A Free Ticket to the Weight Loss Follies

SOOO Mad!

I walked 2.7 miles at my top speed for the last two days, but am gaining the weight back. (my weight chart is on the right over there)

WHY? I need to be honest about this... I totally threw caution to the wind this past weekend and week. My water intake has been seriously lowered (I don't like the water bottle I am using, it gets clogged and I HATE drinking off a "nipple"). I also stopped eating a little bit in the morning. I have been secretly discouraged. Stupid me, I know better.

I've also had a few drinks this week.... EMPTY calories! (I DID drink vodka and juice, which is better than my standard rum and coke.)

So yeah, I lapsed, and now I suffer the consequences. I am getting back on track TODAY.

My Weight Tracking Widget Thingie ...

I put a cool little weight chart widget over there on the right, about 1/2 way down the page.

Check it out. I got it from skinnyr.com I will probably do the upgrade, too... Some guy had to make this!

It's only $12 a year, so yeah, cool, watch me literally walk my a$$ off :).

Took a great walk

Just got back a little while ago. I took a nice walk with my daughter and can't believe how energizing it is!

If you look to the right of this blog, you will see "My Workouts". It's an app from mapmywalk.com that shows my latest walks. I'm trying to attain a goal of 50 miles in a 30 day period that ends on the 27th so I'm pretty excited that I will totally surpass that.

I'm going to sign up for 75 miles in the next 30 day period. I know if I set the goal it will be something I will reach.

In the process, I am dropping weight, finally!

Anyway, if you walk, I highly suggest going to mapmywalk.com and seeing if it might be a place for you. I have a walking buddy in Canada through the site and I also share it with a few friends of mine to challenge and encourage each other.

Walking

I've been walking lately. ALOT. Being an artist is a sedentary lifestyle unless you MAKE yourself get up and get going.

After I had my kids, I lost 87 pounds just from walking an extra 5-10 miles a week. Now that I'm 17 years older, and have to lose the weight again, I'm finding it's not so easy. I have seriously cut back on my food intake, but I DO miss eating what I want. So, I am hoofing it again.

I'm also using a really cool website for incentive. It's called MapMyWalk.com. I'll be putting an app that streams my latest workouts here on the blog, too.

Please send me big huge amounts of positive energy. I am very uncomfortable with my weight and would like to feel light on my feet again ...

I hope you check out the site. It tracks alot more than workouts. It also tracks your weight, BMI, heart rate,water intake, even morale!

Vicki