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Don’t drink those calories 2008-05-06 11:31:00 I think it appropriate that I share a story with you about my recent consumption before I launch into this entry: Today’s topic - SODA.
I still keep sodas in the house. I have kids and a husband. Several friends that drink them and umm helloo...you can not mix too many tasty drinks for the masses without the stuff. I just choose not to consume it. In any case, it has been a while since I have touched a Pepsi. October 2, 2007 at 11 am to be exact. I am not weird, it was just monumental for me. My actual addiction is listed in the entry that follows this.
So, the other day, my daughter cracked one open. When I came around the corner, she very sweetly tried to hide the can. This prompted a convo between us that went something like this:
Bug: Don’t look mommy.
Me: It’s o
Making Yourself a Priority 2008-05-07 19:15:01 It’s funny - this post is late for exactly the reason that I am going to talk about… making weight loss a priority. This morning I had to do so much stuff - go to kindergarten orientation (AAK!), bring in some dry cleaning for a suit that I am going to lend out to a friend, pick up a prescription for a neighbor who can’t drive, as well as basically cart my son to and from school, make lunch, do some work, and wait for the air conditioning guy. Yeah, hello - was I making myself a priority today? Of course not! Did I get to walk this morning? Of course not! Will I have time to do it later? Most likely not! Why? Because I am a people pleaser… if someone asks me to take on more work I will do it even if I don’t have time, if peopl Read more:Yourself
Not to be confused with PHAT 2008-05-08 10:30:00 It is no secret that obesity in America has been on the rise for years. Fast food places have increased their meal sizes by over 50% in the last 10 years. We are all getting fatter. The FDA has increased the acceptable daily caloric intake from 1200 to 1500 - 1800 per day. And we are still getting fatter. Airlines have increased their seat size to accommodate larger people because god forbid, people realize that they are getting fat. Between 1995 and 2002, the number of calories Americans swigged each day more than doubled--and those from sugary quenchers like soda, fruit drinks, and alcohol quadrupled. How much bigger do we have to get before people realize what is happening?
It really is no wonder how we are all struggling each day with our weight. It shouldn’t shock us Read more:confused
Your weekend health tip 2008-05-10 12:48:00 Right now, as you are reading this entry, I am camped out with my family, in Central Florida. Hopefully enjoying perfect weather and fun times. We are snorkeling, biking, hiking and cooking on an open fire. Setting out under the stars each night. Fending off wildlife...ahhhh I am probably relaxed. The reason that I am posting all of the details of where I am right now? I want to stress to you, how important it is while you are all working your butts off, trying to get healthy, to also find time to relax and chill out. It is as important as the workouts.
Stress is the enemy. The big bad enemy. It does horrible things to you and your body. It messes up the way you think, the way you eat and the way you react to situations. I know this because at one point in my life, I was one stressed out
Weigh-In Day! 2008-05-09 13:26:00 It’s Friday and quite frankly I am very excited! I woke up feeling “thinner” LOL. Do you ever have those days that you just wake up knowing that you have lost weight? Somehow you feel less bloated and you just KNOW your clothes are going to fit well? I just love those days. In fact, I was so excited that I waited until I started writing this post to go and weight myself, so if you will hold on just one second I will go do that right this second…
Okay, well not as much as I had hoped - but not bad! 1.2 pounds down. Better than nothing And also better than the gain I thought I would have earlier in the week when I was eating myself out of house and home. This week I was having a hard time again. I think it is because we didn Read more:Weigh
I’m so tired… 2008-05-12 12:58:00 Hope everyone had a good weekend!! See that title of the post? Well it’s true - I’m exhausted. I had another one of my late nights with only about 3 hours of sleep, but although usually I can function well this morning I simply can’t :( I started to look for articles for information on lack of sleep and weight gain so that I can use my experience to help you all out, but I Read more:tired
Vacation Recouperation 2008-05-13 11:35:00 I have spent the past four days out in the fresh air. Running around and playing non stop. I attend TKD class on Monday night and I feel like someone ran off with my body. Like I have started all over again. I am not going to spend this post being a big fat whiny butt though. I have exciting stuff to say.
