Its a marathon not a sprint....either way it implys an ending!

So I try to imagine a time where I wasnt concerned about my weight...hmmmm NEVER! Which puts me in a bad situation...I cant imagine a time where I wont be concerned with my weight. ARGH
A friend once told me losing weight is a marathon not a sprint...well firstly I am WAY better at sprinting and secondly both imply an ending...I dont see one...brrr

Onto actuality...this weekend I got a book in the mail that I have been meaning to read...'The Mayo Clinic Diet' obviously I sat down and read right through it. For all those who have heard me speak about weight loss, health or anything related, I tend to quote the mayo clinic a lot.
The book is quite different then any other diet book I have read. firstly its about breaking bad habits and forming good ones as opposed to focusing on what you should and should not be eating. Of course there is the part about what to eat...and even that is different, its focus is on fruits and veggies, eating whole grain carbs and just a little bit of lean protein. I have mixed feelings about this diet but I feel like I may give it a shot. I need another day or two to think about it but I will keep you guys posted!
If any of you have tried this before let me know!
Hope everyone is safe and snug with this freak storm coming...
Have a fabulous week!

This journey has no end

I have been off sugar for a little more then a week (mostly) but, I'm still scared to hit the scale. The sugar is motivating because it gives me awful headaches so its simply not worth it (mostly.) The rest of my diet has been just eating healthy and juicing instead of snacking when my kids come home from school. Today I made a tangerine, ginger, celery, kale, apple combo and I've been drinking it out of a martini glass which makes it wayyyy more fun!!! I havnt gotten back into my exercise routine all I have been doing is my beloved basketball twice a week and some yoga on my own here and there to keep me calm :( it's time to get cracking at the exercise....I love love love it... So why don't I just do it?!?! Anyhoots hope everyone is doing great and I hope to be back to blogging, exercising and of course dieting !

 

note:I just did 1/2 hour of workout from youtube including pilates, crunches and weights

Already feeling better!

Two days into my better eating and I'm already feeling it! I won't lie and say I've been perfect but I won't lie and say I wasn't! I've juiced both days instead of cleaning my kids plates into my mouth. I have eaten 3 healthy good meals each day and eat way less snacks then what I've been doing. I'm heading in the right direction. Have a great weekend everyone!

My spare tire and more

Some how my friends and I got to joking about our spare tires around our waists last night. I came home chuckling..but it got me thinking...
I have 2 more days of holidays...and then nothing for a about 2 months.
Time to get back into healthy eating. I haven't stepped on a scale on way to long but I know it will NOT be nice. I am sick of my tire, I am sick of feeling heavy and weighted down, I am sick of feeling so damn fat!!! So I need a plan and I think I have it.
Starting October 10 2012 I will cut out flour and sugar-this measure is more to keep off the headaches then anything else but I know its good for me as well.
I will get back to my vinyasa yoga 2x a week, basketball 2x a week and when I can gym 2x a week.
I will juice for breakfast and take one to go. I will bring my salad with protein for lunch and pack healthy snacks.
Starting the end of October ill be in the hospital 645-345 2x a week and I know if I dont pack lunch ill end up eating vending machine food.
One more thing I plan to restart and thats my weight loss support group..I found it so helpful!
Now I need to get back to my cooking...sauteed spinach, onion kische, chicken cutlets wrapped around coldcuts, coffee cake, hummus, babaganush, carrot salad, brocalli salad, fresh salad....and a bunch of other things I am sure I forgot :)

Some honesty...as requested!

       I hear from my readers a lot that what they like most about my blog is the honesty. So here is a super honest day...ready?!?!?!

       I woke up at 5am, ground, brewed and drank a LARGE cup of coffee with skim milk. About half way thru I decided its time to step on that damn scale...so I did...and much to my surprise and delight I was down...so now my weight is 197.4...argh...I have such mixed feelings about that number...yes its below that big 2 number but oooo its still to high for me, to be exact its 32.4lbs to high for me. So I decided I need a goal...but not the 10lb type not even the 5lb type...something teeny tiny, something attainable; my goal is 195 by Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year-which comes out at the end of September this year.)

     Sunday night I made myself green grapes and blueberries to drink in the morn. It was too sweet so I diluted it with about 40% water 60% juice. It was delicious and refreshing. I went to class, took my quiz, handed in my homework, sat through some lecture and mainly looked at slides. I then went to sit down and study. OOOOOO it was sooo beautiful outside, I was so relaxed with my 2nd coffee of the day...but argh I ate some chocolate. Not terrible if I simply stopped there. For lunch I had a yogurt...not a bad choice...but to little to hold me over. At around 3pm I got home and was so hungry...booo I ate a bunch of cookies...mindlessly :( thats the worse type of eating!

      So while I made meat lasagna for dinner I juiced some carrots, celery, cilantro, parsley, zuchinni and an orange. Okay...were being honest here...it looked like poo, and tasted just a bit better then that. I drank it anyways (it was tolerable over ice.) I did this to avoid eating the lasagna. I planned to have some meat sauce over brown rice but while juicing watermelon for my kids I decided to just juice some more for dinner for myself. I not only juiced watermelon for myself I juiced the red, white and green!!! It is amazing! I love it! Its so refreshing it tastes like a treat!!! A friend of mine once posted that she juiced the whole watermelon with the rind...I couldn't imagine...but heck I never thought cucumbers would make good juice either!

      I am off to study again with my juice. I look forward to hearing form you guys, and I thank you so so much for all your advice and support! Your all great friends!

I love how the juice came out as white, green and  red!

 This pic doesnt do it justice the color was gorgeous!

 My pre-dinner juice...looks way better before it was juiced!

   

What a day and it's only 630

So I slept in till 8 today made a red tip lettuce and honeydew drink (great combo btw) went to the most intense yoga class I have yet to experience and it was 90 minutes long!! After I realized I didn't pack lunch so I ran to the grocery store and bought baby carrots, celery, hummus, 2 peaches and almonds(100 calorie pack) and then went to study 6 hrs!! Just got home and made a carrot apple celery ginger snd cilantro drink! I poured it over ice it taste great!! Anyhoots I still have homework to do, a quiz to study for and basketball! It's going to be a looong week! Hope it's a good one! ( I did cheat with one square of chocolate no not the dark type:()

Success

I really wanted some of the sandwich cookies my kids were eating but instead I had a pineapple romaine lettuce and purple cabbage drink! It's delish and really filling! And really cool colors! The pics don't do it justice :(! I knew today was going to be a long day it's Friday and I have to be in the hospital by 645 and I never get home before 430/5 so I make 2 juices put them in to go bottles I drank one in the morning around 6 drank my coffe and then at 11 had my 2nd drink by that point I was pretty hungry so the drink didn't fill me up but I packed a salad 2 hard boiled eggs and chick pea patties. I felt great till 4ish when I had 10 pistachios and some chocolate (o well) then got home made dinner an just Ann my juice! I also made pure pineapple juice for my kids(they love love love it!) im going to make a carrot, beet, ginger, celery drink for the morning hope to have a good day tom! anyhoots have a great weekend everyone!