Recent Posts Tagged With 'our journey'

• Steve: 6 changes in 2010

  Posted on Sunday December 27th, 2009 at 13:20 in habits, life changes, resolutions, leo babauta, zen habits, our journey, 6 changes, 6chnages, making habits

  Hello 2010… With a new year comes new challenges and some of the same old ones… The post today is about changes, more specifically changes in habits. Recently I found a new website by the author of a blog that I like Zen Habits… thi...

• Steve: Progress

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 01:19 in weight loss, diet food, our journey, diet goals, couch to 5k program, running or elliptical, update goals

  Update:  Week #1 is over on my new 2 week goals and it went well… First, I lost 6.2 pounds out of the 16 I am trying to lose in 2 weeks… not quite half but a good start… As for the Cardio and blogging everyday goals, I rode the bik...

• Steve: Dinner at the Daughter’s & My Couch to 5K Hobble

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 23:56 in yoga, running, weight loss goals, couch to 5k, our journey, dorm room cooking, hidden valley fat free ranch dressing, workout pain

  Tonight we went to my daughter’s dorm room for dinner. It was the first time she has had us over and she cooked for us! I was very touched that she was very concerned with my diet when deciding what to make and adjusted the meal around that… we h...

• Steve: The Hardest Part of Weight Loss

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 14:10 in weight loss, exercise motivation, our journey, why exercise won't make you thin, hardest part of weight loss

  Quick Sunday blog question (please comment with your reply) … What do you find the hardest thing to stick with when trying to get fit or lose weight? Is it eating right, being active, getting enough sleep?  Everyone has their difficult habit...

• Steve: Setting an Example

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 15:51 in outback steakhouse, our journey, diet goals, dieting and eating out

  Today was day 3 of the new goals and so far so good… I have done my cardio each day (going to do my bike right after I post this), have stayed on track with the food and have blogged everyday.  The weight is dropping so it is nice to see resul...

• Steve: Top 10 Things I Need to do to Lose Weight

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 18:54 in weight loss, diet, motivation, our journey, top 10 things, 10 weight loss tips, top 10 things i need to do to lose weight

  A quick list to adjust and build on… #10 - Cut Portion sizes: I can eat huge amounts of food… that doesn’t mean I ’should’ eat huge amounts of food. #9 – Track All Food: Every bite that I take needs to be accounte...

• Steve: How Could I Focus On The Goal If I Didn’t Have One?

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 13:15 in goal setting, goals, weight loss goals, our journey

  When it comes to weight loss I have only had one ‘goal’ for the last 14 months.. “Lose weight to my goal weight of 228 pounds”  Great goal right?  Wrong.  First I neglected one of my favorite sayings.. ‘A goal without a date is just a dr...

• Steve: Cyber Cruise Bon Voyage!

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 22:53 in swimming, exercise motivation, cyber cruise, our journey, weight loss cruise richard simmons cruise to loose

  Hi everyone… to those of you that are members of Richard Simmons website, you will understand the title of this post.. if you are not a member, Richard does a Cruise to Lose Cruise every (I think) year.. it is a real cruise and quite a few peop...

• Steve: Margarita, Beer and Subway

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 14:23 in beer, weight loss motivation, subway, margaritas, richard simmons, our journey, hitting the high note, sweet onion dressing

  So in looking back at the previous posts I have made I notice a couple of things… first, I tend to post more when I my motivation is high.. and I avoid posting when I fail at a goal… For example, the April 30 day challenge that I started ...

• Steve: Day 3 of 30 Day Challenge

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 15:15 in diet, diet and exercise, diet soda, our journey, fitting in exercise, diet exchanges, getting enought sleep

  Yesterday was day #3 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results: Goal #1 - Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day. Stayed on and monitored all day.  Was two fruit exchanges under. Score: A Goal #2 - Exercise at least 5 days a week (ho...

• Steve: Day 2 of 30 Day Challenge

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 11:52 in diet soda, our journey, need to exercise, foodmover

  Yesterday was day #2 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results: Goal #1 - Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day. Stayed on and monitored all day.  Was one dairy exchange over and two vegetable and one fruit exchange under. Score: A- ...

