Extreme Makeover: Me Edition

It's that time again, EM:ME, if you want to join in, or read about other bloggers EM:ME posts, head over to Amber's blog at: aefilkins

This weeks questions is:

"Who is your biggest supporter/motivator in your weight loss? Do you have anyone around you that tries to sabotage you by "talking" you in to eating the not so good stuff?"

This question is easy for me, and the answer is:

ME!

I am my biggest supporter and also the one that likes to sabotage myself. Weird, but true. I know what to eat, how to exercise etc. but I also love food and not because I am trying to use it to cover something up in my past or anything like that. I just love the taste of food, I love getting together with friends and going out to eat, I love everything about it, and I also DO NOT have that thing in my brain that says, "hello, you're stuffed, quit eating." No I don't have that, so when I am stuffed I can still continue to eat until I practically need a stretcher to carry me out.

Luckily right now I am being my biggest supporter because I am sick of my sabotaging self (no, I do not have multiple personalities!) :)

Today is Day 7 of the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred (I take weekends off) and also day 9 of getting up at 6 a.m. (and day 9 of the Love Dare.)

Surprisingly, it is getting easier to get up at 6:00 a.m. and even though I have been sick (which I blame on my new early rising ways) I do feel much better getting the most important things of my day done first thing in the morning (Bible study and exercising) plus I think my Husband likes me getting up at the same time as him and sending him off to work.

I think they say it takes 30 days or something like that to start a habit, so I have aboat (in my best Canadian, Jillian from the Bachelorette accent!) 20 more days to go until this is all a habit and second nature.

Wish me luck! ;)

Extreme Makeover: Me Edition

If you would like to join in on EM: ME check out Amber's blog by clicking HERE!

This week's question: There isn't one. :) Just update us on your progress. How you're doing. What you're doing. How you're feeling about what you're doing.

• How am I doing? Okay! I haven't been as consistent with my workouts as I would like to be, but I'm still getting a few in a week, which I'm just happy it's a few and not none. Working out was so much easier when I was in the city and I could walk to the gym, or I had steep hills and mile long stairs practically in my back yard. Now, living in the country, I have to drive 30 mins. if I want to go to a gym, and the elliptical that I bought for 100 bucks that I was so excited about, broke down after only two weeks :( (I bought it from a friend, and the part that broke, they no longer make. BUMMER!) So now I am having to get creative with my exercise, which is good. Means I need to get OUTSIDE more and run/walk, jump rope, Wii Fit, Jillian Michaels DVDs etc. I CAN DO THIS!

• What am I doing? I recently put my goals on a calendar and started checking off the days as they go by and it really is amazing to have that visual. I wish I had done this sooner. And today, I also got onto my account at fitday.com. This is a FREE site and it is so awesome! You can put your weight in, what you want to weigh, how long you want to give yourself for a goal and it will calculate for you how many lbs. a week you need to lose a week to reach your goal. There is also a food journal, progress updates etc. (too much to explain) but again it is FABULOUS and FREE so go check it out! You'll love it!

Extreme Makeover: Me Edition

Why am I ALWAYS a day late in posting these????? BUT, it's okay, because this week I actually started taking some action!

I am obsessed with the Biggest Loser and Jillian Michaels. She is my female hero! (You rock Jillian!) And I was over at The Bayou Belles and Their Beau (click here) and she motivated me to go out and buy this! (actually I told my Hubby that I was going to buy it and he went and picked it up for me today- he is trying to kiss up because he's going to Vegas for 3 days without me!)



I also made a goal of working on ME for the next 20 weeks (the length of time the candidates are at the Biggest Loser Ranch- Well they are there for 18 weeks, but I gave myself a two week cushion for my bad days. LOL)

I also picked out a 'Goal Outfit'. (they do this on BL also). This was easy because I have a whole closet full of clothes that I can't wear. But now this outfit looks at me everyday when I open my closet doors.

