Half Size Me Podcast

My before and after picture!
Happy Monday everyone from sunny Florida!  I had a fabulous day yesterday relaxing in the sun and catching up with my BFF Kristen.  We have yet to run out of things to talk about so we are good for at least a few more days!
We did get a nice long walk in yesterday morning and I hope to again today.  It is always nice to have someone to talk to while working out.  It makes the time go by much faster.
While I am taking time away from the normal routine of day to day, I want you to head on over to Half Size Me.  Heather, the owner, asked me if I would do a podcast for her blog to tell others all about my weight loss and of course, I said , “YES!”  Anytime I can reach out to new peeps and let them know my story, I am there!
We had a great conversation that lasted about 30 minutes but it was so great to tell my story to new people who don’t know.  I hope you will head over to her site and check it out!
If you have a chance to listen to it, leave me a comment and tell me what you liked about it!
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Weight Loss Tips for Beginners

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People who have realized that they have put excess weight on their body might think about starting of different exercises and follow different diets for getting rid of their extra weight. People who have never done any kind of weight loss exercises or weight loss diet should have followed first create are aware of the correct things that can make them lose weight. We give here, a few weight loss tips for beginners.

By making small lifestyle changes such as do more physical activities, taking the stairs instead of escalators, eat less and do more work; people can easily reduce their weight. Most of the time, the lifestyle of people is largely responsible for their excess weight. People need to do things like cleaning up their house and no remote to operate the TV to reduce their weight.

Just by walking for about 30 minutes per day, people can expect to lose weight their in a month. A large number of people who have developed a habit of walking know how easy it is to reduce weight by walking. Beginners should start by walking for 15 minutes every day. With time, people can increase the speed at which they run.

People consider not eating fast food as an option even when they are very hungry. Fast food provides empty calories to the body. For avoiding fast food, people need their lunch pack with themselves when they go outside. It is best to eat home cooked foods that are healthy and nutritious.

People need to start doing exercises such as running, cycling, weightlifting, rope skipping, etc.; for losing their weight. Weightlifting exercises should be done under expert guidance otherwise beginners can hurt themselves. Other exercises like cycling, rope skipping and running are also very beneficial for weight-loss and they can be done by anyone.

If you want to get your need to lose weight than you start with 3 to 4 cups of green tea per day. Green tea is an excellent weight loss drink. It contains a large number of antioxidants that have the ability to stimulate the rate of metabolism in the body. Green tea also keeps the mood of the people well. It helps people in burn the fat present in their body. A lot of people could reduce their weight using this drink.

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Are you Fiber full? – Per Weigh In

Are you eating enough high Fiber Foods?

My Monday night weigh in on Weight Watchers wasn't very eventful. I told you about my 2 pound gain last week, but I weigh not. I knew that unless I had lost the two pounds I gained last week, I knew it wasn't going to happen.

I weighed at home Monday morning and dropped 0.4, so I still knew that I was going to be that up when I weighed. Sure enough, a profit of 1.8. Surprisingly, I wasn't too upset about it.

I think a weekend spent in Philly, I was OK with getting not "technical".

This week the meeting topic was all about fiber. Yep … we talked about poop and the digestive system. It was not entirely about poop, but there was quite a bit of poop conversation going.

It was a very interesting topic. Did you know that women are supposed to have 25 grams of fiber in a day and men are believed to have 38? That is a heck of a lot of fibres.

If you have your 4 servings of fruits and vegetables with an additional two servings of food, you have met the requirement. If you're like me, you will not get your 4 servings so that doesn't happen.

I have also learned that corn has a higher fiber than serve brown rice. That was surprising for me! A diet rich in fiber is black beans. Try and black beans add to more recipes to more fiber in your diet.

I must make a conscious effort to try and eat more fiber. I can't eat fiber one bars or three brownies and call it a day. I mean, I could but Holy cow … the gas would be astronomical. Poor hubby if that happens!

