Been so long since I've had a chance to blog ... guess following through on my new year resolutions is taking more time than I thought it would. Change tends to do that.
I'm sticking with our new eating plan and am starting to see some pounds come off -- 3 to be exact. I know ... it doesn't sound like much (hubby has lost 10 already!) but I know myself and that weight doesn't release willingly from my body so I guess I should be thrilled with the progress. I am ... honestly ... I just wish it was more.
I'm proud to say that I'm still off sugar and dairy ... actually, we haven't had bread in this house for almost 3 weeks. We have realized that the best way to not be tempted to eat stuff we shouldn't is to not have it around! (Such a revelation I know!) So there just aren't any cookies or chips or ice cream or donuts in this house.
We haven't had beef in a couple weeks either. We are trying to drastically limit that and stick with chicken and turkey. Our latest food to go is potatos. We decided they are just too starchy and they're now on the "limited" list as well.
Let's see. I've tried a couple new soup recipes and had some success with that. Will post those soon.
Exercise! I'm sticking with it. Most days I get in a 2 mile DVD with Leslie Sansone. I'm planning to up that in the next week now that I'm pretty well "broken in" ... it's been a question of a time crunch as well. I'm trying to accomplish a lot of things in a limited number of hours each day. Let's face it -- it's not too hard to let exercise fall down a notch or two. LOL.
And I've kept very busy on my business project, hench the time crunch. I'm spending most of my time working on getting that ready to launch. It's taking me more time than I expected (I should know to always allow twice as much time as you think something will take!) and don't know if I'll make my self-imposed February 1st launch, but I've decided that it's just a target and the point is to get there. It's nice to have a goal date but the world won't end if I'm not quite ready at that point. I'm finding there is a lot more research that I need to do than I expected and well, I'd just rather do things right than try to fix things later.
The house is a mess and not really up to my standards (which aren't all that high to begin with!) and I sense that hubby is biting his tongue a bit about my projects being strewn all through the house. I'm trying to get organized as I work through all this. It's been a bit of a challenge trying to get organized and figure out where my best work station is going to be. I'm hoping that will just all kind of work itself out :)
Well, it's 1 a.m. and I think my pillow is calling to me. More updates soon.
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2 weeks ago
Hey 3 pounds lost is better than 3 pounds gained. I've been struggling to take weight off and it just keeps being added despite all my best efforts...but I keep trying.
ReplyDeleteExactly! I'll take whatever pounds want to shed and gladly say goodbye! I recently came across the idea of thinking "cumulative effect" when viewing food, exercise, etc. Sure, one potato chip won't hurt but it's the "cumulative effect" that gets you. Likewise, getting in a 2 mile walk might not seem like much, but done over and over again, there's going to be a "cumulative effect" that takes place. I'm trying to keep that thought in mind when I'm tempted or feel like what I'm doing isn't making a difference.
ReplyDeleteI just visited your blog and was looking at your 2011 goals (love it!!!) and just have to ask -- what's a snowflake jar?
Hi, sorry to be so long in replying. I've been out of town helping my mom who was in hospital and is now moved to a residential facility.
ReplyDeleteI've taken the Snowflake concept from Dave Ramsey who teaches about how to eliminate debt. He talks about a snowflake fund where you take small bits of money you have (coin jar funds etc.) and use it (as part of your overall debt strategy) to pay down your debts. The cumulative effect (to continue your thinking) is that all these small amounts add up and help you eliminate debt that much faster.
My take is a little different. I have a snowflake jar in which I add "found money" like coins and deposit money from returned bottles. I add them to a jar so that when I get enough funds there, I use them to fund women entrepreneurs in villages in Kenya. I've funded my first woman and will write about it soon as part of an on-going series I am doing about Kenya. I hope you will check in my blog and look for the posts about Kenya.