• Steve: My 30 day challenge

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 14:19 in 30 day challenge, diet soda, water intake, our journey, lighteup program, work our schedule

  So those of you that are members of Richard Simmons Website know that he is helping us do a 30 day challenge in the month of April… no I will admit, I didn’t start mine until yesterday (4/6/09) so mine will go a little into May.  The ide...

• Haven’t blogged in a while

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 00:52 in our journey

  I haven’t been here in a while and much has changed.  I did diet for a month or so with my husband, and I think I lost like 17 pounds total, and, as usual, got discouraged.  During this whole time, I was going through the process of all the c...

• This Is Why You Are Fat!

  Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 00:48 in bacon, ymca, workout plan, weight loss goals, workout motivation, our journey, why am i fat, corndog pizza, deep fried mars bar, this is why you are fat!, www.thisiswhyyourefat.com

  Today I found a site that is called This Is Why You Are Fat… it is basically a colection of food that people have submitted that are ‘CRAZY’ fattening.. and look oh so good ;)  I suggest you look at the archive to get the full effe...

• More Water

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 11:24 in our journey, staying hydrated, how much water should i drink, benifits from drinking water, drinking enought water, how to drink more water, hydration and dieting

  Hello… So I have not been so successful recently on the working out or dieting… but I have been successful in drinking at least 64 oz. of water a day… My water bottle with the 8 oz. marks and the times on it has worked GREAT!  So h...

• How to drink more water? Use my new water trick!

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 15:01 in weight loss, diet tips, diet, hydration, smartwater, water consumption, drink more water, our journey, smart water, how to drink more water, electrolyte water, trader joe's water

  I got an email newsletter from Richard Simmons a few days ago and it was focusing on drinking eight cups of water a day… I’ll admit that I have been very bad at this for a long time… I bring a bottle of water with me to work pretty ...

• New Years Resoluti… PROMISES!

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 12:54 in weight loss, diet, new years resolutions, richard simmons, marley and me, the honeymooners, our journey, promises to myself, foodmover, regaining motivation, scott chesney, top 10 resolutions

  Cece and I had a nice New Years eve with all the kids… dinner out (I was good and had Vegetable Fajitas) and went to the movies (I was not so good and had popcorn) and saw Marley & Me.. If you are a dog person you will sit there crying your...

• Underwater Music and Partying Too Much

  Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 14:55 in our journey, underwater ipod, swim music, waterproof ipod

  So last Friday was my birthday and I had a really great time… My wife made me (at my request) the Chicken Pomodoro recipe on www.RichardSimmons.com for my birthday dinner and it was awesome!  She made roasted vegetables and as a surprise, Fri...

• Some Notes and My Sizzler Visit

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 11:15 in salads, sizzler, our journey, diet breakfast, doctors scale, fat free dressing

  First, a note:  Today I got a comment from my friend Liz giving me kudos for losing 55 pounds… and it hit me (I mean I already knew this since I set it up) that the running weight loss total on here in the ‘About Our Blog’ section show...

• The New Day Report

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 22:41 in our journey, richardsimmons.com meditation

  So the new beginning was today and I must say that I am pleased with my results… I got up and did the normal morning stuff and went to work… kept track of my food on my paper version of the FoodMover (I find it much easier if I just keep ...

• Tomorrow is a new day!

  Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 00:23 in weight loss motivation, our journey

  Very late so this will be brief… Tomorrow (12/1/08) is a new start. I have neglected this blog (actaullly avoided it) and my weight loss (which has become a weight gain) for too long. I have every excuse in the world ready, but know they are ...

• My Mindset and Getting Started

  Posted on Monday June 23rd, 2008 at 21:57 in support, lose weight, our journey, how to start to lose weight, reaching out for help

  So it took me a long time to get in the frame of mind that I am in right now.  I have known for so long what I needed to do to lose weight and be healthy.  I have know the risks to my health and my life that being morbidly obese has caused.  I [.....

• Welcome to Our Weight Loss Blog!

  Posted on Friday June 20th, 2008 at 00:47 in support, how to lose weight, recipies, richard simmons, our journey

  How many in your party?  Right this way… Your table awaits! Please check out the ‘About’ pages (links to the left) to learn about us… we plan to keep our current weight, pounds lost and date next to our names on those links. ...