I have to admit, I was worried about how I would successfully keep up my good eating habit Read more:Vacation
Do over!!!! 2008-05-15 11:16:00 Ya know, Erin calls everyone out and look what we find? A bunch of you that are in the exact same frustrating spot as we are in. Yep. I am frustrated. My scale seems to be in hibernate mode. I can’t find the energy to work out like I should let alone have the attitude or willpower to eat properly. Yes. It’s shocking but over the past week....I....the one and only Queenie....have eaten not one
A Few Tidbits… 2008-05-14 10:54:01 First - my personal congratulations to Gypsie for winning the Lipton Bike! Gypsie - I really need your address so that you can get it sent to you I emailed you but you haven’t gotten back to me, so just in case I wanted to post it here. Send it to me at erin@ourwickedweighs.com by the end of Wednesday or we’ll have to pick another winner - which I totally don’t want to do to yo Read more:Tidbits
Friday = Starting Over 2008-05-16 13:25:00 As Queenie mentioned yesterday, it sure seems like everyone here is a little down about their weight loss or lack thereof. Maybe its the time of the year, or perhaps we have all been trying so long that we have simply come to the point where we need to reassess our goals - which on the whole isn’t a bad thing to do whether or not you are lacking motivation. So, let’s use this day t Read more:Friday
Now what? 2008-05-17 13:39:01 So, we have all wiped our slates, we weighed ourselves, we reset our goals, now what?
I am a list maker. List are wonderful for me to get things accomplished. So naturally, I am going to suggest making a list. Lets call this one “The List o Death”. On this list, you need to write down all of the things that you are doing wrong, eating that you shouldn’t be eating and the things that you a
How To Save Money Eating Healthy 2008-05-19 13:39:00 We have all talked about how expensive it is to eat healthy at one point or another. The fact is that it does cost more money to eat healthy - but there are ways around it. Just because food is on the rise when it comes to price doesn’t mean that we have to eat crap food just because “it’s cheaper.” Ramen noodles may be cheap, but they sure don’t offer much in the way of nut Read more:Money
Out of the Mouth of Babes 2008-05-21 11:35:00 Something happened to me last night that I’m not sure that I even want to admit, much less relive but I thought it was important to share in case some of you have gone through similar situations.
My son and I went to see an early evening movie just the two of us. It is something nice that we enjoy together and we always get there a little early so we can actually have some convers Read more:Babes
Interval Training 2008-05-20 10:19:01 I realize as I set here with shaking limbs and tired muscles that I have been experiencing interval training for the past 6 months. Only it’s disguised as Martial Arts. Interval
training, for those that aren’t familiar is when you combine aerobic workout with strength training - at intervals.
Interval training has been around for literally decades. Do any of you recall in gym class when the Read more:Training
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We must ask ourselves… 2008-05-22 11:15:00 We are all on the same path. It is what has joined us together as an online group here at Wicked Weighs. We all want to either improve our health or lose weight. Sometimes, both. I have preached the importance of setting goals for ourselves
. I have shared mine with all of you. I have put this part of my life out there as an example to all of the readers here with hope that someone might learn some
It’s not the smokeout 2008-05-24 12:55:00 Each year, hundreds of thousands of people participate in the great American smoke out. It is one day each year that smokers commit to snubbing the habit. Well, if they can do it, so can we. Right? I am not talking about smoking though. I am talking about just kicking one of your bad habits for one day.
Maybe you are a soda drinker. You know it’s bad for you, but you consume away. Perhaps, yo
The Scale Never Lies 2008-05-23 13:07:00 Dead Even…
That’s where I’m at on the scale. Exactly the same that I was 2 weeks ago. Bleh.
You know what? I shouldn’t even say bleh - I should be rejoicing - I mean I haven’t eaten right, I haven’t exercised and quite frankly I haven’t done anything to make myself healthier and more in shape. No excuses here - I guess I just didn’t do what I needed to do.&nb Read more:Scale
Kickin’ the Habits 2008-05-27 05:15:00 Today, at Wicked Weighs, it is officially “Kick it to the Curb” day. I declared it. So it is. We are using today, this mere 24 hours to kick an unhealthy thing from our lives. It can be anything you wish. Just commit and kick it - for 24 hours.
