4/6/11 - 296lbs

Wow, 7lbs since last week. Well, I'm pretty sure last week's gain was water weight, so technically I probably lost 5lbs. But still, I've lost 12lbs since I started....HOORAY!

This week's blog is dedicated to my new renegade method of walking. Last week my friend Ashley and I wanted to walk kind of early in the morning, but it was raining. The mall was our first choice, but it was too early. So we went to Wal-mart! Three laps around the outermost aisle of a Super Wal-mart took 30 minutes. On Sunday I had gone to the grocery store kinda early to avoid the church crowd. I knew I was going to be lazy the rest of the day, so I took it upon myself to walk up and down the aisles of the grocery store for 30 minutes! At the grocery store you have to go up and down the aisles and one lap around the outside three times to get a 30 minute walk in. Pushing a cart full of food adds resistance. My friend Genea and I have taken to walking for 30 minutes around downtown before Trivia on Tuesdays. It takes a little strategy to stay out of the scary neighborhoods, but its fun to see downtown in a new perspective. Genea and I also walked a couple laps around the movie theater parking lot last night because we always go to the movies on the Tuesdays where there is no Trivia.

I also wanted to give my friends a little more insight on the EFT that I mentioned back in my March 8th post. The website that I got the steps from is www.EFTuniverse.com. This stuff is like Prozac, I'm telling you. I don't want to list the steps on here because I don't want to get in trouble for like copyright infringement or something, but I really recommend it to anyone who is dealing with any kind of inner pain. Even if its minor, I mean my stuff that I'm dealing with is not that major, but I still do it and it really levels me out. Its awesome stuff.

Weight Watchers is going great so far. One thing I'm realizing is that I have to add stuff to everything I eat. I have to add dried fruit to my oatmeal, I have to add granola to my yogurt, I have to have hummus with my carrots or peanut butter with my apples. So I'm trying to eliminate one of those things at a time. I am also stepping myself down from full-fat dairy. This week I bought 2% everything. After a few weeks I'll be going non-fat.