Beth Week 2

So last week I got all my sleeping points...could someone email me a list of the other things I get points for and what I get deducted points for because Amy told me but I forget quite frequently!  Thanks Sistas!  dutchess80232@yahoo.com

Plesae don't kick me out!

Ok so I 2 and a half weeks in and this is my first post. I hope that you won't kick me out. My name is Jody Wittwer. For those of you who know Jana, she is my older sister and Jennifer Kendall is my even older sister(love ya gals). I live in Cedar City and have just recently become a stay at home mom. I was a social studies teacher at a private boarding school for the last 7 years until I quit my job to stay home with my kids. It has been new experience for me, one of which I have enjoyed for the most part but has taken some getting used to. As for this contest, I have had a rough start. Yesterday my daughter was 6 weeks old and I had my Dr appointment getting the ok to go ahead and start excersizing again. So I am ready to get serious about my commitment to SSSSD. I look forward to getting to know you all.

A Long Awaited, long over due

Okay so I kept promising I had this spreadsheet that I had from a previous contest... Well I can't find it!  So I made a new spreadsheet, I am not sure if I can figure out how to post it on here, so if you want it send me an e-mail: beccapenrod82@yahoo.com

Thanks!  Keep us the SASS SiSta's

Gayle Week 2

19 points plus one bonus, so 20 points total.

Kelsey Week 2

This week was crappy again! I got 25 points plus bonus, so 26 points total. I just can't stop eating treats and am having a hard time making the effort to exercise...so whateva. Here's to the next week!

Amy Week 2

This week was a little crazy for me, I had two days of eating everything I could find. I told you I was an emotional eater. I got released from my calling last week and I had no idea how hard that was and still is going to be. I made a birthday cake for my daughter and I had to cut the tops off the cake and I ended up eating the tops of both cakes with some frosting. It was really good!!! I also went to a concert on Friday and my mom made caramel popcorn and I had to have some of that as well. I thought I had a pretty crappy week. As I was looking at my points I did okay in the other areas. So my total is 29 + the bonus, So I got 30 this week. I am off to a great start for this week. Hoping for better points next week.

Kristin Week 2

This week was pretty much CRAPPY!!! I ate a treat every day but one, sometimes more than one. I didn't exercise 2 days this week (sick kids). On Friday we celebrated, Jared got sworn in as an attorney, so more treats. I'm am REALLY struggling with treats. I really don't know why. So my points this week are 25 +1= 26 crappy points. I'm hoping this next week will be better.

Becca is here

Okay Ladies -

I know this is about 3 weeks late but I am here, and finally ready to commit!  The last 2 1/2 weeks have been really hard/crazy/emotional/just plain wierd!  But I am here and ready to join the challenge.  I will be honest and say I haven't really been keeping track of my points for the last two weeks because that was just one more thing that my crazy frazzled brain couldn't handle.  But I get one for posting before 5 today right?! So my idea of a good eating day is eating 5 small balances meals & drinking 64 ounces of water.  My personal goal is to be at work before 9 am every morning!  Go ahead and laugh but it is something I am really struggling with.  I am a college student (STILL) and I usually stay up all night doing homework and think I need to sleep in to make up for it.  Through this challenge I want to find more balance in my life with work/school/personal life/sleep.  Thank you for all of your inspiring comments & posts!  We are on our way to healthier/happier us! 

Total points so far for Becca: 1 :) with many many more to come! 

Char Week 2

Week two was not so bad. I am learning that i CAN go without treats and it won't kill me. For something fun this weekend me and a friend went on a diabetes walk with hundreds of other families and friends. With all the donations I know someday that there might be a cure out there. My feet were pretty sore afterword but what a great cause 3.2 miles. My points for the week 35 (34+1 bonus). We are all working toward a better us just remember to put one foot in front of the other. Have fun this week and good luck to all.

