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Losing It Challenge Week 2
Friday, March 5th, 2010
I’d have to say this past week was the hardest for me exercise wise. I was super busy and didn’t get on the elliptical until yesterday. I plan on getting on today, tomorrow and {hopefully} Sunday as well to make up for lost time! I also tended to “nibble” a bit more and not count it on my myfitnesspal.com tracker. I blame that on a certain unwanted, monthly visitor that just left. But, even after all that I still lost a pound! When I stepped on the scale this morning I didn’t even want to look because I assumed I had most likely stayed the same or even gained a couple of pounds back. I was thrilled to see I had lost a pound. I’ve now been seriously working on my fitness and weight loss for a month. So in the past month I’ve-
:: Lost 6 lbs
:: Lost 2.5 inches off my waist
I had taken measurements of my arms, thighs and hips a month ago but can’t find where I wrote those down. So, we’ll see next month how much I’ve lost in those areas. Let’s just say that my thighs are the same size as a some women’s waists. Just sayin’.
Yuck.
But since I started this Losing It challenge last week I’ve lost a pound. I don’t know if the previous five pounds should count since I had a head start!
So if you want to count all my six pounds I’ve lost 3% of my weight so far. If you don’t want to count my six pounds and just the one from this past week, I’ve lost .005%! I’ll leave that up to the wonderful ladies hosting this challenge: Mary from Giving Up On Perfect, Jessie from Vanderbilt Wife and Ashleigh from Heart and Home.
I’m up for a busy few months ahead of me. I’m really going to have to manage my time well if I want to continue exercising. We’ve started going to the Financial Peace University class our church is offering and that’s every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8:30. I have Awana and Bible study on Wed night’s from 6:30-8:00 and then I’m hosting a ladies Bible study at my house on Thursday nights from 6:30-8:30(ish). We’re doing Beth Moore’s study on Esther. I’m really excited about it. On those three days Katelyn goes to school from 11:30-1:55 so I”m gone from 11:00 to about 2:30 those days. That may not sound like a lot but it’s smack in the middle of the day so I don’t get much done before we leave and once we get back I try to get on the elliptical and also take care of my other housekeeping stuff, dinner and the kids. So that doesn’t leave me a lot of time to get much done before my other commitments on those nights. When I get real busy and stressed the first thing I usually let go is my exercise. I really don’t want to do that this time! I told Mike my exercise is not going to fall by the way side this time. I guess it will have to be the house!
So, how is everyone else doing? Write about your journey and link up to the challenge!
Keep up the good work!
Top Ten Tuesday
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
I discovered this fun meme last week from Oh Amanda. I enjoyed it so much last week that I wanted to participate again this week! Here goes my top ten for this week and don’t forget to check out Amanda’s Top Ten on her blog too.
Top Ten Cutest Celebrity Kids/Babies
1. Suri Cruise- Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
2. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt- Daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (How could you go wrong with those genes?)
3. Violet and Seraphina Affleck- Daughters of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
4. Sam and Lola Sheen- Daughters of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards
5. Leni, Henry, Johan and Lou Samuel- Children of Seal and Heidi Klum (I couldn’t find a better picture with all four kids in it!)
6. Apple and Moses Martin- Children of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
7. Huck and Jasper Paisley- Sons of Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
8. The Palin Children-Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig-
Whatever you may think of Sarah Palin, I think you’ll have to agree, she has some nice looking kids! (I couldn’t find a family picture with the Trig in it)
9. Sam Woods- Daughter of Tiger Woods and wife, Elin
10. Nahla Aubrey- Daughter of Halle Berry
Head on over to Oh Amanda to see some more Top Ten Tuesday!
