The Power of One: Week 5 Recap

I don't know if you have noticed, but it's been 3 weeks since I posted my weekly recap. The main reason I didn't post during these weeks was pure and simple: shame. Not because I have gained weight, I would have posted that. But because I have been stressed out. You see, as a baker, I have my calm weeks, and my stressful weeks. And the past two weeks? Have been stressful. I received several last-minute orders, and getting everything ready on time AND keeping my blog was way too much stress.

So this week I'm preparing for Valentine's Day. A nightmare for a baker, right? Well, yes and no. This time I'm prepared and am organizing myself to get all orders out on time.

OK, getting back to the topic. Because of all my stress, I haven't been really disciplined on my eating habits nor my workouts. But I didn't completely fall off the wagon either. Now all I have to do is pick myself up again and get back on track.

Let's see what happened since last time:

Last weight: 193.7

This week’s weight: 193.2

Weight lost this week: 0.5 lbs

Total weight lost so far: 2.2 lbs

Total weight to lose: 63.2 lbs

First Goal: 10 lbs (Nope, not there yet.)

Accomplishments from last week:

• I worked out on Monday and again today.


• Kept a food log. Still liking My Fitness Pal, although still bummed that it doesn't have a mobile app for my Blackberry.


• I'm drinking tons of water! About 9-12 glasses a day. Woot!

Setbacks: I think the fact that I abandoned my tracking for a couple of weeks was really my downfall. Even if I hadn't kept a strict diet or exercise routine, just tracking it keeps me in check, so I'm definitely going back to that.

Goals for this week:

• Keep drinking 9-12 glasses of water.


• Eat more protein & veggies and less sugar


• Keep up my 30 Day Shred workouts. Do at least 4 days this week.

Here's to a great week!

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The Power of One: Week 2 Recap

Well, it's been two weeks since I joined the Sisterhood of Shrinking Jeans and started my new journey to weight loss and exercise. So far I haven't seen much progress, but this week I feel satisfied about my accomplishments. Sure, I didn't lose a whole lot of weight, but I finally started doing things right, and found the discipline and motivation to keep at it.

Let's see what happened during my second week:

Last week’s weight: 194.2

This week’s weight: 193.7

Weight lost this week: 0.5 lbs (OK, so it's not even a pound, but I'm OK with it. Read on.)

Total weight lost so far: 1.7 lbs

Total weight to lose: 63.7 lbs

First Goal: 10 lbs (Nope, not there yet.)

Accomplishments from last week:

• I worked out! Wanted to do 4 days of 30 Day Shred and only did 3, but I also did yoga.


• Kept a food log. I like the way My Fitness Pal keeps track of everything you eat, exercise, and even your weigh-ins, but it doesn't have a mobile app for my Blackberry, so I'm not using it to track my food. I'm carrying around an old-style notebook and pen. I didn't actually change my eating habits very much, but the fact that I was writing everything down kind of kept me in check to not overeat.


• I definitely drank more water than diet coke, but I don't think I reached my 8 glasses a day.

Setbacks: Like I said before, I didn't change my eating habits too much, only the portions and snacking, because of my food log. So I shouldn't be shocked by my lack of weight loss. But that's OK. For some reason, I'm feeling OK with this, and am now motivated to really make some changes.

Goals for this week:

• Drink more water. I bought a cute 24oz. bottle that has an intake tracker, so if I drink 3 of these bottles a day, I should be good.


• Eat more protein & veggies and less sugar


• Keep up my 30 Day Shred workouts. Do at least 4 days this week.

So there you have it. Not a wildly successful week, but at least I'm motivated to keep it up and make more changes.

Here's to a different week than last!

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The Power of One: Week 1 Recap

It has been one week since I posted about my new journey to weight loss and exercise. I was super psyched and made plans and everything. Then the days started to come and go, and I hadn't done a single thing. Every day I said "tomorrow, I'm definitely starting." And then, nothing.

What I didn't realize was that if I have a full-time job and a 4-year old son still on winter break, I had to organize myself BEFORE starting. Duh, right? Well, I didn't think of that until about 5 days into the week.

