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no complaints from this girl that just means i get cake four days earlier then expected lol a new creation 11 jan 2015 3 comments image by bittygirl51 weight loss myths other misc mumbo jumbo 10 jan 2015 6 comments by bittygirl51 in diet food grandparenting health fitness healthy eating healthy living hobbies home inspirational motivational life quilting reciipes senior years sewing uncategorized weight watchers tags adversity childcare cooking family fitness grandparenting home household inspirational learning life lifestyle motivational my life quilting sewing women if you haven t already read my previous post you may want to make a trip there before reading this one http dancingthruyears com 2015 01 02 a combination of factors aka what a lack of monitoring will do suffice it to say it s been a good week my first week back at embracing a healthy not perfect lifestyle has rewarded me with a 4 4 lb weight loss yay me i ve proven once again that taking care of grandsons having a work from home job eating out 2 3 times a week having a hubby that won t eat healthy even though he needs to having too many sedentary hobbies blah blah blah are all excuses when a person makes up their mind to eat healthy and become more fit they can plain and simple we want to make dieting so complicated i don t even like using the word diet but it s everywhere go nowadays so i ll use it that s why you see so many diet plans out there some folks are so convinced that you should go low carb others think you should go low fat others say you need to banish all the white from your life white bread white rice white potatoes etc as a former weight watchers leader i can tell you first hand that the majority of your success will not come from the weight loss plan you are on i couldn t really say that when i worked for them but it will come from your determination to do the work how bad do you want it let s just talk about this week do you want to lose weight bad enough in this next 7 days to make better food choices and to go to the gym and work out each day take it one day at a time after you have one successful day under your belt if you are choosing wisely you will say to yourself hmmmm that wasn t so bad i think i might be able to do that again tomorrow but you have to have a plan you have to be prepared your frig and pantry has to be stocked with good healthy foods if all you have in the house is cakes cookies pies and chips guess what you will eat but i digress remember the opinions expressed in this post are purely my own take em or leave em but i admit i do feel very strongly about them weight loss myth 1 you can gain weight from diet colas i laughed so hard when i first heard some one say she s gaining weight because she s drinking too much diet coke that i almost wet my pants diet coke does not have any calories if you aren t consuming calories you aren t going to gain weight from it she meant it in the literal sense let me clarify yes diet colas the artificial sweeteners in them can cause you to crave other sweet things thus you eat those other sweet things and gain weight that i will agree with but it s the other things not the diet coke per say that is causing the weight gain that s why i decided in the new year to cut back on diet coke and limit myself to one small glass per day i really think it helped because i wasn t craving refined sugar like i normally do sugar free gum can create the same cravings weight loss myth 2 you won t lose weight if you are a late night snacker or eat after 7 pm 8 pm or some other designated time it has absolutely nothing to do with what time you eat it has to do with how many calories you are consuming and how many you are burning each day you ve got to burn more calories than you consume in order to lose weight it s that simple thursday night day seven of my first week i was eating tortilla chips and salsa at 9 30 pm i was hungry for a little snack before bed i went to bed at 10 pm the scale still said i d lost 4 4 at 6 30 am friday morning what s up with that oh and by the way those were full fat corn chips not baked or fat free for those of you who think everything needs to be fat free or low fat it s good to watch your fat intake but your body needs some fat for energy and other body functions weight loss myth 3 muscle weighs more than fat not true while at the gym this morning i had this conversation with my friend maria we were working out on the weights and she had been told and was worried about bulking up don t take it from me instead hear it from a trainer that works for weight watchers muscle does not weigh more than fat any more than lead weighs more than feathers a pound is a pound is a pound where the misunderstanding often comes in is that muscle is much more dense than fat so that by volume it seems to weigh more that is a pound of muscle occupies less space than a pound of fat in addition because a pound of muscle burns more fat than a pound of fat