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Weight Loss
- Set physical challenges, not just scale ones. Some examples are 10,000 steps a day for 5 days and first to get there wins a prize. Couch to 5K program. Exercise 3x a week, etc.
- Eat an apple a day to keep the weight away (high fiber).
- Cut out liquid calories such as wine, soda, juice and coffee.
- Reduce carbohydrates.
- Fat Secret or other on-line journal system.
- Active Lifestyle for breakfast.
- Increase your fiber.
- Drink a gallon of water a day. Lime or Lemon in it helps the flavor.
- Get your spouse on board and supportive.
- Wear a pedometer and increase your target steps each week by 500 steps until you are consistently 10,000 steps or above.
- Wii Fit, Sports Active and Zumba
- Substitute healthy snacks.
- Eat Popsicles for dessert instead of high calorie sweets.
Weight Loss Weigh In #NSnation
My weight loss weigh in for 12/4 to 12/11 **Are you on a weight loss journey? Add your post to the linky below, a new one will be posted each week so come back and join in! After last week’s confessions I did turn things around and followed the Nutrisystem plan more closely. I don’t feel like I…
Battling the Holiday Bulge #NSNation
**Are you on a weight loss journey? Add your post to the linky below, a new one will be posted each week so come back and join in! My weight loss weigh in for 11/21 to 12/4. Confession Time I am stepping up to the plate and fessing up. I screwed up. I was on…
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The “Trunk” is 1.8 lbs Lighter this Week! #NSnation
**Are you on a weight loss journey? Add your post to the linky below, a new one will be posted each week so come back and join in! My weight loss weigh in for 11/14 to 11/20. Weight Loss Even when I don’t follow the Nutrisystem plan to the tee – IT WORKS! I’m pretty sure it’s…
Losing Weight with Nutrisystem #NSnation
**Are you on a weight loss journey? Add your post to the linky below, a new one will be posted each week so come back and join in! My weight loss weigh in for 11/7 to 11/13. Running Program I’ll keep this short and sweet. Nope, no exercising this week. Weight Loss By Golly, when…
Weight Loss Weigh In ~ #NSnation
My weight loss weigh in for 10/31 to 11/6. Running Program Remember that whole jumping back into running I vowed last week? It lasted for 2 hours. I did go jogging on Sunday, but then I got a head cold (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it) and didn’t go running again last week. …
Weight Loss ~ Empty the Trunk #NSnation
My weight loss weigh in for 10/25 to 10/30. Running Program Not much to report. Actually nothing to report. I didn’t do even one day of Couch to 5K this week. I wasn’t a complete slacker with exercise though. While I was at Devil’s Thumb Ranch on Sunday and Monday, I took an hour long…
Weight Loss – Empty the Trunk Update
Running Program I only finished one day of Couch to 5K this week – BUT that day was jogging 21 minutes straight! No breaks. I was so impressed with myself. It’s amazing to think that just a few weeks ago jogging 60 seconds straight was difficult. Lesson learned – your body responds very quickly to exercise….
Weight Loss
Running Program I finished 3 days of Couch to 5K (Week 6) this week. I thought that I would repeat Couch to 5K – Week 5 because I couldn’t get through the 20 min jog in Day 3 without taking a break. But when I peeked at Week 6, I found out that it goes back…
Empty the Trunk – Weight Loss Announcement! – #NSNation
I finished all 3 days of Couch to 5K (Week 5) this week. It was tough! Up until this week, the running program for each day of the week was the same. For example Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 of Week 1 included jogging for 60sec alternated with walking for 90sec for a…
Empty the Trunk – Update
I didn’t post last weekend, so this is really a two week update. Good news is that the injury I reported in my last post turned out to be a charlie horse and disappeared after 2 days rather than derailing my running program. I took 5 days off from the program and since then…
Empty the Trunk – Update
This was my second attempt at Week 3 of Couch to 5K and I finished it this week! Other than my left calf killing me (either a charlie horse that won’t go away or a tear to my calf muscle) from this morning’s stumble run, everything went well and a 3minute jog no longer feels…
Empty the Junk from the Trunk – Losing Weight
This week’s post is going to be brief – too much cleaning and other errands to run today. I only managed to do one day of the Couch to 5K program this week and it was tough! I will be repeating Week 3 this week since I didn’t really do it and will hope my…
Empty the Trunk – Weight Loss
Once again I managed to follow through on my goal of completing the Couch to 5K running program. I successfully completed Week 2 – although I did end up running Day 2 on Friday and Day 3 on Saturday to fit it into my week. Regardless, that is the point of goals and deadlines –…
Empty the Trunk – Weight Loss & Exercise Success!
I DID IT! I followed through on my promise to start a running program. To know how big this is, you have to realize that I hate running. I detest it. I’d rather match socks than run – or mop my floors. If you lived with me you’d understand the level of avoidance involved here….
Empty the Trunk – Starting Couch to 5K
Between camping (and associated junk food) plus a 3 day soccer tournament in Ft Collins, I was not surprised that I didn’t lose weight this week. Back to the yo-yo. But, one of the good things that came out of this week is that I figured out how to combine quality time with my kids,…