Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tip The Scale Tuesday - June 30, 2009



Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post. (If it's working).

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!

This is the last day for the giveaway!!!












Weekly Weigh In - June 30, 2009






I didn't do much this week for exercise, and I didn't watch what I ate either. Was a very lazy week, but I am happy to see the scale on my side! I went down .2 pounds this week. Not a lot, but I think pretty good for not watching what I ate!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Tip The Scale Tuesday - June 23, 2009



Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post. (If it's working).

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!











Weekly Weigh In - June 23, 2009


Started my EA Sports Active again on Sunday. I'm not doing the 30 Day Challenge, just because if I need to take a break due to my shoulder/arm problem.

Sunday
162.2 Calories Burned
25:32 Workout Time
15/15 Exercises Completed

Monday
No Workout

This weeks weigh in I kind of know I would gain. TOM's visiting and I always gain. So next week *fingers crossed* there should be a loss!

This week I gained 0.4 pounds.


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tip The Scale Tuesday - June 16, 2009



Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post. (If it's working).

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!












Weekly Weigh In - June 16, 2009



Good news this week! The number went down. I feel so good! I had some struggles because of the pain in my shoulder and arm, but since I've been going to therapy I've been feeling a lot better.

This week I lost 1.8 pounds!


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Picture Yourself Thinner

OMG you all have got to check this out! Ok, let me start at the beginning. A few weeks ago I won a giveaway from Jessica's blog, Pudget. The giveaway was for a free realistic thinner photo of yourself from pictureyourselfthinner.com. I was surprise that I had won, since I never win anything!

So today, I finally gave my information to Linda at pictureyourselfthinner.com and within a couple of hours she got back to me with these photos! Isn't it incredible, the difference I "Could" look after I lose some weight! I sure would like to.


(Click photo to enlarge)



So you should check out this website to see more before & after photo's.
Also check out her blog which is:
http://pictureyourselfthinner.blogspot.com

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tip The Scale Tuesday - June 9, 2009



Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post. (If it's working).

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!












Weekly Weigh In - June 9, 2009




Today I went up, which I knew I would. For the past 5 days, I've been dealing with a lot of pain on my left arm. I went to the doctor's yesterday and was diagnoses with shoulder impingement syndrome. Which with all the pain and no ability to move my arm has made it very difficult to workout. On Thursday I begin therapy, so we'll see what happens. I still will be careful with what I eat, but I'm so discouraged about not able to workout. I felt results with the EA Sports Active. I'll have to start fresh when I'm able to do it again.

This week I gained 1 pound.



Sunday, June 7, 2009

Day 7 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge





7. Chocolate Craving Fix!

More women find themselves craving chocolate than men. Eating chocolate doesn’t always make you feel good, with those guilty after pangs and the physical side effects: weight gain, blood sugar imbalance and coming down after the high. Satisfaction can be very short lived. How can we cure our craving for chocolate?

So what is the cause of chocolate craving?
Recent research shows that craving for chocolate can indicate a nutritional deficiency. Chocolate cravings may be caused by a deficiency in magnesium. Many women crave chocolate with PMS; when magnesium levels are usually lower.

Chocolate contains not only caffeine (obviously addictive) but also alkaloids; the same addictive compounds found in alcohol and cocaine.

Chocolate can give a high similar to orgasm. Why? It contains mood enhancing substances which precipitate the release of super feel-good neurotransmitters. As the chemicals stream though your body you experience great pleasure: for some it’s better than sex.

People may self-medicate with chocolate, when they do not have other effective of reducing anxiety. This is because tryptophan, an amino acid, is essential in the production of the calming hormone serotonin.

The power of your chocolate craving may be increased by ‘psychological reversal’. You know theoretically that too much is not good for you, but feel helpless to resist.A complicated network of neural pathways, (habitual thought patterns), reinforce the action of getting chocolate, over resisting.

How to cure chocolate craving

Eating chocolate is only a problem if you are trapped in a cycle of binge eating. You know there’s a problem if you can’t resist, even if you want to, and if you feel guilty afterwards.
What can you do about it?

