Step Away From the Cake

I've discovered that if I don't know exactly what I'm doing in the morning when I go to bed at night, it doesn't get done. I've developed a habit of saying to myself, I'm biking in the morning, or it's strength day, whatever. The point is if I don't tell myself it doesn't happen. I think this goes back to having a plan. So there's today. This morning is WW. Last night I'm walking around here saying to myself, I should ride my bike to WW. That word 'should' is generally a death knell for any and all activity. I know this, yet I still use the word. So I went to bed thinking, I'll either ride my bike or add another day of strength training. Right. With wishy-washy statements like that I get nothing done. So I have to be specific. I will ride my bike to WW unless it's raining, then I will do X. That way, as long as it's not raining, it's in my head that I'm riding my bike. That's good. Okay, enough ram...

I work better with a plan. I know that sounds simple but you don't know the rest of the story. I have always been a spontaneous person. Whenever anyone wanted to do something I was the one they called, and I was always game to go anywhere and try anything. Hubby and I just to wake up on Saturday and head off for the weekend without a thought or a real plan. Hell, I once drove from the Bay Area to Reno to get married on a dare!!! How insane is that. Yes, we were divorced 9 months later. But all my life that's how I viewed myself. I'm the spontaneous one. I'm the adventurous one. I'm the one willing to go anywhere, anytime, for any reason. That was me. But recently, the last few years, things haven't been working as I planned. I would fail at my intentions to workout regularly. I would eat things I weren't supposed to eat. Things like that. Then a couple of months ago, I started really, seriously making lists. I make lists of things to do. Goals...

I have now used the Bodybugg for one full week. What exactly has this wonder of technology had to show me?? A lot!!! First, I don't burn near as many calories as I thought I did in a day. Over the last 7 says I averaged 2350 calories burned per day. I really, honestly thought I burned more then that in a day. How very wrong I was. Second, I eat more than I thought I did. I have been tracking my food for quite a while now on FitDay, so I know how much I've been eating. But, since I thought I was burning more, I thought eating 2,00 - 2,200 calories a day was cool. Not so much!! Over the last 7 days I averaged 2050 calories per day consumed. I have an average deficit of 300 calories per day. While having a deficit is good, now I completely understand why I'm not losing weight. With that small a deficit, one piece of dessert and I've shot the entire week. At this rate it would take me about 11 days to lose a pound and, as I said, one small dessert could throw it...

I've been wearing the Bodybugg for all my waking hours for 5 days now. I like it. I like tracking my calories burned and eaten and trying to get them in the right balance. It makes doing anything more fun. I try to burn extra calories while I'm doing anything. If I'm walking, I walk faster. If I'm standing, I bounce back and forth on my feet. I try to keep moving to keep burning. It makes it a game. There are a couple of problems with it. The velcro band can rub on your arm. I got a blister there and have to be careful that I put the band in a different place each day. I got used to it pretty quick though. Most times I forget it's there. Next week I get a phone call with a personal trainer to help me get the most out of my Bodybugg. It comes with the bugg. They do it about 2 weeks in so you've had a chance to use it for awhile and you've have some data for them to evaluate. It seems like a good idea. But the bottom line is I like it, it's ...

I've been a pink freak for 30 years. I have many, many things in pink. Clothes, bags, flash drive, camera, etc. If they make it in pink I will find them. For the longest time pink wasn't easy to find. When I found something, even clothes, in pink I was very excited. Well, that all changed yesterday. I went to Sports Authority, Old Navy, and Steve & Barry's and everything was in pink. I mean everything. There was so much pink to choose from it was amazing. I got a cool pink Under Armour running top. I got a beautiful pink Adidas workout top. Great, great stuff. I went to Old Navy and tried to find some different things, but everything I found was in pink. By the time I got to Steve & Barry's I was looking for things that weren't pink and they were hard to find. It was truly amazing. I know it's October and all things pink are popping up for breast cancer support. But this was way beyond that. I may have to change my favorite color if thi...