Ground Hog Day

The Ground Hog saw his shadow and was scared and ran back down into his hole...Boy can I relate. I see my shadow and I'm scared too...Today our County Public Health that is located in the building I work in started their own Biggest Loser competition. 6 Weeks $5 winner take all. Looks like about 35 people will be participating and I am already counting my $175. Well not really but it would be nice. The scale was not kind though, it logged me in at 324. I suppose after breakfast and fully dressed that accounts for some of the weight.
My first day went pretty good had a few snags...went walking with my co-worker but apparently my shoes were wrong and am now limping on my left foot. So am not going to walk today other then what is necessary. I am having a tour of a local gym where I will get a free trial month. It's not conveniently located but it looks, on the virtual tour that is, that it has a lot to offer. I did overcome one major obstacle. We had a going away party at work and I ate nothing. There was really nothing that I could eat except a dish of Texas Caviar which everyone eats with chips. I would have just been able to spoon it and also it was a bit spicy for me so left it all alone. Unfortunately all the left-over’s are up front in our break room bars, cookies, chips, cake and it’s a co-workers birthday today, so that means more cake. But I will resist, I am avoiding the front, have my almonds, Clementine’s, and water back in my office. Brought a lunch of soup, tuna, and a V8 for today. Vegetables are always a hard one for me but I love V8, low sodium version. Eventually I want to get to the point of cooking my own soups in advance and making my own juice. Just need some time and good recipes. It seems so much of the processed food out there has a ton of sodium in it. Trying to find a can of soup without 400 grams of sodium was difficult, even the low sodium versions. But we are taking baby steps and that’s in the plan. Cul8r…Dina

Feb 1st the Beginning of the New Me

Today I start, and I'm excited yet nervous. I spent the last week acting like I was never gonna eat good foods again. I went to all my favorite restaurants and ordered my favorite foods. It was like I was a dead woman walking her last mile. I also ended up 2 pounds lighter for my start then I was when I sent in my entry for Valley's Biggest Loser contest. I cleaned out all the bad foods in my fridge and cupboards and threw away all the spoiled good foods I bought on my last attempt to begin dieting. Ooops I'm not trying to use that word, though that's what it is. I don't care what you call it but consciously forcing myself to change my eating habits is DIEting. I have signed up for some community walking and belly dancing classes plus a class on how to snow shoe. My co-worker Amy and I will begin walking on our breaks and then I plan to walk at home for 20 minutes after work. My husband starts his new job Tuesday pm so that will open up an opportunity to workout in the morning and being able to watch the news or listen to my music without having to wear earplugs so I don't wake him. That I will enjoy too. Bought myself a Britta water pitcher for work, hope to down one picture at work. I am also really trying to look at going organic and making some of my own foods. For today I made a salad and am using a really cool bowl that lets me keep it cool and it stores the add on's seperately from the spinach so it doesn't get so stale. I have my V8, I'm not a good vegetable eater and some clementines and almonds for snacks. Supper- now that will be hard. Hubby cooks supper so will just have to encourage him to cook healthier or I will have to cook my own. Tonight I bought some salmon so if he makes that with rice that should be a good meal. Portion control...that's gonna be hard. For today I'm optimistic, excited and happy that this will be the last time I will weigh....321 pounds at 5'9" my goal is to get to 175 as then, my BMI should be in the average range. 146', 1 pound at a time and I plan to be at that weight by next year...Feb 1st 2011. So there it is...it's out there for the world to see, even if no one else is reading my blog...yet....cul8r...Dina