1) Look at the emotional states and thoughts which accompany the craving; are you feeling anxious, frustrated, sad? How do you feel afterwards? Use an emotional healing technique like EFT to release these emotions which trigger cravings.

2) Visit a naturopath, kinesiologist, or specialist doctor who can test for allergies and nutritional deficiencies like magnesium.


Day 6 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge



6. Lunch Break Walk!

Health and fitness is all the rage—and we all know more physical activity is better--but it's always a question of finding time for exercise. Taking a walk can be a great way to spend your lunch break while also helping you move towards a healthier lifestyle. Whether it is a thirty-minute power walk or a ten-minute leisurely stroll, taking a walk is a great way to spend your lunch break. As is the case with most exercise, walking at a steady and consistent pace is the best.


Day 5 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge





5. Make New Friends!


Support is a great weight loss motivation technique. Surrounding yourself with people you care about and who care about you will help you to stay motivated. Tell your family and friends about wanting to lose weight. They will be your best weight loss motivation. Make sure your group is supportive and not drill instructors. You want their support not their disappointment.

Sometimes dieting can be a real pain. That's when we need a diet buddy to turn to.
Someone to remind us about the benefits of losing weight. Someone to help us stick to our diet plan.

Many dieters don't bother with this kind of weight loss support. They try to lose weight on their own. Which is one reason why they quit dieting and stay overweight. Don't make the same mistake. Get a diet buddy.

Choose someone with a motivation to lose weight that is equal to or higher than yours. If your regular diet buddy is losing interest in losing weight, find someone else.

If all else fails, join a weight loss forum and find an online diet buddy. It's well worth doing, because having a diet buddy makes a huge difference to your general motivation and weight loss.



Thursday, June 4, 2009

Day 4 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge


4. Low Calorie Meals!


Ingredients

* 6 ounces whole-wheat angel hair pasta
* 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, divided
* 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
* 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
* 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
* 4 chicken cutlets (3/4-1 pound total), trimmed
* 3 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
* 1 10-ounce package mushrooms, sliced
* 3 large cloves garlic, minced
* 1/2 cup white wine
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
* 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed
* 2 teaspoons butter

Directions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until just tender, 4 to 6 minutes or according to package directions. Drain and rinse.

Meanwhile, whisk 5 teaspoons flour and broth in a small bowl until smooth. Place the remaining flour in a shallow dish. Season chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper and dredge both sides in the flour. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until browned and no longer pink in the middle, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; keep warm.

Heat the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in the pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until they release their juices and begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Add garlic and wine to the pan and cook until reduced by half, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the reserved broth-flour mixture, lemon juice and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.

Stir in parsley, capers, butter and the reserved mushrooms. Measure out 1/2 cup of the mushroom sauce. Toss the pasta in the pan with the remaining sauce. Serve the pasta topped with the chicken and the reserved sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 401
Carbohydrate 3
Carbohydrates 46 g
Protein 30 g
Fat 8 g
Saturated 2 g
Cholesterol 57 g
Monounsaturated Fat 3 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Sodium 477 mg
Potassium 750 mg
Exchanges
2 1/2 starch, 1/2 vegetable, 3 1/2 lean meat


You can find more here.



Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Day 3 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge

3. Stress Eating!


One of the major obstacles in your journey to lose weight and stay thin is stress eating. We, as people, have a tendency to overeat whenever we feel tension or other negative emotions. Some of us eat out of boredom, other out of loneliness, and some out of stress. This is all emotional eating and you need to overcome it to have any chance to really get or stay thin.

So what are some possible stress eating solutions that you can put into practice today?

1. You need to write down your stress triggers, the situations in which you become stressful and turn to eating. Unless you know your weaknesses, you will never overcome them.

2. You have to eliminate all possible stress triggers. Naturally, if you get stressed out at work, you can't quit your job, but there might be other situations which are easy to eliminate from your life.

