Meeting Talk

On Saturday I was so excited to decorate my Christmas tree that I forgot to write about what we talked about in the meeting.  So I will do it now.  We talked about ways to Move More.  It is very easy to slum around during the winter because of the not so nice weather, so we made a list of things we can do for exercise FOR FREE at home using things that most of us already have.  

• Upper Body Moving

1. Carrying around a baby (maybe most of us don't have one of those but I do)
2. Arm exercises using water bottles or soup cans instead of free weights
3. Pushing a shopping cart while grocery shopping (place a couple boxes of water bottles on the bottom and the cart can get pretty heavy)
4. Push-ups against the wall
5. Vacuuming

*I should have written it down because there were many many more that I can't remember.

• Lower Body Moving

1. Running or walking up and down the stairs
2. Squats
3. Walking in place

*Again, I really can't remember the rest.

My leader Lisa also talked about how much time we spend doing nothing.  One example she used was when we're popping microwave popcorn, how many of us just stand there and watch it pop?  We could have a water bottle or soup can in each hand doing biceps curls or lifting them over our heads while walking in place for the 2 1/2 minutes it takes for the popping.  

That's the main example I remember.  I can think of a bunch of other examples, but I really don't feel like sitting here anymore.  I just moved, I have a bunch of organizing to do.  

Week #10 / 213 lbs

So I'm up a little.  At least it's just a partial pound.  Bo woke me up this morning at 4 o'clock and completely forgetting about having to weigh in a couple hours later, I drank two cups of coffee.  Can we blame the gain on the coffee??  I really should stop playing the blame game and take ownership.  I had a bad week.  In fact, I'm really surprised that I wasn't up a lot more.  I've been so busy unpacking that I never cooked a single meal all week.  Lunches all week were fast food and dinners were take out or delivered pizza.  And I joined right in.  I'm talking french fries, chicken sandwiches, full fat lattes, and everything else you can imagine.  And, I enjoyed it.  It was a little disturbing that every time I stepped on the scale, I hadn't gained any weight.  So I kept eating whatever I wanted.  Perhaps if the scale had shown a gain It would have been more discouraging and I may have stopped sooner.  But what's done is done, so on to week #11!

The first time I joined WW, I joined with my sister-in-law Jacque.  She and I dropped the weight so fast because we talked and text messaged with each other all day long.  We were great food police.  When I started this time, I did it alone.  I still lost weight, but it's just not as easy when I don't have anyone to share recipes and ideas with.  Jacque called me a couple days ago and asked if I wanted to do it with her again.  What a GREAT motivation to get back on the wagon. So, we officially started together today, and so far so good.  It's only 2 o'clock and I think we've already text messaged each other about what we're eating like one hundred times.  This will be very fun and I am very very excited to have someone to do it with again.

Till next time...