Jennifer-Week 1 points

Week 1 points=17

Beth's Points Week 1

Okay so I didn't do so well on the points this week...I ate cookies for breakfast a few days and I only made my bed once, I exercised twice but I rocked it on the sleeping 7 hours a night....ladies hold your applause but I got about 9 hours every night!!!! So I am hoping I have like 7 points at least.....and here's to doing better this week - cuz my good friend Jana says "if you can at least pick up one good habit....."

Callin' all Soul Sistas

HEY Soul Sista's...I need your POINTS! Even if you only got a couple points, just post em. Nobody will care if you did bad :) It's a new week, so make it a good one!!
P.S. Please get your money to Amy as soon as possible! (Or to somebody who can get it to Amy)
Thanks ya'll. Peace out.

Kelsey Total

Okay, so I know I'm a day late, but hey...it's the first week. I got 21 points total, no bonus. I realized this week how FREAKING MANY TREATS I eat ALL THE TIME. That is definitely going to be the hardest.
I've turned into one of those people I used to make fun of.....I read my scriptures on the way to school. I think it's weird when people do that, but now I can't make fun of them anymore.
Well this week will be better I hope. I'm tempted to throw away all the Mountain Dew and Pepsi in the fridge....

Char-Week 1

My total for the week is 29 points (28+1bonus). The weekend was not to bad the exercising got me. I just thought that we were to exercise until I read (how I missed it I don't know) that you had to exercise 30 minutes every day. Hope everyone else did great. keep going we are all going to do so much better. love ya all. (PS this was posted originally as a comment before 5 today)

ready to commit...finally

I have definitely been draggin' my sassy little feet on this one. I am finally ready to commit to the challenge. I lost tons of points this week. I am having really hard time giving up the Pepsi. Last time it seemed to be quite easy but this time ...not! As a whole we have been eating really healthy food so that part has been great. My bed has been made every morning so I got points for that.
Total points for this week 14 plus 1 bonus point = 15 points.

Week 1

Oh, This was better than I thought. I did okay considering all that is going on. I got 31 + 1, so 32 total. Treats and sleep are my weakness. I missed a few nights of 7 hrs of sleep. My hubby was gone, can't sleep when he is gone. So, I just did lots of projects. I had my normal treat on Saturday night, then I brought the treat home and had to have some more yesterday. I only had two brownies this week. That is amazing!!!! I would have normally had 10 in one week. I did get ready everyday which was great. I found this great way to get a variety of fruits and veggies. There is a website called www.bountifulbaskets.org. (if i could figure out how to link it I would, Sorry) Anyway, it is only 15.00 a week you need to sign up on monday or tuesday depending on where you live. I think they do it out of the state of Utah. I just don't know what other states. You get an apple box full of fruits and veggies each week it is different. My kids are loving it and it is giving us a variety of stuff to try and there is no excuse to not eat more fruits and veggies. They also provide extras like bread, cases of fruit, tortillas, etc. It changes each week. I am loving it. You sign up on mon or tues and then pick it up on Saturday morning. This week will be great!!!

Kristin- Week 1

This week was ok as far as exercise, bed and my scriptures. I found that there were few nights that I was reading at midnight. I need to fit that in earlier in the day...but it still happened.

Treats were the weakness this week was treats. I think it's stress and my period coming. I have a sweet tooth that is just not satisified. I want treats so bad. I started the week off bad...had a piece of left over chocolate cake from my little girls birthday. I did good until Friday. I was helping to host a open house for one of our friends that just got married. It was a small open house, but I had ot make food. I made Almond Roca....I love that stuff..my sistas know what that is. IT's fabulous, addictive and I only had 2 pieces, but if there were more I would have eaten a lot more. I had a plate that we brought back home with us. I took the babysitter home and my hubby threw it away while I was gone. I was mad and glad at the same time.

So my points were 32 plus 1 for posting on time. so 33 is my total.

