PEACHY CLEAN

Awesome!  So far it's just the two of us!  I'm off to a good start.  The day got away from me yesterday and on a typical day I would have let it pass but last night forced myself to go for a brisk 5K walk.  Back on the bike today.  Eating is good though I had a mindless moment where I devoured a handful of my kid's cheese balls.  I need to be more cognizant of what I'm doing ha ha.  HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

Awesome and welcome!

I'm happy to be back home from our mini-vacation.  We strolled lots but no significant heart racing workouts.  And I ate out every meal - struggling to eat plant based - and in the end just tried to make wise choices.  I am hitting the refresh button now that I'm home.  10 days of my holiday left eek!  Time flies!

I'm back on track and feeling good.  How are the rest of you doing?

After the last week of cutting out snacks and crap and starting to clean up, I have undid my steps forward after another night of mowing through the pantry and refrigerator. Maybe some accountability is in order. So, back at again starting now. My goals are simple:

• Cut out between meal snacking.
• Cut out empty doughnut like calories.
• Cut out soda's and other high sugar drinks like Iced Tea.
• Log all food intake.

That should be the jump start I need. I will try to check in a couple of times a week.

Thanks (if you'll have me)

Welcome Chris and Blanda!

I had a good weekend with lots of walking and some workouts.  My eating wasn't bad either when I was in control of the menu but Friday night I visited a friend where beer and pizza was on the menu and then today was lunch: caesar salad, homemade pizza and... a beer.  I may need to become a hermit if I want to reach my goals.  Anyhoo... every minute represents a fresh start.  

Week one is long gone so I need to get serious like Anne! 

Starting Weight: 145 
Goal Weight: While I'd love to get down to 135 I'd also be okay with reaching 140 
How to Attain that: Follow Dr. Fuhrman's weight loss guidelines:

• Eat as many legumes and fruits as you like.
• Eat as many non-starchy veggies as you can – the more the better.
• Restrict your intake of grains and starchy vegetables (max 1c per day).
• Have only a few nuts and seeds each day.
• Don’t consume oil, dried fruits, fruit juice, processed food, or animal products.

I recently listened to a podcast on oil.  How it's nutrient dense and not a whole food.  One tablespoon of olive oil = 40 pressed olives and that we wear the fat we eat and so making an effort to use swap oil for broth when cooking veggies, using fruit based salad dressings etc.  I think this might actual gain some traction on my weight loss.

So my hubby is a relatively lean guy but drinks a lot of iced tea and after watching a documentary about sugar and checking out the content on his green tea he just cut it out and ended up losing 8 pounds in 3 weeks just from that one change!!  I didn't even think he had 8 pounds to lose.  Good luck!  

It must be a guy thing. I've been mindful of snacks and sodas and am down 5 pounds in a two weeks. Included in that is my couple of bad days as well. I feel for people that have to work hard at it, like my poor wife. She can eat careful as can be for weeks on end and barely lose a couple of pounds. I'll post my short and long term goals later today.

So I'm a day later on this than I hoped, but here goes. Short term goal is to hit 225, which I am almost at. After that, I'm taking it in 5 pound increments, with a final goal of 210. I started at about 232 and have another 1.5 to go to hit 225. I also need to get back on the bike, but this week is not looking so good. I'll probably be able to hit the road on Thursday after work. If I can do 4-5 sessions (swim or bike) per week I'll be happy as a teenager with a prom date.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

ETA: You should all be getting Inspires from me in the near future. Just another way to keep myself accountable.

Good to hear about the whole 30 action going on in here! I've been on it since last year. I cheat here and there when I want a taco, but seriously the lack of bread was a huge deal. Mo sugar = mo problems. 

Sounds like good and realistic goals.  
I'm staying on track.  I think being accountable and knowing others are out there working it is helping to keep me motivated.  I've been so lazy since last October that I'm sleeping like a baby with just the little activity I've been doing ha ha