Peachy Update - Week 6, Day 1

Weight: 178 lb


Exercise: Thursday - 45 min Wii Cardio, Friday - 45 min Wii Cardio & Jillian - 3, Saturday - rest, Sunday - 45 min Wii Cardio, Monday - Jillian 3 and evening neighborhood walk


Diet: Thursday - Cheese and Crackers, PB Crackers, Steak Sammie, and Texas Roadhouse; Friday - 1/2 Cinnamon roll, Greek Food Festival, 1/2 sammie, veggie and strawberries; Saturday - Pancakes and Bacon, Chili Dog and Carrots / Ranch, Reception Food; Sunday - Baklava, Donut, Chili w crackers, Baklava, and 1/2 Chicken Salad Sammie; Monday (ok - back to diet today!) - Yogurt and PB Crackers, Grilled Cheese and Chips, Spinach Salad and 1/2 Twice Baked Potato.



While these last couple of weeks have not given me the weight loss I have anticipated, I have been very pleased with my progress. 12 lbs in 5 weeks is a pretty good loss, and I feel like I have more energy than before. I haven't pulled out the tape measure yet, but I'm sure that I have lost some inches as well.

I still LOVE food, but thankfully after that first week or so, it has been nice that I am full a lot faster. For example, this year at the Greek Food Festival, I was full after one Greek Plate -- as opposed to years past where I would be able to eat and eat and eat.

Still a long way to go -- but I'm headed in the right direction!

Love,
The soon to be little peach

Peachy Update - Week 5, Day 4

Weight: 179 lb
Exercise: Friday -Jillian 1, Saturday - Pilates, Sunday -rest, Monday - Jillian 3, Tuesday - Jillian 3, Wednesday - rest
Diet: Pretty good -- ate meals off small plates. It was nice to recognize that "full feeling" with the small plates, and now just have to work on eating out / keeping it up!

I'm still getting over the skin issue (and on medicine that's stated side effect is "weight gain"), and also picked up a lovely cold on Sunday. It's been a little rough week :) Praying to get to feeling better, no eat EVERYTHING at this weekend's Greek Food Festival (and various showers and receptions), exercise daily, and get out each day this weekend with the kids at a park / playground (it's raining today, so hopefully it will clear up soon!)

Have a fantastic weekend!

Love,
The soon to be little peach

Peachy Update -- Week 4, Day 5

Weight: 180 lb
Exercise: Wii Cardio, took Friday off, Jillian-1, Jillian 2, took Mother's Day off Wii Cardio, Jillian-1, sick day, Wii Yoga
Diet: Quite a bit of eating out, but did ok. Weekend menu planned, and trying to counter the effects of perscription (see below)

So, it has been a little disappointing this week with the weight loss, however I know that its not all my fault. Last Saturday and Sunday, I spent a few hours in the garden. By Monday, my hands looked like I had gotten into ants, and by Tuesday I was feeling pretty bad. Wednesday, I had another reaction all over the left side of my face and finally broke down and got a doctor's appointment. Thankfully, there was a cancellation, and I was able to go on Thursday (instead of Monday). A diagnosis of contact derm, and a perscription have put me back on the mend. I have also picked up a new pair of gardening gloves :)

Plan for the week -- keep on doing work with Jillian and get back to eating at home (since its much easier over eat when you are out on the town)

Happy Weekend!

Love,
Soon to be the little peach

Stamp Out Hunger

Here was my donation for "Stamp Out Humger" -- 8.5 lbs of food! I'll update later this week on progress (down 1 lb, but no major events). Have a happy Monday!

Peachy Update -- Week 3, Day 4

Weight: 180 lb
Exercise: Jillian-1 on Monday, Jillian-2 on Tuesday, and Wii Cardio Workout/CL Arm Workout on Wednesday
Diet: Pretty good since Sunday. Sunday night was "Deli Tray" (crackers, deli meat, cheese, fresh mushrooms and grape tomatoes with a little ranch), Monday was Banana breakfast, HC Meal for lunch, and Red Beans and Rice and Asparagus for dinner. Tuesday was Cereal Bar for breakfast, HC Meal for lunch, and Pork Tenderloin and WW easy fried rice for dinner. Wednesday was banana breakfast, coffee at work, peanut butter crackers for lunch, and Chick-fil-a for dinner.

I'm proud to say that I have reached my 4 week goal of getting to 182lb! Good job, me! I'm still working on finding the place to donate the money for 8 lbs of food. I will probably do something with the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday. I am also excited about getting a mani-pedi combo at some point this weekend!

Keeping my eye on the prize, my next goal is 174lb. I have six more pounds to go to get to 174, so I am going to change my goal date to week 7 (May 30th) for this benchmark. Wish me luck!

Well, my stomach is growling so I better go get a healthy breakfast!

Love,
The soon to be little peach

Peachy Update - Week 2, Day 7

Weight: 183 lb
Exercise: Jillian-1 on Wednesday, Wii Fitness Coach Cardio on Thursday, Jillian-2 today (power outage on Friday night and girls weekend on Saturday night). A couple of days of arm workout
Diet: BAD peach :( Travel, eating out, etc. It was a rough week on portion control and healthy eating. However, I already have a meal plan for this week -- so at least I have a plan!

I had a GREAT time this weekend with some of my college friends for a little Girl's weekend celebrating the upcoming marriage of one of my sorority sisters. However, it was not so productive for my waistline - ha! I was glad to jump on the scales today and see that I didn't do too much damage, but know that I've gotta jump back on the train to keep making progress!

I've set up my meal plan for the week, and about to hit the store.

Love,
The soon to be Little Peach