February 26, 2011
I DID it! YAY!!!! :D
I followed the Losing It With Leanne Plan for 46 days and I had a blast doing it! I didn't get around to the week 4 Plateau Buster, but I didn't really need it either. And the best thing is, that committing to this plan also got me moving more!
Weigh In:
Overall (since I started in January) I lost 4.45 kg (9.79 pounds) 2 1/4" off my waist, 1 1/2" off my hips, 2 3/4" off my thighs, and my BMI is now at 25.62 (started at 27.18).
I feel great. I more than beat my first goal by Feb 8th and I am almost at my second weight goal!
I am going to try and transition to three meals a day (instead of 3 meals plus 3 pre-meals). And I have a whole bunch of recipes I want to try now that I'm allowed.... BUT! I'm taking what I learned and running with it. I KNOW now that I don't need to eat a lot to be satisfied. I honestly would be perfectly happy if I never have that "I'm stuffed" feeling you get after, say, a turkey dinner, ever again!
I'm pretty happy with where I am now. I'm going to be making good choices, and I'm totally over fake foods... McDonalds, Kraft Dinner, Microwaveable meals from the freezer section.... Yeah, that's NOT FOOD!! I LOVE shopping 98% around the outside U of my grocery store. And while I'm probably going back to 2 pieces of bread on my sandwiches, I won't be having that everyday.
Thank you all for your well wishes and support. I've read your comments both here and on Facebook.
I just want to say one more time, this is a great plan, the uses REAL food, and you won't be hungry or get bored with it. It's fabulous..... I need to make more LWL bars! They are great!
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Losing It With Leanne Challenge Day 35 - Having FUN!!
February 15, 2011
Hey everyone!
I am having so much fun Losing It With Leanne! Week 3 is fabulous! Seriously, the LWL fiber bars are half a step down from cake, so yummy and healthy for you! I know it's winter, but I figured out a way around the cold smoothie..... make it early! Food can sit out for up to 2 hours before you have to worry about bacteria growth, so I can just make my breakfast smoothie while I'm having my pre-breakfast Kashi and have the smoothie later! Also, when I'm having part of the smoothie as a snack, I've been pouring the smoothie into 3 small glasses, having one, and sticking two in the fridge with a bit of plastic wrap over the top. Then I have some ready for next time; it separates a bit, but I just stir it up and I'm good to go.
I made the Buffalo chicken and the Mexican chicken from last week's Menu-Mailer and I'm going to make a variation of the Pork Marsala (I have pork broth that I made, so I'm going to sub that for the wine and have 'Pork Valsala' lol!) and the French Pepper Steak this week.
DH took me out for Valentines tonight (he had to work last night) I got all dolled up and I wore my red dress that I've never worn before. I've had it for a few years, and it was such a good deal (I think it was a $50 dress for $15) but it's a little spandexy and it shows off the belly, so I couldn't wear it for a long time. At the time I bought it I thought I'd work to get into it, so I picked it up.... good thing I don't do that often. But it was SOOOO nice to be able to wear it and feel pretty in it. :D I had the Angus Beef Skewar stir-fry. It was veggies and meat and white rice. I asked for no rice and double veggies. And it was a very good choice. There was a sauce on the veggies, but not a ton, so I wasn't worried about what was in it, it was delicious and the meat was a good portion size this time. (Last time I went out I ordered the meatloaf and it was 3 meal's worth....) Again, I was able to eat out, not think too hard, and not feel deprived.
I've been using my pedometer. I still have a ways to go depending on what I'm doing that day I've been doing 4300-8000 steps. My goal is to get up to 10 000 steps a day. My next trick is going to be to turn standing tasks into walking on the spot tasks. I tried bopping around (to music) and sidestepping while washing dishes, that works pretty well.
I've been on the wii most days. On even days I've been doing the my routine and the wii routines focusing on my core muscles, but doing a little bit with all my muscles. On odd days I've been warming up with the wii legs and hips routine and then bursting 30 seconds hard running, 1 minutes jogging or walking back and forth on the 10 minute free run and then a cool down with various stuff. Once I get going, I might use the 20 minute free run and do the on-and-off bursting for about 15 minutes and include the cool down in the last 5 minutes. The nice thing about the free run game is that you can change the channel and watch something.
