We're moving!

The boo & I decided to move on Thursday of last week - and we're gonna be in our new house tomorrow! We've already started moving stuff in.. and we'll stay there tomorrow night :). I'm so excited! It's not an apartment, so we wont have to worry about making too much noise, AND there are washer & dryer hookups, so NO MORE PAYING FOR CLEAN CLOTHES!!! Yay!

Anyway, gotta work on some more packing.. how are you doing??

-Carissa

BYT - from Biggest Loser chef Curtis Stone

One cup of noodles is one serving.
Replace half of that cup of noodles
with half a cup of vegetables, like
zucchini. You'll save the calories,
and get the added benefits of veggies.

Quotes & Sayings :)

Many of life's failures are people
who did not realize how close they
were to success when they gave up.
-Thomas Edison

A single battle lost, but not the war.

Hey strangers! I'll just jump right in..

I'm sad to report that I've gone back to how I was completely.. my eating is out of control and I work out at most once a week. There's not much doubt in my mind that I've gained back most or all of what I'd lost. I haven't weighed in awhile because I'm too scared of what the scale will say :/. The last goal I posted was to lose an additional 10 by Halloween. I'm going to modify that goal, though... to 5 lbs. So goal weight of 229 pounds by then. I'm going to give myself a couple weeks to get back on track.. so my next weigh in will be Friday, October 16, and I'll post updated pictures then as well.

The 2 things have given me hope and strength to pick myself back up are the Biggest Loser starting (however silly that may sound..) and comments from amazing people who have read my blog.. thank you so much. You'll never know how much it means to me.

Its hard to stay positive and motivated. But I've realized that I really do need accountability to succeed, and that is what this blog gives me. I feel like posting regularly is a necessary tool, at least for my journey.

Everyone has mountains to climb, and I know that I will make it up and over to the other side of mine.

So, here we go again...

My math class is on the 4th floor.

I guess it's gonna take me awhile to get into the swing of things, as far as going to school and keeping up with my eating & exercise. I've only been to two classes so far today and I already have a stress headache! I don't want to complain or really even write about it, because I just don't want to think about it! Ha.

Tomorrow I have a class for which I must climb 4 flights of stairs. I'll let you know how that goes. :/!

I have a 3 hour accounting class here in about an hour.. then the boo is gonna come pick me up. We tried to fire up the Cadi (my green beast of a car) last night but the battery wont stay charged or something.. so we're having to work around each others schedules and just use my boyfriend's truck. I think we're supposed to go get a new battery this weekend and see if that fixes the problem.. !

Anywayyy just wanted to give a quick update! Sorry if my posts are sporadic this next week or two.. give me a bit to get in my groove and then we'll keep on chuggin!

xxoo, Carissa

12 Days of Powerfoods - Day 8

*Peanut Butter*

Powers: Boosting testosterone, building muscle, burning fat
Weapons: Protein, monounsaturated fat, vitamin E, niacin, magnesium
Fights against: Obesity, muscle loss, wrinkles, cardiovascular disease
Sidekicks: Cashew and almond butters
Posers: Mass-produced sugary and trans fatty peanut butters

In one 18-month experiment,
people who integrated peanut
butter into their diet maintained
weight loss better than those
on low-fat plans.

The thing to remember about peanut butter is that it has a lot of calories, so you have to limit how much of it you eat per day (the article below suggests 3 tablespoons/day). Also, it's important to eat an all natural, sugar free peanut butter rather than the mass produced brands.

How I ate it today: I eat my fair share of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but I'll admit the PB I use is neither all natural or sugar free. I'll keep an eye out for some on our next grocery trip.



Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27054206/ns/today_health/?pg=9#TDY_MH_12PowerFoods

There are 10 weeks until Halloween...

I feel like I need to set a new goal (apart from the reward ones) that is time limited. Just so I will have something to work for - like a deadline :).

So, by Halloween I'd like to have lost 15 more pounds. That's less than 2 pounds a week, which is definitely something I'll have to work for; losing 0.5-2 lbs/wk is, from what I've read, a healthy pace.

That will be a total of 30 pounds lost, so hopefully by then I'll start looking like I'm losing! Thanks for all the congrats on Photo Friday.. it really helps to keep my motivated!

Had a crappy food weekend.. Since school is starting on Monday I'm thinking that will mean less parties, meaning less bad food choices. Tomorrow is my little sister's birthday (she's turning 13! :O) and we're having a bar-b-q. All things in moderation, moderation, moderation.


Always,
Carissa ☮