Pride and Temptation

  This has been a very busy week, sorry I haven't posted for a couple of days. Yesterday I barely had time to get my walking in, but I managed to get 17,474 steps! Today, Jeff and I did over 20,000! That's right, double our goal. And I am paying for it! I hurt all over. Tomorrow is not gonna be fun. I have a full schedule and I am so sore. I'm tough, though. I'll make it. 
  As I said, I've been super-busy, but I have gotten in over 10,000 steps every day. However, earlier in the week my average had slipped a little. Down to around maybe 12,000 steps per day. So I got a "stop-being-such-a-wimp" message from my Jawbone UP band. Usually, the J.U. has been so supportive and uplifting, cheering on my accomplishments. But yesterday, it sent me a nasty-gram. Something to the effect of, "Hey slacker, you're falling of the pace. You need to pick it up again. Like, now. Before we buy you a one-way ticket to Fatty-Town." 

This is how my Jawbone UP makes me feel these days. 

Adventures in the Grocery Aisles

   Shopping for my family has become a completely different experience since we've started on the low-carb diet. See, I'm a couponer and a bargain hunter. I have discovered a ton of ways to save money at the grocery store over the years. I clip coupons out of the newspaper (Mom gives me hers, so they're totally free to me), I load coupons and deals onto my rewards cards online, I read those ads you get every week in the mail (no, for real!). I hunt down clearance bins and spend far too much time comparing pricing labels to get the "biggest bang for my buck". 
  Here's the thing-healthy foods are rarely on sale and don't often have coupons. You can find coupons for candy, chips, soda, pre-packaged pasta and refrigerated cinnamon rolls all the time. But it's rare to find coupons for veggies or meat. Seriously-I'm too poor to eat healthy! Yes, we've been eating steak. But it's discount steak. Whatever is on sale, marked down, 2-for-1. THAT'S what's for dinner. 

Doesn't that just make your mouth water?

Week 4 Weigh In

  The end of week 4 brings us some happy results! Breaking it down for ya'll (yep, I said "ya'll"):
  Katie has lost another 5 pounds this week! Wow! Her total weight loss in four weeks has been 37 pounds! Have I mentioned that she cheats sometimes? Amazing! For the most part, she sticks with the eating plan. She eats healthy about 85% of the time (I'm totally guessing here). Just cutting most of the processed foods and sodas out of her daily diet has made such a difference. She gets a lot of walking in at school and play rehearsals. Katie is an awesome kid and such an inspiration. Thank goodness for her incredible results-she's carrying our team!

You can really see the difference in Katie's face! She's so awesome!