I think I'm almost done my Challenge. But I'm going to continue with what I have learned. My next post will be my final weigh in for the challenge. I'm doing great and loving it! Thank you, Leanne!
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Hey everyone!
I am having so much fun Losing It With Leanne! Week 3 is fabulous! Seriously, the LWL fiber bars are half a step down from cake, so yummy and healthy for you! I know it's winter, but I figured out a way around the cold smoothie..... make it early! Food can sit out for up to 2 hours before you have to worry about bacteria growth, so I can just make my breakfast smoothie while I'm having my pre-breakfast Kashi and have the smoothie later! Also, when I'm having part of the smoothie as a snack, I've been pouring the smoothie into 3 small glasses, having one, and sticking two in the fridge with a bit of plastic wrap over the top. Then I have some ready for next time; it separates a bit, but I just stir it up and I'm good to go.
I made the Buffalo chicken and the Mexican chicken from last week's Menu-Mailer and I'm going to make a variation of the Pork Marsala (I have pork broth that I made, so I'm going to sub that for the wine and have 'Pork Valsala' lol!) and the French Pepper Steak this week.
DH took me out for Valentines tonight (he had to work last night) I got all dolled up and I wore my red dress that I've never worn before. I've had it for a few years, and it was such a good deal (I think it was a $50 dress for $15) but it's a little spandexy and it shows off the belly, so I couldn't wear it for a long time. At the time I bought it I thought I'd work to get into it, so I picked it up.... good thing I don't do that often. But it was SOOOO nice to be able to wear it and feel pretty in it. :D I had the Angus Beef Skewar stir-fry. It was veggies and meat and white rice. I asked for no rice and double veggies. And it was a very good choice. There was a sauce on the veggies, but not a ton, so I wasn't worried about what was in it, it was delicious and the meat was a good portion size this time. (Last time I went out I ordered the meatloaf and it was 3 meal's worth....) Again, I was able to eat out, not think too hard, and not feel deprived.
I've been using my pedometer. I still have a ways to go depending on what I'm doing that day I've been doing 4300-8000 steps. My goal is to get up to 10 000 steps a day. My next trick is going to be to turn standing tasks into walking on the spot tasks. I tried bopping around (to music) and sidestepping while washing dishes, that works pretty well.
I've been on the wii most days. On even days I've been doing the my routine and the wii routines focusing on my core muscles, but doing a little bit with all my muscles. On odd days I've been warming up with the wii legs and hips routine and then bursting 30 seconds hard running, 1 minutes jogging or walking back and forth on the 10 minute free run and then a cool down with various stuff. Once I get going, I might use the 20 minute free run and do the on-and-off bursting for about 15 minutes and include the cool down in the last 5 minutes. The nice thing about the free run game is that you can change the channel and watch something.
I think I'm almost done my Challenge. But I'm going to continue with what I have learned. My next post will be my final weigh in for the challenge. I'm doing great and loving it! Thank you, Leanne!
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Losing It With Leanne Challenge Day 28 - I did it!! Weigh in
February 8, 2011
Hello all! Great news! I DID it! I not only met, my weight loss goal for the Losing It With Leanne challenge, I PASSED my goal!!! Go me!
My goal was to lose 3 kg (6.6 pounds) in 4 weeks and I've lost 3.55kg (7.81 pounds)!! YAY! :D I also did the full measuring so: I lost about 1 inch in my bust/chest measurements - which is probably more from the back and sides... I lost 7/8 of an inch on my waist, 1 inch on my thighs, 5/8 of an inch on my neck, and 1/2 inch on my upper arm. My BMI is down from the original 27.18 to 25.94 (difference of 1.24).
I never went totally 'off plan' but I wasn't exactly on plan for the whole 4 weeks either. I mostly stuck to the rules of week 1 with week 1 and 2's soup and I did SOME more soup with week 2, but not as much as I was supposed to (I was rationing it a bit because I didn't have any more lentils and I thought I would run out... should have just ran to the store).
