Hi Amanda!

Sorry I have not posted in forever. So I weighed in on Wednesday and I was back up, to 166.2 :-( Today marks the one year mark to my wedding, so I need to start losing!

Today I ate:

1 Kashi Pumpkin Spice Granola Bar (You are right, those are so good!)
1 Michelinas Lasagna frozen meal
1 bowl of chicken noodle soup from panera

I am going to eat a salad with chicken for dinner. I have never tried the lighter peanut butter before, but I will avoid it now! Have you ever tried almond butter? I have not but have heard of people using that.

I am going to join a gym this week near my house, bc I have not been exercising enough!

Yes, definitely catch up on the Jillian show. How did your weigh in go this week? I have not told Kel about the blog yet. We should probably tell her so that she does not get upset. Maybe after she comes back from her honeymoon though, I know she is leaving tomorrow (I am so jealous!) So are you and Chris definitely doing the Biggest Loser Ranch thing this year? If so, when will you go?

I don't think I am coming this summer bc I don't have a job yet, so limited moolah. I totally was thinking that we need to work out together at some point though! I can't wait to see you again at Lady Gaga! That is going to be epic!

Love,

Kel

Weekend-

Hey Kel!

I had a pretty good weekend, eating-wise. On Saturday I went out to lunch with my friend at Cheeseburger in Paradise and I got the island quesadilla with sweet potato chips- I didn't really calculate the point on it, but I'm guessing it was around 15 points for the meal. I wound up not eating anything the rest of the day, but that night I had a couple of bites of a chocolate chip cookie cake- (Chris and I went to the orchestra and stopped at Naked Chocolate before-hand... a tradition on our night out.)

Yesterday I went to a BBQ at Chris's boss' house and he made steak. I had two small pieces and some rice salad that he made. I also ate some garlic bread toasts and some dip I made with reduced fat sour cream. Last night when I got home I was starving so I had a light english muffin with some peanut butter. (I don't know whether you have ever tried the Better than Peanut Butter, but it's GROSS! I would rather use the points on real peanut butter.)

I cancelled my subscription to Weight Watchers online because I feel as though I'm not using it enough for the $15 a month. I'm going to go to the gym tonight when I get home and tomorrow I have Zumba, followed by Circuit Training and Line Dancing on Wednesday. I agree with the weigh-training. That's where I really start to look good. I need to lift more weights- and start running. I've decided I am going to run a 5 K this September, so I'm going to train for that-

I didn't see Jillian's new show- but now I'm dying too! I will check on Demand and then watch it this week so I'm all caught up. Are you coming out here at all this summer? I would love to see you and maybe we could take some classes together at my gym if you and Kelley want to come stay with me!
PS- have you told Kelley we're doing this together? I'm afraid she might think I'm trying to steal you or something, (sound familiar?)

Here's to a good week!
Amanda

Hi Amanda,

I can't believe that you teach in 100 degrees! Isn't that illegal or something? ha ha...it should be! It's okay that you gained, it's a new week, you can do it! Yoga sounds delish! I love yoga and pilates! Have you ever tried pilates?

So I lost on Wednesday when I weighed in, I was 162.6. I really did not do that well during the week, I am almost afraid I am just losing more muscle mass, bc of how poorly I ate on the weekend bc my friend was in town. I need to start to lift again. Maybe I can get Chris to go for a long walk with me tonight!

Today I have eaten:

1- 6 point portion of homemade mac and cheese
2- Kashi oatmeal and dark chocolate chip cookies
.5 points worth of jiffy kettle corn flavor popcorn

I am going to be good this weekend!! I would say try, but Jillian says that is planning to fail, ha ha. Did you see her new show this week? I thought it was pretty good. Not as good as the Biggest Loser, but good. I can't believe that Michael won, btw, good for him! I am so glad Koli was knocked off his high horse, ha ha. He did still win a lot of cash though!

Hope you are doing great!!!!!

Love,

Kel

A Good Couple of Days

So I weighed in this morning and I weighed-in at 173.5- So I'm up .2- Oh well!

I had a couple of good days- I find if I keep myself busier during the night I don't eat as much! I was going to work out tonight, but being in my classroom at 100 degrees all day made me feel like crap by the time I got home- I was so lethargic, I could hardly pick up Lily, so I didn't go to the gym- I went out and ran some much-needed errands though.

Tomorrow I start fresh again. I am going to try and hit up yoga tomorrow night at the gym if I can drag myself there after what they are calling "the hottest day of the year so far!"

Hope you are having a good week- did you lose weight this morning when you weighed-in?

Cheers!
Amanda

Hi Amanda,

I did terrible this weekend as well. My friend was in town, and I tried by eating salads and stuff, but we drank at night, and ate a lot of junk food. I have been doing well today though, and hopefully I will still lose on Wednesday.

