time. Sounds like you're off to a great start. I too am trying to make my change a life style change for a healthy life. It's the way to go I think. I will look forward to seeing your diary.

Thanks!

This morning I did a very unusual thing for myself. At 5am, I noticed that there were heavy winds outside and a light drizzle, but it wasn't a chilly wind. More like a windswept day at the ocean.

So! I told the husband I'd be doing my circle walk, and went off into the elemental dark windy morning.

When I was younger, I'd always love to walk in the rain. I haven't done this for years and years! And because it's 1/1, there were zero (as in, nada) cars driving; the only sound was the trees whipping back and forth.

And so silly me did my walk, at times with my arms wide (you pretend you're flying into the wind), sometimes with big stretches and deep breathing, sometimes with long pauses to feel the wind and watch the trees...oh it was great. I must have looked most amusing. But it sure felt like a Zone moment. :-)

Got home, everyone was still asleep, and now I'm starting the day. My arms/legs are still tingling. :-)

iaf

Morning!

The good news is this morning, I weigh 162, but last night, it was 164, so indeed, 'tis frustrating. :-/

I'm thinking about checking out my local freecycle for more exercise tapes; this time Leslie Samborn's WATP. Upper body work would also be great as well.

Food-wise, I haven't been seized with any super calorie desire yet! This makes day 12 of no candy, toast with 3 pounds of butter (no butter for that matter), etc., but instead much more fruit, veggies and soup soup soup. If I get hungry, I first drink my water and if I'm still hungry, I grab an apple or apricot or whatever other fruit is there.

So we'll see how things continue.

Time to start the day,

iaf

Morning,

I discovered my local freecycle lets you post WANT ads only once a week. So I'll have to ask for my WATP vids in a few days.

Food-wise, this is day 14 of my get-into-shape mode; I have officially been living healthy now for 2 weeks. Yay! :-)

I think I have lost a total of 6 pounds but more importantly for me, I've (so far!) trained myself NOT to look at it like a diet...but instead view it as a lifestyle change. If I feel hungry, I eat. It might be a fruit instead of toast with 72 pounds of butter, mind you, but I do eat. :-) I'll have to write more about this in the Goals threads.

Exercise-wise, I have gotten back into the habit of going to the YMCA with me spouse. I'll go 2 times a week (as when I go, it's massive push-the-body) mode and on the other days, I'll walk, do my Taebo, etc. Oh, that reminds me - when my kids now do Dance Dance, I can stand in the back and do my aerobics moves too! So it's now more of a family event. My Sneaky Evil Parent Way of getting the kids into shape seems to be working peachy. :-)

And that's me!

iaf

Howdy,

I just finished my Taebo workout tape with my family and feel most mellow. It's time for me to wind down and relax.

Methinks I'll make me a salad with chicken meat and rest well.

Hope everyone's day has been a joy!

iaf

Morning all,

Today is Thursday! Started off the day with my morning soup, 40 ounces or so of water (this is done over a 3 hour period) and cooking breakkie for me spouse. Got my new Taebo tape in the mail, called Turbo Death. Okay, no it's not called that, but that's what I told my kids it was. It's Taebo II. :-)

Today's lunch will be fruits and veggies, dinner will be the chicken soup I'm currently simmering now.

I had to take one kid to the doctor for braces; that was an hour wait for me sitting in the office. I did some ab isometrics and am now back.

Made an awesome chicken soup and will get back to work now.

Have a great day everyone,

iaf

Well this is frustrating.

Measured my waist and it's still 39". However, me hips have gone from 42" to 40.5", top is still the same.

So I'm now approaching the sexy figure of an eggplant. :-)

Ah well, ever upwards and onwards.

iaf

Hey Barb! Just caught up on your diary; love your sense of humor, it shines right through!

I measure myself at the end of every month...I find a lot of satisfaction in those numbers going down.

Hi, Barb! I just read through your diary and I wish you luck! You certainly are dedicated - that will pay off over and again.
I weigh once a week in the morning right after waking and taking a trip to the bathroom. *smile* Every day has too much tension to be much help to me. The weight is MORE in the evening (like you quoted above) because you have eaten and drank that day. It's less after working out (as above) because you have sweater off some "water weight". I think it's best to weigh in the morning and not evening because we don't eat the same thing every day so just that change is enough to matter. I will add that inches are supposedly the best way to go for "fat loss" because fat=size and we're looking to lose size and not necessarily weight which could be muscle. I hope that made sense! Just wanted to reply to what you had posted. *smile*

That is great that you don't have a problem drinking water! I keep hearing that lots of water helps to lose fat so I'm all about getting a gallon down daily.

You also said you were doing TaeBo. Don't you love it? Billy Blanks is amazing and I LOVE doing TaeBo. I alternate between Basic, Advanced, 8-Minute and Bootcamp. The last one completely destroyed me earlier this week and I'm trying to get the courage to do it again. *wink* TaeBo will get you in shape, that's for sure.

Have a great evening!
~Laura

Morning,

Thanks for the good words!

I just got the Billy Blanks Taebo II yesterday and tried it out with my kids - 'way more killer than the originals. 'Twas quite enjoyable.

I made a beef bone soup yesterday and scrapped off all the fat on top this morning. 'Twill be my breakie.

Time to start the day,

iaf

sounds like you are on the ball. On the road to sucess.

You may want to weigh yourself at the same time every day (morning is always lighter lol).
As the day progresses your body takes on water and food and becomes heavier, by morning its all processed. Its normal to weigh heavier at night time

Good for you for making the change, ill be reading and watching your diary

Morning!

Well, I haven't stepped on the scale. I do my major weight-lifting on Mondays and Thursdays, so that's when I avail myself to the Y's scale.

Healthwise, I'm doing pretty good - lots of whole foods and fruits. Lots of wawa, and when the kids Dance Dance, I do Taebo moves in the back of the room. Wow, that truly is a workout that is.

And life goes on,

iaf

Another pound is byebye!

I now weigh 9 pounds less than 18 days ago.

This is good, quite good in fact! I did my bash-my-body workout to the max today (upper/lower circuit, weight lifting for the arms, laps on the track, jogs down/up the 2 flights of staircases), came home, and had a yummy veggie/pork soup I made from pork backs. There's a local chinese grocery store nearby, and I always look to see what I can experiement with regarding soups. So far, the pork back and the beef marrow bones make the most savory of soups. I'll also add bunches of veggies for flavor as well.

Later today I'll try to survive Taebo II Basic and continue my water intake. So far, things are happening body-wise quite nicely.

iaf

wow good start

I used to use the gyms scales as well at the beginning. I finally bought my own about a month back, and its soo cool

Thanks!

Yesterday I challenged my kids on Taebo II Basic and survived! We have lots of fun creating skits that in which Billy Blanks should star - "Billy Blanks - Your Detetion Teacher" or "Billy Blanks - Etiquette Instructor Supreme!". It's quite silly but really enjoyable.

This morning was 35 degrees out, and I did my 2.4 mile walk rather briskly. Drank 22 ounces of water upon return and had half a bowl of soup. Funny thing, I was filled up after only 1/2!

I'm still not being seized by any weird must-have-food cravings. I really really really hope this lifestyle change lasts and I end up passing it to my kids. They've already lost 2 pounds since Xmas (when I got them DDR) and they love challenging me as well.

Time to start the day,

iaf