Taking Stock

Well, we are over a month in to Twitloss and I have lost 2lbs. Sigh. Eye rolling. Huffing. So I think it is time to take stock of progress in other ways. Let's go to the measurements:A lot has changed! I was actually surprised by this, since I don't see a big change on the scale. I do feel a little better, healthier, but I do not feel like I have lost much weight. Admittedly, I suck at this stuff...

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat

Tell you all about it when I've got the time....Aladdin is, far and away, my favorite Disney flick. What's yours?This week was a success and I'm going to say that it was because I committed to posting that info on my page. It doesn't matter if anyone looked at it, it only matters that there was some sort of accountability. I can say I actually THOUGHT about whether or not I was going to eat that brownie...

Day 29: Sigh! Back to Square One

(BTW, Blogger is acting stupid and won't let me load my images. Sorry) I got a haircut Friday. I thought it would be a good idea for the summer, but now I'm wishing that I never did. What does this have to do with #twitloss? Not a thing, but that's the only thing I feel like talking about at the moment. It's better than saying I'm a big fat slacker who never finishes anything she starts! Spring Break also starts Thursday. The family and I are going to be visting my sister-in-law for a couple days. I'm...

The only way is up...or in our case DOWN

Starting Weight: 192 lbsGoal Weight: 132 lbsLast Time’s Weight: 186 lbsThis Time’s Weight: 178 lbsThis Time’s Loss: 6 lbsTotal Loss: 12 lbsThis Week’s Hours of Zumba: 2,0Last Week’s Hours of Zumba: 0.0Total Hours of Zumba: 4.5 This week’s post is a late and very brief one as I was occupied all day today with a road trip up north and due to failed planning I didn’t write my weekly post before I left...

My name is Tiffany and I am a slacker.

Seriously, I am the slacker of this group and it is killing me. Yet, obviously not enough to change it... sigh. Could someone just hit me with a really large book or something? This week I have felt like this: I have made some good progress on healthier practices... both my girls now take turns helping us cook and choosing vegetables for the day. I meal plan around veggies we get on Saturdays.......

The Little Engine that Could

That's me. The little engine that could. I mean this is week four and up until today I have had nothing to report except challenges and failure. Well that all ends now! Woot! Woot! I lost 2lbs!Okay, I know. It's not much, but hey we gotta celebrate all the victories. Even the little ones. I am happy to say that despite my utter failure at working out everyday over the weekend, I managed to not kill...

Hungry like the wolf

It's lunchtime!!!! In an effort to make this a better week, I'm eating a Cafe Steamer with shrimp and chicken (260 cal.) I've had all healthy snacks today. It's a good start to the week. Last week, I learned the hard lesson of what happens when you put off going to the grocery store. It's so easy to just zip through the drive up and order something. And, even if you try to order the healthy way (whopper...

Day 22: Exercise, Smexericse

Happy Monday! This is a busy week for me so I'm not going to be around much on Twitter or in the blogs. Not only do I have a pile of work I have to get through on my desk, I've been totally slacking when it comes to working out. I SHOULD have exercised 7 days last week. However, I only worked out twice. I've been so disorganized this week. As an example, when I went into my bag to find my work-out...

Queen of the Slackers? Yup, that would be me!

Starting Weight: 192 lbsGoal Weight: 132 lbsLast Time’s Weight: 188 lbsThis Time’s Weight: 186 lbsThis Time’s Loss: 2 lbsTotal Loss: 6 lbsThis Week’s Hours of Zumba: 0.0Last Week’s Hours of Zumba: 1.0Total Hours of Zumba: 2.5 You see the hours of Zumba this week? No? Are you sure you don’t see them? That’s right…that’s because I didn’t Zumba this week. As I said last week in my post: I forewarned...

It's my day and I am late!

*pffffffft* thats me huffing and puffing. I have been running around the house today trying to get things clean and get dinner started and completely spaced about getting my blog post ready. Ironically I thought I did ok this week, no alcohol and I got to the gym twice. Yet, the scale says otherwise and I gained back my 2 lbs from last week? blah. Since I am lacking in good news and advice, I thought...

Week 3...Oh yeah, I'm On a Diet?

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeIf you saw me eating last weekend, you would have been hard pressed to believe I am eating healthy much less dieting. Seriously, it was a pathetic sight from Friday through Sunday. Friday was beer, bowling, and then lunch at BJs. Saturday was McDonald's for breakfast (Sausage McMuffin with egg) and then Sunday was Red Lobster...oh yeah cheese biscuits and drawn butter....

