Like I said before, I made that resolution. You know, the nasty, awful, hateful one that everybody makes and nobody keeps past January 3rd. Though I made it on the 1st, extenuating circumstances made it simply impossible to start on it until, um, more recently *wince*.
DO NOT JUDGE ME! I HAD EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE! EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES! MY CIRCUMSTANCES WERE EXTENUATING, I TELL YOU!
Defensive! Party of one!
Anyway, seeing as how it’s the 19th and all, I thought I’d begin sharing a status report with you regularly as a way of keeping me (somewhat) accountable and, perhaps, inspiring another. (I say ‘somewhat’ because you can’t see me all day, every day. ;/)
The status report will look something like this (with information in place):
Weight (loss)/gain this week:
Days exercised (out of 7):
Food pick of the week:
Joys:
Challenges:
My basic M.O. is to eat healthier foods and less quantity (can you say ‘rocket science’?) and exercise 6 days out of 7 each week. Some days, I’m sure, will be 100% success; some not so much (two words: snow days). At 25, I would have worried more about less than 100%, but I ain’t 25 no more.
I’m exercising along with the Biggest Loser dvd’s we have on-hand here, alternating the CardioMax (weeks 1-2) with the Power Sculpt (weeks 1-2). Monday, Wednesday, Friday: CardioMax. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: PowerSculpt. Sunday: Lay on the couch and thank God He created the Sabbath.
Jillian Michaels is my least favorite person on earth right now. I’ve been sore in a variety of places since I began. I’m hopeful that means it’s working.
Reading success stories seems to help me stay motivated. I’ve found some good ones at this site: ShapeFit. I’ve also set an end reward for myself, something I want very badly and need to be thinner to do anyway. More about that later…much later.
On a side note, I’ve watched the promos for A&E’s new show, Heavy, and I’m feeling better about myself already. Is that wrong?
Contemplating one of my motivational sources,
AinW
P.S. I welcome any and all advice. Chime in with pointers, motivational tips, etc. at any time.
Adventures In Womanland 
Do you need an accountability partner? I’m on the same boat. Will shoot you a FB message 😉
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Wonder Woman wrote: “Though I made it on the 1st, extenuating circumstances made it simply impossible to start on it until, um, more recently *wince*.”
. . . ie. extenuating circumstances of HAVING to make all those choc. covered cake balls. . . Funny, I had the same thing happen at my house between Jan. 1 and Jan. 12 (when I finally started my “resolution”. . but it involved yogurt covered pretzels being in the house.
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“Extenuating circumstances” could be just about anything, really. Cake balls included, although each one only has about 150 calories. It really is the best way to eat cake.
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wow only 150 each? Hmmmm. . that means I could eat like 10 of them (spaced throughout the day of course) and still be under my total allowable caloric allotment for the day. . and still lose weight!. . cool.
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BTW are those your feet?
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No, mam.
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boy that bothers me when people (ESP. soon to be DR’s of Grammar). . forget an apostrophe . . . ma’am (from a fellow grammar fanatic)
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Good for you! The fact that you are still posting about this at the end of January means that you have surpassed most resolutions.
I count that as a win already!
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