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Mission Accomplished
2008-04-18 10:09:00 We'll keep working out. We'll keep eating well.We'll keep visiting you.But we won't be posting anymore.Thanks for your support, advice, inspiration, and most of all, friendship. We wish you all the best!Love, Katie and Molly More About: Mission
Girl Power
2008-04-17 15:54:00 Even though I didn't watch this season of Biggest Loser, I still loved the finale. Specifically, Ali. You go girl. More About: Power , Girl , Girl Power
In the Name of Research
2008-04-16 06:52:00 You all know I love me some Kashi products. I've always been a fan of the GOLean crunch breakfast cereal, but recently I was introduced to the honey almond flax version.Be still my heart. We all know that anything with the word "honey" in it (when talking about breakfast cereal) means SWEET. And sure enough the very first bite I thought, "Oh hooray for shu-u-u-u-ugar! brown rice cane crystals!And then on the next bite it occured to me, the Kashi tasted remarkably similar to this:Honey Smacks. And so yes, that box of Honey Smacks is mine. I was so curious and it tasted SO similar that I went out and bought some (much to the joy of my six year old, "NO WAY! MOM!! YOU GOT REAL CEREAL???" "Yes honey, as opposed to all of the imaginary cheerios you shovel into your mouth every morning." "AWESOME!!!"). I have to admit, I felt a little nostalgic as I opened up the box. I haven't had paper-foil-packaged cereal in a very long time.And guess what- they DID taste a LOT alike.... More About: Research
Ha Ha
2008-04-16 06:42:00 I saw this at BFD and felt it my duty to share:"No Pills, No Lipo"nope! Only some good ol'fashioned time travel.
Hubby Skinny
2008-04-15 15:37:00 [Guest post by my husband Aaron]Cute Katieo was racking her brain for what to write for today when she said, "You could write my post." (Hopeful grin)"Sure.""What would you write on?""I could write on how men see weight loss differently than women.""What do you know about it? I grow humans, and then I push them out. That's why I have to lose weight. What's your excuse?"Touché.Undaunted, I am here to opine on the male perspective on weight loss. It's obvious that there are differences between men and women when it comes to this topic (and countless others). And even though I hate generalizing the sexes, I do have a few simple observations to make.1. Men can be fatter without being fat.I am sure the women reading that first statement felt a surge of emotion from the injustice of it all. (Can I get an Amen!?!) And it truly is unjust. There is nothing fair at all in the expectations put on women versus those put on men.For men, its more about ranges then hard numbers. I have to admi... More About: Skinny
Deprivation Gets a Bad Rap
2008-04-14 06:43:00 de·prive –verb, -prived, -priv·ing. "to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons)."It's a bad word isn't it? Deprive. Deprivation. It feels synonymous with the word, "diet." Ooooh. Bad Me. Because diet and deprivation both kind of feel like they belong in the same category right? If you would like to lose weight, the best, healthiest, longest-lasting method is to make it a lifestyle change; a conscious decision made with the rest of your life in mind. And since diets have a "start" and an "end" the "d" word is a no-no. Similarily, I hear the word deprivation and think, "Who, realistically, could ever (or would ever want to) 'deprive' themselves from food the rest of their life? Deprivation is what Dawn did, is what anorexics do, is what crazy crash-dieters do: 'Witholding (food) from the enjoyment or possession of a person.'"But.THis weekend I passed up a donut (saturday), some homemade strawberry shortcake (Sunday), and opted...
