Power of One, New You Weekly Weigh in: Feb 23rd, 2011

Well, I think I have had another good week.
My current weight is 237.7.  That is a 3 pound loss from last week. 

I had a better week than I thought I would.  The pain in my foot got worse. I think there were two reasons for this.  First, I insisted on using the height extender to do my stepping (especially trying the Body Fail project) and my boxing.  Second, as it started to hurt more I was all tense, walking on the inside of my foot and then the whole thing started hurting.  On Sunday I was quite down over it, figuring I was going to gain my weight back because I wasn't getting the exercise in.  I think what saved me was the fact that I have been really good at keeping away from the sweets and I wasn't snacking in between meals or eating after dinner. I also started drinking the cup of green tea each day in the early afternoon.  And I am being more faithful at drinking 2 cups of water before meals.  No, I don't record calories eaten, or even what I eat.  I have just been trying to eat healthy; I try for a salad once a day.  

So, I actually lost weight for my Monday weigh in for Plus Size Bloggers.  And I lost an additional .9 pounds since Monday!  I have started back up with the DVD, just at the lower intensity.  And I am only stepping and doing boxing with the balance board on the floor the way it is supposed to be.  

Now for this coming week's minor set back.  There is something wrong with the balance board, which really only affects it for the stepping.  It does not register when someone (i.e. me) steps off completely.  It registers one foot up, other foot up, one foot down.  Then the other foot is a miss.  Luckily I can still get my exercise done.  Unfortunately that messes up any chance to up my steps for the Free Step like I was going to try to do along with the Body Fail challenge of trying to go longer.  I can go longer, it just won't register correctly.

You should really go over to Plus Size Bloggers to check out all the fat burning tips she is posting.  You can also sign up for her Ezines with more great info.  Though it is too late to be signing up for this months challenge, there will be another one coming up.

Hoping for another good week this week.

Looking forward to checking out how everyone else is doing.

The February Project: Operation Body Fail

Here is how Christieo over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans defines "body fail"
“Body fail” is the term I use for when I do so many reps that I can do not one single more, when my arms or whatever body part I am using goes completely limp and is failing to go even an inch further. There are a few exercises without weights that send me into “body fail” almost immediately. ”Body fail” is when I do not think I can run another single minute or at a certain speed for another single second.


As most of my exercise is done on the Wii Fit I was unsure what I was going to do for this project, where we are being challenged to keep going just a little further each week on a specific exercise, beyond the point of "body fail."


I had only felt the way her definition describes one time before while doing the Free Step on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes with my weights and with the height extender.  My legs felt so weak as did my arms. When I was done I felt like I was going to collapse. The problem was I could not see how I could take this further unless it was trying to up my step count. My son suggested I just keep going after the time is done and see how far I can go.  So, because I hadn't recorded the step count last week I had to do it again to get my "starting" count.  The only problem is, I have injured my foot somehow and I am having a difficult time just walking on it.  But tonight I decided to try the stepping anyway.  I was able to make it to 3,272 steps. I know I can make 3,522 steps with out the height extender and weights (and without my foot killing me) so I think I will aim for that goal for the 30 minutes in addition to adding extra time.  I'll just go 1 or 2 extra minutes each time (though I won't have a step count for that as the WiiFit will stop counting at 30 minutes).


Head on over to the Sisterhood to see what others have done for their body fail challenge.   

Power of One, New You Weekly Weigh in: Feb 16, 2011

Well, I think I have had another good week.
My current weight is 240.7.  That is a 2.2 pound loss from last week. 

I think it would have been better, but the last couple of days my intensity level has not been as good as last week as I somehow hurt my left foot and can't put much weight on it.  So of course I can't balance very well for some of my WiiFit exercises and it is hard for me to get up to the right intensity on my DVD.
Last week I said I was going to start eating some more Fat Burning foods as mentioned over at Plus Size Bloggers.  I haven't done real well with that yet. She has also posted about the fat burning benefits of Green Tea. I purchased some and my son and I have had a cup each, but haven't had any since.  I am not a big one for tea (and my mother being British and all). You should really go over to Plus Size Bloggers to check out all the fat burning tips she is posting.  You can also sign up for her Ezines with more great info.  Though it is too late to be signing up for this months challenge, there will be another one coming up.  I am on my way to lpsing 10 pounds in the month of Feb (for that challenge I have actually lost 7.5 pounds!)
Hoping for another good week this week.

