Fit Linds

After reading this book I have decided to try to go Vegan. I normally like meat alright, but it's not something that makes a meal for me. I like cheese a LOT so hopefully the cheese replacements I find are pretty good. I went to Whole Foods last night and stocked up on my first week (I imagine quite a few of the items will last 2 weeks) of Vegan foods. We'll see how this goes!

Well, I'll say this.. the holidays are usually not a good time for people trying to lose weight. That stretch between Halloween and Christmas can sometimes get extended through Valentine's Day candy. Yesterday I said enough was enough and got back to it. I felt so good 2 1/2 weeks into Turbofire last October/November. I don't know why I ever stopped. I'm getting a little tired of starting over. Yesterday was day one of Turbofire - the Fire 30 class. Today is day two which I believe is the HIIT 15 or 20 workout. Yesterday Superman and I decided that all of the candy and processed foods need to go and only healthy foods should be left in the house. If we are going to have unhealthy foods it should be out of the house in a single serving rather than bringing it into the house where we can eat on a bag or box of something for a few days. I would like to follow Chalene Johnson's eating plan that comes with the Turbofire DVDs. Has anyone done this? It seems pretty s...

According to Chris Powell's book, Choose to Lose , he recommends the first two weeks doing the 3 days of shapers and 6 days a week of shredders. For the past week, I've been doing these like normal (doing the shapers and shredders after we get home from work), and adding some extra activity during the workday and on Saturdays. For the past 4 days I have been doing Chalene Johnson's Turbo Jam 20 minute workout and Shaun T's 5 minute Hip Hop Abs workouts on my lunch break. Then, last Saturday in addition to our workouts on the treadmill and elliptical, we went for a 3 1/2 mile walk around Universal. We were repeatedly climbing the stairs and everything at City Walk. It feels great to be active. It really does.

Well, life has gotten in the way of me blogging lately, however I have been keeping up with my meal plans and exercise. I'm down to 13.5 pounds lost now. I've been busy reading  Skinny Emmie's  blog. She is such an inspiring woman! I started from the beginning, and am only into mid-2011, so I still have a bit of catching up to do on her weight loss journey. Not only is she inspiring from a weight loss stand point, but also as a blogger. I may have Superman create my own website for me. A little fancier perhaps and personalized. Emmie has opened my eyes to a lot of issues I hadn't considered being an overweight/unfit person (issues with airlines - particularly Southwest Airlines - are something I've been thinking about lately). She talks about FitBloggin' - a convention she attended at least in 2011 - and how much she enjoyed going. I hope someday I will have blogged enough/have enough followers to attend something like that. I think it would be a great envir...

I found this to be a helpful bit of inspiration this morning. Ran across this on facebook.

Well folks, I am happy to announce that we did not stray from our meals when we were away from home. We even made the Spicy Turkey something or other for his family. It was really good! It had onions, red pepper, turkey, corn, and black beans all mixed together with salsa on top. I definitely plan on adding that to our rotation of meals from now on. Our official way in was this morning and my new total is -10 :D I'm making a promise this time though NOT to weigh myself till Saturday. Today was our free day where we could either have a high carb day or eat whatever we wanted. We didn't indulge too much. Tonight we also prepped our snacks and lunch for tomorrow, so we are all ready to get right back into it! Setting the alarm for 5 to get up and do our shapers before work. Our calves are so sore from all the exercise on Friday and Saturday that it has been painful to walk. Hopefully some of the pain is relieved by tomorrow morning - better yet tomorrow night for our shr...