Friday Weigh-In
2008-04-11 16:27:00 I Lost a pound this week. I can genuinely say though, I was more excited this morning when I saw my body fat hovering around 25%. That's down 2% from where it was a couple of weeks ago. My general apathy for the scale has also been affected by this FASCINATING show I stumbled on a couple of days ago. If you have ever seen Super Size Me, and are at all intrigued and or fed up with Hollywood's standards of the Size "0," you've got to see this. This is the preview and I'll be listing all the segments in parts on this post. If you get a chance today or this weekend, give it a look see. Feel free to come back and chat about it. (Warning: Once you start it, it's kind of hard to stop...)(fyi, the show in it's entirety is about an hour long)PART 1PART 2PART 3PART 4PART 5PART 6Have a great weekend everyone! More About: Friday , Weigh
The Early Bird Catches The Kid...Unfortunately
2008-04-09 15:03:00 I'm frustrated this morning.This week I've really been trying to wake up early and get my running, reading, and eating in before the kids wake up. I *love* having that time to myself in the morning. I feel so much more ready to face the tornado that is my children when I start out the day by myself. The strange and annoying this is though, whenever I recommit to waking up before them it only takes a few days for one of them to SOMEHOW, despite all efforts on my part to make NO noise (not even flushing the toilet or turning any lights on), realize I am awake . And heaven forbid mom should be alone in the morning! Monday all the kids "slept in" until 8 am. Today, the six year old woke up at 6:50 am. And when ONE is awake the chances of the others waking up drastically increase. Until eventually...maybe not today...all the kids are waking up earlier and earlier. It's a scary trend, folks. I usually throw my hands up in the air and decide I may as well get some extra sleep.So I'm ... More About: Early , Bird
Click Away Day: Zen Version
2008-04-08 17:51:00 ***After my last yoga post, The ever-glowing Heather sent me a really cool Bryan Kest yoga CD...like a month ago. Well last night I finally got around to doing it and was not disappointed. (and p.s. If you click over to Heather, help her out with the restaurant situation!)From the Kest website:"In my experience, health is a state of balance brought about by moderation among other things. Moderation is the opposite of being extreme. And happiness is a state of mental balance. Not craving and clinging, but accepting who we are and where we are at, instead of rejecting where we are at in a constant pursuit to get somewhere. Most people bring their craving and clinging mentality into the yoga class, and then the practice is polluted. In yoga class and maybe in life, let the practice be, 'I am not trying to get anywhere, I am trying to make it OK to be where I am at' because I love myself and value my process!!" Love it. (You can download webcasts yoga sessions here. And here is a prev... More About: Click , Version
I Am a MACHINE
2008-04-07 17:12:00 Not really. But I had a great weekend. I had a burger and fries (complete with fry sauce...there was some chocolate somewhere in there too...it's only a memory now...) on Friday for my free day. (For those of you who don't know, I follow the Body for Life plan when I'm in weight loss mode.) Then I felt sick the rest of the day AND into the night. I hadn't eat a single begetable all the live long day. It didn't take long for my body to retaliate. Persistent cramps and bloating made me feel large and sick for a good 14 hours. Nice. This is why I love free days; that's all it took for me to whip out the calendar, plan some meals, blanch me some broccoli, and charge the iPod. Saturday I woke up still feeling gross and told Aaron I was going to run until I felt better. 8 miles later I came back sweaty, sore, and happy. 8 miles. Did you just skim over that part? 8 miles, people. For many of you that's no biggie; for me, it's nothing short of miracle. Tonight I passed up on a piece... More About: Machine
Friday Weigh-In
2008-04-04 16:21:00 The scale didn't show it but I worked my butt off this week. Literally.(These are my favoritest pair of jeans, size EIGHT)Remember the last time this happened?I'll see you in a few weeks size six. More About: Friday , Weigh
Gap Gift Card, I Miss You Already
