Guess who's back!

Yes I am back! This week was a great week for me. I stuck to my non smoking habits! It has been great. It is not easy but getting easier everyday....
This weekend will be a real test. My mother in law is a smoker and she is coming for a visit... She is usually good, she goes and hides so I wont see her smoke. But I still know.... My hubby is being very supportive and thanks me on behalf of him and my son... He says I will be here longer with them by doing this...
Ok so here are my results for the week... As you know last week I gained a wooping 3 pounds! This week I lost 1.75 pounds. I am almost back to the 173 mark... This week I am sure I am going to attein that goal!
Well should go... see you next week

Ah crap...

Well there has been a positive and a negative in the past week.
I have not had 1 cigarette or not even held a cigarette since 8 days ago! I mean it is not easy but I am doing it and I am so proud of myself. I am not taking any drugs or anything like that to help the cravings.. No just plain will power...
Ok so all my will power is used not to smoke so instead I am eating like crazy! Well not crazy but not following my plan at all... So today I get weighed and explained to her that I did not have a good week but you know i did not smoke so I was ok with what ever my results would be.... Ok so not so true! I almost died when she told me I gained 3 POUNDS!!! Is that not crazy! I mean in no way did I eat properly. I ate whatever I wanted. I even had Chinese food but 3 pounds in a week is insane.
So I have decided that tomorrow is a new week and a week that I am going to lose weight without smoking. I can do this!
Have a great week and wish me luck!

OMG

Well got weighed this morning. I was so excited when she said 173 pounds! OMG!!! I wanted to kiss her for saying those beautiful numbers.
I was telling my husband that being at 175 was still so close to 180 but now that I am below the 175 mark I feel like as if I am much closer to my goal!
I have kept on the non smoking as well. Day 2 and going well. If I can motivate at least one other person to lose weight or quit smoking it will be worth while.
I already feel so much sexier, healthier and much more energized!
Well got to go... See you next week... When I get to be hopefully closer to the 170!

I am back!

Ok well I have been gone for a few weeks. It has just been extremely busy at my work. I have been travelling since the beginning of April and just finished last week! So now it is back to normal!
So as of last week, I was back at 175. So the whole time I was gone I gained 1.5 pounds and then lost it again! So I am pretty happy with that!
New thing in my life. I am attempting to quit smoking again. It has been 28 hours since my last joy of nicotine! Ahhh it is not soo bad. One of my friends last week told me when I get a craving just to sing a song and the craving should leave.
So today as I would get a craving I would start singing. My poor co-worker had to deal with my craziness!!!
ah well... stay tune tomorrow... I promise an update on my weight!
Have a great night!
Cindy

OMG 20 pounds!

Well I can't believe it! I have lost 2.5 pounds this week. This bring me down to 175! I almost started to cry. I cant believe that I have lost 20 pounds since January. I am so excited!
This week was really good. I made sure to eat well and exercise.
Next week I am out of town on business again. I go to Fredericton on Monday and Tuesday, Moncton on Wednesday and then Halifax until Monday. It is crazy! So it is going to be another hard week but I am determined to be careful this time.
So my new goal is to reach 170. I probably wont be checking in next week since I will be too busy....
so see you in two weeks!

Ahhh well.... It was fun!

Well Ottawa was a blast! I had a queu de castor, I ate smoked salmon and oysters!!! I was able to visit the city! I truly had a blast.....
So now it is back to reality and that is a bit harder... So I got weighed yesterday. As soon as I arrived I told her she would not be impressed with me. So I told her everything I ate... She was not too impressed... So she said well it is a new week and you have to jump back in the wagon. Is that even the right expression! So I get on the scale thinking at least 2 pounds more.... to my surprised I only gained 0.5 pounds. I guess all that walking did help.
I also have to say I did choose healthy selections while I was in Ottawa. I also went to they gym one morning. So I am still proud of myself.
Well so back to the grind... I want to get to my 175 this week. I think I can do it cause last night I watched the Biggest Loser and seeing how much they lost in the amount of time they did was amazing!
So I say, if they lost 100 pounds in 16 weeks I can lose 20 pounds in 6 months!
Have a good week!