even at rest by increasing your lean muscle tissue mass you re helping your body burn more calories if you only have a small amount of weight to lose then you may feel like the weight training is not helping you move down on the scale in fact the number may even go up but you will look thinner this is due to an increase in lean body mass muscle bone blood volume and a decrease in body fat in other words even if the scale doesn t change much you will probably see a difference in how your clothes fit on the other hand if you have a lot of weight to lose you will also experience an increase in lean body mass and loss of body fat but the results on the scale will probably be more dramatic william r sukala m s c s i hope i don t sound like i m preaching that s not my intention but that being said the best job i ever had that i enjoyed the most was working for weight watchers after losing 55 lbs on their program i was a believer don t misunderstand me i m not promoting weight watchers in this blog although it is a good program it s not for everyone and their points system can be highly misunderstood and misinterpreted it s not all about points it s about making healthy wise choices some of the healthy habits that i developed as a result of being a ww leader were to choose 1 whole wheat bread over white bread 2 brown rice over white rice 3 limit my intake of saturated fats 4 drinks 4 5 16 oz bottles of water per day 5 eat sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes 6 hold myself accountable by writing down everything i put in my mouth 7 limit my intake of red meat blah blah blah there are so many more that come to mind but of those listed when i backslid during the holidays the only thing i was still doing faithfully was drinking plenty of water lol so in closing i d like to leave you with a healthy meat sauce recipe i made yesterday i was in the mood for some pasta and garlic toast and so here s what i made meat sauce brown one pound of ground turkey or 93 lean ground beef in skillet add 1 cup of shredded carrots to meat dice about 1 2 an onion and add it to skillet as well continuing to saute with meat i always season my meat but that s just personal preference while pasta is cooking in a separate pot i add 1 15 oz can of diced tomatoes and 1 8 oz can of tomato sauce to the meat mixture in skillet i season with some sweet basil oregano garlic powder etc you can use fresh or dried turn heat to low and cover let the sauce simmer for about 30 minutes so all your flavors will blend together the shredded carrots give you a serving of vegetables and sweetens your sauce without using sugar i chose whole wheat ziti for the pasta remember portion control is crucial look up the portion size calories or points you can have prior to serving yourself i made a nice fresh lettuce salad to go with my pasta meat sauce and chose fat free ranch dressing for my salad if pasta and meat sauce is a red light food for you it s better not to fix it at all red light means you can t exercise portion control and yes i made garlic toast with real white french bread and used 1 t of land o lakes light butter i season my garlic toast with garlic powder garlic salt and a pinch of grated parmesan cheese i only made myself one slice therefore i wasn t tempted to eat more hubby had 5 slices made with real butter i have a very healthy appetite and can put away a lot of food especially italian food so i was quite proud of myself for having measured out my pasta and meat sauce and adding the salad and 1 slice of garlic toast i felt empowered and satisfied that is key it s not about deprivation or starvation and if you are hungry or feeling deprived you are doing something wrong i am entering a new week with new hope and determination and trying to stay focused on treating myself as a priority that s also why i have to make it to the gym first thing in the morning because the rest of the day i am sitting on the floor playing with this little one or in the evening sitting at the sewing machine working on cord covers pillow shams and quilts make it a great week friends a combination of factors aka what a lack of monitoring will do 02 jan 2015 10 comments by bittygirl51 in diet food health fitness healthy eating healthy living inspirational motivational uncategorized weight watchers tags adversity fitness inspirational learning life motivational my life victory women it s time to get real i stepped on the scale this morning and it has given me a new found commitment amazing what an inanimate object can do i weighed in at 171 6 omg just one short month ago i weighed 162 you see around thanksgiving time i made a conscious that s right i said conscious how s that for ownership decision to give up walking and tracking my food in other words i threw my health lifestyle out the window a month to 6 weeks ago i was already 15 20 lbs over my goal weight but was losing it now i m back where i started well not really because back in 2006 i weighed my highest 199 8 but if i