But today I definitely started. Yep, did my first yoga session and everything. Made my weekly meal plan, not just for me, but for my entire family. This week will be different. I got it.

Let's see what happened during my first week:

Last week’s weight: 195.4 (I still can't stand to look at that number!)

This week’s weight: 194.2 (well, at least I broke 195. Glass half-full, right?)

Total weight lost: 1.2 lbs

Total weight to lose: 64.2 lbs

First Goal: 10 lbs (I'm not even close!)

Accomplishments from last week: I actually drank less diet coke and more water than I usually do. But didn't make any breakthrough changes. I'll call it a teeny-tiny baby step.

Setbacks: Pretty much everything else. I didn't change my eating habits, and I didn't exercise. At all.

Goals for this week: (same as last week)

• Drink more water and less diet coke


• Eat more protein & veggies and less sugar


• Start Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred. Do at least 4-5 days this week. On off days, I can do yoga from another DVD or my Wii Fit.

I was debating whether to post this week's "failure", but decided that if I failed, I might as well embarrass myself in front of everyone. Maybe that can be my motivation for getting off my ass and actually doing something. I mean, I already feel awful that I haven't done any exercise, and yet I'm reading about Rachel and Monica who are well into their second week of daily exercises... shame on me!

Also? For some reason, I lost 1.2 pounds. Even if I don't deserve it, I'll take it!

Here's to a different week than last!

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The Power of One: The Beginning

Those of you who know me, or simply have seen my pics or read my blog, know one thing: I'm fat. I've always been overweight, but when lil man was born in 2006, I gained 40 lbs and only lost 20. I had been told that breastfeeding would help shred those last lbs.... BAHAHA!! Ya right, I lost all of ZERO pounds!

Since then, I've battled a miscarriage, depression, hypothyroidism, and more importantly, laziness. For more on my battles, read here. In the past 4 years, I have tried to start many things, but have not been able to follow through. So I'm basically at the same place I was then. Ugh.

Last week, I decided to write my first New Year's resolutions, EVER! Read here. I know, pathetic, right? But if I had never made them before, and I'm still in the same place, then I thought I might as well give in and make some. Well, as most women do, most of my resolutions had to do with my health and weight. But I didn't know where to start!

Enter Monica. I saw a tweet from her mentioning the Sisterhood of Shrinking Jeans, and I thought: this is hilarious! I browsed their website, and it looked like a lot of fun, so I decided to join them. I'm still not familiar with all the ins and outs of the Sisterhood, but they have "challenges" that span several weeks, weekly weigh-ins and projects, and tons of tips and support.

So this is it.

I weighed myself today. 195.4. WHAT?!?!? I almost didn't post my weight, I was so embarrassed. I also took a "before" picture of myself. Ya right, like I'm going to post that! That's for my personal use only, and will NEVER show it to anyone. How did I let myself get here? That is such a loaded question, that I decided not to answer it, and simply move on.

And I'm moving on.

So today, even though it's the end of week 1 of the challenge, it's actually day 1 for me. I don't care. I will simply try to keep up and do my best.

Here's the checklist that I will be updating weekly:

Last week's weight: n/a

This week's weight: 195.4 (holy crap, did I just type that AGAIN?!?)

Total weight to lose: 65.4 (Yikes!)

Total weight lost: 0 lbs

First Goal: 10 lbs

Accomplishments from last week: None. Unless you count writing this post as an achievement. In that case, yay me!

Setbacks: I already ate one of the chocolate-covered marshmallow lollipops that I had made for lil man. Major fail!

Goals for this week:

• Drink more water and less diet coke


• Eat more protein & veggies and less sugar


• Start Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred. Do at least 4-5 days this week. On off days, I can do yoga from another DVD or my Wii Fit.

And there you have it. I got the idea for this checklist from Tiffany's weight-loss posts. I like checklists. They're simple and easy to read.

OK, I'll shut up now. Gotta stop writing about it and actually get started on my journey. Do you have any tips and/or suggestions for me? Words of wisdom? Constructive criticism? Sound off below!

And wish me luck!