Gym - going strong!

I just wanted to post another update, no pics I'm afraid. This is really just for me as a record of what I'm doing. Cheryl and I are still going to the gym at least 4 times a week, usually 5 or 6 times even. We even went last Thursday morning which was Thanksgiving day!!! 

My diet isn't the greatest, but for the most part I'm watching the things I eat and am maintaining my weight. I can't help but get on the scales some days because even though I'm trying not to focus on my weight but tone up instead, there's always that part of me that is curious, and always that part of me that really still wants to see a few pounds disappear. So, I got on the scale this morning and was shocked to see 126 :-)  Shocked, because I went out last night to see the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn (which was the best one so far I think), had two glasses of red wine and more than half of their individual pizzas (artichoke and goats cheese - yum)! That's 2.2lb lost since I last recorded my weight here of 128.2 on Nov 14th. I'm definitely happy with that.

Next week Cheryl and I start a new 6 week gym workout. She's put together a binder for us both, with what cardio and weights we'll do each week. I'll try to take pics of that for next time.  We'll be taking measurements on Sunday (I can compare them with what I took a few weeks ago) and keeping track of those, and setting some individual goals for ourselves too.

Weight:

Nov 14th - 128.2

Nov 30th - 126.0

Weigh-in Day – and proud of myself!

I last posted about my weigh-in on April 23rd (which was a Saturday, and my WI day is usually Friday). I need to get in to the habit of making a Friday post so I can look back and see my progress.  I weighed yesterday and the scale has gone up .4lb since last week.  Strange in a way because I feel like I lost rather than gained, and that is because after my WI day last week I gained about a pound and a half after having too much food and wine (for Easter). So my weight on Friday was actually a pound lighter than I weighed on Monday!!  I know, I really should stop weighing myself so much, but I can’t help it. I always want to know what ‘the damage’ is after a weekend of not tracking and drinking wine!

This weekend I am determined to stay on track and count my points, dipping in to my weeklies if I need to.  I was really proud of myself last night. I ate well all day and come the evening when I would usually throw tracking out the window and indulge in wine and cheese and have no idea how many points I’d had, I actually weighed out a piece of aged Gouda (one of my fav cheeses) 2pp, counted out 7 Triscuits. 3pp AND I measured out every glass of wine I had;-) (which was 3 by the way).  I also had some celery and carrots and measured out 2 tblsp of lite blue cheese dressing, 2pp.

I was reading Danica’s blog this morning, and look at the surprise I got . . . .

The Winner of this pretty cool Wine Tasting Kit drawn using random.org is…

#13 Denise on Tue, 26th Apr 2011 8:33 pm……Congrats Denise!  Please email me your full name, mailing address and phone number to danicasdaily at gmail.com and I will have your kit sent out ASAP. You bet I’ve already emailed Danica :-) Thanks Danica, your blog is awesome and you have the best giveaways. Here’s the goodies I get . . . .

* Stainless Steel Wine Aerator

* Rebate for a Bottle of Cavit Italian Wine

* Wine Bottle Opener and Foil Cutter

* Tasting certificate for your favorite Bertolli Frozen Meal

* Coupon for a free Bertolli Sauce

What a great way to start my weekend :-) Along with this . . .

1 egg and eggwhite scrabled, Morning star veggie sausage patty, low fat waffle, squirt of cream and strawberries…. all for just 6pp :-)