Another good week

Well I am happy! I lost 2 pounds this week. I am at 177 pounds. My next goal is to be under 175.
I am sure I can make it but maybe not next week. I have to go to Ottawa for a tradeshow... It was not planned but I was asked and away I go. The only thing about being away from home is that it is so easy to not follow my plan. I know I should make good choices, but come on... Everyone around me will be eating some amazing food and all I get to eat is chicken with salad... ahhhh... The fact that I will be in a new city with I am sure amazing restaurants is driving me crazy! I want to eat fabulous foods that I don't have a chance to eat here.
We will see... I mean I don't have to lose all the weight at once but I cant wait to be at the 20 pound mark. Only 2 pounds to go!
Well stay tuned next week to see if I was able to control myself or if I totally lost it!!!
Have a great week...

Much better!

Well first thing... Yesterday I went to superstore and tried on some pants... Last summer I tried on pants that were a size 16 and they did not fit. I never tried on any since then cause I was just to depress..... Well yesterday I thought I need new pants cause the ones I have are starting to get big for me. So I took a size 16 and a size 14. Guess what size 14 fit me! I almost started to cry. I was so happy!
ok well today it was my weigh in. I was really hoping to get under the 180's. It was my goal. Well another win for me this week. I lost 2.5 pounds and am now at 179! as Sam would say Youpi!! While I was on the scale I kept saying just be under 180 please... I can now say I am in the 170's. This is the smallest I have been in like 7 years. It is an amazing feeling. I can't tell you how much.
Well other then that, today I was planing a trip for me and hubby next weekend. I got an email from our Tourism office to ask me to join them in Ottawa for a trade show. I am excited about going. I have not been in Ottawa since my grade 12. Almost 10 years ago. I am sad that I don't get to have a romantic weekend with hubby but Ottawa Come'on!
alright have a great week
talk to you soon....

Ahh well....

Well I gained 0.5 pounds. Not too bad considering what I ate and drank this past weekend....
It was worth it though... It was my girlfriends bachelorette. It was a blast. I always have fun when I hang out with those girls!!!
Well one of my friends ask me to be in her wedding next year! I feel so honored! I truly am!
So I am going to work my ass off to make sure I lose the weight I need to lose.
This week I am starting again. Last week was a write off but this week is a new week!
So here we go again!
later

Another good week!

Well time to let you know how my week went. It went well!
I am still liking the food and learning how to cook chicken in many different ways so it does not get too boring!
I lost another 3.5 pounds! Loving it!!! I am so happy. My hubby tonight as a reward sent me for a girls night at the movies.
I went to see step up 2! I loved it! Anything with dancing is going to be a good movie as long as you like dancing....
Anyway, this weekend will be a challenge but I will do my best not to cheat until Saturday. It is my friends bachelorette party... Junk food and drinks are not part of my menu but I will make sure I dance a lot to burn some of those calories...
ok well that is it for this week. Another positive week!
Stay tune to see how I do this week....
later

There are angels...

I usually don't write on Monday's but I thought it was worth writing... I am not a active Christian in any means but I believe in all of it! If you don't believe this will make you believe...
One of my friends had a bad accident yesterday. She lost control of her car and went down a thirty foot deep ditch.... Her son and her both survived with minor injuries.. a few scratches....
Now if that is not amazing, this part is also amazing... The first car that stop to help them was a bus of soldiers....
Her car is totalled.... but they both have survived... I am a 100% certain that angels were there with them... The is no other explanation in my book...
I wanted to share this with you cause to me it is amazing... It is also a good time to tell the people you love you love them!
To my friend, I am so happy you are safe, and I do love you!!

