I weighed myself this morning to find out how well I did on week 1 of the Hippo Diet. The result was 1.5 pounds lost. Now, before you cheer, you should know that these are the same 1.5 pounds I’ve been losing and gaining for months. So I really don’t consider them real weight lost.
I’ve done better with food choices – no Shamrock Shakes, more vegetables, less snacking. For our anniversary I ate with abandon, but it was a special occasion, and I feel no guilt for it.
Of course, it’s Easter candy time, and I did fall prey to those damn Cadbury caramel eggs. I wish Cadbury would invent a lower calorie caramel egg. I ended up buying a four-pack, but did manage to restrict myself to one a night (instead of eating them all in one big chocolate and caramel orgy). They’re gone now, and as long as I can avoid that aisle at the grocery, I think I’ll be fine for the remainder of the month.
Exercise has been, well, non-existent. Can’t go walking outside – it’s been raining for 7 days, and it’s supposed to rain for another 7. (If it keeps raining, I’ll get lots of exercise building an ark from our backyard fence.) I’ve danced with Cordy to the Wiggles, and I’ve done my regular 36 laps chasing her around the downstairs each day I’m home with her.
But I haven’t found the time for the workout tape I dusted off. It’s been so long since I did any form of structured exercise; I admit I’m a little frightened of it. I know how out of shape I am, and it would seem depressing to realize I can’t even complete Leslie Sansone’s 3-mile walk.
So that’s the report for week 1. This week, I hope to continue making better food choices, cut back on portion sizes, and do some kind of exercise that doesn’t involve just walking out to the mailbox to get the mail.
That’s much better than I did! Good job.
Don’t you wish they included a personal trainer with all those freebies the hospital gives you when you’re about to leave with your new bundle of joy.
I need that a hell of a lot more than another sample of baby lotion!
I love the picture. And fear not – cadbury eggs are highly overrated. I suggest peeps. Way lower in fat.
And peeps are MUCH more fun if you put them in the microwave!!!
Still and all, even if it’s “only” 1.5 pounds, the more gradually you do it the more likely you are to keep it off. I think. Or something. Good job!
Hey 1.5 pounds in the right direction. I have been trying a diet/exercise plan and I GAINED 3 pounds! Keep it up. You can do it!
Look at all of those exclamation marks…I must really mean it! See? There’s another one.
I feel exactly the same way.
I’ve been hovering around the same weight for months now, and I just can’t seem to get my diet up and running.
It doesn’t help to know that I gained 40 pounds during my pregnancy, and then gave birth to a 4 pound baby. Sheesh.
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Can you just blend a carrot or two right into the Shamrock shake? Or maybe some broccoli–you won’t even notice it.
I so want to watch what I eat…I do great during the day then snack at night…terrible!! Good Luck!! I hope next week goes as well as this week (as in another 1.5)
i know what you mean about losing and gaining the same weight. But, mine is more like the same 7 pounds. Once I get back to that 7 lost, and THEN some, I’ll be happier about the direction its going in!
keep it up!!!!
Yeah!!!!!
That is fantastic. I am going to live vicariously through you right now. My plan as of the first of the year was to start whittling away at the many layers of fat I have accumulated during the last decade or so. First the baby weight, then the marriage weight. After that I would tackle the dating weight, my first real job weight and then the college weight. Think rings on a tree.
Now I am trying not to become a hippo during the next six months of gestation. I gained 5lbs at my last appointment…ughh.
I personally love doing yoga when I am stuck inside. It is great for your mind and your body.
I hear you on the ark. Seven more days? The giant Jesus is dangerously close to having to prove he can walk on water!