2008-04-03 16:26:00 I had a revelation yesterday in a dressing room at TJ Maxx. I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I have been working out for the past long while in rags. And not cute Williams Sonoma washcloth or dishtowel rags. The kind you make from old shirts you don't wear anymore because they're dirty or have holes in them.See, because of all of your great input on Monday's post, I decided to venture out into the retail world (ahem. the discount retail world) to just see if there was any workout attire available in my budget range of nil. So I started at the Gap and found some cute workout wicky capris, (much cooler than the ones I saw online) but ouch. 39.50. Even with a gift card, that's a little hard to swallow. So I ventured off to TJ's and Target to see if I could do any better. I hauled in about 15 things to the curtained dressing room...along with a six year-old who was wearing his coat backwards (with his hood on his face so he kept bumping into stuff), a four year old in... More About: Card , Gift , Miss , Miss You , I Miss You
Parking Pickings
2008-04-02 17:38:00 This morning (and every morning) when I arrive at the gym I come in from the very back of the parking lot and start to look for a spot. I'm usually getting there early and there are always other cars circling the spaces. Most people drive straight to the first avaliable spot (always way far back), park, and run inside. Not me. I always drive all the way up to the front to check for any open spaces, cause hey. Me and my '02 Sienna deserve a good parking spot. Bingo! Very often I will find a front spot is open. And as I pull into my awesome parking spot I can't help but wonder EVERY SINGLE TIME: "Do these people know they could've had an awesome spot? Did they just not want to take the time? Did they look up the row and think, 'Meh, they're probably all full...' or think, "Oh I need to get here early to get one of THOSE spots." It's like since they weren't able see it, they assumed it wasn't there. And then I shed a little tear for all of the poor suckahs with their far far ... More About: Parking
True Story
2008-04-01 17:57:00 Vegetables added to homemade macaroni and cheese automatically negate all fat and calories in cheese and butter. More About: Story , True Story , True
The Great Debate
2008-03-31 15:57:00 I have been paralyzed for months, unable to make a decision on how to spend a $50 gift card from the Gap. That, and I don't exactly go to the mall to browse very often ever (if you don't know why, go read this post). I don't have ANY jeans in a size 6 (and I am getting there people, slowly but surely).So jeans it is.But then there's this stuff from GapBody, my favorite sports bra and some loungey workout capris...I haven't bought ANY new workout clothes since the baby (who is now 18 months) was born. Come to think of it...since well before I even got pregnant with him. I need some new attire. Bad.I go back and forth in my head ("Well, I could always pick up some workout gear at Target, then I could just get the jeans...BUT the sports bra I CANNOT get at Target...you pay for what you get with that one...I could spend it on workout clothes and then just go to a trendy-ish used clothing store to get some new jeans...AH, but there's nothing like a new pair of jeans...actually ther... More About: Great , Debate , The Great Debate
The Day After the Marathon
2008-03-29 14:25:00 Thanks for sending me this Whitney! More About: Marathon
Friday Weigh In
2008-03-28 13:51:00 The blip from last week is gone as well as another .2.I'm going to let you in on a secret that has REALLY helped me: my calendar. This little piece of paper has been an extremely effective weapon against scale-angst. This is what I track and why it helps:*the scale numbers. Similar to a graph, every time I look at it, I can see how far I've come over the the past weeks and month. It's an easy way to keep track of meeting goals. *my workouts. Did I do weights one week really hard and not see a loss? Well duh. And I ran a 10K two weeks ago! go me. It really helps me plan out and see what I've done. This week I ran 13 miles (so far), that's a bit more satisfying than saying, "I worked out every day this week." I think it's a more concrete quantity that I can be proud of.*BY FAR, the most important thing I track I do with this little red x.What does tracking my cycle have to do with scale zen? EVERYTHING. I see that red x and suddenly the out-of-nowhere extra pounds that I'm fre... More About: Friday , Weigh
I Love You Mr. Miyagi
2008-03-27 14:39:00 I'm 27, he's 16.He's Italian, I'm not.He's not trying to lose weight; he's just trying to beat Johnny in the big fight.He's got a girlfriend from the other side of the tracks. I have a husband...and three kids.But I swear- every time I watch this I AM DANIEL LARUSSO.(fyi: it's about 5 minutes long)(For those of you not here yesterday and wondering about the random Karate Kid clip It's video week on Sister Skinny) More About: Love , I Love You
Starting... Now!
