Friday, February 22, 2008

The End of the Week…

It’s Friday which means Weigh-in day!!  But what else does it mean?  Does it mean that you are done with your healthier eating habits until Monday?  For many people it means exactly that.  For some reason we choose to make Friday the start of an “insta-party” which means we eat anything we want to eat, any time.  Just because the work week is ending, and the weekend brings lunch dates, dinner dates, and full days at home with plenty of access to the refrigerator, does not mean that it gives us free reign to eat whatever we want! 

This weekend I want you to challenge yourself -

Eat exactly the same this weekend as you have this past week (only if you’ve eaten well of course ) Do not give yourself any excuses to slack off and eat the fatty, greasy foods that you know you like.  Not only will it give you a great feeling when you keep to your new healthier way of eating, but it will give you a bigger weight loss next Friday!

As for me, my “do-over” on my diet is showing some improvement!  I’m down 1.6 pounds this week, which is a considerable change from my weight gain over the past 2 months.  Although it isn’t as much as I would like, it is a change that I’m happy about. 

Have a great weekend everyone! 

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Wine: The good and the better

The first thing that came to mind when I started this post was that my original thought for a title was Wine: The good, the bad and the ugly. The fact is - I couldn’t write that. It wouldn’t be true. Wine is one of the good things in life that you all can enjoy without feeling one iota of remorse. That’s right, even dieting, you can have a glass and not feel bad. At. All. No catch. No rules.

Since this is Wicked Weighs though, I am going to educate you. I want to say upfront, I am NOT a wine professional. I purchase my wines off of the shelf at my grocery store shelf. I sometimes even...drink it chilled. *gasp* But, I do know a thing or two about what happens on your insides when you consume things.

Have you guys ever thought about what wine can do for you? Besides, give you that lovely light headed feeling. Think about this, the FRENCH are the biggest wine consumers in the world. The French whose diet typically consists of cheese, bread, butter, and thick gooey sauces all over everything. Yet, these people are not keeling over dead from heart attacks. (ponder it, you know you are) The reason? They are also consuming moderate amounts of wine on a regular basis. Interesting isn’t it?

Wine (particularly red) is full of these lovely things called flavonoids. Flavanoids act as antioxidants. Antioxidants enter your bod and fight all these other things called free radicals. In essence, free radicals are the bad guys. They break down and steal vitamins, nutrients and other important things that your body needs to function properly and then they attack your cells and cause damage. Damage that is sometimes also linked to certain cancers. Scary little things aren’t they? In addition to being loaded with antioxidants, wine has all the lovely benefits of grapes and fruit. Clinical and statistical evidence and laboratory studies have shown the contents in wine, particularly red wines, to boost the immune system, block cancer formation, and possibly protect against heart disease and even prolong life.

I am not telling you that it is aok to down a whole bottle by yourself each night. That would lead you to a whole mess of other troubles aside from a big ass. But, I am telling you that if you are enjoying a little romance with your significant other or if you are enjoying the company of your BFF’s..it’s actually good for you to have a glass of wine or two.

I, of course, am partial to organic wines. Mainly because they aren’t made from chemically treated grapes and fruit. As I mentioned, I purchase my wine from my grocery store shelf and guess what? The organic and sulfide free wine at my grocery store is actually cheaper than the non organic. So all of you...go....not only can you drink wine and feel good about it...you can purcahse something organic without it killing your pocket book. It is a great day today.
Ciao.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The Biggest Loser

Has anyone been watching this show?  I love it!  Every time I watch it I feel like I could run 5 miles, lol… but alas I never seem to Well tonight I had even more motivation to lose the weight.  I’m not sure what week we’re in, but I know its pretty far along in the season and I just figured something out!

Do you know the brothers Mark and Jay?  It wasn’t until tonights episode when they sent him home that I realized that I knew him!  I had always thought he looked familiar but I just figured he looked like every other guy from Mass that I used to know.  Turns out that we went to the same Catholic school.  He was in a grade ahead of me, and since our school was so small (25 people or so in each class total), we used to hang out together!  One Halloween party we were playing spin the bottle and I had to kiss Mark Kruger in a closet for like 7 minutes How funny is that!  He had gained so much weight that I totally didn’t recognize him (well, I did think he looked familiar) but when he started to lose the weight the nagging feeling that I really knew him got even more so.  I remember having gym with him, and seeing him walk down the hall in his catholic school uniform.  It’s funny, as soon as I saw his family, I was like “I KNOW HIM!” See, even in 8th grade, Mark looked pretty good!  He was sort of gawky, but still cute.  Gosh we went through 7 years of school together and I don’t remember him ever being overweight. 

I guess it just hit me tonight that if he can do it, I can too! I don’t know why, maybe because I remember him way back when, maybe because I’m totally jealous that he is doing it on the show that I want to be on, lol, but still.. I can do this! 

Last week if you remember I decided to start from scratch and begin again and do better.  Well, not so much this week! OMG - today I just went crazy.  I found a bag of chocolate left over from Halloween that I had stashed so I wouldn’t eat it.  A FULL bag.  Guess where that entire bag is now? Yepper, in my tummy :( It was a mix of Hershey’s chocolates - I ate probably close to 30 miniatures easily.  I was like a woman obsessed - I just couldn’t stop!  Now I feel huge and when added up my points total was about 30 - 1 for each point I ate.  WTF is that about? I don’t even LIKE chocolate!  But yet, I binged and I could not stop.  I then almost got into my car to go to the store to get some ice cream.  I think I have finally lost it.  I didn’t walk today as part of my couch to 5K - I just spent the day eating.  It’s not time for my period, I’m not depressed, I’m not sad, I’m not bored… I’m just eating. 

Tomorrow I will just have to get back on track.  I feel like I have been depriving myself for so long, but i haven’t been losing weight so I couldn’t have been depriving myself too much!  Ugh - I feel like the Biggest Loser now :(

Anyhow - this just goes to show you that everyone can have a bad day (or a bad few months) but it is what we do the next day that will really make the difference.  Wednesday I am going to take my before pictures, and I’m even going to show my tummy - even if I can’t win a prize I have to find some way to motivate myself into losing weight and getting back on track!!