An attempt to try and eat more fiber rich foods, let's make this week.

You get enough fiber in your diet or you are lacking in that area as I?

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Another Friday five MishMash

Woah. Today's been a crazy day. Our internet is shaky and slow because we all used up too early this month and that my work makes difficult since it's 100% online. It is an exhausting, trying day but doing this post will cheer me until I know!

I'm thinking about buying a snowboard. If I have a on TradeMe (can find site that is like Craigslist meets Ebay) could I get one before our snowboarding trip this winter. A visit to Snowplanet rekindled my love for snowboarding and woke me up on the fact that I live relatively close to the mountains now (Memphis was so flat and so far away from them). I'm definitely planning to go multiple times, while I live in New Zealand so becoming a Board and boots would be a good idea. I will think about it more, but it has been added to my "wishlist" of any purchases.

Plus snowboarding is good exercise so I can count that as an activity to weight loss making a snowboard almost necessary. Right? ;)

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1. life is short. Yesterday I was listening to a podcast with a caller who had terminal cancer at 36. She said she hadn't prepared because they don't expect. What a reminder that life is short.

2. Sodium overload this week. I have way too much sodium consumed and I know it. I post about this soon, but for now all I can think about is whether my next meal is high in sodium and how I can lower it.

3. measurements. At the gym I noticed in the mirror that my legs appeared smaller than they once were. I couldn't tell if that was my opinion accurate or not so I decided to check my measurements when I came home. Holy moly, I really have lost inches off my body in the past three months. It is pretty exciting. In a few days I have to see my latest LiveFit measurements!

Four awesome things about this Week

JuJu and I had a great week this week. She is finally starting to understand how to walk on a leash without pulling all over her excited little self. Also they now understand the word ball and finds her ball in the garden on the command that amusing. Smart doggy!Chicken enchilada casserole is dinner tonight. I have no idea how to make this but the idea popped into my head last night and it sounded delicious.Tomorrow I go ice skating with a group of our friends here. Even better, today's daily deal was for this exact activity so we go to save half the cost. I used to hate daily deal sites, but lately they have been giving us out and try things here without blowing our budget. I only been ice skating a few times before but it was somewhat fun so I'm curious about this!A reader sent me a donation, because his mother loves to read my blog. This rarely happens and I do not ask for donations, but it made my day. Thanks David and David's MOM!What are you having for dinner next?What is your favorite way to treat/indulge?Baths or showers? Which do you prefer?What is your favorite/most trusted news website? Why?You still get actual read newspapers or simply news online?

That's it for me! I'm done with this internet fight for now, because I know I still have a few days of slow speed to deal with.

Enjoy your Friday and your weekend!

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Best Weight Loss Blog Nominee – Fitterati Blog Awards

I have been nominated in Fitness Magazine’s Fitterati Blogger Awards for Best Weight Loss Blog!

I feel so honored and humbled and I would love nothing more than to WIN!

You all know how competitive I am! I am so far behind and I-NEED-YOUR-HELP! I don’t ask much of you.  All I have ever asked of you was to read what I write and occasionally comment.  That’s It… Until Now.

I need you to take 3 minutes out of your busy life (I promise that is how long it will take!) to vote for It Sux To Be Fat as “Best Weight Loss Blog” in Fitness Magazine’s Fitterati Blog Awards. Most of the blogs have already been up there for a few weeks getting votes.  I have just now been put on the list so I am very far behind.

Voting is only open until April 9, 2012 so please, please, please, IF you love me, will you please vote for me?

I’m done begging!  Now, click on the badge (picture) below and go vote. After you do, leave me a comment telling me that you did. Love you forever!

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Head In The Clouds

Sometimes new ideas excite me so much I get WAY AHEAD of myself. I get super duper excited about things to the point where other people laugh about how ridiculous I am.

