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We begin our next 90-Day Challenge September 6. Now's the time to seize the moment and go where you've been hoping to journey health wise.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Living Healthfully: A Re-Cap of My Personal 90-Day Challenge
So I think the only one question remains: Are you ready to choose your allegiances?
Grayslake Curves: 90-Day Challenge September 6, 2011.
This is your time!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Living Healthfully: A Milestone
In the spirit of sharing our successes and hardships during this 90-Day Challenge, I'm sharing a bit of a personal milestone from this journey. I hope it encourages others who are walking the same path to a healthier lifestyle.
All right, bear with me.
I'm in a state of almost disbelief coupled with shock and complete estaticness. {Is that a word? If not, I claim ownership!}
But.
Tonight we went to Target {because we're very fancy}, and as we were walking by the clothing section, a cute pair of shorts caught my eye at almost the exact minute I had to hike the pants I was wearing back up to my hips.
And in a moment of complete abandon for time, toddler attention span and normal panic when it comes to clothes shopping, I asked/told John I was going to try those shorts on.
And I took with me into the dressing room a size ten {the currently baggy pant's size} and a size eight.
That's right -- SINGLE digit clothing and I went into the same dressing room with the intent of us mingling in a super close kinda way.
Mind you, I didn't actually expect for said size-eight shorts to fit.
I haven't worn a size eight, well, um, ever.
As I slid my legs into the shorts and slipped them up my things I expected to meet my normal major speed bump: the hips.
But there was no major bump -- just small ones! And the shorts flew over them.
I almost cried/died/squealed like a schoolgirl/called my sister in the dressing room at Target.
But instead I got a handle on it all, and I simply just asked for husband approval of the shorts before we bagged them up and called them mine.
I think the most shocking part is that I've only lost 9 pounds almost five weeks into the Curves 90-Day Challenge {a challenge issued to Curves owners and coaches to walk the walk by the Curves founders at our spring regionals}.
I still have about seven more weeks left for the challenge and -- seriously, I cannot even believe I'm about to utter these words, so I'll whisper them -- I might make it to a size four.
I cannot even begin to unwrap what that really means because I could gush on and on {and on} about the health benefits of being at a weight that fits into size four -- my BMI would fall into the good range, my organs would be under much less stress, less risk for diseases like cancer and diabetes and high cholesteral, all of which run in my family.
And this? This is coming from someone who has had food issues ever since she can remember -- from the same person who invented The Fat Kids' Club in college and dubbed herself president. And the same person who hate, hate, HATED exercise with a passion until she was 21.
So far, I've been highly motivated to press into this kind-of-tough journey. A lot of people have come along side me and given me courage and encouragement, as well as celebration, insight and comraderie.
Ironically, some of these very confidants have been the same people who've been nudging me to jump in and do a vlog {which would be a video blog post, for those who don't speak bloggese}.
I'm committing tonight to doing that vlog July 31 if I do, indeed, make it to my goal weight by then.
So, that's roughly 9 to 11 more pounds to shed in about seven weeks.
And, perhaps, by July 31, I will have accomplished two things that have seemed completely overwhelming and terrifying -- taking these last, long steps toward true self-control and real health.
And talking to the interwebz using my actual voice {and I'll tell you in the vlog why I'm so hesistant about the art of vlogging}.
Without further ado -- the emotion-provoking single-digit Target shorts [that I likely will keep forever and frame as a momento}:
{Before picture here.}
All right, bear with me.
I'm in a state of almost disbelief coupled with shock and complete estaticness. {Is that a word? If not, I claim ownership!}
But.
Tonight we went to Target {because we're very fancy}, and as we were walking by the clothing section, a cute pair of shorts caught my eye at almost the exact minute I had to hike the pants I was wearing back up to my hips.
And in a moment of complete abandon for time, toddler attention span and normal panic when it comes to clothes shopping, I asked/told John I was going to try those shorts on.
And I took with me into the dressing room a size ten {the currently baggy pant's size} and a size eight.
That's right -- SINGLE digit clothing and I went into the same dressing room with the intent of us mingling in a super close kinda way.
Mind you, I didn't actually expect for said size-eight shorts to fit.
I haven't worn a size eight, well, um, ever.
As I slid my legs into the shorts and slipped them up my things I expected to meet my normal major speed bump: the hips.
But there was no major bump -- just small ones! And the shorts flew over them.
I almost cried/died/squealed like a schoolgirl/called my sister in the dressing room at Target.
But instead I got a handle on it all, and I simply just asked for husband approval of the shorts before we bagged them up and called them mine.
