As if losing weight and looking good isn’t incentive enough, I now have the chance to win $1000 and right before BLACK FRIDAY!! If you have any tips or advice on losing weight please let me know. I plan on winning this thing.
I will blog about my progress on the scheduled weigh-in dates and let you know where I am in the race, but I will tweet about it daily. If you have a twitter please follow me @sassywife to get day to day updates on the contest.
This is going to be a lot of fun at work. It started two days ago and I think everyone is already hungry! They have that whole "Diva" attitude going on as if they need a Snickers!!! Yesterday, someone anonymously sent me a nice treat via interoffice. I received the envelope and guess what was in it...A Bag of Hershey Kisses!! I knew this meant one thing, Sabotage. With that said, I really could use your help and support. I am trying to decide if I want to do a fad diet or do the healthy approach and just watch what I eat. I already work out but I will increase that to twice a day as time permits.
What do you think? Atkins, Low Carb or Weight Watchers or do you have any other tips that have worked for you? I want to win this so bad.
- Bragging Rights
- Looking and Feeling Great
- Maybe losing weight will assist with conception (nothing worse than a big fat negative)
- $1000!!!
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My weight loss icon right now..Doesn't Jennifer Hudson look Fabulous!!
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Good luck girl, you can do it!!! Here is what has worked for me in the past. WATER.WATER.WATER. and try not to eat 3hrs before you go to bed or after 7pm. I would try to get in 1 liter of water by noon and then 2 more through out the rest of the day to make it at least of gallon
Reply DeleteGood Luck! That 1K is a great incentive. Try the Eat Clean Diet. One of my girlfriends is a professional dancer (not stripper) and she recommended it. It produces results!
Reply DeleteBest of luck! I'm on that journey as well...you can do it!
Reply DeleteWhat a great idea - we should do this at my job! *wheels turning*
Reply DeleteGood luck with the contest! You have some real GREAT reasons/motivation for wanting to win, so I sure hope that you do!
Earlier this year I lost almost 20 pounds from just cutting out a majority of the sugar in my diet. Now this can be hard, because I didn't think I ate much to begin with, but sugar hides in everything! So make sure you eat only whole wheat breads, no candy, cakes, ice cream!!, and no regular sodas. Just check food labels, and try to stay under 15-20 grams of sugar for the day. Trust me, this works! I started losing the first couple of days(like 5 lbs. in 5 days). I still ate whatever else I usually ate, too. Good luck!!
Reply DeleteI wish you all the best. You can do it. Earlier this year I lost 12 pounds by cleaning up my eating habits and exercising. I stuck with my program until a few weeks ago when I slacked off of my exercise routine. You have inspired me to get back on track. Thanks for sharing.
Reply DeleteGood luck!! $1000 is great incentive! I can't wait until this baby comes out and I can start getting back into shape! Until then I will enjoy my leftover chinese! ;)
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Good luck hunny - you're gonna do great!
Reply DeleteThanks for the encouragment and advice everyone!
Reply Delete@ Bessie..Water is so hard. Ok I have to make up my mind and do it.
@ N. Nicole...LMAO at the stripper part. I am going to try and sign up for a few of the flirty girl fitness classes. I heard they are lots of fun.
@Yakini: Let me know if you decide to do it. It is fun and I have a spreadsheet to send you that is already formatted.
@ Kelsey: 20lbs thats what I want to lose. It sounds similar to the atkins diet. Is that what you were doing?
Reply DeleteYou got this Brandi! I know drinking all that water is hard, but that is what I heard works for a lot of people trying to loose weight.
Reply Delete$1000 before black friday huh? You gonna be my shopping buddy :)
Drinking water in the morning has done wonders for me. Good luck with your goal! Shopping is always a good incentive. Love your blog. check
Reply DeleteThanks ladies. I decided to go with a low carb diet over the next couple of weeks. I am also working on my water consumption as well as my exercise routine. I will walk in the morning and also work out during my lunch. Thanks for all of your helpful suggestions.
Reply DeleteSending you tons of luck! My tips, do at least 45 minutes of cardio at least three times a week. Try switching machines every 15 minutes and be sure that during your second and third 15 minute cycle your heart rate is at the right level for weight loss! Second tips, simple switches to egg whites, low fat meat, and grains helps a lot! Don't starve, just make good choices!
Reply DeleteI wish you the best of luck during this challenge. The tips that I have for you is to keep track of what you eat. You would be amazed at how much we really eat during the day. I'm not sure what kind of phone you have but I have an app on my android that lets you enter you weight and your goal weight. It breaks it down for you and lets you know how many calories, protein, fat, etc that you should consume each day to reach your goal. It was very helpful to me. There is a food diary where you can look up and enter food. all the fast food location, restaurant, and items from grocery store can be entered in. Sorry for the long comment....
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Reply DeleteWe are doing Biggest Loser at work. I am doing Weight Watchers..well sort of Weight Watchers. Since we have meetings at work weekly for support I am using the Weight Watchers books to figure out my meals.
Reply DeleteGood luck. Drinking about 2 lts of water a day. Eating light in the evening. Never skipping meals. Cut down on bread. Start running 10mins and build the time.
Reply DeleteI am trying to be healthy too, last week I did fail the mission but hoping to do better this week. Stop by at my Fitness Challenge and link up, so I can be updated.
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Hey you, love your facebook name! I did Weight Watchers and lost over 25 lbs. For me it was all about portion control and cutting out sugar (I drink a lot of tea with milk & sugar.
Reply DeleteThat was back when you weighted and measured everything. It was great to see the volume/size of portions. I drank tons of water daily and NO salt. Now I only drink skim milk and use half as much sugar. You seem very motivated, you'll do fine!
I've never been on a diet, so I can't really comment on ways to lose weight over a sustained period. The one area where I do have experience is from martial arts weigh-ins: in a competitive fight, where there are weight classes, it can be preferable to be the heaviest person in a lower class rather than the lightest person in a heavier class. I've lost around 3kg of pure water weight over the course of a couple of days before a fight, simply by timing when I drink and making sure I'd flushed out my system before the weigh-in. Google should find you some tips if you search for martial arts, weight, and water (assuming this isn't cheating within the rules of your contest). Good luck! :)
Reply DeleteHey Sassy! That is so cool! Much luck to you! Can't wait to hear of your success! Glad we found your site through the weekend blog hop! We are now following you, hope you will follow us back to our site at www.justmarriedwithcoupons.com
Reply DeleteWe also have a Saturday blog hop, I hope you will join us, the link list starts at 8pm ET!
Have a fantastic weekend!
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Reply DeleteYou are so great! I am adding you to my blogroll right now. Thanks for the follow!
Reply DeleteMoney is always the best push for me to drop pounds. That and not fitting in my clothes! I find what works best for me is weight watchers. I am good with rules. I make a game out of it!
Ive never had to lose weight, but I wish you many blessings on your journey!
Reply DeleteEXCITING! Stay focus and keep your eyes on the prize I know $100 bucks would certainly help me LOSe weight Woot woot
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