Hello everyone!
Today is a very special day. My fiance is no longer a teenager! He is now 20 years old! What an old man!
Last night I made him a chocolate cake from scratch and made homemade peanut butter frosting to go on top of it. We also broke up Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and put them in between the two layers of cake. It was fantastic! I also wrote Happy Birthday and the top and decorated the sides. I love decorating cakes, but I don't like the pounds I put on when I eat them!
So, I indulged. It's okay. It happens. I did yoga and strength training, as well as aerobics and balance games, on the Wii Fit yesterday, so that somewhat makes up for the cake. I can really feel the stretch today, let me tell you! Oh my goodness! I will definitely get off of my butt a little more often to do yoga. It's really nice and relaxing, but still stretches and works your muscles. Plus, I don't think I would ever do the Downward Facing Dog on a regular basis. Those muscles NEVER get stretched!
Thanks so much for listening! Make sure you get all of your fruits and veggies today!
Figgy Newton
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Day 24
Oh my goodness, it's been too long.
I rebounded. :-( I hate to say it. I'm having a really stressful/emotional/anxious time right now, and, like always, I turned to food to comfort me. It never fails.
Why do we always turn to food for comfort? All it does in the end is make our tummies upset and make us feel guilty. Then that guilt builds on the stress and anxiety that makes you turn to more food, and the cycle continues.
I didn't weigh myself Saturday night. I was so looking forward to it all week, and then I plummeted. Not just dipped in failure, I crashed and burned. Well, like Thomas Edison said, "I didn't fail, I found 2,000 ways how not to make a lightbulb; I only need to find one way to make it work". Try, try again.
And that's where I am. I'm remounting my horse and traveling off into the sunset.
Thanks for reading!
Figgy Newton
I rebounded. :-( I hate to say it. I'm having a really stressful/emotional/anxious time right now, and, like always, I turned to food to comfort me. It never fails.
Why do we always turn to food for comfort? All it does in the end is make our tummies upset and make us feel guilty. Then that guilt builds on the stress and anxiety that makes you turn to more food, and the cycle continues.
I didn't weigh myself Saturday night. I was so looking forward to it all week, and then I plummeted. Not just dipped in failure, I crashed and burned. Well, like Thomas Edison said, "I didn't fail, I found 2,000 ways how not to make a lightbulb; I only need to find one way to make it work". Try, try again.
And that's where I am. I'm remounting my horse and traveling off into the sunset.
Thanks for reading!
Figgy Newton
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Day 18
Good morning, friends!
Wow, I'm still in awe at the amount of snow falling from the sky. This is unbelievable. Almost as unbelievable as me being able to stick to this plan! I've never been able to follow any sort of diet, but this one is different. I feel like my followers would be let down if I didn't lose weight! That's why I'm continuing without the sweets, without the junk food, and without the soda. I'm being a good eater.
My fiance wanted me to tell you all that I baked a fantastic batch of M&M cookies for our Robotics Team at Leominster High School. My fiance and I go up there to work with the kids and help them design this robot to perform a task, and then take that robot and compete with other teams from around the world. It's a great opportunity, and it's taught me a lot, too! I was able to work one of the machines with my fiance and cut pieces of aluminum for the robot! I felt so accomplished. It almost felt as good as losing 2.2 pounds in 2 weeks!
This is one of those experiences, just like the healthier eating habits, that take me outside of my little cardboard box and out into the big, sunny world. Granted, at the moment, it's simply the great big snowy tundra, but let's not talk about that. I'm picturing Bermuda, and lovin' it.
Well, I am currently eating my trail mix, after having a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and two clementines, and working up the motivation to read a 30 page chapter in my Pharmacology book. Oh yes.
Stay safe and warm today, and thanks for listening, as always!
Figgy Newton
Wow, I'm still in awe at the amount of snow falling from the sky. This is unbelievable. Almost as unbelievable as me being able to stick to this plan! I've never been able to follow any sort of diet, but this one is different. I feel like my followers would be let down if I didn't lose weight! That's why I'm continuing without the sweets, without the junk food, and without the soda. I'm being a good eater.
My fiance wanted me to tell you all that I baked a fantastic batch of M&M cookies for our Robotics Team at Leominster High School. My fiance and I go up there to work with the kids and help them design this robot to perform a task, and then take that robot and compete with other teams from around the world. It's a great opportunity, and it's taught me a lot, too! I was able to work one of the machines with my fiance and cut pieces of aluminum for the robot! I felt so accomplished. It almost felt as good as losing 2.2 pounds in 2 weeks!
This is one of those experiences, just like the healthier eating habits, that take me outside of my little cardboard box and out into the big, sunny world. Granted, at the moment, it's simply the great big snowy tundra, but let's not talk about that. I'm picturing Bermuda, and lovin' it.
Well, I am currently eating my trail mix, after having a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and two clementines, and working up the motivation to read a 30 page chapter in my Pharmacology book. Oh yes.
Stay safe and warm today, and thanks for listening, as always!
Figgy Newton
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Day 15 Part 2
Good news friends!
I lost another 0.4 pounds this week! It's not much, but it's something! I need to watch my intake of sweet things. Oh boy.
Thanks for listening!
