Author Archives: MichaelaB
Michaela Week 10: Big Girl in a Skinny World
Weekly loss update: -2 lbs. Inches lost: Chest: 0; Arms: 0; Waist; 1/2″; Hips: 1/4″; Thighs: 0 These past 9 months have been part of a powerful journey; I’ve made great efforts to focus my energies on the journey aspect of my weight loss and not the final destination and it’s made all the difference. […]
Michaela Week 9: Hit ’em straight and long!
Weekly weightloss update: -4 lbs (this actually represents 2 weeks since I didn’t weigh-in last week) Inches lost: Chest: 0; Waist: ½” Hips: 0; Arms: 0; Thighs: ¼” Well, I never thought the 60’s would feel so good! When I get to the point that I’m about to enter into the next 10 lb. segment […]
Michaela Week 8: The Power of Walking
Weekly Update weight-loss: ? Inches lost: ? So, what’s up with the question marks? Each week with the Ideal Protein program I weigh-in and meet with a nurse (my day is Thursday). An important part of tracking my weight-loss has been weighing-in on the same scale each week. I’ve been on vacation this past week […]
Michaela Week 7: Victory Over Self
Weekly Weight Update: +1 Inches lost: Chest: 0” Arms: ¼” Waist: 1” Hips: ¾” Thighs: ¼” OK, so not what I was hoping I’d be writing about in week 7, but it’s hard to really beat myself up to much since this is the first week in eight months that I had a + sign […]
Michaela Week 6: The Power of Routine
Weekly Loss Update: – 3 lbs. Inches lost: Chest: ¼”; Arms: 0; Waist: 0; Hips: ½”; Thighs: ¼” Current BMI: 27 (I measure this monthly) Summer is officially over (according to the calendar). I am living back in Southern California after a seven year stint on the East Coast and am missing that subtle turn […]
Michaela Week 5: Is there an Exercise gene? Friends weigh in….
Weekly Weight-loss update: -1 lb Inches lost: Chest: 0; waist: 0; arms: 0; hips: 0; thighs: 0 (OK, what’s up with this?) This week’s challenge: Sugar and salty foods. A few cookies here, a handful of peanuts there; can’t forget the three fists-full of BBQ potato chips. The philosophy behind this Ideal Protein program is […]
Michaela Week 4: Veggie Overload and Alarm Clock Blues
Weekly Weight loss Update: –1.5 lbs Inches lost: Chest: 3/4″; Waist: 3/4″; Arms: 0″; Hips: 1″; Thighs: 0″ This week’s challenge: Staying motivated to eat a truck load of veggies and beating those alarm clock blues. I’ve just about had it with the field full of veggies this program requires. I credit veggies with filling […]
Michaela Week 3: Becoming a Better Version of Myself
Weekly Update: Yeah me! Weekly Weight Loss: 2.5 lbs Inches Lost: Chest: 2”; Waist: ¼” ; Hips: 0; Arms: 0; Thighs- 1 ½” My biggest challenge this week? Muffling the quitter’s voice in my head. Thursday morning the voice won. I didn’t go work out but chose to sleep in instead. The funny thing is that […]
Michaela Week 2: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Off To SPIN I Go!
Weekly update: Weight loss: — 3 lbs. Yeah me! Inches lost: Arms: 0; Chest: 0; Waist: -1/2″; Hips: – 1/4″; Thighs: -1/4 My biggest challenge this week? Those darn L.A. pool parties. I never miss a meal. Well this day due to errands, chores, etc. I missed lunch. I don’t have to tell you […]
Michaela Week 1: 12 months to Total Transformation
Week 1 isn’t really the truth. It’s Week 1 on this cool site but Week 30 on my weight-loss/body/life transformation journey. I started this journey on January 4, 2012. Yep, that’s right, a New Year’s Resolution junkie. Weighing in at a whopping 215 lbs., (even for 5’7 that’s a lot) I was using the ‘F’ […]