So today's (well yesterdays, because I'm a day late) question for Extreme Makeover: Me Edition was: you must share one thing with everybody that you absolutely love about yourself.

Hmmm........ I Love my Feet because they are always the same size :) And I Love my Hair. I know kind of generic responses but they are truly the things that I love about my physical self. The rest of me, (Physically) I am not in love with at the moment. :)

If you'd like to join in on the fun of Extreme Makeover: Me Edition, check out Amber's blog (click here)

Extreme Makeover: Me Edition

*Side note* I was almost completed with this post yesterday, however my good friend DJ from Portrait of my Heart came over to my house for a girls night and I was having so much fun with her that I never finished my post, so sorry I am a day late! ;) And thanks DJ for the fabulous girl time- I am tired today, but it is worth it! Love ya!

To join in on the fun of Extreme Makeover: ME Edition, go to Amber's blog here.



Todays Q. is:


Share with us a healthy recipe.{One that you've adapted, found, made up. Anything. Try to give any nutritional info if possible}





I don't even know what to call this, but I can tell you that it is low fat, all ingredients are good for you and it tastes like a cinnamon roll (you can't beat that) :) My Aunt told me about it once when she was doing the South Beach Diet and it is just a really great snack.



Ingredients:

• Cottage Cheese


• Cinnamon


• pinch of splenda, equal or whatever kind of sugar you want (if you have the little pouches of splenda you get at a restaurant I use 1/2 the pouch.)


• Slivered Almonds

And that's it. Easy huh? Just top the cottage cheese with cinnamon, (I like a lot of cinnamon, and it's good for your metabolism), sprinkle with splenda and almonds and wallah!



So the question for today was the easy part, trying to hold myself accountable for last week is a whole nother story. First, I couldn't believe that a whole week had went by since my last post. Then I stepped on the scale and I have gained a lb. :( And I won't even mention what I ate last night (PB Twix, Cake, Baked Spaghetti, oh my!) This week I need to do a complete overhaul. I am planning a trip to Hawaii for Jan. of 2010, I REALLY need to start taking this seriously, especially since the time literally flies by and weeks turn into months turn into years and I need to change my habits now. Hope everyone else had a good week!

Extreme Makeover: Me Edition

So last week I decided to join Extreme Makeover: Me Edition. You can check out all of the rules and join in on the fun by visiting Ambers blog here.

This weeks question is:

Share some of the music that you work out to. What helps you rock it!? What gets your blood pumpin?

This is a fabulous question! I LOVE ALL types of music, but to workout I usually stick to peppy, fun music that gets me motivated to get off my butt and do something. Songs that when I hear them make me imagine myself 'skinny' and how fabulous I would look in my closet full of clothes that right now do not fit me.

So here is my workout playlist right now: (I will keep it to ten)

• Miley Cyrus (my guilty pleasure) : See you again
• Lady Gaga: Poker Face and Just Dance
• The Veronicas: Untouched
• Oceanlab (Techno which is my favorite to run to): Satellite- Above and Beyond Club Mix (SO GOOD)
• Above and Beyond: Can't Sleep - Signum Remix
• Britney Spears: Womanizer and Unusual You
• IIO: At the end (Ultra Sun Remix)
• DJ Tiesto: In my memory (feat. Nicola Hitchcock)- If you like techno/trance with words you will LOVE this song.
• Timberland: The Way I Are (one of the songs that makes me imagine myself skinny- hahaha) :)
• Kanye West: Gold digger

Surprisingly the scale says I have lost two lbs since the last time I weighed myself, but I am thinking something might be wrong with my scale so I am going to double check tomorrow to make sure it says the same thing. Knowing that I have a blog to post about working out and eating better has helped a bit when making my decisions on food etc. However I did cheat during my Bowling League night and had a Reece's peanut better cup (my weakness is chocolate and peanut butter- together).

This next week I am going to really focus on getting in at least 8 glasses of water, and working out consistently. Wish me luck! :)