Healthy & Wealthy 2009

Tickers:) Who doesn’t love them

healthyandwealthy2009 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:08:53 +0000

Weight Watchers

healthyandwealthy2009 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:48:38 +0000

I just Weight Watchers a couple of weeks ago and am I’m doing fairly well. I also finally bought walking shoes and I plan on buying the nike plus system to use with my iPod Nano to track my walks.

I’ve been lapse in meals and here are some lunches I’ve packed recently:

included is todays lunch and my newest lunchbag:)

Still here:)

healthyandwealthy2009 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:44:01 +0000

I’m still around. I’m still losing weight and I’m still trying to live my life healthy. Soon though the wealthy posts will show up though I am pleased to say that our kitty, Willow, now has a saving account set up her vet bills through ING Direct. We (hubby & I ), thought this would be cheaper than getting pet insurance we may or may never use. We started it off with 25$.

I’m now using Bento Boxes or my laptop lunchbox for my weekday lunches and I’m finding that its helping a lot with weight loss. I will be posting some links in case there is someone out there besides me reading this blog and is interested.

My current weight loss stat as of March 8th is

Created by MyFitnessPal – Free Calorie Counter

Friday Finish

healthyandwealthy2009 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:59:47 +0000

So I was well under my daily goal today Wooohoo Me!! Breakfast 1.5 cups of Special K with 1/2 milk Lunch: 1.5 cups of WW’s Spicy Pea Soup 2 1-inch slice Artisan Bread 20 grapes for a afternoon snack Dinner: WW frozen dinner 2 cups of salad with 2 tablespoons blue cheese salad dressing ( My one concession is that I”m using regular salad dressing but only the serving amount listed on the nutrional information, I have yet to find a tastey low or no fat salad dressing!) Also another awesome thing is that we picked up a FREE TREADMILL!!!!! Via Freecycle so we’re going to get that set up tomorrow:) My starting goal is too walk 2miles 5 days a week with weekends off

Yea Me!!

healthyandwealthy2009 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:54:12 +0000

I just got back from a 2mile walk with the baby:D We walked fairly briskly too so I’m sure I got a good workout!! I hope its nice out again tomorrow so we can do it again. He was in a stroller and I still beat him out as he fell asleep the last leg home…lol

Slight change of dinner plans

healthyandwealthy2009 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:01:32 +0000

I didnt really comprehend how long it would take to make the soup so I had a change of plans for dinner 6 oz Pacific Wild Salmon Filet 1.5 cups white rice 1.5 cups steamed broccoli I am having white rice because at the moment that is what we have in the house. I’m the only one that eats it so I didnt want just toss out a perfectly good 1/2 of rice. I’m making the soup tonight but I will have it for lunch tomorrow and Friday and freeze up the rest:)

So far so good!

healthyandwealthy2009 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:03:34 +0000

Breakfast this morning : Two Softboiled eggs with two pieces of 100% whole grain bread and a bit of margarine, and a clemintine

Lunch is leftover lasagna so its gone before it goes to waste. Some fruit and yogurt to go with that. I’m out of veggies though until tonight

Tonight will be the Spicy Pea Soup with a whole grain roll and possibly a salad or some other vegetable and some fruit

8 cups of water today too:)

Todays Meals and stats

healthyandwealthy2009 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:12:27 +0000

Breakfast: two eggs scrambled with a bit of milk with zucchinin and red pepper…I sauteed the veggies in less than 1 teaspoon of bacon fat for taste and opted to have only one slice of whole grain toast with a scant smear of becel omega-2 margarine to balance out any extra fat.

Lunch: My last toasted sesame kaiser roll with pre-cooked chicken breast ( 1/3 cup sauteed with red pepper) with three very thin slices of cheddar melted on top

3/4 cup non fat yogurt with 1/2 cup diced pineapple

Dinner: Weight Watchers frozen dinner, 1/2 avacado..Possibly a banana and clemintine later

100 calorie treat later

I got my new scale today

Of course I had to test it out too:)

Last week I weight myself on the 28th of January and I was 273.80 and tonight I’m exactly at 270. I did add a widget to my google home page to track my weight too.

I haven’t really been tracking my calorie intake but i have a feeling I’ve gone too far down from what I should be eating so I better start that figured out before I crash and burn

The Healthy 2009 Plan-On a Shoe and a Prayer

healthyandwealthy2009 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:58:05 +0000

Since I did a Wealthy Plan outline I thought I’d do a Healthy one too:)

My goal is to lose 99/100 lbs. in the next 11 months. I figure it should be pretty reasonable but if I’m only close to that mark by December 31st I will still be very happy!

I still haven’t decided if I’m going to use Weight Watchers or have a DIY eating/fitness plan but for now its the DIY method

I’m trying really hard to incorporate more fruits and veggies and less fat,salt and red meat/pork.
I will join the YMCA as soon as we get our tax refund so I can start using their indoor walking track. I figure I will do that for three month and take a break when its nice enough to walk outside but not too hot to melt my brain:) when that happens I will re-start the YMCA or I may just keep the membership anyways to use their other equipment
Keep a daily log of what I eat and what fitness activity I do EVERYDAY!
Eat Larger Breakfasts, A Larger lunch and smaller dinner with one treat a day
I will be a bit more relaxed on the weekends since I’m cooking for two then
Learn to love the salad and soup more
Only weighing myself twice a month so I dont obsess
Knit more to keep my hands busy and my mind on other things than food
Remember to drink enough water everyday- I’ve been bad lately..some days I do really good and somedays I’m pretty crap about drinking enough
Completely stop drinking pop- I dont drink that much as it is..mostly nowadays its when I need to take my meds and we’re out of juice. I cannot take pills with just water..bleh!

I have a pedometer already and now I’m just waiting until I can get some workout clothes and I’m set…sorry if this is repetitive its mostly to keep it on my mind.

The Wealthy 2009 Plan~If all goes well

healthyandwealthy2009 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:29:02 +0000

So my husband and I are expected a tax refund this year of at the very least 2000 and at the most 2600. Instead of buying a big screen LCD Television and Playstation 3 we decided to be sensible and do the following instead:

Open two Tax Free Savings Accounts through ING Direct. They have the highest interest at the moment plus I already have a regular savings account through them and I can refer my husband and we’ll both get 13$ added to our accounts (I love kick-backs) We’ll initially deposit 500$ in each account.
My husband works full-time and I work part-time at the moment. He works out of town a lot and get a 1$ per hour extra for when he is gone and we’ll deposit that into his account and I will take 200$ our of my pay each month and add 100$ to each account. (this will be re-evaluated in June when I lose of my parttime positions during the summer months)
He also gets an annual bonus but that will go towards buying a portable Air Conditioner so I dont get so sick during the hotter months of summer.

The Rest of our tax refund will go towards the following:

New Contact Lenses for me and glasses for hubby. We’ll get reimbursed up to 400$ for both from our insurance which will turn around and add to the following
Vet visit and annual shots for our cute kitty Willow
New Clothing for hubby and myself (including new shoes)
YMCA Membership
Possibly a 3-month membership to Weight Watchers online (still debating this)

We probably could’ve allocated more from our refund to our opening balances but we both desperately need new clothes and footware and glasses/contact that I didnt want to totally deprive us and then we go on spending binges in the future.