Friday, June 19, 2009

Eating Right pays off for Week 7

Great results for Week 7! Jen -4.5lbs (-15total) Nic -3.5lbs (-14total) for a combined of 29lbs!! We rocked this week! We had a bad weekend, but we're pretty sure it makes our metabolism work extra hard during the good part of the week! At least it proved true for this week!

Nicole shared something with me yesterday. She had an epiphany about food. She doesn't feel like she's getting jipped if the portion or flavor of what we're eating isn't exactly the best AND food isn't the first thing on her mind! This is a huge step for her, I can't say it's the same for me yet, but it will definitely help both of us!

We've been eating Eating Right dinners about 3 nights a week. For lunches we have a tuna or chicken sammies. We're big fans of Orowheat Sandwich thins! You oughta try them! We haven't had much time for working out or wii fitting to be honest, but the weight loss is priority anyhow. Not to say we're not going to work out, we just haven't been! :)

Starbucks is completely gone from my daily routine. No more habit\addiction whatsoever. In fact, I just went to Starbucks with Christie yesterday and got a Black Tea because the mocha's and coffee's don't quite do it for me anymore! I like the ones I make better! It has saved us SO much money. 1lb of coffee a week @ 10bucks, Half\Half @ 4bucks and Sweetener @ 5bucks (lasts about 2 weeks or so) - based on our usage we spend about 15-18 per week making them at home vs. 50-70 going to Starbucks!! YES!

That's all for now! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Nicole did awesome in Week 6!

The scale was pretty good to me, but even better to Nicole! We had a GREAT weekend last weekend which consisted of wine and mexican food among other things. We poured our hearts out this week and it really paid off!

Running Totals are:

Nicole - 11.5lbs and broke a HUGE barrier, now she has to hold on tight to it! ;)
Jen - 10.5lbs which is up .5 from last week, but I'm stickin' to it!
Household total - 22lbs, so we had a net loss because Nicole did GREAT!

I'm just about to go get ready for work, I work 11-8 today, which is nice since Nicole doesn't get home until about 9. We do Gelato Thursdays, so we're looking forward to that! Then I have two days in a row off and 1 with Nicole, Life is good!

Oh and I do need to mention how awesome Nicole is just one more time, she got an A on her mid-term!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are attending Second Saturday in Downtown and a wine party that night. It's gonna be a great weekend!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Barriers for Week 5!

Week 5 has ended on a positive note! We both lost, bringing our total to 21lbs combined! I broke a big barrier and Nicole is 1lb from breaking her big one! I'm down 11lbs and Nicole is down 10lbs! We are so happy with our progress and cannot help but look forward to the next weeks to come! We want it so bad and we're working so hard!

On the Starbucks note.. it has been 25 days since I purchased one and before today it had been 20 since I had one! This morning my cousin Christie and I had plans to go to my (old hehe) Starbucks! Would you believe it if I told you the Store Manager called me this morning to make sure Nicole and I were okay because they hadn't seen us in over 3 weeks!!! LOL The timing is funny to me since I had plans to go today! When Christie and I met there the Store Manager ran up and gave me a hug! Everyone else said hi and asked how we were doing, it was awesome! I'm so proud of myself for breaking this expensive habit! We both are REALLY enjoying our Faux Bucks! Savings = roughly $150 so far!

Nicole's class is going really good! She got 39/40 on her presentation last week and is taking her mid-term today! I'm so proud of her!

Hope everyone has a Happy Friday tomorrow and enjoys the weekend. We're going wine tasting on Sunday with some GREAT friends for the first time in Apple Hill and really looking forward to it!