Wait, did I forget to mention that this is going to be a bi-weekly feature? No? Um, well I think it’s turning out that way.
I really, really wish I had great news to report, but unfortunately the scale has been stuck at 142 since my last weigh in. I seem to have weeks where I eat pretty well but don’t exercise or I get a lot of exercise and eat crap. Somehow I need to figure out how to do both simultaneously.
This week is a perfect example. I got decent workouts in four days in a row using the elliptical and hiking at the dog park. I even made a tasty stir fry for dinner on Monday night, but I also ate Chipotle on Wednesday and Wendy’s tonight. Ugh. I’ve been pretty lazy lately about cooking (as you can obviously tell) so this weekend I’m going to hit up the library for some healthy cookbooks and then do some major grocery shopping and meal planning on Sunday. If you have a favorite healthy recipe I’d love for you to share it! Also, healthy snack ideas would be great too.
Audrey had a down week too. Her dilemma? A freelance proofreading assignment that is taking up a lot of her evenings and weekends time leaving little time for her awesome husband Tim, let alone working out. I think we can all relate. Everyone is busy – how and when do you find the time to exercise? Tell us! Especially those of you GaGAs that seem to have huge numbers each week. Fortunately Audrey ate well this week so she maintained her number of 129.
Here’s to a productive and healthy week next week – or next two weeks! 
During my Atkins diet time here, I’m finding that it’s not so much that low carb eating is what makes my weight GO AWAY…The fact that finding things that are low in carbs, tends to be finding things that are actually pretty good for me, is what is helping make the pounds GO AWAY…My advice for snacks is to find things that are low in carbs, like “soy crisps”…I swear, they’re good! Also, Terra brand chips are made from veggies and they are lower in carbs and healthier than chips! My favorite snack EVER though, is…JELL-O! Sugar free Jell-O totally curbs the sweet tooth. Those are my suggestions!
I try to eat fairly low carb and I eat smaller meals throughout the day rather than three big meals. I am a sucker for sweet though, so it’s hard for me to get through a day without dessert at night. I have been substituting my bowl of ice cream for strawberries and a sprinkling of sugar some of the nights though and I think it’s been helping. Right now though, I am not feeling great and haven’t been for a few days so not working out is driving me nuts. Basically, I now have one month until the wedding and that only leaves so many opportunities to lift weights to tone my arms. Why are triceps so damn hard to tone????