This Weekend + and -

Ok - first the - gained 0.6 at WW this week.
Now for the +'s
1) my work weight loss group - lost 3.5 lbs.
2) Got my Motorcycle License this weekend!!
3) Its only a 3 day week!!!!!!

In case I don't write another blog before thusday - Happy Thanksgiving Day!!!!

2 more gone

I lost 2lbs this past week! I decided to look back at how far I've come - sometimes I get so stuck in the today and the tomorrow that I forget that I have already come a long way and need to appreciate that.
So here in picture form is just how far I've come and then two pictures to compare of before and today.





Before
After

Great DR!

I finally found a regular DR that I am in love with!!! She is usually running behind, but she takes the time with each patient to make sure that they understand everything they are being described and what conditions they may have.
She is the first DR that knows more about PCOS than I do - thank goodness!!!!
She has recommended that I go on the Insulin-Resistance Diet. I will be pairing it with the weight watchers, because I need the weekly accountability and the group atmosphere. But I will make the two work together.
Also I know I haven't seen alot of you in a while so I thougth I would post a picture I took this past weekend at the air show.

Thank You Vets! Happy Veteran's Day - 11/11/2008

What a great Weekend!!

Ok where do I start? What an amazing weekend.
1st: Saturday Morning we get up and take the bike and I run in the WW meeting to weigh in. I lost 3.2 lbs this week!! Have no idea how, but I will take it. So thats a total of 17.7 lbs lost.

2nd: From there we head off to the Kennedy Space Center for the Air Show. My first Air show with the Blue Angels as head liners! AMAZING! I highly recommend that if you have never seen an airshow and there is one near by GO SEE IT!

3rd: This morning we got up and went to the Space Coast Harely Davidson store for the Bikers Ride for Babies - Motorcycle ride for the March of Dimes. It was a 50 mile ride around our county with a police escort so no stopping for any lights or stop signs. How cool is it for 300 - 500 motorcycles to come roaring by all traffic is stopped. We had people getting out of their cars and taking pictures, people coming out of their houses and waiving. It was like we in a parade, and what a good cause to show bikers in a good light.

Here are just a couple pictures from this weekend.

The Blue Angels!


The View from our Bike before the Ride Started:

Wanted to Share this - from the Biggest Loser

Passing Plateaus
Expert help for when your body stalls
Biggest Loser Club fitness expert Maria Patella knows how frustrating it is to hit a plateau in your weight loss. While no one is certain why the body chooses to "shut down" at certain points in your weight-loss plan, Maria says experts do have a theory: "We see again and again that over-exercise and under-eating, in an effort to lose more weight quickly, can shut down weight loss," Maria says. "And that is why consistency is more important than doing a lot for a short time."

Maria says for this reason, the worst mistake dieters make is allowing the numbers on the scale to discourage them: "Many times folks quit when their body is just taking a rest," Maria says. "It may be 'wondering' whether or not the lower calories and increased exercise are going to continue. And when they don't, the body happily gains again."

Maria says the best thing to do is to continue to eat right and exercise even when the weight loss has slowed down. "You send a signal to the body that it needs to adapt because the healthy habits are here to stay," Maria says.

Maria says sometime it takes weeks for the body to kick back in and surpass the "magical" metabolic threshold, but a new level of fitness lies beyond that as long as you don't give up.

Maria's advice? "Hang in there, what matters most is what you do over time."

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No more Pasta for dinner

So I lost 0.2lbs this week. But at least it was a loss. I did really well all week, but Thursday and Friday I had pasta. I added veggies to the pasta and protein. I was within my points and I worked out - but apparently past for dinner just adds pounds on me. Thats what this journey is about though, learning the lessons that will change my life not just help me on a "diet".