keep justifying my 170 by comparing it to that 199 number i will be back where i started in no time my ideal weight is 145 i know it s not all about the numbers but is also about how you feel well i feel like crap started taking zantac and eating tums again etc the cold weather had set in and so i told my walking buddy that i would not be walking thru the holidays and would get back to the gym after the first of the year i ve honored that commitment by meeting her there this morning it s been a good day thus far so what was it well this 25 lbs from goal weight to where i am today has been a combination of factors 1 i started eating more red meat less chicken and fish 2 i quit weighing and measuring my food 3 i quit exercising 4 i started eating more white food again bread pasta rice potatoes etc 5 i started slathering on the butter again 6 i quit writing anything down that i was eating thus no accountability 7 i quit stepping on the scale thus no accountability 8 i stopped focusing on fruits and vegetables and ate whatever was quick and handy 9 even though i didn t do a lot of baking during the holidays i ate far too many sweets the more sugar i ate the more i wanted it 10 i started buying larger and stretchier clothing to accommodate my expanding frame namely my belly 11 i stopped reading anything that would convict me of my unhealthy ways do i need to go on there s so much more i could say on this subject since i was once a very busy weight watcher s leader my goal with this blog is to hold myself accountable and to pay it forward i know there are going to be many diet blogs this month telling you which diet is the best one to go on all baloney it s about you not the diet you choose to embrace it s about getting our head in the game a healthy lifestyle isn t something you quit for a month or two like i did i knew and know better a healthy lifestyle is just that a lifestyle so it wasn t just one thing that created this weight gain it was a combination of factors aka what a lack of monitoring will do we can only ignore it for so long and if we will listen our body will tell us when enough is enough so i m back on the bandwagon again wish me luck i know it s not going to be easy but it will be worth it i m not going to waste any time beating myself up over my irresponsibility i m just going to do what i know i need to do and what i know works primarily it will be to put myself at the top of the list again and make myself a priority how bout you an old wive s tale 02 jan 2015 5 comments by bittygirl51 in blogging diet family food health fitness healthy eating healthy living hobbies home inspirational motivational life love marriage parenting psychological quilting relationship senior years sewing shopping spiritual tags bible crafts family fitness god gratitude home inspirational life lifestyle love marriage motivational my life quilting spiritual women my now deceased mother in law used to say that whatever you do on new year s day you will do all year long well i think about that every jan 1 and wonder if i ve done what i want to be doing all year long hmmmmm since moving to texas i also have heard that it s supposed to be good luck to eat black eyed peas on new year s day blecckkk i don t like black eyed peas and not being the superstitious type it s gonna take more than the promise of good luck to get me to eat them but i digress so let s see what did i do today well i made my bed that s a good habit to have all year long i guess i washed my face and brushed my teeth more than once so i guess that s another good thing i can manage all year long hubby started a new novel today he loves to read and i guess that s not a bad thing either hmmmm let s see but did i do anything of real significance or importance that is the question well i began my day with devotions talking to the lord aka praying and reading some scriptures i could definitely get better at that and make sure that it is not a neglected task this year i had a very restless night and didn t sleep well therefore i slept in this morning not waking up until about 8 30 having only fallen asleep at 4 30 am ugh that is not something i want to continue in the new year i didn t eat healthy today but plan to the rest of the year i didn t exercise today but plan to the rest of the year so i guess if the old wive s tale is true i am going to have challenges in the healthy lifestyle area this year that being said i do have a plan to meet my girlfriend at the gym first thing in the morning and i do also plan to start tracking every blt bite lick or taste again i did quite a bit of sewing today cord covers pillow shams and quilts since i love to sew that would be something that i would love to continue all year long i also made a trip to the fabric store today to take advantage of their awesome new year s day sale taking advantage of sale prices can t be a bad thing can it it rained all day today does that mean it s going to rain all year long hope not hubby napped most of the afte...