Thursday, August 9, 2007

August 9- Weigh In

Howdy! I am currently in Korea with my sister, but I thought I would keep this whole website up to date. Here is this weeks weigh-in.

Last Time: 156.8
This Time: 154.4

Total Weight Loss - 2.4 lbs

I feel like I am back to where I was before I left for vacation over a month ago! Let's see if I keep losing. I am already so much more active than I used to be here...so it feels good to walk around a lot more and BE ACTIVE!!!

Saturday, July 28, 2007

I am officially back & in buisness!!!

Well, I have been back from my vacation for about two weeks now! I have been meaning to get on here and blog my weight and get back on the ball for awhile, but I kept forgetting to weigh myself in the morning, and then when I did... I forgot to blog. What to do?

So it is late at night and I usually weigh in the morning, but I honestly want to do this post to get back on some accountability. I guess it will just seem like I lost more since I weighed at night and not in the morning. So here is the damage from my vacation days and NOT dieting. I noticed that I forgot to put my last weigh-in so I guess I will just go with the last one I posted but i think i was down 2 or 3 lbs from that...can't remember.

June 20 - 155.2
July 27- 156.8

It was fun to be in Thailand and wear a bikini in Bali and not feel fat! It was great! I had so many people encourage me and tell me how great I looked. I guess that made it all worth it- despite the fact that I didn't win the competition. I had one friend even tell me she coveted my arms...never had anyway say that before! I felt honored. Although I feel content for the most part where I am...I want to keep losing. So let's see how this goes.

I will also be traveling in the next month. While I am visiting Amber she informed that we would eat healthy! So that helps a lot and is actually great for me too!! I will try to keep you posted!!

Here is a picture of me and April. April actually won the money in the competition! So here are your 2007 Skinny Minnies!!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Skinny Minnie Competition Update

As many of you know, I put together the Skinny Minnie Competition among 6 co-workers. We each put in $50 making the jack pot $300. The competition started April 1st and ends July 1st (which is in 5 days). The jack pot goes to anyone who meets their weight loss goal. So it is split by those who achieve it.

My personal goal- 14 lbs
Weight loss as of today- 11.6

Missed my goal by 2. 4 lbs (there is still 5 days)

Honestly... I am pretty bummed about missing my goal by just 2.4 lbs! Damn. I am trying to have a good attitude about it. It was a lot of hard work to miss it by 2. 4 lbs. I have been pretty bummed but I am trying to remember that even though I didn't win the cash, I still get the prize of being almost 12 lbs lighter!! Thanks for all your support and encouragement.

I will be leaving for Thailand and Bali tomorrow (slight chance today). I will not be updating and I will be enjoying beef, Starbucks, good quality American food, cheesecake and 7eleven slurpies. So i plan to have some weight gain, but I plan to continue losing after I get back. So keep checking back to this website!!

I know that my friend April has achieved her goal and lost over 17lbs!!! I am so proud of her. You have worked hard and I am glad you were able to meet your goal!!!

Weekly Weigh-in June 26

Last week- 155.2
This week. 152.8

Total Loss-2.4 lbs

Total loss since January 2007- 22.2 lbs
Total loss since April 1 "Skinny Minnie Comepition" 11.6 lbs

Friday, June 22, 2007

Alicia Needs Encouragment

Hi Everyone. This is Shannon, Alicia's sister. I don't know if she remembers that she gave me access to her blog when she first started it. She may be regreting it right now.

If you get the chance encourage Alicia. She is in the last week of the competition and she has 4 pounds to go. I know she can do it but she needs a little confidence in herself. So cheer her on and lift her up!!!

You can do it, Alicia. I believe in you!!!!

Shannon

Thursday, June 21, 2007

New Weight Loss Blogger- my sister!

My sister, Amber, started her own weight loss blog too!! Shannon, was the first, then me, and now Amber. This is a great way to keep yourself accountable and to get some encouragement.

Have you thought about starting your own weight loss blog?! Let me know and I will link you!!

