Good morning fellow health conscious knitters! I feel silly going first every week, but that’s kind of necessary, considering this is a virtual group and all.

I did pretty good this week. Not great, but I’m still happy with what I was able to do.

Monday, I went swimming with the girls, and made sure I took some time to get my heart rate up. I only gave myself half of a sticker, because I don’t know exactly how long I was in the aerobic zone, but I can say that I was totally worn out for much of the day afterwards. I also did my weights on Monday.
Tuesday, I hauled my bike to the Burke Gilman Trail and got a good 45 minutes in, plus did my weights.
Wednesday I skated around my neighborhood for 45 minutes. No weights.
Thursday was a bummer day, and I did nothin’, PLUS I went to IKEA that evening with a friend and ate lots of swedish meatballs and chocolate cake. Man, was that good! Not so good for the scale, though.
Yesterday I did the hula video and weights. Woo hoo!

It feels good. I barely see my muscles, because they are buried in “padding”, but I can feel them.

SO, food-wise…..

I’m going to kick start some weight loss. I’m annoyed that I’m working so hard and not dropping pounds (or inches). As it is, (with the exception of the swedish meatballs and another incident involving Phad Thai) I’m eating really well. Lots of vegetables, sprouts, whole grains, non processed food, tons of water…… I want to see results. So today I’m going to the grocery store and buying a mountain of vegetables that are good for steaming, such as zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli, maybe some baby red potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, mushrooms, etc, etc. I love steamed vegetables with lemon pepper, and that’s what I’m going to do this next week. I’m also going to try to find some big, yummy watermelon and do a lot of that. I have memories of my mom doing watermelon diets for days, maybe even a week at a time. I’ve heard it’s a good body cleanser. I’m not going to do only watermelon, but if I combine it with steamed vegetables and sprouted almonds and such, it can’t hurt.

Finally, the scale….. I was 231 this morning, so I’m just hanging around the same few pounds. My clothes fit the same.

That’s it for me, now it’s YOUR turn…… Have fun!

Postscript- We’ve had one submission for a cool group name, which was Knit and Be Fit, by Jenny. Keep ’em comin’.