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My clothes are starting to fit a little better, so I thought I'd grab the scale & measuring tape.

April 5, 2012

Hips- 43 1/2 (-2 1/2)
Waist- 36 1/2 (-2)
Weight- 182 (-8lb)

The loss listed is since the first of the year.  Not too shabby for not even trying.  I haven't been drinking soda pop and I've avoided excess sweets/desserts, but that's about it.

In the last couple of weeks I've lost an inch on my hips, half an inch on my waist and 31/2 lbs...  HOORAY!!!

1 Month

It's been a month.  I hit it hard for the first two weeks and then I lost my job and got super depressed and only semi-tried.  I'm back at it though!  I got my new Jillian Michaels dvd and started it last night.  It's 35 minutes of abs.  It was tough, but weirdly I'm not sore... that worries me a little! LOL

January 31, 2012

Hips- 44 1/2 (-1 1/2)
Waist- 37 (-1 1/2)
Arms- 15 (-1/4)
Thighs- 25 1/2 (-1/2)
Weight- 184.5 (-5 1/2lb)

My one month stats aren't too bad for someone who barely tried.  I lost 5 1/2 pounds and 1 1/2 inches EACH on my hips and waist.  Let's see if I can do that in February too!

I slacked

My only change this week was losing half a pound.  I only worked out once and I was dying of cramps and a migraine this week so I'm surprised I even lost that.  Measurements are the same.  I ordered the 6 Pack Abs in 6 Weeks dvd.  It should be here next week and I'll start some hardcore (hehe) ab training!

January 20, 2012
Hips- 44 1/2 (-1 1/2)
Waist- 37 (-1 1/2)
Arms- 15 (-1/4)
Thighs- 25 3/4 (-1/4)
Weight- 185.5 (-4 1/2lb)

Week 2 Measurements: 1 1/2 inches on my Waist and Hips so Far!

Here are my measurements for the week with my loss so far!  Waist, hips and weight are doing fabulous!  Arms and thighs are a little slower.  They'll catch up though!  I'm excited that my pants are fitting me better!  Now let's just keep going!

January 13, 2012
Hips- 44 1/2 (-1 1/2)
Waist- 37 (-1 1/2)
Arms- 15 (-1/4)
Thighs- 25 3/4 (-1/4)
Weight- 186 (-4lb)

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Yesterday my thighs were super sore so I didn't work out.  Today I did level 1 of the Shred.  Level 1 makes my abs sore and the other levels make my thighs sore.  My eating hasn't been amazing today.  I had Lucky Charms for breakfast and then I went out to lunch and had a big ol' crepe with turkey, havarti cheese and cranberry spread and a butternut squash soup plus an Italian cream soda... That's a lot of calories.  Dinner was ok calorie-wise.  I had pasta with boneless skinless chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms and fresh mozzarella cheese. 

I am having the worst week ever.  I would love to eat junk and drown my sorrows in Dr. Pepper and Cherry Coke, but I've been good.  I didn't even have a fresh chocolate chip cookie at Enrichment Night last night.  I'm proud of myself. 

Tomorrow is measurement and weight day.  We'll see how it goes.  *sigh*

Day 10: tmi alert

Last week I worked out 5 times.  I did 2 days of level 1 of the Shred.  One day of level 2 and one of level 3... then a day of yoga because I was nursing my burns from my Brazilian laser hair removal treatment.  It was HOPEFULLY the last one, but I have another scheduled on my underarms (#7).  I'm tired of having burns in the worst possible place!  I didn't work out on Saturday or Sunday because they hurt too bad.

I started a colon cleanse on Friday.  I didn't plan to, but I found two bottles of colon cleanse and they expire this month, so cleanse it is!  I've been going to the bathroom way more than I care to.

Yesterday I did level 1 of the Shred and today I did level 2.  I've been eating well, so *crossing my fingers* hopefully I can see another loss on the scale and measuring tape this week.

Right now I'm tired and hungry.  The end.

Day 6: Measurements (I couldn't wait until Monday!)

Still going!  I've done pretty well.  I've managed my eating well and worked out daily!  Yesterday I did Level 3 of the 30 Day Shred.  My legs are burning!!!  I went out to eat on Wednesday night and took half my dinner home for lunch the next day!  Here are my measurements this morning!  The purple is my loss this week.

January 6, 2012
Hips- 45 1/2 (-1/2)
Waist- 37 1/2 (-1)
Arms- 15  (-1/2)
Thighs- 25 3/4 (-1/4)
Weight- 187 (-3lb)

Sweet huh?!?

Day 3: Still Kickin'

Today I ate 1700 calories.  I wanted to freak when I saw that the four dinner rolls I ate (I made them homemade! YUM!) came to 442 calories!  Holy cow!  Yesterday I ate 1700 calories.  That must be my norm when I'm eating healthy.  Monday I only ate 1100 calories but I was really trying to be careful since I was coming off a giant holiday binge.  1834 calories is supposedly what I need to eat each day to meet my weight goal of losing 40 lbs by the end of July.

