Well well well ladies, first week down and bravo! We've got some stiff competition here. And just to ease your competitive hearts I'll confess that yesterday, while on the phone with my mom I popped a marshmallow in my mouth and didn't realize until I hung up what horrific thing I'd done. That's what I get for having mindless eating habits. So I'll be posting delicious sweetie recipes all week to tempt you.
But don't feel too secure, I'm not mission points from here on out. In the last health challenge I did one lady missed only 1 point during the whole thing, and that point was lost in the second week. She kept going and that's super impressive to me.
What's also impressive to me is that I ran 2 miles with the kids yesterday! Walked a few minutes between each mile, at which point Wally of course said, "Mom why aren't you running. Run mom! run!" or while I'm running he says things like, "Run more faster" and I want to yell, "I am kid!" So 10min50sec on the first way (slightly up hill) and 9min50sec on the way back!
So now that I've honked my own horn, please feel free to honk yours. I love honking.
AMAZING!!!!! the run, not the marshmallow. Although I am thrilled I am not the only one. I am however amazed that you stopped at the marshmallow. Once you already lost the point, you could have eaten a whole pan of brownies. Which is what I plan to do today. Which is probably why I can't blame my weight gain on my birth control pills.
ReplyDeleteNice job on the run!! I love that your son is your coach! Good little motivator you've got there. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed you stopped at one marshmallow, too!
I guess my biggest accomplishment was making it through day one with no sweets! I actually didn't even think about chocolate, because I knew I couldn't have any. I should do this more often so as not to even tempt myself.....
So....please answer with yes or no.
ReplyDeleteAccording to you this week: Is eating instant banana pudding breaking the "No Sweets" challenge? Just curious.
Jen
Jen- I say no! ;)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I recoded my exercise wrong. I exercised 6 days last week for a total of 5 hours or 10 intervals. I was thinking it was how many days we record.
Im struggling with no treats! I'm having withdrawals at the moment. Just as a tip, I've been drinking a lot of Mio to take the edge off of the sugar cravings. :)
Jen, don't be mad at me, but I would consider pudding a sweet - mostly because I would eat it for dessert! If you don't consider it a dessert, then I don't think it counts. I actually don't know how much sugar is in it. :)
ReplyDeleteI was actually wondering if you'd consider fruit cream as a sweet? Basically frozen fruits mixed with a tablespoon of honey. Thoughts?
And, Jess, 5 hours is awesome! Wow!
After I read this, I went and safely hid my marshmallows in the back of the pantry. :)
ReplyDeleteJess, what is Mio?
ReplyDeleteI say no sweets week is a matter of motive/intention. Like Meg said, if you think of it as a dessert than no, but if not, then go for it. Frozen fruit doesn't sound like a sugar-fatty dessert to me, but then if you normally eat it as a dessert? So basically, I don't know. Let your conscience guide.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'll fix points for you Jess and D'Lonna who emailed me too. I've devoted my limited free time during the last 24 hrs to reading. I don't think I should read good, page-turner books. I start thinking of ways to sneak in my reading :)
Ang, what are you reading?
ReplyDeleteP.s. sorry i waited this long to send you my challenge money! Should arrive soon. :)
The Betsy-Tacy series. I just picked one up in our library (lovely cover and binding) and turns out to be this lovely little series based in early 1900s. I started in the middle with Betsy Was a Junior but need to read all the ones before and after now.
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