Weekly Weigh In: New You, Power of One (February 9, 2011)

This week was so much better than last week. 
My current weight is 242.9.  That is a 5.3 pound loss from last week.  Of course I had gained 1.5 pounds last week, so I really lost 3.8 pounds in the last two weeks.  So I am still on target, which makes me quite happy. 
There are a few things that helped:

• I found my Aerobic DVD and have used it several times this week.
• I have been exercising two times a day, once in the morning before breakfast and then while the children are taking their nap. (In fact, here are how many calories I burned each day-

Thursday- 445
Friday-621
Saturday-501
Sunday-677
Monday-483
Tuesday-701
Wednesday- 525)

• I have upped my intensity by using an Everlast step height extender and some small weights.
• I have not had birthday cake in the house.
• I have refrained from eating after dinner.
• I have had sweets, but most of the time only at lunch time for dessert.

I am going to start eating some more Fat Burning foods as mentioned over at Plus Size Bloggers.  She has also posted about the fat burning benefits of Green Tea.  In addition I am going to start implementing some of the tips in Alpine Weight Loss Secrets, the book I have reviewed and currently have a giveaway for over at my main blog, Tots and Me.

Hoping for another good week this week.

Weekly Weigh In- New You, Power of One (February 2, 2011)

What a bummer.  I can't believe I gained this week.  One and a half pounds!!  Guess I couldn't get away with sneaking in bites of birthday cake and icing like I hoped I could.  I think part of it was also my lack of Aerobic DVD.  I did find it today, but I've been without it for almost the full week.  It was in the wrong case that had fallen behind the game systems.  I mean, I may have been okay with out the DVD if I hadn't been sneaking the sweets.  But, I was definitely burning more calories with the DVD.  I thought using the dance mat with the PS2 High School Musical game would be enough to help, but it wasn't.  Though it was fun to spend time "exercising" that way with the older kids. 

My weight is now 248.2.  This is the weight I am starting the Plus Size Bloggers challenge at.  I just have to buckle down and stick to it so I can make my goal by the 23rd for the Power of One Challenge. 

Weekly Weigh In- New You, Power of One (January 26, 2011)

Well this week went a whole lot better, on the scales, in the resisting temptation, in the measurements (well sort of), and in exercising.
I lost 3.3 pounds this week.  I am down to 246.7.  I have so many different starting weights with different challenges/support link-ups I am not sure how to record what my total is.  From the beginning of the Pound for Pound Challenge I have lost 8.2 pounds.  The goal is to lose 25 pounds, I think I am doing well.  My starting weight I recorded for the Power of One Challenge was 257.3 and my goal is to lose 10 pounds by February 23.  Well, I guess that goal was a little low.  Wonder if I can lose another 10 pounds by Feb 23.

Definitely limiting the sweets seems to have helped.  I was a little nervous because we just had Tabitha's birthday cake yesterday and I was snacking on cake and frosting Monday night plus nibbled on more cake than I should have yesterday.  I definitely can't have this stuff in my house.  I can't stop with one piece.  I tend to cut off a tiny piece figuring it's better than a whole piece.  Which it would be if I wouldn't go back for more and more little pieces or finger fulls of frosting.  If it hadn't been for that cake though, I had done really good limiting to only a couple of times a week at midday.  Now to re-commit to only 2 days of sweets this week.  One day is gone.  (What can I say, my son made a yummy cake.  If you want to see the cake I will be posting a picture of it in a couple of days with her birthday post over at Tots and Me)

Now, measurement wise I have not yet seen much improvement.  Everything except my legs have stayed the same.  There was a half inch loss in my thighs and a 1/4 inch loss in my calves.  Hoping to see some more improvement soon.

Exercising has been going well.  I have stuck to the WiiFit in the mornings.  I always do my routine, which includes Yoga and Strength.  Then some days I have also done some other aerobic activities or my DVD.  I haven't exercised in the afternoon every day. That is one thing I would like to improve.  Lately Miss Hannah hasn't been taking her afternoon nap at the same time as the girls, making it hard to get anything done.

So this week, I plan to

• stay away from the sweets except for one more day.
• exercise every day except Sunday.
• exercise at least three afternoons (DVD or Biggest Loser).
• start implementing some of the things I learned in the book I reviewed, Alpine Weight Loss Secrets by Stefan Aschan.  (Stefan grew up in an Alpine environment and has shared some of the knowledge he gained growing up in this area where people are fit because of their every day life style.  As he states over on the website, he grew up "where the folks in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s look and move like people in their late 30’s."  If you would like to learn more about this book head on over to Alpine Weight Loss Secrets website.  You could also check out my review over at Tots and Me and enter the giveaway.  There are multiple chances to enter)

Hoping to see continued improvement.  If you are here from one of the link-ups please leave a comment. I will head on over to your blog as soon as I can and follow you.

