Two weeks!

Tis true!

Two weeks from today I'm having my butt moved back to where it belongs (out of my socks!) and an inner-thigh lift!

So.... it's a lower-body lift procedure. Another 8 hour surgery.

I'm excited.... and nervous.

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Jan 16th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Jan 16th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
1/16/12	1,631	1,585	629	956	-675	176.4
1/17/12	1,631	860	420	440	-1,191	176.4
1/18/12	1,614	1,221	613	608	-1,006	173.8
1/19/12	1,612	1,084	712	372	-1,240	173.5
1/20/12	1,612	342	0	342	-1,270	173.5
1/21/12	1,582	1,080	1,019	61	-1,522	169
1/22/12	1,582	821	0	821	-762	169
7,665 calories under budget for the week
Lost 7.4 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	177g	24.2%
Saturated Fat	48g
Cholesterol	574mg
Sodium	10,689mg
Carbohydrates	672g	41%
Fiber	131g
Sugars	240g
Protein	571g	34.8%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	3 Hours	1838
Zumba - Vanessa	1 Hour	671
Calisthenics	1 Hour 30 Min	423
Weight Lifting	1 Hour 15 Min	461
Total	3393

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Been there........ done FAT!

Appropriate, no?

My husband and I were talking last night, and I had mentioned about how I used to deny, deny, DENY when I was at my highest weight. I would deny that my high blood pressure had anything to do with my weight, that my being out of breath ALL the time was because I was tired.... not fat!

I would tell anyone who would listen, that I might be over 300 pounds...... but I was HEALTHY.

I was NOT healthy.

Not even a little.

Not even a smidge.

Anyway, we were talking about that, because I have a friend who struggles with her weight, and she and I sat down to eat one day, and her plate RUNNETH over. She started telling me about how she counts her carbs, and fats..... and I was looking at her plate and doing some math of my own (I hate to admit that I'm *that* person now) and with a glance, counted up the calories..... and it ran well over 2000. I would guess that the salt grams rang in over 2000 as well.

But I would never, EVER tell her what my opinion of her plate is, unless she pointedly asked me for it. Because, I've been there. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted, and the AMOUNT I wanted, for a loooong time. If someone smaller than me (no pun intended) weighed in unsolicited on my food choices, I would have been insulted/pissed and look very hard at that friendship.

So when I said to my husband "I've been there..... done that" he looked at me, and just as quickly said "shouldn't it be..... 'been there, done FAT?'"

Yes...... yes it should. Because I've TOTALLY  "Been There, Done Fat!"

Feel free to steal my graphic if you want, I made it so I could put it on my facebook page.

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Jan 9th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Jan 9th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
1/9/12	1,672	778	0	778	-893	182.6
1/10/12	1,654	1,091	253	838	-816	179.9
1/11/12	1,645	1,177	629	548	-1,097	178.5
1/12/12	1,645	2,001	425	1,576	-69	178.5
1/13/12	1,645	1,031	657	374	-1,271	178.5
1/14/12	1,645	1,106	0	1,106	-539	178.5
1/15/12	1,631	1,192	588	603	-1,028	176.4
5,713 calories under budget for the week
Lost 0.2 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	295g	35.7%
Saturated Fat	102g
Cholesterol	744mg
Sodium	11,251mg
Carbohydrates	629g	33.8%
Fiber	134g
Sugars	187g
Protein	567g	30.5%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	2 Hours	1258
Pilates	10 Min	28
Calisthenics	1 Hour	588
Weight Lifting	2 Hours 30 Min	678
Total	2553

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Jan 2nd

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Jan 2nd

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
1/2/12	1,636	648	0	648	-988	177.2
1/3/12	1,636	1,213	169	1,044	-592	177.2
1/4/12	1,636	599	625	-26	-1,662	177.2
1/5/12	1,636	1,299	253	1,046	-591	177.2
1/6/12	1,636	1,059	684	375	-1,261	177.2
1/7/12	1,636	1,059	369	690	-947	177.2
1/8/12	1,632	1,615	0	1,615	-17	176.6
6,058 calories under budget for the week
Lost 0.6 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	258g	33.8%
Saturated Fat	78g
Cholesterol	1,030mg
Sodium	9,846mg
Carbohydrates	709g	41.4%
Fiber	117g
Sugars	184g
Protein	425g	24.8%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	1 Hour	625
Zumba - Vanessa	1 Hour	684
Calisthenics	1 Hour 15 Min	369
Weight Lifting	2 Hours 30 Min	422
Total	2100

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Dec 26th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Dec 26th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
12/26/11	1,620	731	0	731	-889	174.7
12/27/11	1,620	1,767	233	1,534	-86	174.7
12/28/11	1,643	1,846	616	1,230	-413	178.2
12/29/11	1,643	1,121	0	1,121	-522	178.2
12/30/11	1,630	986	523	463	-1,168	176.3
12/31/11	1,629	1,628	621	1,007	-622	176.1
1/1/12	1,636	346	21	325	-1,311	177.2
5,009 calories under budget for the week
Gained 2.5 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	263g	28.9%
Saturated Fat	70g
Cholesterol	589mg
Sodium	9,191mg
Carbohydrates	833g	40.7%
Fiber	195g
Sugars	292g
Protein	621g	30.3%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	2 Hours 50 Min	1760
Walking	1 Hour 10 Min	254
Total	2014

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2012 Word

So, plenty of people have, in the past few years or so, came up with one word to summarize how they're going to define their next calendar year.

Cute... But I've always thought it was a bunch of hooey. Then I got an unexpected Christmas gift in the mail that at first, was benign.... But then the actual gift itself presented itself in such a profound way, I've actually been sitting this past week trying to figure out how to articulate the meaning of this gift TO ME.

If you're a reader of this blog (and I apologize if you are, since I've been so quiet the past few months) you know I'm self employed, as a graphic designer. I do mainly print work, for the medical/pharmaceutical field, but at the end of 2009, I acquired a client in the VA field (VA= virtual assistant)

Over the course of time since acquiring this client, many other VA's have employed my services. Most of my work for VA'S is artwork for *their* clients, many of which are life/professional coaches. As time went on, apparently my work hit the radar of some of the biggest names in the industry. I was thrilled... And a little overwhelmed. Currently, I get 2-10 blind requests from people who use these coaches, asking for help to make their products look their very best (ebooks, DVDs, CDs, hardcover books, audio recordings, websites, etc). I'm blessed, albeit a bit meloncholy having to start telling potential clients "no, sorry... Too busy"

One of my life-coach clients sent over a box of chocolates from a local chocolatier to her (Ashville, NC) It had one dozen high quality chocolates in the box.

Looking at it, at first, I was upset.... because I wasn't going to be eating them. They don't fit in my current weight-loss/healthy scheme.

Then I thought about it....... and decided that perhaps some of my struggles lately with foods, are because I haven't been letting myself have anything that I've decided is outside of my healthy eating regime. So I thought, what if I let myself have one small food item each day, that I want.... regardless of where it falls on the nutritional table? BUT...... there's a catch. I have to take my time, I need to stop, breathe, and slowly eat that item.

At the same time, that life coach sent out her weekly ezine, and with it, came a free download to her "Word of the Year" ebook, that included worksheets, and insight to a word of the year.

Over the course of the week.... one word kept coming back to me. With thoughts of the chocolates, what a kind gift it was, her ebook...... this word came back over and over.

So...... my word for 2012 is:

SAVOR