I had a very happy (but high calorie) New Year holiday. My weigh in for JC was Wed AM but I cancelled due to a cold. I did weigh in via The Biggest Loser on NYE which had me down 9 lbs. I wish. My first TBL weigh in was on Christmas, after a huge christmas dinner and a whole lot of sodium. LOL. I think the real loss was about 2 lbs. NYE we had my family over for dinner as well as a close friend. I made prime rib (it was my first attempt and really easy). My friend brought cheesy potatoes, we had a big salad, buckeye cheesecake, and my grandma brought blasted mini eclairs and cream puffs. I ate alot. I don't even want to think about the number of calories I burned that night. Usually, one bad meal doesn't set me back too badly as long as I can regain control. Well, guess what my weakness is? Cookies and bite size pastries. LOL. I ate the rest of the mini eclairs and cream puffs yesterday at one sitting. There were probably 30 of them which I'm sure was well over 1000 calories. Today, I finished the last of the cookies (3 of them.) Other than that, I'm on track. Since I finished my first week in the Biggest Loser for Wii, it moved me up to the next highest level workouts. It was way to hard. I thought I was going to die after 10 minutes and had to use my inhaler. I am getting over a cold and have been wheezing anyways. I thought I would be ok with just doing some strenth training in the house. It was mostly cardio-- and since maintaining my air supply is a neccesity, I had to stop. I might try some yoga later.It's really cold here (supposed to get to 5 F tonight) so I am leary to try to go out and walk.

I was thinking about New Year's resolutions. Last year, of course, my resolution was to lose weight. I had a big weight loss goal, which of course I didn't meet, but I did lose overall. So why do I do not consider that to be a success? I am down 17 overall. But that seems so little compared to how much I have to lose.

I got invited to join a group that is weight loss based. It's not like TBL, but you divide in teams and get points for challenges that promote a healthier lifestyle. I am interested, but only know the group hostess-- and I haven't seen her or talked to her in years, except for on facebook. I guess I am a bit shy and haven't decided yet what I am going to do.

 

The Flylady holiday challege of the day is to rid the house of the leftover holiday food and I think, that if I do that, my temptation will be gone. My husband gets mad whenever I throw food away. He'll let it sit for weeks and insist that it is still good. I just can't look at it and not eat the goodies, and I am fanatical about getting rid of food, especially if it's been in my fridge longer than 3 days. I am obsessive about food safety which is ironic because I am married to a Venezuelan who's family eats food that has sat out all night and will eat literally anything:) I love him though:)

Happy New Year to everyone.

 

I'm with you and FLYLady - get rid of it!  If you are worried about what DH thinks or says about, get rid of the garbage too LOL!!

 

Good for you losing weight last year.  I had a gain of 10 lbs, which is manageable - I even expected the gain, so I am not heart broken over it, ya know?

 

Thanks for visiting and cheering me on!