From New You 2011
- Weight Goal: 160
- Last week's weight: 250
- This week's weight: 246.7
- And tell us about what you are doing to reach your goals/how your week has been/ any setbacks, etc?! See above


Also we've decided to do a question of the week!! This week is:


What's your favorite healthy food/snack? 
My son and I love when we can make a big salad for lunch.  Romaine and spinach, lots of veges (broccoli, cauliflower, onion, green pepper, avocado, raisins, a little chicken or beef, or tuna (we love sprouts too when we can get them and raw corn)

Weekly Weigh In- New You, Power of One (January 22, 2011)

I postponed posting this week because I was a little disappointed on Wednesday when my weight showed I had only lost .9 pounds. I had thought I was doing pretty good.  I had added to my exercise routine.  I had reached my intermediate goal on WiiFit early.  But then my weight crept up a little each day.  I was getting a bit depressed because I had set a 10 pound loss for the next month as my goal and when I got on the balance board to weigh in I was more than I was when setting said goal, though less than the week before.  And when I measured myself I could NOT believe that I lost only 1/4 inch in certain areas but gained in others.  How, I asked myself, did I gain over an inch in my waist when I have been exercising over an hour each morning.

I have decided to weigh myself only once a week like I used to.  That way I am not depressed each day if I gained weight, because I know weight does fluctuate.  And, I know almost one pound loss in one week is better than nothing.  Guess it was a mistake to make such a big goal for this month.  I also realized some of the weight problem was probably due to the fact that we had made yummy Melted Snowman Cookies to go with our Snowman lessons.  And while we were making the cookies I gave into the temptation of cookie dough and a cookie after they came out of the oven, all in the name of making sure they tasted good of course.  (oops).  There went my goal of not eating after dinner.   

I have decided to go with out sweets again this week to see if it will help.  Except I allowed myself two days of something sweet.  The first day is long gone and today we had toaster strudels with lunch (we did a "Breakfast for Lunch Muffin Tin").  So, technically my two days are done, but Tabitha's birthday party is next Tuesday and Steven is planning on making a cake.  I do plan on having some, I just have to stay strong and not nibble while it is being made.  

So I lost .9 pounds this week which brought me down to 250.

Obviously my food weakness is sweets and nibbling.  Muenster cheese is  a bad one too.

I am going to try to do my yoga and strength on Wii Fit everyday, alternating between WiiFit aerobic and my Aerobic DVD.  While the children are napping we are also taking turns stepping or doing our Biggest Loser Wii Fit "game."  I am hoping to see a bigger change by next Wednesday.  I am also starting to implement some of the tips I learned from a book I am reviewing, called Alpine Weight Loss Secrets by Stephan Aschan.  I have been given the opportunity of receiving another copy or using it to give away.  I will be hosting a giveaway for this book starting tomorrow over on my main blog, Tots and Me.  Head on over for my review and for your chance to enter the giveaway.  There will be multiple entry chances.

Weekly Weigh In- New You, Power of One

This week was a pretty good week for me.  I got up every morning to exercise.  Even though some of those days were frustrating because Hannah wouldn't go back to sleep after she nursed, so I had to bring her downstairs with me and couldn't work out as long as I would have liked.  

Until Saturday I was still abstaining from sweets.  This week I have tried to limit myself to one sweet a day at dinner time.  The other day I had to take Tabitha to the doctor because of an ear infection.  We didn't get home til late so I did end up having some gummies.  And dinner was late.  We've been trying to eat by 6:00 at the latest and that day the schedule was really messed up.  But it seems that the exercising has been helping me greatly, as has eating salad (though not the one salad a day as planned), because I still lost weight this week.  I had two days of no loss, but for the week I lost 3.3 lbs.  I am down to 250.9!

Some of my other goals have been harder to keep.  When Hannah stays up in the morning I don't get my Bible read.  There were other days when I felt rushed through my Bible reading.  And as of right now the Blogging to Bible Study adult version is on hold I guess.  As you can see by the post time, I also have been having trouble getting to bed by 11:00.  It has been 1:00 at times.  Which is still better than 3:00 or 4:00 which is about what time I was getting to bed a while back.  Tonight I am aiming for midnight.  

The Power of One Challenge

I just found this awesome challenge over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.  This challenge actually started yesterday and ends February 23rd.  As my weight has not gone down, but has continued to creep up since I have started this blog, I have decided I may need a little more incentive.  As of right now the Wii is working and I have committed to going to bed by 11:00pm, so I can wake up early to read my Bible and exercise.  Of course this all depends on when Hannah decides to wake up to nurse. Some days she sleeps later than others so I get more exercise in.

I have also committed to limiting my blog time in the new year.  I have to focus more on the children's lessons.  During the winter, which of course is the duration of this challenge, I will try to get some gross motor activities going with the girls. We especially enjoy dancing to Raffi and Tabitha's new music toy.

So, I am again starting out.  This time at the following weight: 257.3.