Check my sisters' blogs out:

Shannon

Amber

The funnest is that all of our themes COMPLETELY fit our personalities!!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Weekly Weigh-in Wednesday June 20

Several Weeks ago - June 4- 154.0
June 20- 155.2
Total: +1.2 lbs

My apologies for not blogging and posting my weight in over two weeks! Shame on me! My parents completely surprised me and came to visit Delhi and so I didn't take the time to weigh-in or rather even remember to do it.

Because my parents were here, my diet kind of went by the wayside because we ate out a lot. Pretty disappointing, but they were definitely worth it!! Therefore, I have gained over a pound. BUT I still have about 10 days till the competition is over- so I plan to keep persevering and working towards that $300!!

I would like to say, that I am feeling really good about myself. I took tons of pictures these past 10 days with my parents here and it felt good to like the way I looked in all my pictures!! I can definitely see the difference. Even though it is showing that I have lost lbs- I still feel like I am loosing inches. My clothes continue to fit looser and looser!! Yay.

I leave for Thailand and then Bali a week from today. I plan to eat lots of beef and Starbucks- so the diet will fall by the wayside until I get back.

I posted lots and lots of pictures in the past 10 days cause of my parents. You can see more of my progress on this site. http://namaskarsa.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your encouragement!!

Monday, June 4, 2007

Weekly Weigh-in- Monday June 4

Last Week- 157.6
This Week- 154.0

Total Loss- 3.6 lbs!!!

I am super excited about this weeks progress!! I knew it would be 2 lbs, but the 3rd lb was a suprise. This week, I went back to phase I of the South Beach Diet and I have also been sick all day Saturday and Sunday (i have been peeing out my butt). So I guess the combination of the two made for a great weight loss!! yay. This puts me in good standing to have a chance to still win the competition!

Weightloss Recap-

Since January - 20lbs
Since April 1 - 10.4 lbs (only 4 to go..I think I can do it!)

Monday, May 28, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In- Monday May 28

Last week - 157.8
This week - 157.6

Total loss- .2 lbs!

This is God's sweet sweet grace upon my life that I lost weight. I only worked out once and I went off my diet for 4 days! I ate all sorts of crap. Maybe my body needed the metabolism jump start! I am working extra hard this week. Let's see what happens in a week!!! Thanks again for all your support these days!!!

Friday, May 25, 2007

My Diet Meltdown

So this week, I had a diet Alicia melt down. I was discouraged to say the least about my Skinny Minnie Competition. I have done pretty good with my weight loss since January (about 16 lbs) but since April 1 I have only lost a little over 6 lbs. So really, I have only 5 weeks left to loose about 8 lbs. So pretty much, I have lost the competition. Suck. I think my body has kind of plateaued which is bad timing and typical of weight loss.

So anyways...I decided to take about a 3 days diet break! I can honestly say that I feel like a NEW woman. I felt like a little kid at Christmas as I ate a roll. It tasted like heaven in my mouth!! It was amazing. Then I took a spoonful of icing and sprinkled coconut and ate it and...yes...I feel restored. It has felt really good to eat all the things that have been off limits for the past 5 months. I think its enough to keep me going till the end of the competition. I already feel like I have a new focus and new excitement.

This is a picture that was taken yesterday at the American Idol party. I thought that I could see a lot off improvement and it encouraged me. I think I just need to stay focused and just work hard to the end. I also haven't posted a picture of myself in awhile.

Please pray for me. I can get really discouraged when I look at people around me who never struggle with weight issues. I know balancing my weight if a life time goal. Pray that God gives me great and endurance to keep loving dieting and learning self-control and discipline!!

I still plan to wiegh-in on Monday. Let's see what happens. My fingers are crossed.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In

Last Week- 158.4
This Week - 157.8

Total loss- .6 lbs

I have this much to say...I am relieved I lost this week BUT not because I didn't try. I actually worked out 5 out of 7 days for 45 minutes on the treadmill and also did some conditioning. However, all week when I got on the scale it kept showing a gain not a loss. This morning was the ONLY morning i saw 157...or any LOSS so as you can imagine I was THRILLED. I wanted to see 157 this week and I did!! I feel some sense of accomplishment.