3. Practice the breathing method before eating. Once you begin stress eating, you will not stop until you've stuffed yourself silly. To give yourself a chance to not overeat, you must pause before turning to food. You do that by counting to 30 and breathing deeply in the process.

4. Each of us has his or her comfort foods which make us feel good and calm. The problem is that these foods are usually very fat and unhealthy. To make sure you don't succumb to temptation, eliminate the foods you eat the most, or cut them down drastically. If it's not in the fridge or cupboard, it's much harder to overeat.

5. Practice yoga, meditation, and workout regularly to reduce overall stress and tension. This is a process which will take time but will have tremendous results.

If you do the 5 tips I've written above, you will gradually overcome your stress eating and never be controlled by food again.





Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Day 2 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge





2. 5 Minute Workouts!

Fast & Effective Five-Minute Workouts

Time is in short supply for almost everyone these days but it’s still important to include physical activity throughout your busy day. Most people believe that to get a good workout, you must exercise for thirty minutes or more without stopping or else you don’t get anything out of it. Wrong! Research proves that short, intense segments of activity spread throughout the day are just as effective as one long workout, so there are no more excuses about not having enough time. Everyone can spare at least five minutes somewhere and there are brief workouts that challenge your whole body in that amount of time. To get you started, here are some fantastic workouts that really only take five minutes!

Workout 1: Fast and Furious Cardio & Conditioning Work

Have hand weights nearby and ready to use.

0:00 – 0:30: Warm up by briskly walking in place.

0:31 – 1:00: Increase the pace to a power-walk speed.

1:01 – 1:30: Keep walking and add a simple overhead reach by raising your arms straight up with every two steps.

1:31 – 2:00: Change the arm movement to reaching in front and then pulling back. Continue walking.

2:01 – 2:45: Pick up the hand weights and perform as many bicep curls as possible while you continue your walk.

2:46 – 3:30: Change the movement to pushing the weight directly overhead and then lowering as you keep the pace.

3:31 – 4:00: Put the weights down and slow down to your original pace.

4:01 – 4:30: Perform as many squats as you can by sitting back and keeping your heels pressed into the ground.

4:31 – 5:00: Walk slowly as your breathing and heart rate return to normal.

This workout increases your heart rate quickly and conditions the cardiovascular system with the high speed of walking in place. Using weights for arm work while you walk maintains the aerobic work while you build muscle at the same time. By gradually slowing down, you allow your body to return to a normal state slowly but still fit in muscle toning by doing squats. The steadily decreased demand on the body allows the body to stabilize comfortably. By combining aerobic conditioning with muscle toning, you get twice the benefits in one brief workout – what could be better?

Workout 2: Steady Muscle Work

0:01 – 0:30: Warm up by walking gently and moving your arms at the same time.

0:31 – 1:00: Begin working the lower body muscles by doing as many squats as you can for thirty seconds. Make sure your body is properly aligned with your knees forming a right angle with your thighs and your back staying centered over your buttocks. Keep your heels pressed into the floor for support as you slowly lower and raise the body.

1:01 Р1:30: Stand up straight with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width. With hands on hips, lower your body into a pli̬ and then raise for as many repetitions as possible in thirty seconds. At the end of the time, lower your body one more time and hold.

1:31 Р1:45: Stay in your lowered pli̬ position and move up and down very gently, no more than an inch or so. This helps isolate the inner thighs and tone them up.

1:46 – 2:15: Stand with your weight on your left leg, point your right foot behind you, and lift your right leg as many times as possible in thirty seconds. This helps tone the muscle at the back of the leg.

2:16 – 2:45: Switch legs, stand with your weight on your right leg, and lift your left leg behind you as many times as possible in thirty seconds.

2:46 – 3:15: Stand up straight with feet shoulder-width apart and then bend from the waist until you are slightly more than at right angles with your lower body. Stretch your arms in front of you and then raise each arm back. Repeat for thirty seconds. Be sure to hold your abdominal muscles in tightly. This tones the arms and upper back as well as the abs.