To break it down easier I looked at a goal graph.  I started at 190.  I need to be 180 by Feb 26, 170 by April 22, 160 by June 17 and then 150 by the end of July.  It breaks down to barely over a pound a week, right?  I can do this!

Well... it sounds like my cruise is off.  I shouldn't be surprised since I have a dark cloud that hangs over me, but I'm going to kick butt anyways!  I did the 30 Day Shred again this morning.  My abs are so sore!  Cruise or no, I want to lose 2" by the end of the month!

Three days and still kickin!

So far, so good

It's only been one full day but that one day went well.  I felt hungry a lot, but I'm coming off a holiday binge.  I'm using fitday.com to track my eating, exercising and weight/measurements to really keep me on track this month. 

Yesterday I ate around 1200 calories.  I burned around 2500 calories.  200 of that 2500 calories was me doing the 30 Day Shred.  The rest is my lifestyle (mostly sitting, some movement).  I weighed in today at 187 which is great at a 3lb loss, but I won't get excited until doing my Week 1 measurements on Monday.

Day 2, here I come!

It's Been FOREVER! And I'm much fatter :(

Ever since I bought my house almost a year ago I've really just not given a crap about eating right or working out.  I haven't wanted to go on dates.  And I haven't been wanting to impress anyone.  I quit my job 8 months ago and just haven't been very active.  My lifestyle has slowed down physically A LOT.  And because of that my weight and fat has gone up... way too much.  I've just been content with not caring about my weight.

I'm going on a cruise in a month (wahoo!) and I would really like to lose 2 inches on my hips and 2 inches on my waist in the 30 days before I go.  I bought 2 beautiful formal dresses for cruise dinners and I will be spending a lot of time in a swimming suit.  This is the heaviest I've been in a very long time and I've got to slim down.  This 2 inches really isn't much, but it will be a start and let me feel a little better for pics on the cruise. 

The plan is to start the 30 Day Shred again since I did well on it last time.  I'm also DONE with carbonation (Cherry Coke & Dr. Pepper) and really just done drinking anything but water.  Desserts are out along with big portions and too many carbs.  Wish me luck!!!

Measurements as of 12/31/2011:

Weight- 190
Waist- 38 1/2"
Hips- 46"
Right Thigh- 26"
Left Thigh- 26 1/2"
Right Arm- 15"
Left Arm- 15 1/2"
Under Boobs- 37 1/2"

angie :)

{Falling off & getting back On}

I have fallen off the wagon and gained weight back and I am feeling super depressed about it along with other stuff going on in my life I  am finding myself struggling with eating healthy. My kids are noticing and calling me out on it, which I love and hate at the same time. I know what I am doing wrong and know that I need to get back on track and get this icky weight off my bod! *sigh*

I am trying to get my house into order, feeling like such a slacker 'specially after seeing all Angie's progress on her place but I try to keep reminding myself that she is Wonder Woman in disguise. I did get my husbands "man cave" done but no one but his friends see it and I want to get the places people see done.

Anywho, I just wanted to let you know I was still here, still off the wagon but trying to pick myself up and jump back up on the weight loss wagon. It's just a struggle right now and emotionally exhausting. I do love reading about all your progress, hope to see more in the upcoming weeks.

{P & I.B. have hit my home}

This whole month has been a huge bust! Not only have I gained weight and am heavier then my start weight at the beginning of the year but my boys brought home a nasty little bug from school that made it's way thru the whole family and come to find out my littlest one has Influenza B and they thought my oldest daughter had it but after a trip to the ER on Saturday (where they found that the baby had I.B. and figured my oldest daughter had the same thing - but never tested her) and after taking both girls to the Pediatrician where she couldn't find anything wrong and thought my oldest was on the mend because her fever seemed to have broken to rushing her to the ER later that night only to find out my oldest NEVER had I.B. (just baby) and had a "substantial" case of Pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital for 2 days.

Needless to say my "Love" month has totally sucked and my emotional eating has taken a toll for the worse and to top it off I finally had my "visit" from Auntie and she stayed for like a week and a half and I was miserable from horrid cramps and made others miserable from my horrific mood swings...

Hoping that in March I can get back into the swing of things and start getting back to my workout routine at the gym.

"Sorry about the complete post whining about how I am a huge failure this month but figured I hadn't posted much and should probably explain why" (she says as her head hangs low as she walks away to go grab a corndog...)

Week 7 Weigh-In

This week I lost another pound. I had a bit of an off week and didn't really exercise much. Only once to be honest. But, at least I still lost a pound and didn't gain any weight! My total weight loss is now at 28 lbs! I started at 300 lbs and I'm now at 272 lbs. I thought I'd share some of my progress pictures with you all to see.

Here I am at 290 lbs. I never took pictures at 300 lbs, so this is my starting picture.

In this one, I'm 283 lbs and was feeling pretty small the day that I took this picture.

And this is my most recent picture at 276 lbs. I'll take another progress picture when I hit 265!