2008-03-26 05:39:00 Despite the week being half-over, I am officially declaring this video week on Sister Skinny.(I'm being held against my will by a fleet of sick people who claim to be my family...send help...)Apologies if you hate videos, or can't watch them because you're at work or whatever, or don't have time.You are totally missing out.My better is definitely better than someone's better......somewhere. Maybe in a nursing home...or maternity ward.Incidentally, the song is going into my workout playlist and can be found here:
Easy Peasy
2008-03-24 16:10:00 Easter has made my meal planning for this week really easy. Eggs are a super easy quick source of protein. And we've got 18 of them sitting in our fridge. Here are some of the rest of my non-dinner meals for this week. *frozen banana (a la Scrumpy's Baker) dipped in yogurt*brown rice and mango salsa with cottage cheese*apple and peanut butter*tuna and brown rice (another "poor" week concoction)*chicken and broccoli over brown rice (with minimal creamy cheese sauce) *hummus on pita chips *cottage cheese with any of the following:-cucumbers-strawberries-kiwi-yo gurt*whole wheat bread with peanut butter and bananaAnd of course blanched veggies will be out.This week is going to be superb. More About: Easy
Friday Weigh In
2008-03-21 15:21:00 Slight gain this week. It's Just a blip in the big picture. It could be any number of things. If I didn't have a laziness aversion to the tape measure I'd probably be telling you I lost some kind of inchage.I've got a baby crawling on me so I'll make this quick. I laid off the running mileage just to give myself a break after Saturday. But. I've increased my weights and as a result there has been much moaning, waddling, and cringing in our house over the past couple of days. Thanks again for taking the time to comment yesterday, I loved reading your experiences with the "cheat" meal, or "free" day. Hope you have a Happy Easter weekend (I'll see you next year Cadbury Creme Egg). More About: Friday , Weigh
Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater
2008-03-20 15:30:00 (Which really should be "Cheater Cheater Brownie Eater " because pumpkin just isn't that tempting...)So here's the question of the day:Do you do the "cheat meal" or "free day"? (Using one planned meal or day where you just get to eat whatever you want) Have you mastered the balance of the occasional treat?--FYI: I'm not exactly looking for the scientific or psychological evidence that it is or isn't beneficial in losing weight. I'm just curious if and when you use them.--I'm interested in the whole concept of a guilt free eat-whatever-you-want allowance (...and by the way I just don't like the word cheat. It implies you're doing something really naughty by eating a cupcake. While it can, in fact, keep you from losing weight, that doesn't mean there isn't a place for it. I'm just curious where your place falls. Planned, unplanned, a nibble, 3 smooshed together with nuts and whipped cream? ) More About: Pumpkin
Out to Eat
2008-03-19 14:43:00 Aaron: "I don't know how you can eat all that stuff" ((shudders))Me, laughing: "Stuff? You mean...vegetables"?Aaron: "Yeah."Me: "I'll choke it down somehow"
That Time of the Month
2008-03-18 05:13:00 No, not that time of the month. The time where I run out of all of my go-to foods. Kashi bars are long gone. Apples? Hummus? Cottage cheese? chicken? Gone, gone, gone, gone.Now if you know me, you know that I care about saving money just as much WAY more than losing weight. For us, this means minimal grocery trips. (The more often I go, the more I spend. It's a proven trend people...in my life anyway...) Usually around the "tight" weeks of the month, I have a hard time coming up with fresh, quick, healthy snacks. (Because lets face it- if it's not quick, I am most likely not going to consider it. And without the fresh stuff, It can be difficult to not just pull down the peanut butter and bread every other snack.) When I started to plan out my snacks and meals on Saturday night, I knew I had a good three days before I'd see the inside of a grocery store. So I made my brown rice, went back and re-read the comments on this post, and then scoured the kitchen for what I had to work w... More About: Time , Month
Race Day
