This Week's Top Three

I might as well name the top four people for the week because that's all I heard from.......common' people.......step on that scale and let me know!

#1- Kandi with a 1 lb. weight loss.....watch out everyone I think she's going to start really kicking our trash if we're not careful.

#2-Mom and Heidi with a 0 lb. loss ........ at least I'm consistant!!?? Argh! I really need to start trying to avoid that food!

#3-Matt with a 4 lb. gain.....he's number three because I haven't heard from anyone else.

I'm hoping the weather gets warm again because I feel the cold outside and I just want to hunker down and eat, eat, eat. Is it like that for everyone else or just me?

BIG FAT

.................zeros is what everyone is getting if don't get your numbers to me before the end of today. Is Monday the new Sunday? ;)

5K in Eagle Mountain

There is going to be a 5K in Eagle Mountain on June 6th and I wanted to let everyone know. I'm probably going to sign up to run and I hope you guys consider signing up with me. It's during the Pony Express Days in Eagle Mountain so there are a lot of fun things going on during that week. They have a 1K run for kids that I'll probably sign Haleigh up for. It will be a lot of fun and maybe we can have a BBQ at the house or something after it's over. I included a link on the sidebar for training ideas for your first 5K. I thought it was interesting.

Story contributed by Mom

Dear Diary,
For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try.I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear.My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.____________ _________ _________ __MONDAY: Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess - with blond hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!!Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring!Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit- ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!____________ _________ _________ __TUESDAY: I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door. Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT! It's a whole new life for me.____________ _________ _________ _WEDNESDAY: The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot.Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for that early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying.My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair monster. Why the heck would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity 20 rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other stuff too.





____________ _________ _________THURSDAY: Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late - it took me that long to tie my shoes.Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the rest-room. She sent another skinny witch to find me.Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.
____________ _________ _________ _FRIDAY: I hate that witch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the dang barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich.The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?____________ _________ _________ __SATURDAY: Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her voice made me want to smash the machine with my planner; however, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.____________ _________ _________ __SUNDAY: I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter (the little brat) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!

Top Three???

Well, this week was a slow week for most and our top "three" this week are as follows

#1- Quin with a 3 lbs. weight loss. Great job!!! Slow and steady might just do it!

#2- Kandi with a 1 lb. weight loss. Go girl!! Kick some trash! ;)

#3- Is a five-way tie with Clint, Heidi, Matt, Suzan, and Wayne staying steady at their previous weight.

Hopefully the warmer weather will motivate everyone to get out and get active and lose some weight this week! Good luck!!!

Where Does The Money Go?

I'm sure all of you have asked this question but for once I can answer it for you. To Kandi. Well, just the money that we are going to put in the pot for the competition. Remember it's $10 per person and Kandi is going to be the treasurer and hold our "funds" for us. Thanks National Bank of Kandi, you serve us well.

New Top Three

Congrats to the newest top three biggest losers!!!

#1- Jen with a HUGE loss this week!! Way to go! She lost 8 lbs.!!!

#2- Suzan with her first appearance in the top three!! She lost a great 5 lbs. this week!!!

#3-Matt with his second appearance in the top three (watch out everyone....he's known to win these things!) He lost 4 lbs. this week!

Congrats to everyone for working hard and I hope to see even higher numbers next week (especially for me....ugggg)

If you notice on the side bar we are all in order of our weight loss for the week from highest to lowest.

drowning my sorrows...another myth busted

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WATER DOESN'T FLUSH FAT OUT OF MY SYSTEM??? what the..? you know, all the research i'm doing is just making me feel worse! according to an article on WebMD, increasing your water consumption every day really only leads to about a 5 pound weight loss over a YEAR.

taken from the article: Nutritionist and American Dietetic Association spokeswoman Leslie Bonci, MPH-RD, says even if the findings are confirmed (that drinking more water increases your metabolism), the clinical implications are slight. "Obviously people are looking for ways to increase metabolism, but this is a very, very, small effect," she tells WebMD. "We are talking about just a few calories a day." Bonci says the standard weight-loss plan dictates encouraging people to drink more water stems from the belief that the liquid fills the gut to make people feel more full. "Some plans say that drinking water flushes fat out of your system, which is absolutely ridiculous," she says.