3:16 – 3:45: Stand up straight and place hands at shoulders. Begin reaching arms up and bringing back down to shoulder height. Repeat for thirty seconds.

3:46 – 4:15: Drop to the floor on hands and knees, and then ‘walk’ your hands forward several inches. Begin performing modified push-ups and do as many repetitions as possible.

4:16 – 4:30: Lay on your back, knees bent, with arms behind head and fingertips just touching the back of the head. Use your abdominal muscles to pull your upper body towards your knees but not too far. Lower down slowly for maximum muscle building.

4:31 – 5:00: Still lying on your back on the floor, stretch legs out and raise arms above the head, inhale deeply and stretch. Let your breath out slowly and let your body relax.

This workout focuses on building muscle and strength all over. The variety of exercises works dozens of muscles all over the body for an overall toning effect. Switch between the two workouts for maximum results in your weight and muscle tone.








Day 5 - 30 Day Challenge EA Sports Active


Today went good! Had another great workout, I'm loving this more and more everyday! I ended up sweating and grabbing a bottle of water after my workout. Feels so good to sweat sometimes. LOL. No EA Active post tomorrow, it's my rest day!

Here is my report for today...

136.1 Calories Burned
18 Minutes Of Workout Time
Completed 18/18 Exercises




Tip The Scale Tuesday - June 2, 2009



Tip the scale Tuesday is a day for us to do our weekly weigh in. To take part just add your name and blog link to Mr Linky. Also by adding your name and blog to Mr Linky your name will be going in a giveaway. The giveaway is for The Core Balance Diet Book. You can get 2 name entries per week by:

1. Leaving a comment each week on the Tip The Scale weekly weigh in post.
2. Link your weekly weigh in through the weekly Mr Linky post. (If it's working).

You can only do this once a week, but this giveaway will be going for 13 weeks, which if you do this every week, your name will be entered no more than 26 times, if you do both of the above stated. Our last weigh in will be June 30, 2009. I then will draw a name by using random.org.

**Blog links that do not show or tell about your weigh in will be removed from Mr. Linky and from the giveaway.**

***US Residents Only - Excludes Alaska & Hawaii***

Good Luck!











Weekly Weigh In - June 2, 2009


Yippee! I went down again! I felt like I lost this week, and when I got on the scales I was so happy to see the number still going down!

So for this week I went down another 1.2 pounds!


Monday, June 1, 2009

Day 1 - June 2009 30 Day Self Challenge



1. Rewarding Yourself!


Here is a list of ideas to reward yourself after hitting small and big goals on your weight loss!

1. Manicure/Pedicure
2. Spa Day
3. Get A Massage
4. Buy New Clothes
5. Buy A New CD or Some MP3/Itunes Downloads
6. Buy A New Pair Of Shoes
7. Get A New Hair Style/Cut
9. Buy Some New Earring/Jewelry
10. Buy An Ultimate Thermal Spa Bath Mat Massage
11. Got To A Movie/Rent A DVD
12. Go To A Cosmetic Counter & Ask For A Makeover
13. Buy A New A Bra
14. Buy A New Cookbook
15. Buy A Smoothie Maker
16. Buy A New Charm Bracelet, Then Add A New Charm For Each X Pounds You Lose
17. Subscribe To A Magazine
18. Hang A Pretty Ribbon Around Your Rear View Mirror & Add Pretty Beads To It As You Go
19. A Bouquet Of Flowers
20. Put A Set Amount Of Money In A Safe Place (Don't Have To Be A Lot $1.00, Or Whatever You Choose), And Add To It Every Time You Lose 1 Pound, So In The End When You Reach Your Final Goal You Have A Big Money Reward!



Day 4 - 30 Day Challenge EA Sports Active

Yesterday was my rest day, & today I did a low workout. I didn't really sweat as much today as I did the other 2 days, though today's focus was more on the upper body.

Here is my report for today...

98.8 Calories Burned
17 Minutes Of Workout Time
Completed 16/16 Exercises


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