We should just both be so good for the rest of the week! I am going to go for a run tomorrow for sure. Tonight, I am going to the ball game (I think I might just have 1 hotdog there for dinner and call it 7 points), so I will do some crunches and planks when I come home.

It is a new, fresh week, and I know that we can do it! Great job on the workout, I agree, being sore is a good sign!

Have you ever seen the Lady Gaga/Beyonce Telephone music video? It is awesome! It makes we want to lose weight bc they are so sassy and hot in that video! ha ha

We are awesome!

Ugh Weekend

Hey Kel-

I had a pissy weekend. I tried really hard, but I lost it last night and had two hotdogs- AND a cheeseburger. It will take forever for me to write what I had this weekend, so I'm just going to say I DIDN'T do good. I am starting fresh for tomorrow though- I already stopped at Chick Fil A to get a salad for lunch tomorrow. It comes with croutons and sunflower seeds, but I think I won't put those on.

How was your weekend? I'm not exercising tomorrow, but I am going to exercise hard core on Wednesday again with some Circuit Cardio and Line Dancing. Do you know that I was sore for like 4 days after that class? I figure that's a GOOD sign.

well----hope your weekend was better than mine! I'll have to kick my own ass tomorrow to lose weight by Wednesday morning.

Chao!
Amanda

Yo yo yo,

Today I had an okay day again. Actually, lunch was not great, but I did try and did fine the rest of the day!

This is what I had:

1 Kashi Cherry Dark Chocolate Bar
1 Jolly Time Butter Flavor Popcorn Bag
1 Chicken Salad Sandwich on wheat bread (I regretted this one!)
1 snow cone with poprocks on it (I also regretted this)
3 mangos
1 BBQ chicken salad from Chilis with the dressing on the side

For exercise, I went swimming. I need to do something more intense soon though. Which will probably happen Tuesday since I have a friend coming in from out of town to stay with me this weekend. This weekend is going to be tough with my friend here, I am going to try to stay on track though. We are going drinking one night, but maybe I will just have 1 drink.

Talk to you later girl!

Hi!!!

Hi Amanda!!!!!!!!!!

I think you have been doing well eating wise!!! Great job on the exercise too, that is two days in a row! It is great that you are doing both strength training and cardio. I am sure you will be whipping through the strength training in no time.

Today I had this to eat:

1 "you pick two" from Panera with the Greek salad with the dressing on the side and the chicken noodle soup. I also had 1/2 of the roll that comes with the soup and a 2 bites of a toffee cookie.

A vanilla cone from McDonalds

2 Kashi TLC Cherry Dark Chocolate Bars

1 Bag Jolly Time Popcorn Butter Flavor - the high fiber one

Grille Snapper with no butter, but a bit of olive oil in with veggies

1 Piece of bread

Side Salad with the dressing on the side.


I did not calculate exact points, I am looking for my weight watchers book and points calculator. Hopefully I will find them tomorrow. I went over, but at least I am eating much better than I have been! It is a start.

I did not exercise :-( I did do some heavy duty cleaning though, I think I burned some doing that!

Keep up the great work girl, I LOVE that we are doing this!!! Have a great day!

Love,

Kel

May 27, 2010

Okay so I had an ALRIGHT day-

Breakfast- 1 Chexmix turtle granola bar- 2 points
mid morning- pack of twizzlers- 4 points
Lunch- Olive Garden salad (2 servings) 1 bowl chicken soup and 1 bowl minestrone- 10
1 breadstick from Olive Garden- 3 points
Dinner- One Bowl of Ramen Noodle soup w/ 3 ritz crackers- 3 points
Drinks- Stupid me... I had a coke AND a can of Sprite- I need to get the soda out of my house- 6 points total! (dumb,dumb, dumb)

That makes my total = 28 points- I had to use 2 of my weekly points....

I actually did exercise today because I walked all over Sesame Place with Lily and my aunt and I'd guess I walked at least 3 miles... but that wasn't high intensity. I am really sore from that cardio weight circuit I did last night- I'm going to do that every Wednesday- I was literally worn out after 1 rotation-

Amanda's Starting Weight---

Hey Kelly!

Here is my starting weight!
173.4

According to Weight Watchers I was given 24 points a day! I've already lost my 5 and 10%, but I've set my new weight goal at 140 pounds.

Starting tomorrow, let's try to enter everything we eat! Tonight I am hitting up the gym and I'm taking a class that is a Cardio Circuit for an hour, and then I'm going to a 1 hour and 45 minute Line Dancing class! (Not so sure the later is going to help me lose weight... but it sounds fun!)

Let me know how you do starting tomorrow! The password for this blog is my e-mail, and then the password is amanda22chris

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Love,
Amanda