Road to Vegas and Beyond!

Can I take the week off (Leslie)

2010-04-05T07:46:00.000-07:00

Not from dieting, but from work so I can focus on my diet. And by focus, I mean work out really hard and then take naps to not to want to eat anything.

I've done well and the weight loss is there, just not quite as much as I'd hoped. I'm down about 5 since the super strict version started, and 22 total :). There's 4 weeks and 3 days and I'm still optimistic that I can get another 8-10 off before the big trip!

Friday when there was birthday cake at work I ate the smallest bite you could think of. My Saturday "cheating" was a piece of chicken with cheese on it, one dinner roll, and half a small popcorn at the Mavs game. I did the cooking yesterday and got everything ready again so I'm staying on the track. Last week I did get lots of compliments, so maybe it's redistributing and the numbers are just coming off slower :).

Another vegas dress was purchased over the weekend so that's more motivation. It's black and gray tiger striped with sequence!!

Today I was thinking I can't remember the last time I had red meat (that's what she said). I'm going to eat the heck out of some in and out burger when we get to Sin City (also what she said)

Case of the Mondays (Emily)

2010-04-05T06:41:00.000-07:00

I made a comical post detailing last week's events, but Leslie has 500 email addresses, and I couldn't remember which one to use for logging in. Needless to say, my post was erased and I am annoyed. Here's a short summary:

Monthly friend came last week, and I wanted to hide my scale in the closet.

I ate lots and LOTS of cakeballs that were leftover from my roommate's birthday.

By Thursday, I was giving cakeballs away so that they were no longer staring at me every time I opened the fridge.

I LOVE Spinach and week two of this diet. I also love cakeballs.

This weekend I ate the following: cupcake, sausage breakfast casserole, Vodka and Fresca, and a piece of pizza...I DON'T CARE. It was my niece's birthday.

Despite my cheating, I am down almost 5 pounds. There is still hope that I can lose another 5 or so in the next few weeks.

That brings the grand total to almost 24 pounds!!!

FIVE weeks from today (Leslie)

2010-04-01T09:07:00.000-07:00

So it's been a week since we've blogged and probably because this week isn't making me want to end my life. Spinach is way better than soggy squash, and a baked potato beats dried brown rice!!!

Also, we learned our lesson not to cook all of our dinners and try to eat them each night. Last Friday I was gagging when I opened my tilapia. I went into a downward spiral and didn't want any food. NO FOOD would satisfy or help how I was feeling.

Finally on Friday after walking through the grocery store, pouting, and thinking about all the things I would never eat again we decided to go to potbelly (yes Julie K...we ventured off of the plan). I ate a skinny turkey sandwich and veggie soup and it was like I'd downed the bottle of ranch of fried food I'd been cravy all week. It's bad when a turkey sandwich (around 200 calories) makes you feel like your cheating!

The weigh in on Monday only showed 1 pound. If any of you are males reading this, brace yourself, I also had my monthly visitor pre stuff to contend with. I pulled a no/no and got back on the scale Tuesday morning and was down more like 3lbs. I'll see where I'm at next week :).

The big trip is 5 weeks from today. I'm still confident that I'll weigh 15 lbs less than I did when we started this strict version. This week has also been full of compliments from people who are noticing the weight loss which leads to more motivation!!

Still kickin...(Emily)

2010-03-26T10:40:00.000-07:00

Last night I co-hosted a mani/pedi party for some of my favorite Social Workers last night in honor of National Social Work Month. My other co-host showed up with the most delicious table of food I have ever seen in my life. Vegetarian Southwestern Eggrolls, cheese tray, brownies, and a fruit try. Today, approx. 99973 pizzas were delivered to our outpatient gym which is right across the hall from our office. Day 5 is seriously testing my willpower. Then, at lunchtime, things went from bad to worse when I realized that I forgot my Mrs. Dash at home. :( Sad Day. Thank goodness I am not having the same GI issues that Les is having...

Two of my girls from work are starting the diet on Sunday! I cannot wait to hear their reactions during the first 3 days. It really hasn't been that bad. I feel like I'm finally in the diet groove, and it should be smooth sailing from here on out. I still want to eat lots and lots of fried things, but have come to terms with the fact that it's not gonna happen. Whatev. 3 days until weigh in.

Day 4 and 5 (Leslie)

2010-03-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

Wow-- I have never gone to the bathroom so much in my life (except when I've had food poisoning). I HAVE to be losing weight based on the sheer amount things coming out of me!!!

Day 4 and 5 I downgraded from wanting to drink a bucket of ranch to a full bottle. Actually I wasn't starving too bad at all. Now don't get me wrong, I wanted different things than what I was eating that were not good for me, but I didn't feel like I would kill someone if they were sitting across from me eating fried chicken...so that's progress, right?

As Emily said we are going to spend just about every tempting, eating, hour together. Last night we took a walk and met at the tanning bed. Tonight we're taking another walk, going to the store to get week two supplies, and probably the movies. Tomorrow we're working out cooking and going to the movies again. Sunday night we have a non standard meal on our plan because we're celebrating Tiff's b-day at Medieval Times....Don't worry we've already scoped out the menu and are likely going with the vegetarian option..I'm so excited (said sarcastically about the food/Real Excited for the "tournament!" and Tiff's BDAY!) :)

I'm Buying Stock in Mrs. Dash Products (Emily)

2010-03-24T12:10:00.001-07:00

Today has been MUCH better. Despite my Unisom induced coma (which caused me to sleep through my alarm and eat my oatmeal at 8:20 instead of 7:30) I'm feeling really good today. It appears as though Les and I will be spending all free time together from here on out. We ate dinner last night, and then walked all over Katy Trail/Uptown. We managed to stretch a 1.5 hour walk into a little more than 2 hours so that we wouldn't just come home and think about eating. We already have a list full of non-bar related activities lined up for this weekend.

