We are still here....

Day 18...wow we kinda lost 6 days... 

 While we may not have been posting, we have been thinking, evaluating, strategizing.  

In our evaluation of our carefully laid plan, 

we found a flaw.  

And, before you write us off as losers, 

we are serious about this flaw.

The flaw in our plan was...

 lack of food.

Now I know ALL dieters feel this way, but I'm being completely serious.

I believe we went from grazing carte blanche, to eating like a bird, a really, really small bird, plus exercising more than we had in months and our bodies went into starvation mode.

  The Orange Kitteh did lose like four pounds over the two weeks.  

I lost nothing. 

 Zip. 

Nada.

BUT!

When we cut back on exercising and added more calories back into the formula (which may or may not have come from Cheetos) I lost 3 pounds!

I seriously think we did too much, too soon!

We were hard core and the results were not there.

It was sooo discouraging.

So, our new strategy is to step up the calories, continue the exercise and chill a bit.  The Kittehs have been known to obsess a bit, and this challenge was no different.

Roni's post today was comforting and reassuring.  If you did not see it, you might want to check it out.  I agree that while weight loss is a goal, it really is the change in lifestyle that is the prize!

Merry Christmas to Us!

Original Pic found here.

  

No, this isn't an old post.  

Yes, it is still September.  

Yes, there is a point.

Here's the logic behind the madness. We once were WW success stories.  Looking back at food journals, it's like I don't even recognize those cats anymore.  We drank the WW Kool-Aid.  We were overachievers and made it all the way to Lifetime Membership.  Then we floundered in the  maintenance phase, seasons changed and exercise halted.  As our sleek coats fluffed back up, we read new health books, tried a few ridiculous diets and well, remained disgusted and unmotivated.

Me

My BFF

Not quite the trophy wives, our husbands had hoped for I am afraid.

So where's the logic?  

We are committing to tracking and staying within WW points and/or calories and 3 hours of exercise a week for 90 days as a Christmas present to ourselves.  

Being back at goal weight would be the best Christmas present evah!

  

No one can give us that gift.

We have to give it to ourselves. 

 Now is the time.  

This is the plan.  

We've committed to it here.

Wanna join us? 

 Monday, September 26th is day one!