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Doing Well + Meal Planning Food Photos

September 16, 2008 by Mary

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Well, well, well. We meet again. Since I am writing this post at 6 am instead of 6 pm, like normal, maybe I will actually be higher up on the list when checking in. I am so terrible about doing anything weekly (lets not even start about doing things daily) so its amazing that I even check in with the challenge every other week. But I have some down time now and I am awake and ready to write and read some weight loss blogs.

I feel that I am well on my way to becoming a healthy me. I have been eating way less than I normally do when I am at home and I have been having great workouts. Yesterday my workout consisted of 30 minutes on the elliptical, 20 on the bike, and an hour of swimming (10 laps)/kicking with a kickboard (26 laps). It was a great workout that made my body feel so tired but so good at the same time… I am loving swimming. I am so glad I added it to my workout schedule.

The bridesmaid dress fiasco gave me a reason to really NEED to lose weight and break the unhealthy cycle that has gripped me while I have been living at home. The motivation to fit in the dress for L’s wedding – so I wouldn’t let her down or completely embarrass myself in front of my friends – has proven to be a powerful motivator for me. The wedding is this Saturday so I have motivation to continue this through at least Saturday afternoon. I can’t promise I will be good Saturday night though, I have a date and a desire to eat something unhealthy after two weeks of nada in the yummy goodness department.

But don’t fret my friends. Although I am on an accelerated, amped up healthy living plan right now I don’t plan to abandon it any time soon. I will add back a few hundred more calories a day though and let the weight loss slow to a more appropriate speed. If I want this to be permanent I will just adjust what I am doing now to make it slower, but ultimately more lasting.

So how much weight have I lost exactly? I can’t tell you. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, but that I really can’t tell you. I don’t know how much weight I have lost. Once I decided that fitting into L’s bridesmaid dress was my goal I started focusing on that instead of the scale. I haven’t been weighing myself and have instead been basing my efforts on how my body looks, feels, and fits into clothes.

I am doing well in that aspect since my clothes all feel a bit looser. I received a compliment from one of my bosses yesterday about how I looked like I had lost weight and that I looked thinner in areas…. including the area where the dress didn’t fit! I know I have lost a few inches at least. I love that she told me this because honestly it is impossible for me to judge my size and whether or not it is actually diminishing.

I may have to buy a corset or something like one for this weekend (just so I don’t look so flabby, ya know?). I will definitely post a picture of two to let you guys see if all this worked or not. So look forward to a future bridesmaid fashion show with yours truly.

For now we will have a little food show. I don’t do this every week but sometimes I will plan out my food for the week and cook everything and separate it out to help make sure I am eating only what I need to eat. As an example of this here are the pictures from one of the weeks when I did this.

My veggies all cooked and in their containers: peas, corn, green beans, mixed.

Veggies

My breakfasts and snacks: cereal, oatmeal, fruit.

Fruit, Cereal, Oatmeal

I also cooked up some bacon! Well, turkey bacon!

Turkey Bacon

The fish I cooked that tasted soooo good. I love fish.

Fish


Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: bridesmaid, clothes, compliment, dress, Healthy Living, Healthy You Challenge, swimming, update


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Comments

  1. Skinny Inside says

    September 16, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Wow, that is so fastidious of you to prepare your meals! I’m in awe, really. I can’t wait to see the bridesmaid dress! Try Spanx, much more comfy than a corset;-)

  2. SeaShore says

    September 16, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Good luck on Saturday, and enjoy yourself!

  3. dadivastreet says

    September 16, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    Way to go on getting organized! Weight loss is not about the scale alone. If you see progress in the way your clothes are fitting, you’re on track! Thanks for dropping by my blog!

  4. Mark Salinas says

    September 16, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Great job and good luck!

  5. Annette says

    September 16, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    girl, that’s a good workout!! That will be so exciting when you finally do weigh……kind of like Christmas :)

  6. MizFit says

    September 17, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Stating the obvious? perhaps

    But I so believe it I’m gonna anyway.

    I’m a true believe in the Law of Attraction.

    That what we shove into the universe via our thoughts manifests what we become.

    You are, in this vein, INDEED a healthier new you.

  7. LisaNewton says

    September 17, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Wow, I love your planning. Many times, that’s half the battle…………………..:)

  8. Mary says

    September 17, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    @MizFit : Love it. I am already healthier just because I think it. True.

    @Lisa: Thanks! I am not the best planner, but I do it often enough that I stay pretty much on track.

  9. Clement Dominguez says

    January 8, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    hi
    eelxz62xejedoefc
    good luck

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