Julie told me to start adding Mrs. Dash to my food. Good news: it's salt free. My lunch was approx. 1 part Mrs. Dash to every 2 parts chicken, rice, squash. It makes such a huge difference. That lady is going to get me through the next few weeks. I know that a few of you guys are following the diet as well. Take my advice and buy the entire Mrs. Dash section of the seasoning aisle. Also, the Better'NButter Peanut Butter is outta this world. I look forward to it everyday with my two cups celery.

Day 1 Recap and Day 2 (Leslie)

2010-03-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

So last night I gave myself a headache I was so hungry. Everytime I'd go to get ice I'd see my magical skinny cow ice cream bars (which are healthy by the way..2 weight watcher points) staring and laughing at me. It was like one of the happy cow commercials were in my freezer.

I definitely pulled a "go to bed" so you don't eat anything and was under the covers by approximately 9:07. Since I'd woken up at 4 AM and worked out it was pretty easy to fall asleep.

Today I actually cooked my oatmeal all the way through. Now mind you, it's still not good but it didn't taste like I was eating dried oats in hot water so that's progress at least!! Julie also mentioned that it's really good with berries but I had to remind her that I'm not allowed to eat berries in the morning. I also made two other discoveries:

1.) CVS has cayenne pepper..which is the only thing i can actually consume from CVS for the next 21 days

2.) Passion fruit tea is sugarless, and calorieless..I might be making 37 trips to starbucks (free exercise!!)

Counting down the minutes until I get my soy peanut butter and celery! Two cups of celery that is. Oh Emily is also texting me everytime she pees..I can vouch for every two hours!

Day 2: I Have Officially Entered The Grumpy Phase of This Diet (Emily)

2010-03-23T09:59:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure that I am a fan of bland, unseasoned, 2 day old Tilapia. I AM sure that I wont be a fan of bland, unseasoned, 5 day old Tilapia. Also, I don't think I have ever peed this much in my entire life. At least twice an hour. Waiting a whole week to reweigh myself is going to be a struggle too. I sat around and watched all of my coworkers eat Taco Diner last night...that was fun. I'm telling you, if three pounds don't fall off of my body after this torture, it's gonna be hard for me to embrace week 2 with open arms.

Funny note, I just told Tiff to start getting her smoothies without the Turbinado, and she thought that was just the special blender they used to make smoothies. Needed that laugh for sure!

Other side note, We have decided to invent a smoothie maker called The Turbinado.

12 minutes until my yellow lunch...thank God.

I've never been so ready

2010-03-22T09:48:00.001-07:00

To eat bland food that's all the same color...a version of yellow (brown rice, chicken breast, and squash)

I think it's a mental thing more than anything because I'm not eating less than usual, but it is a little later than normal. If anyone says something not smart I may not be able to refrain from telling them that they are not smart!

41 more minutes!

I'll Give You The Back Story...Emily Style (that's what she said.)

2010-03-22T06:33:00.001-07:00

I'm new to this blogging thing so please bear with me...

Leslie and I have been tackling this weight loss thing since around the beginning of the year. We make weekly healthy dinners, and reminisce about how hot we were when we were 20...40...pounds lighter. Vegas is obviously our biggest motivator, as is a wedding in September in which I am the only member of the bridal party that is over 5'2 or approx. 67 lbs. I was able to lose the first 19 pounds with fairly consistent diet and exercise, but with only 7 weeks until Vegas, it is getting down to crunch time.

Julie K. is our group's engineer/unregistered dietitian/Russian/I would kill someone to have her body. I was only half joking when I asked her to make me lose 20 pounds before Vegas. I was secretly hoping that she would tell me about some secret steam room that only people with <6% body fat know about. Instead, she emailed me a strict, 21 day diet plan with instructions that I couldn't cheat, and I would have to give up booze.

Thank goodness Leslie was completely on board. Somehow we are going to get through the next 7 weeks together. We spent 6 hours yesterday putting together our meals for the week. I find it interesting that our meals seem to be all the same color. Lunch: Yellow. Dinner: Green.

If I still love zucchini after this is over, it will be a miracle.

19 pounds down. 20 to go!

Day 1; Morning- Julie K's Super Metabolism Kick Start Diet (Leslie's Perspective)

2010-03-22T06:01:00.000-07:00

Mind was racing so I was definitely awake at 4AM (my 3 AM bathroom break didn't really send me back to sleep)

I didn't really have much to do since my gym bag was packed and my lunch/breakfast bag was packed so I actually put some laundry away...Don't worry there's still some sort of a pile left in my room.

Left the house for the gym around 5:20 thinking they don't open until 5:45 (because that's what the sign says) but there were definitely some people there so now I can go a little earlier :)!

Did my couch to 5K and nailed it...lots more running this week (5 minute run intervals with 3 minute walks between) and I was worried it'd be tough since I didn't do much last week but ended good!

Ate the breakfast and man is not instant, not flavored oatmeal DISGUSTING!! I brought an orange today instead of a banana so I couldn't really cut it up and put it in there, so I definitely learned my lesson!

Besides the oatmeal great start to a Monday..this is my regular weigh day and I lost another 2lbs so down a total of 17.2!! If this metabolism boost really gets 10 lbs off in 3 weeks I'll be smokin for the trip!!

Emily's TURN!!!