I did well when I ate out, I made the best choices I could. When I went to my sister's I packed the whole LWL lunch and just heated up my soup there. (She would have made me tuna, but I didn't think ahead enough to ask if she had some...) When I went to a potluck dinner party I made sure what I brought was fairly 'safe' for me to have and I told myself that I could have a little bit of whatever, but just a little. I had ONE cube of pumpernickel with a reasonable amount of spinach dip on it for example, instead of several pieces of pumpernickel with as much dip as I could scoop up :D
I'm not quite done yet. I'm going to continue with week 3 and then back down slightly into more 'sustaining' weight than 'losing weight'. I talked about that last time.
I bought a pedometer, I think it will be good for me. My job is at the computer so I sit a LOT and even with getting on the wii most days, I still need to be moving more overall to make up for all my 'stationary time'. Tomorrow I'm going to wear it all day and see where I'm at, and then I'm going to make an effort to increase my steps to work my way up to averaging 10 000 steps a day. I've been fiddling with it tonight and it's pretty fun. It measures distance, steps, and calories burned, plus it has a clock AND it flips up so I can look at it without bending over funny or taking it off, and when you flip it up, the display flips over, so it's right-side up for the way you're looking at it. Not bad for $20.00 :D
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Hello all! Great news! I DID it! I not only met, my weight loss goal for the Losing It With Leanne challenge, I PASSED my goal!!! Go me!
My goal was to lose 3 kg (6.6 pounds) in 4 weeks and I've lost 3.55kg (7.81 pounds)!! YAY! :D I also did the full measuring so: I lost about 1 inch in my bust/chest measurements - which is probably more from the back and sides... I lost 7/8 of an inch on my waist, 1 inch on my thighs, 5/8 of an inch on my neck, and 1/2 inch on my upper arm. My BMI is down from the original 27.18 to 25.94 (difference of 1.24).
I never went totally 'off plan' but I wasn't exactly on plan for the whole 4 weeks either. I mostly stuck to the rules of week 1 with week 1 and 2's soup and I did SOME more soup with week 2, but not as much as I was supposed to (I was rationing it a bit because I didn't have any more lentils and I thought I would run out... should have just ran to the store).
I did well when I ate out, I made the best choices I could. When I went to my sister's I packed the whole LWL lunch and just heated up my soup there. (She would have made me tuna, but I didn't think ahead enough to ask if she had some...) When I went to a potluck dinner party I made sure what I brought was fairly 'safe' for me to have and I told myself that I could have a little bit of whatever, but just a little. I had ONE cube of pumpernickel with a reasonable amount of spinach dip on it for example, instead of several pieces of pumpernickel with as much dip as I could scoop up :D
I'm not quite done yet. I'm going to continue with week 3 and then back down slightly into more 'sustaining' weight than 'losing weight'. I talked about that last time.
I bought a pedometer, I think it will be good for me. My job is at the computer so I sit a LOT and even with getting on the wii most days, I still need to be moving more overall to make up for all my 'stationary time'. Tomorrow I'm going to wear it all day and see where I'm at, and then I'm going to make an effort to increase my steps to work my way up to averaging 10 000 steps a day. I've been fiddling with it tonight and it's pretty fun. It measures distance, steps, and calories burned, plus it has a clock AND it flips up so I can look at it without bending over funny or taking it off, and when you flip it up, the display flips over, so it's right-side up for the way you're looking at it. Not bad for $20.00 :D
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Losing It With Leanne Challenge Day 27 - Pants
Have I mentioned I'm loving Losing It With Leanne? Because I really am. I'm doing well, I'm only hungry when I get too 'busy' to eat on time, and I'm learning so much!
Before I started this plan I was eating way too much. Most suppers I was having 1.5-2.5 servings! But now, I have learned so much about portion sizes and, most importantly, I have learned that I will not go hungry eating 'properly portioned' meals! That was an underlying fear in the back of my mind.
The best thing about Losing it With Leanne is that it teaches you a great way to eat AND cook for yourself with real food. This is a sustainable way to live! I think when I'm done, I'll probably go back to three meals a day with the random snack, and breakfast and lunch will be a LITTLE bigger, but not that much. I'll probably keep Kashi on hand for a guilt-free snack when I get hungry between meals. And I'll be cooking Saving Dinner recipes at least 80% of the time. I'm going to KEEP what I learned about portions and run with it!