I think the most shocking part is that I've only lost 9 pounds almost five weeks into the Curves 90-Day Challenge {a challenge issued to Curves owners and coaches to walk the walk by the Curves founders at our spring regionals}.
I still have about seven more weeks left for the challenge and -- seriously, I cannot even believe I'm about to utter these words, so I'll whisper them -- I might make it to a size four.
I cannot even begin to unwrap what that really means because I could gush on and on {and on} about the health benefits of being at a weight that fits into size four -- my BMI would fall into the good range, my organs would be under much less stress, less risk for diseases like cancer and diabetes and high cholesteral, all of which run in my family.
And this? This is coming from someone who has had food issues ever since she can remember -- from the same person who invented The Fat Kids' Club in college and dubbed herself president. And the same person who hate, hate, HATED exercise with a passion until she was 21.
So far, I've been highly motivated to press into this kind-of-tough journey. A lot of people have come along side me and given me courage and encouragement, as well as celebration, insight and comraderie.
Ironically, some of these very confidants have been the same people who've been nudging me to jump in and do a vlog {which would be a video blog post, for those who don't speak bloggese}.
I'm committing tonight to doing that vlog July 31 if I do, indeed, make it to my goal weight by then.
So, that's roughly 9 to 11 more pounds to shed in about seven weeks.
And, perhaps, by July 31, I will have accomplished two things that have seemed completely overwhelming and terrifying -- taking these last, long steps toward true self-control and real health.
And talking to the interwebz using my actual voice {and I'll tell you in the vlog why I'm so hesistant about the art of vlogging}.
Without further ado -- the emotion-provoking single-digit Target shorts [that I likely will keep forever and frame as a momento}:
{Before picture here.}
Friday, May 6, 2011
90-Day Challenge: Weekend Pizza
I love Fridays.
Maybe too much.
I've been in the habit of celebrating Friday and the rest of the weekend by allowing for indulgences in the food department for the past 20 or so months since E joined our clan.
Lately, I've been making homemade pizza for dinner Friday nights.
It's a huge hit, and it's something all the boys in my house {even the hubby} look forward to chowing on.
Being on on Phase One of the Curves Weight Management Program for our 90-Day Challenge isn't putting a damper on the pizza plans either!
I just had to get creative, that's all.
So here's to healthy pizza for Phase One*:
Half a zucchini.
Boil the zucchini until they are cooked.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Scoop out the inside, leaving only the outside.
{split the following amounts between zucchini halves.}
Add pizza sauce {we like Enrico's Natural from Jewel}inside the empty zucchinis.
Add sauteed veggies in very light olive oil, italian seaonings and garlic - as many as you would like in the free category {spinach, peppers, onions, mushrooms}
Add 1/2 cup of corn
Add 1/2 of pine nuts
Top with 3/4 cup of black beans or 4 ounces of chicken
Sprinkle 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese or one ounce of mozzerella over the top of each zucchini
Enjoy an two entire zucchini halves after the cheese has melted atop of your creation in the oven.
Most likely, we'll be devouring these zucchini pizzas tomorrow night.
*Exchange for one dairy, one starch, one nut, one protein
Maybe too much.
I've been in the habit of celebrating Friday and the rest of the weekend by allowing for indulgences in the food department for the past 20 or so months since E joined our clan.
Lately, I've been making homemade pizza for dinner Friday nights.
It's a huge hit, and it's something all the boys in my house {even the hubby} look forward to chowing on.
Being on on Phase One of the Curves Weight Management Program for our 90-Day Challenge isn't putting a damper on the pizza plans either!
I just had to get creative, that's all.
So here's to healthy pizza for Phase One*:
Half a zucchini.
Boil the zucchini until they are cooked.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Scoop out the inside, leaving only the outside.
{split the following amounts between zucchini halves.}
Add pizza sauce {we like Enrico's Natural from Jewel}inside the empty zucchinis.
Add sauteed veggies in very light olive oil, italian seaonings and garlic - as many as you would like in the free category {spinach, peppers, onions, mushrooms}
Add 1/2 cup of corn
Add 1/2 of pine nuts
Top with 3/4 cup of black beans or 4 ounces of chicken
Sprinkle 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese or one ounce of mozzerella over the top of each zucchini
Enjoy an two entire zucchini halves after the cheese has melted atop of your creation in the oven.
Most likely, we'll be devouring these zucchini pizzas tomorrow night.
*Exchange for one dairy, one starch, one nut, one protein
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