ACK!! well, i drink a lot of water anyway, due to my frequent UTIs, and seeing as how i haven't lost a huge amount of weight as a result, i suppose she's probably right. *sigh* still, drinking water is a better choice than drinking soda. you can't beat 0 fat, 0 sugar, 0 sodium, and 0 calories! plus, i think drinking more water just helps you feel better all around. obviously you can shed a few pounds of water weight if you cut out the other beverages and focus on water because you'll be peeing a LOT more! hahahahaha

my next study: fat versus calories...stay tuned.

Food and Exercise Diary

I've found my old Food and Exercise Diary and thought I would scan in the pages to show everyone so you can make copies if you want. I usually take them to UPS and blow them up so that it fits on a whole page and then I don't have to write in the book and I can keep using them. I think this will help my food problem if I'm seeing all the stuff that I'm stuffing and how much I'm really working off. It's a nice little book to have and it was only about $4. Maybe this will solve my food problem....we'll see. I couldn't get the second scan to work.....it's basically a daily log that you can record food, how many glasses of water you drink, and total calories.

Food

I'm having a really hard time staying away from food. I want good food like salads and fruits and stuff like that but I'm finding it really hard to stay away from cookies and sweets. Especially cookies.....when did this happen? I've always been a fan of sweets and cookies but lately I just want to have a cookie, and not really A cookie but MULTIPLE cookies. It's hard being at home and having food in the cupboards that I can just run to and snack on. I need to just start staying clear of the cracker and cookie aisle at the store and stop putting anything like that in the house so there isn't a way for me to snack on them. While driving through the Ranches I always hear the Clown store (Cheveron) or Maverick calling my name....."we have cookies, Heidi....come and buy....they are 2/$1.00 this week!!". I've started chewing gum in between meals and that seems to help slightly, but does anyone have any other good ideas for curbing this craving?? This will be my downfall this week because I've been working out (not as hard as I need to in my opinion) but not enough to burn off 50 cookies!!!

where are you???

ok men, where the heck are you? NONE of you have posted to this blog! we want to know what you think, too! i love this blog. very motivational. and may i say, i totally love the song 'my life would suck without you'!!! i want it for my ipod! if you can help me out with that, let me know. one last thing...COMMENTS, PEOPLE. that's all i'm going to say about THAT.

well THAT bubble has burst...

ok, have you heard of NEGATIVE CALORIE FOODS?? the idea is that by eating certain foods, it takes more calories to burn that food through digestion than the food actually gives you, thus, a negative calorie food. well, apparently it's all a lie. there is no such thing. that's not to say there aren't foods LOW in calories, and that is always good for you when trying to lose weight or maintain a low weight, but there are no negative calorie foods. oh wait, there is ONE. cardboard. but unless you're a cow (hahahaha, no pun intended) cardboard wouldn't work for us. i got this little gem of information from wikipedia:

"The phrase negative calorie food is a term used by people who believe that there are certain foods which require more energy to digest than they provide nutritionally. Low nutrient, high cellulose foods such as celery are often claimed to require very slightly more energy to digest than they provide nutritionally. However, these foods are often low in calories and can be consumed within a weight-loss diet to potentially relieve the feeling of hunger without adding greatly to total caloric intake."

i love how they say, "people who believe"...makes me feel soooo smart for believing that once upon a time. still, there is a LIST of these so-called negative calorie foods and even though they are not truly negative calorie, they are very LOW in calories, and therefore better for us to choose to eat! here is the list:

Asparagus
Apple
Beet Root
Blueberries
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
Cabbage
Cranberry
Carrot
Grapefruit
Cauliflower
Honeydew
Celery
Lemon/Lime
Chicory
Mango
Hot Chili
Orange
Papaya
Garden cress
Peach
Garlic
Pineapple
Green Beans
Raspberry
Lettuce
Strawberry
Onion
Tomato
Radish
Tangerine
Spinach
Turnip
Watermelon
Cucumber
Zucchini

the moral of this story is this: all things worth attaining require work. there aren't any shortcuts (at least not any that will have lasting results). happy eating!

I Wanna See More!!!!

Thanks to all of you who sent me your weight-loss numbers.

BUT!!!!

I want to see more next week!!!!!!

Top Three Losers For Week One

#1 - Heidi at 4.22%

#2 - Jen at 2.41%

#3- Matt at 1.83%

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