2008-03-16 05:03:00 1:00 a.m. : I realize that I am having a really hard time sleeping due to pre-race anticipation. It was a travesty really, all three kids actually slept soundly through the night and I was awake. The whole night.3:37 a.m. : I contemplate taking a Unisom to help me sleep but figure it's too late now and it would probably make me sluggish for the race.3:40 a.m. I fret about the Unisom. I really can't sleep but decide not to take it.4:00 a.m. Still fretting. Now I'm remembering that I have to drive Aaron's car to the race so he can bring the boys in the minivan. It's an '82 Fiat. Stick-shift obviously.Do I remember how to drive a stick?4:13 a.m. What if I've forgotten how to drive a stick? What if I stall out at every light from here to there and am late and don't pick up my bib and I miss the start of the race...and I'm really tired because I've been pushing a stalled car...5:11 a.m. Get up to check the dryer. I have to make sure my freshly laundered jogging attire has been ... More About: Race
Friday Weigh In
2008-03-14 14:53:00 Still on that roll. Lost 2 more pounds this week (which actually is impressive considering my iPod went dead during two of my workouts this week).And for your information: I haven't been using the food journal for the past couple of weeks. After baby #1, I lost the baby weight following the Body-for-Life Plan. Even after the weight was off, the plan had permanently changed a lot of my eating habits. So a couple of weeks ago, I decided to re-read the book and follow it a little closer. Here are the guidelines in a nutshell (but if you're interested, get the book - you have to read the whole plan if you're going to try it): Eat six small meals a day consisting of a complex carb and protein. Unlimited veggies. The thing that didn't work for me with the food journal is I'd find myself making choices based on calories, not on nutrition. If It was the choice between a 90 calorie piece of bread and a 1/2 cup of brown rice, I'd choose the bread. The exercise side of Body-for-Life is ... More About: Friday , Weigh
Did Anyone Else Notice
2008-03-13 15:04:00 that Kathryn McPhee looked a lot thinner in last night's results show? Here she is Season 6 on the showand here she is recentlyNot saying it's good or bad. Just sayin.(apologies to those of you who are not American Idol fanatics...) More About: Notice
"Held Hostage" Ab Workout
2008-03-12 03:30:00 This is how it started. The baby was sitting on me and I was singing the "Eentsy Weentsy Spider" (I know, some people say "itsy bitsy" we're "eentsy weensty" people), to him while he was bobbing up and down on my stomach. Well, after a couple of "bobs," I realized my stomach was getting quite a little workout because I had to contract my muscles before he came crash landing down on all of my organs. Good times... Until they ganged up on me. I don't know why I'm laughing. Because for some reason it was utterly hysterical? Mutiny maybe? They really could overtake me if they wanted to...My abs are already sore. But I'm not sure if it's bruised-sore or muscle-sore. More About: Workout , Hostage , Held
Click Away, Click Away
2008-03-11 06:12:00 *Crabby had a really interesting post yesterday about resistant starches. What I found equally interesting was the fact that a few of her readers (the Bag Lady) enjoy raw potatoes as snack. Whaaa? Have I been missing out on a healthy delicious food that needs no cooking, only de-skinning? I was so intrigued. So I tried it last night; I peeled and sliced a potato, added a little salt and took a bite. Uh, Yuck. (Any raw tater eaters out there?) *Unemployed? Half-fast is looking for an Evil Arch Nemesis. Although I'm kind of thinking no one over here would qualify as the "Candidates with a proven track record of evil will be given priority." I did read that post and wished I had faster running times...and a handlebar mustache...and some henchmen...(wait, I've got some of those...) *Mizfit's arms: watch the video, people. That's all I'm gonna say. More About: Click
Bippity Boppity Boo
More articles from this author:2008-03-10 04:26:00 The brown rice is prepared, the broccoli is ready for the monday morning blanch, runs are planned, weights are planned, meals are planned. Not to mention the scale is down from Friday, awesome workout on Saturday, and this Saturday is my 10K. I've been cutting my portions and for the most part eating tons of vegetables (even on the weekend too! sadly that's usually out of character for me). Did I mention I'm water guzzling fool?I'm on a roll.In fact, I'm on so much of a roll that I'm a little confused. "Is this me? Who is this super motivated person who has taken over my brain and body?" Not only do I believe I can reach my goal; I see myself there, so close I can taste it. It's like someone has turned a switch in my brain that's like, "C'mon. let's do this already! Quit screwing around and lets get into those 6's!"I feel like the fairy godmother of motivation has bestowed the perfect amount of magical fire-in-my-belly. It feels like forever since I've seen her, I wish ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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