Elizabeth Sweeney
I lost another 0.4 pounds this week! It's not much, but it's something! I need to watch my intake of sweet things. Oh boy.
Thanks for listening!
Elizabeth Sweeney
Day 15
Hello everyone!
Today is the big day! Another weigh in! But the results won't be revealed until 10pm tonight.
This morning I made sure I didn't eat anything awful. I had a nice bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, and made myself a turkey and swiss sandwich on a Pepperidge Farm Deli Flat. Those are the best for counting calories. The flats are an even 100 calories! So amazing. And whole grain! That lonely little sandwich was accompanied by a handful of baby carrots, one of my favorite crunchy veggies to replace chips.
I'll update you all tonight on my progress! I can't wait to turn on my Wii Fit and have the little scale jump for joy with me! I can feel the weight coming off!
Thanks for reading!
Figgy Newton
Today is the big day! Another weigh in! But the results won't be revealed until 10pm tonight.
This morning I made sure I didn't eat anything awful. I had a nice bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, and made myself a turkey and swiss sandwich on a Pepperidge Farm Deli Flat. Those are the best for counting calories. The flats are an even 100 calories! So amazing. And whole grain! That lonely little sandwich was accompanied by a handful of baby carrots, one of my favorite crunchy veggies to replace chips.
I'll update you all tonight on my progress! I can't wait to turn on my Wii Fit and have the little scale jump for joy with me! I can feel the weight coming off!
Thanks for reading!
Figgy Newton
Friday, January 28, 2011
Day 14
Hello everybody!
Yesterday in New England, we all went outside and shoveled our little hearts out trying to dig our cars out. Today, we all sit inside waiting for our next dose of ibuprofen. Those snow banks are so high, we can't even see the cars on the road from our front windows. This snow is getting ridiculous.
Anyway, enough of my rant on the weather! At least the shoveling is making me get up and moving and breathing. It has boosted my metabolic rate, and hopefully I've worked off some of my chub. I'm extraordinarily excited about weighing myself tomorrow night! I hope I made my goal of losing three pounds in two weeks!
I work a a grocery store in town, paying my way through college so hopefully that grocery store doesn't turn into my only place of employment. I was checking people out of my line, and looking for a piece of fruit or a veggie that weighed three pounds. I wanted to feel how heavy that really was. Well, then a papaya came through my line, and that did it. A small papaya is about three pounds. If I had to carry that papaya through the store, my arm would start to hurt. It's incredible how much weight we carry around with us every day.
I heard about the weight loss show that did something similar to the papaya. Once the contestants lost about 25 pounds, they were asked to go to the grocery store and pick up a frozen turkey that weighed 25 pounds and carry that around with them while they shopped. That's what they had to carry on themselves everywhere they went in life. It was eye opening for them, much like the papaya was for me.
Anyway, I'm finishing up a banana over here, and I have to finish some homework before going back to that grocery store, so this post will be short and sweet.
Have a great day everyone, and thank you for listening!
Figgy Newton
Yesterday in New England, we all went outside and shoveled our little hearts out trying to dig our cars out. Today, we all sit inside waiting for our next dose of ibuprofen. Those snow banks are so high, we can't even see the cars on the road from our front windows. This snow is getting ridiculous.
Anyway, enough of my rant on the weather! At least the shoveling is making me get up and moving and breathing. It has boosted my metabolic rate, and hopefully I've worked off some of my chub. I'm extraordinarily excited about weighing myself tomorrow night! I hope I made my goal of losing three pounds in two weeks!
I work a a grocery store in town, paying my way through college so hopefully that grocery store doesn't turn into my only place of employment. I was checking people out of my line, and looking for a piece of fruit or a veggie that weighed three pounds. I wanted to feel how heavy that really was. Well, then a papaya came through my line, and that did it. A small papaya is about three pounds. If I had to carry that papaya through the store, my arm would start to hurt. It's incredible how much weight we carry around with us every day.
I heard about the weight loss show that did something similar to the papaya. Once the contestants lost about 25 pounds, they were asked to go to the grocery store and pick up a frozen turkey that weighed 25 pounds and carry that around with them while they shopped. That's what they had to carry on themselves everywhere they went in life. It was eye opening for them, much like the papaya was for me.
Anyway, I'm finishing up a banana over here, and I have to finish some homework before going back to that grocery store, so this post will be short and sweet.
Have a great day everyone, and thank you for listening!
Figgy Newton
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Day 13
Good morning to everyone!
I have been lazy keeping up with my blog, however, I have kept up with eating properly. I make sure that I have at least one fresh fruit every day, have veggies with my dinner, and get hungry before I eat anything.
My goal for the day: Drink as much water as the average person is supposed to. 8 cups is the recommended amount.
Thankfully I have a snow day today, but I must go shovel! Welcome to New England. I will talk to you all tomorrow!
Thanks for listening!
Figgy Newton
I have been lazy keeping up with my blog, however, I have kept up with eating properly. I make sure that I have at least one fresh fruit every day, have veggies with my dinner, and get hungry before I eat anything.
My goal for the day: Drink as much water as the average person is supposed to. 8 cups is the recommended amount.
Thankfully I have a snow day today, but I must go shovel! Welcome to New England. I will talk to you all tomorrow!
Thanks for listening!
Figgy Newton
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