First week

Well I got weighed today! Great news... 3 pounds lighter! Yippee! I was pretty excited.
I am really happy with this new lifestyle. The food is amazing! I am really happy with that. Everything I have made has been delicious. Even hubby is following my diet.
The supper time is the hardest. I can't eat any pasta, rice or potato. Actually I can't eat potatoes again. Yup you heard me, No Potatoes... Crazy... Ah well...
Other then that our son is doing great. He is trying to learn to play the guitar... kidding, just watch my video on facebook.
Well have a great week and till next week...

PS I have added a picture to show you my before look...

Simply for life!

Well I have not written in a while cause my weight really has not changed. I still go to the gym at least 3 to 4 times a week. I mean I lost 2 pounds in a month!
I decided to do something different. So this week I joined Simply for Life! I heard from a lot of people that this really works. They give you a specific menu for a week and you have to follow that. You still have choices on what you can eat but everything so far has been good.
I started yesterday. So far so good! So I am going to try and log on every Tuesday to give an update. That is the big day when I get weighed. So tune in and see me shrink as the weeks go! PS... wish me luck!

Week 3

Hello,
Well it has been a while!!! What can I say except, I was soooo sick! Being sick is the worst! I was out of commission for a few days.
Well this week was somewhat exciting. I lost 1.4 pounds. I am happy with that especially that I was not able to go to the gym almost the whole week.
This week is going better. I have gone everyday so far, even if my lungs want to jump out of my chest every time I cough... I am having a harder time this week with my eating habits. I don't know why. I feel like eating everything that is really bad for me. I hope it will go away. I also think it might have to do with the fact that I have not smoked for the past 5 days. Yup... Kept that as a secret. It is not easy doing both at once, but with this cold there is no way I could smoke...
Well I will try and update every two to three days. I am back....
later

Week 2 day 1 - Weight In

I can't believe I forgot to write this last night! Yesterday morning, I got up, and took out the scale. When I jumped on it it read 188.6! That means I lost 3 pounds!!! I was so excited! I could not believe it!
I had to ask husband to hide my scale cause I was jumping on it at least 2 or 3 times a day. I was driving myself crazy! One day it would be down the other day it would be up! So from now on, I will try and only weight myself on Monday. As long as I follow my Plan I should be fine.
As many of you know, there was a terrible accident in Bathurst where 7 young man and a teacher died. It has been really sad. I read the reports and I almost start crying. It made me realize that I need to live life to its fullest and be happy with what I have cause you just never know!
Well I want to say that I am grateful for my husband and my beautiful son, my family and my friends. So I suggests you look at your life today and see what you should be grateful for!
Have a great day

Weight in tomrorow!!!

Ok so tomorrow it will be a week that I am on Weight Watchers and have started Curves. I am scared to jump on. I did very well during the week, but the weekend was a little harder. We went to McDonald's and I am proud to report that I had a salad!!
I am also worried that I did not eat enough. I was reading this blog and she said if you do not use your full activity points and some of your flex points you are not going to lose!
Well if I lost 1 pound I will be happy. We will see tomorrow!
My knee is a little sore. I am hoping it wont affect my training session tomorrow! Wish me luck!
My quote for the week: Nothing tastes as good as feeling thin!!!

Day 5 of week 1

Today went well. Went to the gym again today. I really like it. I am a little sore today, so tomorrow I will do only cardio. Other then that I had some pizza for supper. I had some flex points to use, so I had a few pieces. I was impressed that I did not over eat! Good for me!
Today I found this amazing blog. I read it from start to finish. Here is the blog adress.. http://gottagetshrunk.blogspot.com/ Just to look at the pictures really motived me!
So the weekend starts, I hope I stay on my plan! wish me luck!

