Seeing is Believing

This week I lost another 2.4lbs! :) 

Starting weight: 276.4
Current weight: 236.6
Total lost to date: 39.8

What an amazing difference in my weight! I look and feel better!
Here are a few pictures to show the difference.

The first one is from Christmas 2009 and
the second picture is from Father's Day 2010!

Compliments are AMAZING!

I went to a friends wedding a few nights ago, and when I walked through the door a few of my guy friends that I had not seen in a few weeks came up to me and told me how good I looked! :) That there was a "night and day difference". And the guy with the camera said, "Hey sexy." Haha!!

I was beside myself all night! Those compliments were the boost I needed to get back on track and to stay motivated.

At one point, one of my friends even said, "dont eat that! You're doing good." It really was too sweet!

I cannot wait until I lose ALL the weight! I wonder what will be said then?!

YAY ME! :D

Three 10lb bags of potatoes and One 5lb bag of flour

As of today I have lost three 10lb bags of potatoes and one 5lb bag of flour! Yes thats right, 35lbs GONE!

I am loving it!!

Debt

On the road to healing, not only am I trying to get physically healthy, but also in EVERY area of my life. And one of those areas is my finances.

I have struggled for year with money. I can never seem to have enough, and when I get a little bit ahead, something happens and I end up right where I started. Over the last few months I have been getting into some pretty bad debt. And instead of handling it, I have been sweeping the problem under the rug.

So today I decided to doing something. I can no long sit on the sidelines and watch as I am overcome by this situation.

It will be a work in progress, but I will be getting help, and I will set my priorities in order!

Shocking Photo's

Week One: 276.4 lbs

Week 17: 243.4 lbs

I have lost a total of 33 pounds since I began Weight Watchers on Febuary 9th of this year.

As you can tell from the pictures, not only am I losing weight, but I am a lot happier!

Week 16 and going strong!

Okay, sorry this is so late. I am currently on week 17 (or 18, not really sure). But I wanted to post this anyways!

May 26, 2010

I just weighed in today, finishing up week 16 of my weightloss journey. Stepping on the scale I did not really have any expectations. Nor did I feel like I had accomplished much through out the week. But the scale read 243.0! Bringing me to another 6.6 pounds lost!!!! In a 16 week period I lost 33.4 pounds of fat!!!!

In four months I have worked my butt off and I have lost 33.4lbs! :) Thats 8.35lbs a month!

Going into this journey I knew I wanted to accomplish this goal and deal with my weight loss issue once and for all, and I am doing it.

I AM DOING IT!!

10% of starting weight GONE!

Alright. So this past Tuesday at weigh in I hit a little more than 10% of weight loss of my starting weight (27lbs)! I was so excited!

This is what it looks like so far:

Starting weight: 276.4
Current weight: 247.4
Total lost: 29.0

Goal: 175.0 (A loss of 101 pounds!)
Remaining to lose: 72 pounds

Starting pants size: 22
Current Pants size: 18

Starting shirt size: 18/20
Current shirt size: 14/16

I am on such a weight-loss high. I have more energy, I like myself more, and I just want to keep going! I feel like there is nothing that can stand in my way!!!

I have lost 25 pounds!!!!

Dang straight! You read that right!!! I have lost 25 pounds!!!! 25!!!

I am so stinking excited to say that! I am 25% of the way to my goal.

I steped on the scale and I had lost another 2.4 pounds, and about wet myself I was so excited!! :D

I've gotta keep going though. Not quite where I wanna be.

Stress + Grief = Emotional Eating

On April 23, I lost a very close family friend. And I went to Michigan to be with family and friends.

Because I was in MI, staying at different peoples homes, I did not have time to shop. So I choose to eat like I had eatten prior to starting my weight loss journey. I ate all day, every day. And I ate things that were not even close to being a wise choice.

I knew that I was eating like crap and I knew why I was eating, but still I did not do anything to change it. I think that I still need to conquer that emotional eating demon, because obviously it still controls me.

I have weigh-in on Tuesday and I am just hoping that I have lost something. Even if it is a few ounces! I am going to hit the gym hard tomorrow, not only to try to counter act what bad decisions I have made, but also to get out some anger and frustration.

We'll see how it goes on Tuesday.

Only 1.6 pounds away from 20!

OMG! I have lost 18.4 pounds since I started weight watchers in febuary!!

I cannot wait to find out what I lost on Tuesday!!!!

My first GAIN!

Yup. A gain of 1.2 pounds this week.

But I know what I did wrong and I know that it was my choice!

Saturday some friends and i got together and I had pizza, garlic bread and chicken wings!! And then we had banana splits to boot!

