Turns out laughter really is the best medicine!

Research shows that laughing burns about 1.3 calories per minute. You can read the article here and start laughing by going HERE! :)

Crunch Challenge

There's no prize and it's mostly for myself.. but feel free to join if you want to do it with me :).

My plan is to complete 1500 crunches within the next 30 days. That's 100 crunches every other day. I have an ab ball that I'll use, and I'm also going to do other types that I've found on sparkpeople.com & other websites. I'll post before/after pictures & measurements after I've completed it, and I'll keep you guys updated with the number I've completed by adding a new "box" over to the right ->.

Now - just to be clear - I know that targeting one specific area will not necessarily make you lose weight in that area. I'll still do cardio and all my normal stuff.. I just want to get a good stomach workout in and see how my body can (hopefully!) change.

Hereeeeee we go!


PS. If you would like to do the challenge with me, I can put a link to your site in the sidebar along with my stats. Just let me know! ;)

Paranormal Activity

I went and saw Paranormal Activity last night.. and let me tell you, I have never been more horrified in my life. I literally SCREAMED. But so did everyone else in the theater. It had me freaked out for a couple of hours afterwords too. There were people that just got up and left, and I was almost one of them. Ha! No movie will ever be able to top that.

AND. While we were leaving the theater, I swear someone touched the side of my head twice. My friend was behind me, but swears he didn't do it. Idk.. just kinda freaky!

I don't even know if I would recommend seeing it.. I mean, if you like scary movies, def. go see it. But it seriously takes a toll on the heart...

xo!

PHOTO FRIDAY!

I told you guys I'd post pictures today, so I will. Even though I'm dreading it!

pounds lost since last weigh in: 2
pounds lost to-date: 24
current weight: 225

Just 1 pound away from my first mini goal! :)! I don't know when I'm going to start seeing a difference.. but I hope it's soon...

-Carissa

NSV!

I guess I'm post-happy today!! But I really wanted to share this non scale victory with y'all. I was on 3Fc and I came across a thread talking about BMI - what were you/are you now, that type of thing - and I realized I haven't calculated mine since I started. So, I did. ANDDD... (drum roll please).. I've gone from a 37.9 to a 34.5! That still puts me in the "obese" category, but only about 5 more points or whatever until I drop down to "overweight." I'm on my way!!!

A little somethin to cheer me up :)

Down & Out

I'm in a mood today. I'm doing everything I can to resist eating the sour cream and onion potato chips in the pantry. I just keep trying to remind myself that I'm not hungry and that the chips will only make me feel better for a little while, and then worse afterwords.

Today I took my first walk around the new neighborhood. Walked for about 30 minutes or so, and then started feeling rather nauseous :/. That's been happening lately.. idk whats up with it. I guess I was just hungry, because I felt better after having lunch. I had a cheese quesadilla on a wheat tortilla, broccoli, and ranch. Yumm :).

I think I'll go work on my speech midterm some more.. AWESOME.
xo, Carissa