Day 3 and 4 of week 1

Well I am still doing the gym thing. Today was my 3rd time. I really enjoy it!
Last night, we went out for supper. I did the right thing and ordered chicken with some rice. Ahhh I would have loved some french fries but resisted! Good for me!!!
Well my hardest thing right now that I am finding is drinking my water. I love water so you would think it would be easy. My bottle is beside me all day long. So all I need to do it pick i t up and drink! Ahhhh it sounds so easy.
Other than that, nothing new.
Till tomorrow

Day 2 of week 1

Well today I had a scare!!! I was driving to work this morning on hwy 2. I was going like 120 and I hit a big thing of water. I never saw it. For like 5 seconds, I thought, I am going to lose control, but I did not. Thank god!
So after that, I was not feeling too good. At home, my men are both sick. I am lucky I have not gotten it yet but still not feeling my self still... I went to do my first official workout at curves. I loved it! It gave me so much energy.
Other then that, nothing new to report. It was a good day on my new lifestyle change. I followed my plan and proud of it!
later

Day 1 of week 1

Well this morning, I woke up and weighed myself. I lost 1.2lbs!!! Youpi! So it was not a full week but it was good! I am happy with that.
Today was my first day at the gym. It went well. The owner was our trainer. She is great. She really explained each machine and what muscles it worked. For the first time, I think I got it! So we were only able to do 15 minutes of exercise but we had fun. So tomorrow we are going to go again to do the full session. I am excited!
My poor hubby has bronchitis. Poor thing... He sounds terrible. I just hope that both Sam and I don't get it.
Well another good day... One day at a time! Thanks for tuning in, until next time....

Not the best day!

My two men are sick today... So I made pancakes for breakfast. I usualy eat two so I only had one and I had a banana with it! So that was not to bad.
I had some spaghetti sauce for lunch. Not too bad again. Not the best choice but that is ok. Then we decided to do to Presque Iles for some shopping with our friends. We then went for supper at this buffet place. I choose some healthy choice, but I still eat too much and had some of the bad stuff too!
I did not do my exercise either. Ok so tomorrow morning I am going to weight myself for the official start of this life changing thing! It is not a diet it is a life style change and I have to get that through my head! Ok now that this is clear... I am going to get my meals ready for tomorrow, my gym stuff and get to bed! Big day tomorrow!
The new life officially begins! Wish me luck!
Thanks to my friends for supporting me.... I realize that I am a very lucky gal to have such wonderful people surrounding me!
have a good night
till tomorrow for my update from my first day at the gym.... ohhh god!!!

Proud of myself!

Sometimes, you just need to be proud of yourself! Today I am. This morning, I woke up at 9:00 thanks to Son! He slept him! lucky me! Once we woke up I did some laundry, did the dishes, and cooked breakfast for Sam. He wanted sausages... man that would have been good with some eggs... but instead I had my cereal.
After Sam was done eating and watching Mighty Machines, my wonderful son allowed me to do my 30 minute exercices dvd! So not only am I proud of myself but of my wonderful two year old son for letting his mommy do her exercice.
Not much planned for the day... Going to finish up my cleaning, go to do groceries and wait for hubby to arrive!
Have a great day everyone
later

New Year!

Well I can't believe we are in 2008. This year is going to be my 10 year high school reunion. I can't believe it is already here!
It is going to be fun to see where everyone is and what they have been up to!
Ok so my big thing about this reunion is that since I left school, I have gained about 40 pounds.... That is insane and I can't blame it on my son! I was bigger before I had Son. Ok so that being said, I need to do something.
I decided that I would try this again. I tried it before the holidays and it did not work, cause I was not really determined. This time around I am!
I started on Wednesday. I am doing good so far. Last night I did my exercise. It is not easy doing this with a 2 year old son... but I did it. Husband was outside with our new snow blower... That is his new toy.
I decided today that I was going to join Curves. I am going to go everyday on my lunch hour. That is 5 times a week. So I think that is a great start. I am proud of myself for doing this. I know it is not going to be easy but I have to stick with it. I am also lucky to be surrounded by people who want to support me. My hubby, god love him, has decided to follow my new plan meals... It has been hard for him I am sure not to eat his potatoes and his rice. I thank him for sticking behind me....
If you read my blog, then you are supporting me as well... Thank you for that. My first goal is to get down to 185 pounds. I now weigh 192 pounds. This is not easy writing your weight but I think I need to do that to face my weight in the face!
So that is all for now!