I am really close to losing the competition if I don't loose more soon! But I haven't really slacked off to much and will continue trying till the end. So even if I don't win, I feel like I will still have accomplished a lot. So we will see....my fingers are crossed.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Visual Motivation....

So I made these thanks to Kelley's inspiration and plan to disperse them in my room for visual motivation...any other ideas out there?

I need to be focused!!

Yesterday, I had the great opportunity to hang out with Kelley all day for Mother's Day. So as we were laying out by the pool we were discussing this whole Skinny Minnie Competition and wrapping our minds around exactly how much $300 is.

Here are some options-
- a New Wardrobe
- A ticket to Disneyland when I am in CA
- A ticket to Sacramento to see Jon and Cat
- spending money in Bali

Really $300 is a TON of money! I need to stay focused. And if I reach my weight loss goal, I will also be excited for myself because I will have the honor of being a "Skinny Minnie". So there are just too many good things going in this competition.

This week will be kind of pivotal in my weight loss. Because I have 8 lbs to STILL loose in just 6 short weeks. So if I want to do this, I am going to have to put my best foot forward.

This week things to improve on-
- NO CARBS whatsoever this week
- NO Sodas this week whatsoever
- I will work out everyday that I am home (45 minutes on the treadmill ladies) and of course good ol' conditioning.

This weekend, my team is going out of town for a retreat. We will leave Thursday morning. So I will have to be extra careful this weekend and try to avoid unnecessary junk.

Weekly Weigh-In

Last Week - 159.0 lbs
This Week- 158.4 lbs

Total Loss this week- .6 lbs

My weight Loss stats-
Since I got back from Thailand (mid-January)- 15.6 lbs
Since April 1st- 6 lbs
6 weeks leflt - 8 lbs to go.....

Monday, May 7, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In

Last Week- 159.8
This Week- 159.0

Total Weight loss- .8 lbs!


It has been a succesful week in the sense that I have continued to work! I am glad to see that I lost weight because I have been working in gaining muscle too! It has been fun because I can tell a difference.

Small victory- I fit into a pair of pants this week (comfortably) for the first time in a year! Wahoo!

Another small victory- My roomie said that I looked "small" this week. Way to go roomie for the sweet encouragement. Isn't it nice to have people to cheer you on?!

9 lbs to go for my SKINNY MINNIE COMPETITION!!

Monday, April 30, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In

Last Week - 162.6
This Week - 159.8

Total loss this week - 2.8 lbs!!

I am pretty excited about this week's wiegh-in because i broke the 16o mark!! This is exciting news. This week I was able to work out and I was able to stick pretty closely to my diet! So let's see what next week has in store!!

Total lost since April 1 - 4.6 lbs.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

A Good Day- Monday

Because of my dissapointing weigh-in yesterday- I decided I needed to step it up a bit. So thats what I did!!

Last night, Lindsey and I moved the treadmill to the AC room and this morning I actually used it!! Yay for me. It is embarassing and pathetic to realize how out of shape I was today, but there was this amazing satisfaction that came from working out! I even worked on my arms and my abs (remember I am trying to look GOOD in the two piece for Bali).

I also behaved today on my diet. This is what I ate today.... some dal (lentils) and some pumpkin. Then for dinner I ate some chicken and some cheese. I had lots of water today and some iced tea with sweet n' low. So today was a good start.

Tonight I am soaking beans to make Taco Soup! This is such a great meal because all of its on my diet!! Wahoo.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In

Last Week- 161.8
This week - 162.6

Gained - .8

Well it looks like I am back where I was. I honestly didn't do anything except for one day this week. So I guess that is what I get.

On a positive note- the treadmill is officially in my room as of 10 minutes ago and I plan to add excercise in this week. Secondly- one bad week won't get me down...I have $300 to win!! Watch out ladies. I am working on planning my meals out for this week so that I do a better job!!

I am work in progress!! Please pray for me this week that I will stay focused.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In

Last Week- 162.6 lbs
This Week- 161.8 lbs

Total Loss this week - 0.8 lbs

Total weight since April 1st- 2.6 lbs

My weight loss this week surprised me a little bit! I honestly didn't do anything this week to try to loose it...so I am thankful!! It must be all your prayers.