Char
I am joining sassy soul sista size down to help become more healthy. I had achilles tendon surgery in April and use to be an avid walker with Amy, Jana and Becca. I have not been able to exercise much since then and really feel the need to get back into the swing of things. I love to eat and have not been very good at watching what I eat( see food diet). My goal is to become more healthly and hopefully be down several pounds by the end of this challenge. My personal goal is to read my scriptures every day and exercise every day being able to get back to walking an hour a day. I want to be able to do as I am trying to teach our young women to do and that is to read scriptures and pray daily. Can't ask them to do something that i am not willing to do. I make my bed already so that won't be hard, but the TREAT thing will almost kill me until i don't crave them anymore. Not sure that will happen but i am ready for the challenge. Bring it on.

Jennifer

I'm joining the Sassy Soul Sista' Size-Down hoping to get the motivation I've been looking for. I work as a Dental Hygienist full time and have a 15 year old boy and 12 year old girl. They both keep me insanely busy with sports practices and church activities. We live in Colorado and visit Springville several times a year to visit family (I've gone walking a few times with Amy, Becca, Char and my sister Jana). Some of these Sista's haven't posted yet but I think they will soon. Anyway, I'm a coca-cola addict, so... my personal goal is to give up soda and drink only water. ugh! Not gonna be pretty! A good eating day for me is tracking points on the weight watchers plan. So far my week is going pretty good (only one -1 on treats). Good luck everyone!!

Where you at??

Calling all other soul sistas'...where you at???
I thought I'd get on here and see something new. How is everyone's week going? I'm wanting treats like nothing else. They're calling me at all hours. I know it will get better after a few days, but I've had enough already. I just want the cookie already.

AMY

My name is Amy and I really need this contest. I was telling my friends and family that I wanted to start this contest October 1st. They all talked me into starting now. Why do I need to put this off any longer. I have to admit that I am an emotional eater and my body is showing it right now. I did a contest similar to this last year and I loved how I felt and the changes that took place. I am really good at making my bed. The dreaded hours between 3 and 8 everyday are a killer. That is when my house is stressful, kids coming home from school, trying to make dinner, doing homework, you get the picture. I notice that I just start eating anything in site. I think for a few minutes that I will feel better if I eat that cupcake, candy, cookie, ding dong, etc. I was trying to decide what to do for my personal goal and I thought I could not eat after 8, like I did last time, or drink 64 oz of water a day. Those are becoming easier to me. Something that is going to be really hard but I know I need to do. I am sitting here at the computer in the clothes I went walking in this morning. There are days that I just don't get ready. I don't have anywhere to go, I am just home doing laundry and cleaning. So my goal is to get ready for the day, EVERY DAY!!!!!!! This is going to be really hard. I think I will feel better about myself if I will do this. After 14 weeks it should be a habit, RIGHT!!!!!
My idea of a good eating day would be to have 3 meals a day with some healthy snacks in between. To drink 64 oz of water a day and to not eat after 8 unless there is a special occasion, like a ball, or a weekend away with my hubby.
I am excited for the contest and hope that we will all see changes in each one of us. I have learned a lot about myself in the past contests that I have done. I don't know why, but for me it is easier when I have to report to someone about my goals and it helps me to keep them better. We are all winners for even joining this silly contest.

Kristin

I'm Kristin, and I'm addicted to food. All kidding aside, I seriously think I am. I am Gayle's daughter and Amy, Lindsay and Kelsey's sister. I live in Kansas with my 3 kids and husband. We're currently on tornado watch, and my husband is an attorney...I just had to type that to see how it felt...it feels good.

Ok, so I said I would do this contest, but really in my mind I was saying I really didn't want to do it. I just got on the scale today...let's just say my motivation just came back. I've eaten like an absolute horse this last few weeks. It's showing on the scale and how my clothes fit, and I feel like a fatty. I just want to feel good. I would love to drop 15 lbs...realistically I think I could do 10,but if I'm being honest I really want the 15.

