I am joining Onna's 4 week Weight Loss Challenge!!! EEEKKK

Hi Girls!!!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. 

Mine is coming to a close and once again as I do on many Sunday nights I am feeling guilty about all the horrible eating I did this past weekend! 

I do so good during the week and can maintain a

decent caloric count most days but come Friday-look out! 

 All my plans seems to focus around food. 

 Where are we meeting for drinks?  Where are we meeting for dinner? 

Dessert?  Sure-why not? 

I have no control!!!

So when I came across a blog post by Onna (whose has a wonderful blog you should def check out by the way) and saw this post I knew immediatly I was going to join her Challenge!  Check out her post here:

http://onnaslittleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/4-week-weight-loss-challenge.html

After I quit smoking in May 2008 I didn't want to end up packing on any more weight than I already had over the few years before I quit so I joined Weight Watchers. 

I lost 35 pounds and was back to my healthy weight and felt really great! 

I learned to eat better, focus on portion control and take better care of myself.

Over the past year I have gained 15 pounds back and feel quite miserable about it. 

It's time to do something about it! 

I am joining her challenge and will post my success (or failure) here on my blog.  It helps to keep me accountable!  My ultimate goal weight is 125 but during this 4 week challenge the goal is to lose 8 pounds.  I really cannot lose more than 2 pounds in a week. 

 It's just not healthy for me to try to lose more than that and I would be a very grumpy person!

In following Onna's challenge I am making 3 small goals each week to reach for.  So here it goes:

WEEK 1

I will go to the gym (at least) 2 times this week

No sweets

Eat at least 1 serving of fruit and 2 servings of veggies each day

CURRENT WEIGHT

138.2

If you'd like to join this challenge, please do!!! And let me know how you are doing and what your goals are!

XOXO

LabelSnob

Spending Challenge

I came across a new blog today http://www.closet-fashionista.com/ and noticed something very interesting in her sidebar.  It is called The Spending Challenge.  She wrote a pledge, has a spending limit and keeps track of her spending each month.  I think that is a GREAT idea and I am going to join the challenge!  Check out her blog post where she talks about it here http://www.closet-fashionista.com/2010/08/closet-fashionistas-spending-challenge.html

 I am trying to buy a house and I NEED to stop spending money! 
A complete spending ban is just not for me (Frugal February?  Yeah right!) so I am hoping this will help my spending problem!
Here is my pledge:

I Kim; AKA LabelSnob pledge
that I will not spend more than
$200.00 a month on non essential items
such as
clothing, makeup, beauty products, mani-pedi's, hair cuts or any body or hair treatments. 
Before purchasing a product I must think long and hard...

Is it a NEED or WANT? 
Do I have something like it already? 
Will it fit within the monthly spending challenge budget? 

I will not count any gifts for others in this challenge, only items purchased for myself. 
I will not count necessary items I use and need on a daily basis-however I pledge (and this is the big one!!!) to use up what I have (especially makeup items that aren't being used) before purchasing anything else (when possible) even if it is an item or product I use each day(ie: use up all those foundations and lipsticks!).  But I am not counting things like soap, deodorant, hairspray...
I will keep track of my monthly spending here on my blog!

Join me in this challenge if you are like me and need to curb spending!!! 
Thanks Closet Fashionista for this idea. 
XOXO
Label Snob