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!