My definition of a good eating day is normal portions...not too big, not too little. Drink more water and be more active during the day. I exercise pretty regularly--but since Jared got his calling as early morning seminary teacher..it's not as much as I would like. I'm going to try to be better with this.

My personal goal is to read my scriptures every day. I haven't read my scriptures in...I can't even remember how long. I've read them off and on, but I feel like it's a necessary thing now. I really want to get in the habit of doing it again. I was really good at one time in my life, but it's been a very long time. This will be super hard for me.

I'm excited...let the contest begin.

I know my family and I know Karly is Kelsey's friends, but I don't know how the rest of you guys fit in. Could you fill me in.

Sizin' Down Soul Sista' Kelsey

I joined this contest because I thought it was fun last time and it really helped me with scheduling time to do everything and I actually did better in school when we were doing it...and I felt a lot better all the time. So I talked my mom and sista's into doing it again. Thanks to everyone who is playing so that the jackpot gets bigger for the winner :)
My personal goal is to do 30 minutes of Personal Progress/scripture study every day. My sister Amy beat me in finishing hers...so I thought I should probably finish before my 19th birthday so it still counts.
My idea of a good eating day is pretty much just eating 3 times a day only with HEALTHY snacks in between at school. And only eating the all fruit smoothies at work, which will be super hard. But bring on the challenge! I'm ready for it.

Hey Soul Sista's!!

Alright, this challenge is on like Donkey Kong. The Sassy Soul Sista' Size-Down starts on September 14th (MONDAY!) and ends on the day before Christmas Eve. It will be a total of 14 weeks (the last week is a little bit short, but there's no way I'm not eating treats over Christmas). We're all Sassy Sista's....let the Size Down begin!


Rules

1. Each person puts in $10. The one with the most points at the end takes the pot, if there is a tie it will be divided equally amongst the winners.

2. BE HONEST...we're all family (and good friends)...we'll still love you if you eat treats, don't exercise, and don't make your bed, but you'll love yourself more if you do it. So don't lie :)

3. Keep track of your points--you can earn up to 5 points each day, 35 points per week. How you earn points:
1. Get 7 hours of sleep= 1 point
2. Be active = 1 point each day...Note: To get your 7 active points for the week, 5 points must be exercising for at least 30 minutes, and the other 2 points you get from doing something fun and going to church.
EXAMPLE
Exercise 5 days (M-F) - 5 points
Do something fun (Sat) - 1 point
Go to church (Sun) - 1 point
3. Make your bed every day = 1 point
4. Good Eating Day= 1 point
We all can define what this is for each of us, but we must disclose what it is before the contest starts. So we are all on the same page we will have this baseline.
We all will be allowed one treat per week. What is a treat....this is a big question? A treat is anything you know is not good for you (Brownies, cookies, regular soda pop, diet is ok, chips is one that is border line....I think baked are ok in moderation, regular are not.. Use your best judgement) So one day you can have a treat and still get a point. All the rest of the days there will be no treats. Treat point breakdown will be as follows:
No treats = 1 point
1 treat (palm size)= 0 points (except the one day that 1 treat is allowed...you choose the day)
Garbage out (more than 1 palm size treat)= -1 point
Note: if you happen to garbage out you not do not earn your point for the day, you also lose a point(that's why it shows -1). So if you got all other points (exercise, bed, sleep, personal goal), you would have 3 points not 5 points. Just a clarification.
5. Personal Goal= 1 point
This can be anything, but it must be MEASURABLE. Examples are drinking 64 oz of water each day, getting 5 veggies per day, reading scriptures, jogging so many times per week, writing everything down you eat on Daily Plate, etc.

4. Post your points every Monday by 5:00 Mountain time. Posting on time= 1 bonus point per week

5. Be ready to let that Sassy Soul Sista' in you SIZE DOWN!

Before the size-down begins everyone must post an entry that tells about you and why you joined the Sassy Sista contest, your definition of a good eating day, and let us know your personal goal (this just helps you to be accountable and so we can encourage you along the way).