So after all this, I bet you're wondering where the pants title came from - I'm getting there! :D The last time I bought pants was mid-July?? And I bought size 15 the time before was size 16 well, this week I broke out a pair of TWELVES my sister gave me, and I don't feel intimidated at all by the pair of elevens my friend has offered me :D
Had a dinner party with friends on Friday and I did pretty well. I did my best to bring safe foods for me. Not 'on-plan' but I definitely ate way less than I would have had before. I'm starting to switch my mentality from "look at what I can't have" to: "I can't believe people eat all this!" (That's mostly for amount of food, mind you.)
Thank you, Leanne! You teach me so much!
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Before I started this plan I was eating way too much. Most suppers I was having 1.5-2.5 servings! But now, I have learned so much about portion sizes and, most importantly, I have learned that I will not go hungry eating 'properly portioned' meals! That was an underlying fear in the back of my mind.
The best thing about Losing it With Leanne is that it teaches you a great way to eat AND cook for yourself with real food. This is a sustainable way to live! I think when I'm done, I'll probably go back to three meals a day with the random snack, and breakfast and lunch will be a LITTLE bigger, but not that much. I'll probably keep Kashi on hand for a guilt-free snack when I get hungry between meals. And I'll be cooking Saving Dinner recipes at least 80% of the time. I'm going to KEEP what I learned about portions and run with it!
So after all this, I bet you're wondering where the pants title came from - I'm getting there! :D The last time I bought pants was mid-July?? And I bought size 15 the time before was size 16 well, this week I broke out a pair of TWELVES my sister gave me, and I don't feel intimidated at all by the pair of elevens my friend has offered me :D
Had a dinner party with friends on Friday and I did pretty well. I did my best to bring safe foods for me. Not 'on-plan' but I definitely ate way less than I would have had before. I'm starting to switch my mentality from "look at what I can't have" to: "I can't believe people eat all this!" (That's mostly for amount of food, mind you.)
Thank you, Leanne! You teach me so much!
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Losing It With Leanne Challenge Day 21 - Weigh in, Good Progress
February 1, 2011
I'm really having fun doing the Losing It With Leanne program! The food is great and varied, I'm not hungry, I'm getting good nutrients in, I'm moving, and I'm losing weight! But not just losing weight, I'm getting healthier and making good choices.
I've been getting busier and busier all the time, so I haven't posted much, and honestly, I have missed a few workouts, but! I'm not giving up and I'm doing well!
I got on the wii and I am making progress. My BMI is down to 26.43 (from original 27.18) and my weight is down 2.1kg total (4.62 pounds). I'm three weeks in and I'm approaching my goal of losing 3 kg (6.6 pounds) very well.
On the wii today, I set up the 'my routine' to use the yoga and strength training exercises that I do the most. I think there are 7 moves and it's about 11 minutes. This is going to be my warm up, and then I'll go on to other things. This week I'm going to try to do some of JJ Virgin's "bursting" a few times. We'll see how that goes :D
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
I'm really having fun doing the Losing It With Leanne program! The food is great and varied, I'm not hungry, I'm getting good nutrients in, I'm moving, and I'm losing weight! But not just losing weight, I'm getting healthier and making good choices.
I've been getting busier and busier all the time, so I haven't posted much, and honestly, I have missed a few workouts, but! I'm not giving up and I'm doing well!
I got on the wii and I am making progress. My BMI is down to 26.43 (from original 27.18) and my weight is down 2.1kg total (4.62 pounds). I'm three weeks in and I'm approaching my goal of losing 3 kg (6.6 pounds) very well.
On the wii today, I set up the 'my routine' to use the yoga and strength training exercises that I do the most. I think there are 7 moves and it's about 11 minutes. This is going to be my warm up, and then I'll go on to other things. This week I'm going to try to do some of JJ Virgin's "bursting" a few times. We'll see how that goes :D
So anyway, thank you for joining me, and I hope I can help you! It really is fun to be a Homemaking Diva!!
Please comment or send your questions to me at homemakingdiva@hotmail.com
Have great day!
Valerie :D
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