Sometimes it gets to the point where I forget what I should be doing IN THE MOMENT.
Which is why today I went to the gym to workout and left halfway through when I realized I had forgotten to do something very important earlier. Oops.
I still managed a decent amount of exercise though:

I’ll take 312 calories burned over zero!
Today (and yesterday and this week in general) I’ve been a bit distracted and excited and wound up by my new big ideas. It happens every so often. I probably shouldn’t get so wrapped up in new things that I forget the other – often important – stuff I still need to do. Priorities still matter!
This post is more just a note to myself to slow down and back away from the new ideas than it is anything else. Writing it down like this makes me remember to chill and get the rest of my life organized.
So that’s where I’ll be if you need me. Cleaning rooms and paying bills and doing the boring stuff so nothing else gets forgotten when I go back to daydreaming.
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Weekend in Philly

This weekend, I flew to Philadelphia for the ASCD National conference. I went with a group of 10 ladies from work.

We had a blast.

When we got there Friday night, traffic was a nightmare due to some rally. It literally took us half an hour to go 8 miles from the airport to the hotel.

Rainy Downtown Philadelphia!

After arriving we decided to eat dinner close to the hotel so we ate at a quaint little place called The Rose Tattoo Cafe.

Dinner was a bit pricey but it was super good. We all shared the appetizer and then I had salmon for dinner. It was really delicious and healthy! It was one of the ladies birthdays so they brought out Philly cheesecake for us to share. It was heaven on a plate and the two bites I had were just enough to get that sweet ending to the meal.

Saturday and Sunday were both early days getting up at 5:30. Breakfast was a full buffet so I filled up on an omelet with a big thing of fresh fruit and coffee of course.

The whole day on Saturday was spent at the conference where I heard some great speakers on integrating technology into the curriculum. I walked away with lots of great ideas.

Lunch was at this amazing market in downtown Philadelphia, Reading Terminal Market.

What a cool market this is!

I wish I had one of these markets where I live.  The fresh fish and produce there looked amazing!

Fresh Fish!

The place was packed too!

I had to have a cheese steak since I was in Philly, with whiz of course. Surprisingly, it wasn’t all that great. I guess maybe my expectations were too high. Or I just didn’t get a really good one. Either way, the amount of grease probably put a damper on the taste.

The afternoon was filled with more sessions including two Google Chromebook presentations.

I love Google Chromebook because my husband and I have one at home and we use Google docs and a shared Google Calendar. Even with all my prior knowledge of Google Docs and how Google Chrome works, it was a very interesting presentation.

I ended up with a raffle ticket to come back later and possibly win one of three new Chrome laptops. I headed to my next session not thinking much about it. While I was in my next session, I had a very strong urge that I needed to go back to the laptop drawing. In a very calm voice, I heard God tell me to go back to the drawing because I was going to win.

The funny thing is, I never doubted it. I even told the other ladies I was with, after the session, that I couldn’t go back to the hotel just yet because I had to go win a new laptop. On the other end I heard, “Yeah, right. Ok!” My faith never wavered and I headed back to the Google Chrome presentation about 20 minutes before the drawing.

Another presentation was going on so I sat through it and ended up with a second ticket. My chances of winning had just increased. The good thing was you had to be present to win and there were only about 50 people standing there. The other thing I didn’t know was that they were giving away three!

I said a quick prayer right before the drawing, “God, you know I really want that laptop. Please have me win it!” Again, I felt a complete peace that I was going to win.

Not only did I win it, I was called first!!!! He didn’t even make me wait to be called last! I serve an awesome God!

Winning the laptop was the highlight of my trip! Of course, I gained so much knowledge and I am so pumped to teach these kids even more than they already know!

Yep...I won this!

I came back exhausted but thrilled! It was a great trip and I got to know my co-workers even better and on a more personal level.

People say I am lucky that I won the laptop but I say that God rewards us who trust in Him and have Faith!

Have you ever asked God for something, no matter how big or small and He not only gave it to you but exceeded your expectations?

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