This next week should be a great diet week. Lindsey and I are planning on starting up the South Beach Diet...so for the next two weeks- no sugar, no carbs, no fruit. This should really help jump start things for real. We also won't be having any more visitors and my schedule will go back to normal which leads to a healthy diet regiment!

My treadmill is not buried anymore. My plan is to move it into my room this week (for the purpose of the AC) and actually start using it. We will see!

Personal Encouragment


There is this great feeling to put on an outfit and realize that it fits so much better than it ever did before! I experienced this yesterday! I actually felt really cute and attractive yesterday in my short khurta. I love that when you just begin to take care of yourself how it gives you the ability to feel confident...even with that little extra junk!


So here is a picture of me with my roomies and Kim yesterday. Can I also say that Lindsey's sister gave me a haircut when she was here and left some Paul Mitchell volume spray! Lindsey's sister totally changed my hair! Thanks Lori! So take notice that my hair was actually fixed in this picture!! Because of the Delhi heat...it didn't stay like for this for too long, but it was nice while it lasted.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Slacker

So this week, I have a great chance of gaining back that 1.8 lbs that I lost last week. I have 15 guests from America in and out of my house. We have been ordering out like crazy and I haven't been working at all towards restraining...sigh.

I have also had lots of Dr. Pepper and several cokes. I don't even know how many cokes i have to record...so yeah...slacker....

Next week, I am looking forward to routine and getting back on the diet band wagon. Let's see how Sunday's wiegh in goes....

My fingers are crossed. slacker.

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Weekly Weigh-In

Last week - 164.4
This week- 162.6
Total Lost- 1.8 lbs


Yay! This is a good healthy start to the Skinny Minnie Competetion. I feel like a lot of grace was granted to have lost this week among all the American food, guests, and craziness of being out of a routine! Please Keep Praying for me this week to be HEALTHY!!

One more person joined the competition....so now the money is up to $300!!!

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Food From America

Thanks so much for all of you sweet encouragement!! You are all great! Keep it up because I know I am going to need it.

This week has been a little challenging food-wise because my roomie's parents came to visit. And when people from America come- they bring lots and lots of yummy (might I emphasize NON-diet) food. I am managing however. I am concentrating right now on less carbs, no sodas, and small portions.

I need to start incorporating exercise into my health regiment but right now the treadmill is covered with lots and lots of shopping bags!! (good excuse huh?) Lindsey, her mom, and sister have been shopping like MAD women!! It is kind of crazy. So yea...that is my excuse for this week.

I had a little bit of coke yesterday. Mona had us over for dinner and for some reason, I couldn't resist. Maybe because it was a smaller glass (that's how i justified it). So I will have to change my zero to one. bummer.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

My Personal Weight loss goal

I am going to do something brave.... Yes, I am actually going to post my wieght. It is my way of keeping things real and it's a good accountability for me. So here is my personal goal for the next three months.

April 1- I weighed myself in the morning and I wieghed 164 lbs

My goal is to loose 14lbs. This is about 1lb a week!! So I hope to be down to 150 which is actually smaller than I was when I left America putting me at a comfortable size 10.
150 lbs here I come!!!
This is a picture of me at the Neemrana palace a week ago. Don't care much for the picture, but it shows my size!

The 2007 Skinny Minnie Competition

There are several women in my city that have talked a lot about wanting to loose weight this spring. So we decided that we should work towards finding a way to encourage and motivate each other. So we came up with the 2007 Skinny Minnie Competition!! Here's how it rolls....

  • There are 5 of us in the competition that are all putting in 2,000 rupees ($50 USD).
  • We all make a personal goal for ourselves
  • It started April 1 and will go till July 1 (13 weeks)
  • Those who reach their own personal goal will get a chance at winnning the money. If one person wins than you get the full $250. But if there are several people who meet their own goals, then you split the $250!!

So I am hoping to win a little extra cash or get my $50 back!! You can keep looking back at this website to see how my weight loss is going...