Monday is Weigh In Day! Day 43 of 66.

Down 4 lbs this week after being up 1 lb last week for a total of 13. 5 lbs in 43 days.

Wearing a suit that I have not been able to put on in two years.

Excited for core fusion tonight.

Feeling really good.

Maybe even on the cusp of a habit?

Half way to 66

Today is day 33 of my 66 day renewal. My eating is much better, except that I drank too much wine at a gala last night and feel crummy today because of it! I am exercising regularly and have lost ten + pounds. I weigh in again on Monday and am curious as to how I am doing. My body feels stronger, I sleep better and my clothes are fitting better. I have only skipped a workout when I was sick and make sure to do something 6 days a week.

Is this a habit yet? How about half way to a habit. It no longer feels like work but rather the toolkit I need to get healthy. I love my @66days twitter feed, I have sourced some of the most interesting voices in health and wellness and relish checking in on what they have to say.

Until Monday ... here's to half way!

Day #30

So I am down 10.5 lbs and working hard at keeping the momentum going. I got past a few historical hurdles, in fact.

1. Sickness: Traditionally, when I get sick during a "health kick" and I give up. I feel like I have become weak, eaten comfort food and really what is the point. This time I stuck with my goals and my nutrition and am healthy again after a nasty viral/bacterial infection and am still on program.

2. Open bar event: Anything that has an open bar and passed hors d'oeuvres has been a major pitfall for me. This past Saturday night I managed to eat and drink within reason at a family bar mitzvah. I have to say I was super proud.

So here I am making progress and I am anxious about continuing my success and keeping it off and staying strong and ignoring the voices of  The Resistance as Seth Godin calls it. The Resistance is what I fight everyday.

I have a ways to go (at least 15 to 20 lbs) but I am motivated and well on my way!

Day #9

So, I'm back in the fight to be healthy. It's really a no-brainer. Every other piece of my life is in place and then there is my health. So this is day 9 of my renewed focus on finally dropping the weight I gained over the course of two pregnancies. One has only to look at pictures of me from our vacation to South Africa to understand. It was weeks before I got pregnant with Max and no, I was not at triathlon ready shape, but I was healthy. That is easily 25 or so pounds from my current state.

I am energized and excited by the goal. But, I have also been here before. I have gotten 15 lbs away from this goal since Charlie was born and then found a reason to give up and gain again. Not this time. I need to make this part of my life again, fitness and eating right. 

They, whoever they are, say it takes 66 days to make a behavior become second nature, or a habit. This time, I am going to tweet and blog my way fit. I hope the public forum will lend a new added layer of accountability. Whatever works, it is time. I owe this gift to myself, and my little (and big) boys.


Weigh-in week 1: - 4.5 lbs

Business Travel

I have a moment or several hours as the case is, as I fly across the country to San Fran for business. I know I should spend this time writing, luxuriating, relishing my "me" time but tonight I am a little sad. I miss the boys a lot. 
I know I'll land and get in the zone, get my game face on and focus. But ...
Right now am watching "This Is It" the Michael Jackson movie, after a false start of the Time Traveler's Wife (which was just not as good as the book, even in the first 5 mins,) and feeling a little down.
My sister LOVED M.J. I remember that, as a child, she had this red leather zipper covered jacket and would listen to Thriller and [ugh, rough air] Off the Wall over and over.
I was worshiping Young and Dylan ... Mer loved Jackson. 


Anyway.