Sunday I had a very yummy Easter dinner! Ham, half a pan of green bean casarole and mashed potatoes.

But considering all I had, 1.2 pounds is not that bad.

So today I hit the gym extra hard and I am hoping to hit it up again at least twice this week. Wish me luck!

First Workout

Today was a succesful day at the gym. I played racquetball, then did the eliptical and then swam!

On Monday I think I'm going to start strength training. And then Tuesday is weigh-in time! I know I say this all the stinking time, but I dont feel like I'm losing anything. Maybe thats the best way though to succesfully lose the weight for good?

Last Tuesday's weigh-in went well and I lost 5.8 pounds (I think. lol) So we shall see what this week brings!

Maybe I should do a last chance workout like on Biggest Loser! lol

Joined the Gym

Yup I did it. I joined the gym again.

Here's to getting in shape!

Maybe one day I can afford a personal trainer. But for now I shall kick my own butt as hard as I know how.

Week 8 Weigh-in

Today was my 8 week weigh-in. Its hard to believe that it has been two months all ready since I've started on my way to a happier healthier me.

This morning I had to work, but decided that I would attend the early meeting to get my weigh-in over with. I showed up at 10:30. The meeting was over (it had actually started at 9:30). But they still had the scales up and weighed me in!

From day one till now I have lost 16.2 pounds!!!! My current weight is 260.2 and I started at 276.4.

I am so excited that I decided to start Weight Watchers and really take care of myself. It has made all the difference.

Gym Membership

Okay, so the other day I was thinking that I should join the gym again and start trying to work out.

I used to go to LA Fitness because my sister worked there and I got a discount.

Back in August I stopped going and thought I had canceled my account. Come to find out when I went in, I never did! So I was up to almost $300 in back fees!!! Well the lady at the front desk tells me that LA Fitness has decided to wipe everyones past due fees clean AND renstate them at their original price!

So I'm looking at $50 up front (first and last month fees) and then being billed $25 each month!!! What a deal. I'm so excited to go next month and sign up again! I cannot wait to start moving. I love how I feel after a long work out.

And I'm extra thrilled about being able to play raquetball again!!!!

Behind on my posts...

Okay so I've not been so good with posting weekly updates, but I'm going to try to get you up to speed.

I have not been good all together with the Weight Watchers program these last few weeks. :/ About 2 weeks ago I went to weight in and didnt lose anything. But I was okay with that because I didnt gain anything. Then last week I didnt go to weigh in because I thought I had gained a few pounds and I didnt want to see that and cry!

But I will be going to weigh in sometime this week. I just have to figure out when because I've been working so much. So my normal Tuesday nights I cannot attend. So maybe Wednesdays before I head in to work. But the meetings are at 10am and am usually scheduled at 9:25am. Although this week I dont go in till 11am. And there are meetings on Saturday at 10am too, but again just depends on if I work or not.

Anywho, I weighed myself on my scale and depending on if it tells me the same weight at when I weight in at Weight Watchers, I could have lost some where between 16 and 20 pounds!!!

I know I've been rambling but its been a while since my last post.

22 to 18

No you did not read the title wrong. And no I did not figure out the secret to regaining my youth. But YES I did figure out how to shrink pants sizes!!!

Last week I put on a pair of pants I havent worn in 2 years!! And they are 2 sizes smaller than when I started Weight Watchers!!!!! I was so pumped!!!

10.4 pounds going, going, GONE!

Today was my 4th weigh-in. I am so excited with my progress.

Starting weight: 276.4
Loss to date: 10.4
Current weight: 266.0

Goal: 165.0

This has been great! I cannot wait for the days to come!

How do you save when spending so much $$?

I have been spending $150+ each week on food!

I feel like I'm working just so I can eat.

Are there any suggestions? (ie coupons, different foods or brands? or stores?)

HELP!

A detrimental weekend binge

This weekend was a disaster! My first 2 days not following plan in 4 weeks!

Friday started off great! I went with a friend out to eat, and I got to pick. So we went to applebees and I ate off the WW menu!! But then my sister and I went to the Melting Pot afterwards. We had cheese fondue and chocolate fondue! It was soo good, but I'm sure I was WAY over points for the day and the week.

Saturday was Girls Night Out with some friends. Well, there was cookies, chocolate eggs, chips, pizza, and crazy bread. Oh and of course alcohol! But then we went to a club, and I'm now wondering if I can count my dancing toward activity points!?

So needless to say this weekend ruined my entire week and I will doubt that this weeks weigh-in will bring about anything good.

So I am hitting the DELETE button and starting over today, even though I want to snack like a crazy woman during the Oscars. :)