30 Pounds

FINALLY. I thought I would never hit the 30 pound mark. I'm proud of myself though for keeping it up. Still working out every day and watching what I eat.

My friend Mary lost 100 pounds on Weight Watchers awhile ago and now is a leader there. I decided last Sunday to give that a try again to see if it will help speed up my weightloss. I've been doing great during the week, but not good on the weekends. The end result has been super slow weightloss or just maintaining. Time to get that scale moving!

Barry's Bootcamp

I made my first spur of the moment purchase from Woot.com the other day. It's one of those sites that I check regularly, but never see anything I want to buy. They sell one item a day - usually electronics-type things. Anyways, they had Barry's Bootcamp for $19.99 on sale and I bought one.

It was a great deal. There are 3 workout DVDs included, a set of power bands, and a big pill-shaped exercise ball. It includes a 30-day workout that I'm trying (in addition to doing the wii). You do a 21 minute lower-body workout one day and a 21 minute upper-body workout the next. The nice thing about it is each workout is really only 14 one-minute exercises, with a 30-second break in between each one. I can really feel it in my butt and arms ... which are two areas that I feel I wasn't really doing enough with on the wii.

I'm down 26 pounds. Still going slow, but I'm trying to really count calories and with this extra workout, I'm hoping the scale moves a little faster.

25!

I'm down 25 pounds! Hurray! It feels like it's going slow, but I just keep reminding myself that a pound a week adds up to 52 pounds a year.

I Won!

I'm so excited! My name suggestion for a watch band on ChunkyBling.com was selected as a winner. I get to choose a watch band of my choice! It will be hard to decide ... do I go for a funky fun one, or one that looks elegant? Check out their website for yourself at www.chunkybling.com

As for the weight loss, I'm down 23 pounds. The scale was reading down 24 pounds, but then of course I ate too much on Easter yesterday. I HATE that it only takes one day of not being perfect for the scale to inch back up! I'll have to work out even harder this week.

22

Down another 2 pounds for a total of 22 so far. The Wii says I've logged over 82 hours of workout time! I've been watching the Biggest Loser On Demand while I run for extra inspiration. I can't believe how much weight they can lose in a week! Of course, I'm not working out 6 hours a day like they are, but I am doing my hour in the morning (that's an hour of actual exercise time on the Wii) and I've been trying to add 20-30 minutes of aerobics in the evenings. I'm consoling myself with the thought that losing the weight more slowely will help me keep the weight off!

I'm a Finalist!

I entered an online contest to name a watch band on Chunky Bling. My name was selected as one of the top 5 and now they are having a voting contest to see who wins. I picked the name "Summer in the Hamptons". Take a sec, follow the link below and vote for me. If I win, I win a watch band of my choice. How fun!

http://chunkybling.com/contests/name-that-bling/vote-on-names

Over 20 Pounds

FINALLY! I've passed the 20 pounds lost mark. I thought I would never get here. That darn scale really didn't want to budge. Now to work on hitting that 30 pound mark!