Movin' to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches

Why that was a hit song, I still don't know! But, it's damn catchy, and will not be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. You're welcome!This week was......well, it was a challenge. Everything was going relatively well. Sparkpeople has me eating between 1200-1550 calories a day. Great. Normally, I'd eat about....oh.....lots more than that, so this is kind of a lesson in measuring and counting....

Day Fifteen: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Sorry, I'm not very eloquent today. I ache and I'm pissed with my progress. Here's my week in review: Monday, March 8th: I did three tracks of 10 Minute Trainer. I actually did good with food and ate a little under 1300 calories for the day. I was even able to eat a scoop of ice cream. Tuesday, March 9th. I overslept and did not work out. I went to the grocery store around the corner from...

Being a woman sometimes really sucks

Starting Weight: 192 lbsGoal Weight: 132 lbsLast Time’s Weight: 188 lbsThis Time’s Weight: 186 lbsThis Time’s Loss: 2 lbsTotal Loss: 6 lbsThis Week’s Hours of Zumba: 1.0Last Week’s Hours of Zumba: 1.5Total Hours of Zumba: 2.5 First off I want to offer some my #twitloss buddies some mental support and apologize for not being there for them as much as I wanted this week. Reading and reviewing obligations...

Help! I am being killed by stress!

I will just get to the point, I totally sucked this week. Seriously. How many times did I get to the gym out of my goal of 5? Zero. How many days did I actually track the entire day? Zero. *sigh* I mentioned previously that for me this is all about balance and I failed at it this week. My kids were a challenge. The preschool I am president of had a huge fundraiser this week. I had an enormous amount...

Welcome to the Crazy Train!

img alt="RR Train Gr. Brit. (Image by The Library of Congress via FlickrAll aboard! Welcome to the Yockman Crazy Train. I will be your conductor today. Let me start by saying that last week I started feeling like crap. I think it was sinusitis, and I only started feeling human again yesterday. So keep in your head that I have felt like crap for 7 days. I am not a good decision maker when I feel like...

Everybody's got a hungry heart!

Sorry I'm late! It has been a craaaazy day. (I did warn you about the organization thing last week, right?) So, what has been going on? As I mentioned on Sunday, two rather significant things happened over the weekend. I bought a food scale. It is a nifty thing, I've been having a good time playing with it. More importantly, I finally feel like I'm doing something constructive. A few times I have been surprised at just how much MORE I could be eating. I know that sounds counter-intuitive,...

Day 8: This Is Hard Work

Sorry that I'm posting late. Last week had been a busy week, and it's looking like this week will be the same. FITNESS: I've worked out every day this week with the exception of Saturday. I'm still following Tony Horton's 10 Minute Trainer program. I'm feeling really annoyed that I missed Saturday, but Queen had a friend over Friday night for a sleep over. Believe me, after chasing after two six-year-olds...

Random Weekend Thoughts

Here it is, Sunday morning, and I'm sitting in front of the tv. No one had signed up for Sunday, so I thought I would throw something out here. Here it is: the weekend in twitloss.Friday evening I went to the gym. Did 47 minutes on the treadmill. Why 47? Because the gym treadmills automatically add a 2 minute cool down at the end of a timed workout. Very weird. Anyway, so about minute 39, I get this pain in my leg. I normally don't get cramps so I figure it was because I was going too...

TGIF - I survived the first week

Starting Weight: 192 lbsGoal Weight: 132 lbsLast Time’s Weight: 192 lbsThis Time’s Weight*: 188 lbsThis Time’s Loss*: 4 lbsTotal Loss: 4 lbsThis Week’s Hours of Zumba: 1.5Total Hours of Zumba: 1.5*These numbers will be my bi-weekly numbers as I go to the doctor to weigh every 2 weeks and my scale at home always says something other than the doctor's. So how did my first week of #twitloss go? Well...

Dear Iphone Gods - please keep me on track.

Happy Thursday twitlossers. I was going to do a great big blog post on me and how I got to the point I am now, but honestly... the short versions is up on my page. Being a mom is about balance and over the last 10 years I lost it. I am working on that, so instead I am going to talk about my tools of the trade. First and foremost...... to lose weight you have to track. I have to track. Maybe I should...

Hump Day!

Well, it's hump day! That means we are half way through the work week and half way through our first week of Twitloss. First, thank you to everyone who has come out here and on Twitter to follow, gripe, groan, praise, and bottom line support us and each other!Two days in to this challenge I have to shout it out: LOOSING WEIGHT SUCKS! Let me say that while I wouldn't consider myself spoiled, I have...