What a day

It was my ShowStoppers birthday today.

I had to pick up a cake for her - and I won't go into details about this for that may be considered cruel but if you are interested go to my blog to read about it...

Let's just say it was decadent.

And I didn't partake of a piece. NOPE. An itty bitty teeny weeny sliver (or 1/2 of a sliver) just to make sure it wasn't poisonous or anything ...

..while everyone else was lip smacking the decadence down into their tummies.

And you know what.

I didn't really want it.

All I thought about was the wonderful lemony stuffed grape leaves I had in the fridge.

I do love whole foods.

I bought so many great things today.

It makes me feel better about life going to whole foods.

When I shop at Walmart I feel poisoned, suffocated but when I shop at Whole Foods I feel as light as air, healthy, wonderful, happy, loved and everything that is great and wonderful.

I even find that some of the products I buy at my local supermarket (organic or all natural) are CHEAPER at Whole Foods. YES. This is the truth.

I have to buy more natural snacks for my girlys because additives and food dyes cause them to have VIOLENT reactions.

Last thing...

I bought a container of dehydrated "Just Veggies" which is carrots, corn, peas, bell peppers and tomatoes - and it is soooooo yummy.

I have my own dehydrator and I'm going to make my own. I'm so very excited about this. The 4 oz container cost $4 so I think I can do it much cheaper. Seriously this stuff is all natural, NOTHING else is added and it is really really good.

http://www.wildernessdining.com/jt010.html

I took this picture for a post I was going to write this past weekend; it was my lunch. YUMMMMMM.

week 3 weights...

I wasn't able to get all the weights sent in yesterday until after 10pm. So...since the weights didn't get sent in to christy early enough yesterday, they won't be averaged on until next week.

Sorry girls.... it won't look like we did anything this week, BUT they will be there next week to show up the difference.

If we could get our weight together a bit faster on Wednesdays, it would help getting them to Christy on time...

Again, sorry girls.

week three weigh in

Jolynn AKA darl_jo
last week: 145.6
this week: 148.8
difference: +3.2
it's been a very bad week... looking for something to get me back on track again. My first gain in 6 months... very sad

Jennifer M:
last week: 173.5
this week: 171.5
difference: -2.0

Megan:
last week: 165.2
this week: 164.4
difference: .8

Erika AKA WebJones:
last week: 258.7
this week: 257.8
difference: -0.9

Melissa R AKA I am a tornado:
last week: 177
this week: 175
difference: -2

Shelia AKA Shelly:
last week: 166.2
this week: 166.2
difference: 0.0

set backs

this week has been just one set back after another. It started Thursday. I was doing a bit of exercise... AKA demolition on a old house we have in our back yard that we are planning on turning into a guest house/workshop. Stupid me stepped on a nail and having only my son with me at the time, it ended up being quite the ordeal. That stopped all work for that evening and Friday morning i had to go in and get a tetnus shot... NOT FUN!. Friday my foot was sore enough that i couldn't walk on it much. Saturday it was feeling MUCH MUCH MUCH better so we took the family and headed to a national park (did you know that father's day weekend was free enterence into all national parks? cool huh!) and did a nice hike with the family. Nothing too strenious since we had the 3 year old in tow. On our way home i started feeling the effects of the tetnus shot and since then, i've been under the weather with flu like symptoms from the shot and a raging sinus headaches. Today, i'm starting to feel like i may be coming out of the flu like symptoms. My arm still hurts like crazy but its slowly getting better and i can almost raise it over my head again. I still have the raging sinus headache though.

Sadly to say, i gained 1.8lbs sometime between wednesday and thursday (Team Yellow weigh in and my Weight Watchers weigh in)... i've steadly gained weight since then (nearly 5lbs)but am back down to my thursday weight. This is my first time ever gaining weight since being on WW, almost 6 months ago.

I'm really trying to mind my P's & Q's today and not show a gain from last week to this week tomarrow. I'm feeling like i've let you girls down, which i know isn't necessarly the case, but it's been a rough week.

I hope you have all had a good week under your belt.

Doing a quick Juice/Fruit Fast

I'm retaining water and I'm not sure why.

I've been eating pretty good lately.

I've had a piece of cheesecake for fathers day but it was TINY and it was after a large salad of veggies (and 1/2 an avocado) and light dressing.

I don't eat many starches; no bread most days and if I do it's whole grain; non-white, high fiber, high bran bread. I don't eat pasta much ... maybe 2ce a month and that is whole grain pasta always; no rice; once in a while I'll have a potato but not too often ...see all of this stuff is COOKED foods. I don't eat many cooked foods.

My problem is exercise. I need to do it. I need to find the time to get out there and do it. I bought a pool recently and I have been walking around the pool and jumping and doing arm exercises while in the pool but I need to do more. My neighbor mentioned to me that they have water weights ... think I will go out and get me a set of those this weekend.

But to reduce my water retention I'm doing a juice/water fast today. It helps me to focus, it helps me to cleanse and to prepare myself for a stricter diet and more exercise ... 24 hours of juice and water. It's good for the soul!

I'll just be spending the entire day in the bathroom. And its noon now and my fingers seem to be back to normal size again. YAY! I've only visited the bathroom 8 times today.

3rd PLACE LADIES!!!

We made 3rd place!!!!

Nice job everyone!!!

I am shooting for 1st place just one time : ) my best week so far may be the weigh in after next for the biggest loss, I am off work for a few weeks starting this monday and will be attempting to work out Biggest Loser style.

Good work all, YAY!!!

week two weigh in

week 2 ladies! how'd we do???

Jolynn AKA darl_jo: 145.6
last week: 147.4
1.8 lbs loss from last week (wow! where did that come from??? CRAZY!)

Jennifer M: 173.5
last week: 176.5
3.0 lbs loss from last week

Megan: 165.2
last week: 165.4
.2 lbs loss from last week

Erika AKA WebJones: 258.7
Last week - 260.2
1.5lbs loss fom last week

Mellisa R AKA I am a tornado: 177
last week: 177
0 lbs loss from last week

Shelia AKA Shelly: 166.2
Last week - 167.6
1.4 lbs loss from last week

EAK! do i have names right? please let me know if i don't