Still Wii-ing

Yesterday was an OK eating day.

B'fast: coffee with the usual flavor, sugar/splenda, Fiber 1 cereal

Snack: Activia lite yogurt, fruit & nut bar

Lunch: leftover homemade vodka bow-tie pasta with added zucchini, garden scallions, mushrooms, garlic salt for a little kick and 2 small pcs. garlic butter bread (pattern with white simple carbs?)

Snack: Banana, walnuts

Dinner: Salmon sprinkled w/ brown sugar, yellow potatoes and home canned sweet corn (what's up with 2 more white carbs? green vegetable anyone?)

Can't live w/o something sweet: 1/8 C. chocolate chips

Workout-wise, I was pretty worthless yesterday. Was sore from Wii (I can't believe a Wii is kicking my butt).

Today I spent almost an hour playing Wii yoga, strength training (focusing on core and upper)and balance. Again, I can't believe I'm sweating on a Wii. It's fun burning calories on this thing, and I don't even realize I'm doing it. Silver dress, I'm coming.

Having a food plan and maintaining my food journal is beneficial. Today's plan is a cheat dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. I've been craving a big 'ol Kobe Burger, and that'll give me leftover half for lunch tomorrow. Before I even take the first bite, I need to cut it in half and put in away in the "to-go-box." That way I'm not tempted to stuff myself. :) A full report will come later. :)

Happy Fitness, my Friends!

Where's my ice cream?

Like I need ice cream! Yesterday's food choices were pretty good:

Coffee - with flavor & splenda/sugar mix (I can't do straight splenda)

Fiber 1 cereal

Activia lite yogurt, 1 banana

Lunch: 3/4 can dry tuna, cherry tomatoes, 1 pc. sourdough bread (love that white bread)

Snack: protein shake with fruit, orange juice and a scoop of protein

Dinner: steak, sweet potato with butter buds sprinkles, splenda and pecans, lettuce & tomato salad

No dessert - that's a HUGE accomplishment. I read some of my Jane Austin book and had "food for thought" instead.

I am sore from yesterday's workout! I had a meeting this morning, so I'm postponing a workout. I did walk the dog a short way this morning, and at my pitiful fitness level, that counts as exercise.

I'm feeling emotionally drained today and will decide about a Wii yoga or balance session later. I'm still thinking of the silver dress and how I don't want to be a stuffed silver sausage when I wear it to Vagas. :)

VEGAS BABY!!!!

How about this - a workout?! Yes, believe it or not, I did work out today after a LOOOOOONG vacation. Lordy, I'm feeling the lard.

Here's the deal - me and my best girl are headed to Vegas over Labor Day. That gives me 5 weeks. It's been a long time since I've had any reason to actually "look great and feel good about myself." Life has pretty much sucked - I have been living with an alcoholic and it's taken a toll on me. Thankfully, I am now living with an alcoholic in recovery and I have found Alanon. It's a support group for family and friends of alcoholics. I've found a lot of peace there.

And much thanks to my BG for asking me if I was up for a vacation! It's just what I needed to get my lazy butt in gear.

So today, I did some Wii workouts for about an hour. It's that time of year when it's too hot to be outside and I cancelled my gym membership and bought a Wii instead. It made sense, since I can't seem to find my way to the gym anymore. What a sad commentary on my life. But Vegas is coming in 5 weeks!

I will be focusing on getting some daily exercise and decreasing my sugar intake - I just love desserts! I have a problem crashing in the evening, so I'll post how the day was later, when it comes to food.

Wish me luck, my Vegas body is 5 weeks away...

Who cares what day it is?

"There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look." -Henri Matisse

I remember how bad I felt in Florida in 2000. Boy, did I feel bad. Every part of my body hurt, especially my feet. I was unhappy with my job, had just moved to a new city where it was HOT and humid all the time, and I was just plain yuck. The good news is that I have vowed to NEVER look like this again! Why not? Because it feels gross and it looks gross in the mirror. Besides, my feet couldn't withstand cute high heels in this bod.

I'm on my way. Today I walked the dog, then worked out at the house. I got on my little stepper, turned on the FitChannel (just for kicks) to watch and laugh while I did my own thing. I was feeling like some leg work today, so I did some squats and lunges while flailing my arms around to get my heart rate up at the same time. Oh, what fun. After 25 minutes, I hit the floor, did some leggy side raise thingies till it burned, then stretched it all out. I'm not thinking about what I'm doing, I just did something before I could talk myself out of it. And it's over with for today! I've done my exercise for today and I'm done till tomorrow!!!

Who knows what day it is?

"Water that does not move is always shallow."  -Sami proverb

It's been too long since I've posted!  I've been up and down (mostly down over the holidays).  The last few weeks have looked a little better, though.  I've been jumping on my little stepper at home for 30 minutes a few times a week.  I'll grab my little hand weights and do some curls or overhead presses with them for about 15 minutes while I'm stepping.  

Well, it might not feel like much, but it's in my zone for now.  I'll feel stiff the morning after a workout, so I know it's better than nothing.  

I'm so hard on myself for not keeping up my Xena level of fitness.  That's OK, right now, I just know that I'm doing a little bit and that's good enough for me!!

Day 29

I went for a 30 minute walk this morning.  That may be all I can muster up for today.  

I'm thinking lately that this the time for me and all my girlfriends to manage through incredible changes.  I don't know why, but change seems to be happening for everyone all of the sudden.  Times can be tough, times can be triumphant and change is in the air for lots of loved ones around me.  Strength comes in numbers.  Strength comes through friendship.  I am amazed at how strong my friends can be.  It makes me feel strong just knowing that.  I have no idea where my life is headed right now, and I have a mountain of my own problems.  But strength is contagious, and that makes me feel better at least.

Day 26

I made it for a walk today, but that's it.  Wow, after doing shoulders at the gym yesterday with those mongo 12 pound dumbbells (yee-haw!), I can't raise my arms over my head!  Wow, I am super sore!  My traps feel ginormously swollen.  

I love the feeling of being sore after a workout.  It makes me feel like Xena again.  But twelvies?  More like wimpy.  Baby steps!