I've noticed the postings of most everyone has dwindled, I hope you all are still on board. I'd love to hear how you are doing!

{Mindless Eating"

I was curious about a "Hot topic" on my Yahoo feed and found it very interesting and wanted to share it here too.

found the image off of Amazon

Dr. Wansink explores the psychology behind how we eat with his book "Mindless Eating". You can find the artical by Dominique Dawes here with the short video that goes along with it, which is quite interesting too and goes on about other topics as well (with commercials of course...lol)...super interesting because he talks about how color can change how you eat as does music too.

I tend to eat mindless-ly and it was an interesting read and just wanted to share...Hope it's as interesting for you as it was for me.

Week 6: *shrugs*

The only loss this week is 1/4" on my thighs.  I'm very happy to lose something on my thighs, but disappointed to not have a loss anywhere else.  I'm not surprised though.  I only worked out twice all week and haven't been eating right... not terrible, but not right either.  Back on track this week... but it's SOOO hard when I'm so stressed and our house is in such a state of chaos.  I'm going to a show on Friday and I wanna look hot.  That will be my motivation for the week!

A little side note for readers of this blog.  There are several authors.  That's why the measurements and weight are all over the place in each posting.  There's been a little confusion :)

Oh Happy Day!!

Woo Hoo!!! Today is awesome, I finally fit into some jeans that I haven't been able to wear for a long time (and I wasn't sucking in). I weighed in at 227 this morning, but even though I am not losing weight as quickly as I was at first I now have proof that my belly is shrinking!! Anyhow life has had one spin after another lately and exercising and eating right has been a struggle. Still to see some fruits of my labor really brightens my day.

As far as answering the email, YES I am still fat, but not as much as I used to be!!

:)

Wednesday weigh-in

Even though it is only Tuesday. Tomorrow is impossible so I weighed today. I was shocked - I mean really shocked. I've been walking and I'm slowly getting faster again for longer periods of time but I didn't really think I'd lost anything since last week. I just didn't "feel" like I had. Apparently my feelings don't know my body very well because I lost *drum roll, please*

4 pounds!!

So that puts me at something like 6 pounds lost. The notebook I wrote all of this stuff down in was left in some VA hospital waiting room so I'm going from memory on what I weighed when I started this. It may be 7 or 8 pounds lost but I know it is no less than 6 total. So I'm going with 6.

{Hits and Slips}

I joined the YMCA the beginning of the month and it's been truly a godsend for me. I was looking for a good gym that would cater not only to me, but to my husband with mobility issues and to my kids as well and the YMCA was the only one who could do it all. I am trying out 2 classes this week and then taking 2 different ones next week and then picking the ones that will best suit me - Zumba is a little advanced for me and is out (at least for now).

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Today I took the "White Water fitness" class, thinking it would be an easy way to ease my way into more exercise during the week - well it kicked my butt - in a good way but it still kicked it hard! It was in the pool they call "The River" and it has a current and not only did we do the exercises with the current but against it too - I am still feeling the burn!

Tomorrow I will be taking it again because I screwed up my schedule (forgot Yoga was today at same time and mixed up my rotation) so Yoga was missed today but I still have it on Wednesday & Friday. In the Water fitness class there was not only old (which I thought it would be mostly filled with) but young too! I was the slowest but was getting better as the class came to a close. What's great about it is that it's only 30 minuets and I can go do my regular exercises after I am all done, which gives my older daughter more time in her "busy bee" class.

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My eating habits have been better but I did slip up this weekend. I let myself stress over the little things and have resorted to food as comfort and I really started to feel horribly guilty about it until I realized what I was doing and picked myself up and wiped off my butt and realized tomorrow will be a new day and it's fresh and new with no slip ups - which made me feel tons better.

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I know I am going to have my slips and falls but I have to stay positive about it or else I will get into the cycle of resorting to comfort food when emotionally down and then keep doing it because I feel guilty about it and I don't want that to keep happening.

I want to make lifestyle changes and I am bound to make mistakes and fall flat on my butt - it's what I do after I slip and fall that defines how successful I will be on this journey to a healthier me!

5 Week Measurement Day!

Another half an inch on my hips and waist and three more pounds gone!  Woo-Hoo!!!  I only worked out three days this week, so I was worried, but everything is still good :)

February 7, 2011

Hips- 43 1/2 (-1)
Waist- 35 1/2 (-2)
Arms- 14 1/4
Thighs- 25 (-1/4)
Weight- 176 (-9 lb)

Red is loss since day 1

Kim's Week 5 Weigh-In

I'm still here, I've just been really busy with life. My father-in-law passed away last Sunday, so I haven't had time to write posts.

This week I lost another pound, bringing my weight loss total up to 24 lbs, all since Jan. 1 st! I had a couple of days this week that I didn't track what I ate and I haven't exercised at all this week. But, I'll be back to that next week. I'm hoping for a good 3 lb loss for next week.

I hope everyone else is still on board. Keep it up, we have no choice but to get healthy. I for one don't want to die young.