Today, I am kicking diary out of my life. Yep. I am a cheese addict. That is the one thing that I have been unwilling to give up completely. Even th
Time For Reflection 2008-05-26 08:45:00 We interrupt this regularly scheduled program to talk to you about what today really means…
Today we are going to go over the houses of our friends and family or maybe even just stay home while we fill up on hot dogs, hamburgers, and potato salad. While we are enjoying this great day that we have come to love so much, let’s not forget all the women and men who have fought and are still
Get To Walking! 2008-05-28 13:03:05 Walking is not just about getting on the treadmill, putting on your iPod and struggling through 30 to 60 minutes of walking in the same place, looking at the same things you have done for the past few months. Firing up your imagination means you can find plenty of places other than on the treadmill or in the neighborhood park, to get in 30 minutes of walking to help you stay fit. Besides, a Read more:Walking
Kickin’ the Habits 2008-05-27 15:34:00 Today, at Wicked Weighs, it is officially “Kick it to the Curb” day. I declared it. So it is. We are using today, this mere 24 hours to kick an unhealthy thing from our lives. It can be anything you wish. Just commit and kick it - for 24 hours.
Today, I am kicking diary out of my life. Yep. I am a cheese addict. That is the one thing that I have been unwilling to give up completely. Even tho
A New Approach 2008-05-29 10:24:01 When this site first began, I think that Erin planned for it to be a site that housed a bunch of information about weight loss. A place for people to come, to be filled with anything they needed to attack dieting and weight loss effectively. I think that it has accomplished that. At some point though, our focus, as readers, is changing. We are not ALL on that scale frenzied weight loss journey any
Well, It’s Friday 2008-05-30 16:59:23 You all know what that means. Weigh in. The past few weeks, I have been dreading Friday
s. Mainly because my scale has just been teetering back and forth between 170 and 169. It’s been torturing me. BADLY. Well, after a few days of pondering my self worth and my ability to actually not give up on this life I have going for myself, I made some realizations. Quite simply, I just need to stop
Note to Erin 2008-05-30 14:05:23 When I have lost more than an ounce, could you please try to wake up earlier so that I can weigh in and be all excited with myself??? Please.
Planning and Clutter 2008-05-31 11:53:23 I am almost embarrassed to admit this but...I am a bit anal. Oh, who am I kidding. I am a lot anal. I have lists for everything and a planner that tells me when i can pee. Yes. PATHETIC. The one thing that I do that I want to share with you all is my menu planning.
Organization is key to so many things in life. Especially when life is moving at such a fast pace. The one thing that I organize is
The Fruit, The Veggies - The Legend 2008-06-03 10:29:00 Gypsie recently posted that she wanted to know why I became a vegetarian. I really don’t recall if I posted the WHY’S about this topic before, I only recall posting that this is what I am doing. This is going to be a long one people. I apologize.
Back in October (2007) I weighed 207 pounds. I felt like total crap ALL THE TIME. I was suffering from panic attacks and had MAJOR issues with low Read more:Fruit
, Veggies
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I Swear I’m Here! 2008-06-02 16:05:00 Sorry for the late Monday post and skipping the Saturday post! I feel like my life has all been a whirlwind lately. So much to do, so very little time!
I spent Saturday afternoon doing exactly what Queenie suggested - I made my full month of June meals. I was down 4 days because I’m going to Michigan this weekend but I was able to come up with enough meals for all the Read more:Swear
Hydroxycut - The Real Story 2008-06-04 08:02:00 Jasmine wrote in a comment that she was now using Hydroxycut and she then said that before we put her down because of it (which we totally never would - we’ve all done our own types of diets!!) that we review it and see what it is all about. So I did just that
This is what I have come up with…
The answer to the question if hydroxycut is effective is difficult without taking a look a
An Angel in our Midst 2008-06-05 10:45:00 Fellow Wicked People -
We have an angel among us. His name is Eric Gamble. He wrote to Erin and I with a request for some help. After reading his email, and then scoping out his web site, we decided that he deserved a coveted spot here in our wicked playground. You see, Eric is on a weight loss journey. Not only that, he is going to make it a personal challenge. And you all know how much Erin an
Weigh In Friday! 2008-06-06 08:38:00 Quite frankly, lately I have been up and down about weighing in but this week I kicked some ass! I lost 3.4 pounds I could have even lost more by now because I weighed in early, because you know, I just felt… lighter, lol. I wish I could say that it was all that exercise but nope - it was better food choices. I really made a very conscious effort to watch everything I ate.&nb Read more:Weigh
, Friday
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