My Journey to Weight Loss and Healthy Living

Hello everyone!  Been a minute, hasn't it?  This seems to be my MO now, right?  Hopefully I can stick to it this time.  I get tired of posting, and a week later I fall off the wagon.  So, this time, I wanted to be consistent for a few weeks and then post.  I DID IT!!!  I'm now in my third week of healthy eating and working out!  Yay Me!!! 

 

As far as the what I weighed before I started again . . . I was back up to my original weight, unfortunately.  I didn't go to WW, but my scale confirmed that for me.  Matter of fact, I haven't been back to WW.  I'm going on Saturday to see how I am doing, scale-wise.  I actually ended up doing a weight loss challenge with my friends and family.  That'll be motivation to keep going (money is at stake, LOL).  The longer it goes on, the more likely I am to make it habit!  I even joined a gym (LA Fitness)!  I don't think I am going to keep the membership because to be honest, I have everything I need at home.  Why pay for an elliptical when I have one.  That's all I really do at the gym.  I also lifted a couple of free weights . . . but I have those at home too.  So, really, what's the point?

 

I just wanted to update everyone and list some new goals so you know I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth!

 

Have a fabulous evening everyone.

 

282.6/282.6/130

March 2009 

weight:  282.6              

size: 22/24

 

neck:  15 ¾ ”  0           

 

arm:

     left:  17 ½"  0                                         

     right:  17 ¼"  0                                         

 

forearm:

     left:  11 ½"  0                                        

     right:  12"  0 

 

wrist:

     left:  6 7/8"  0

     right:  6 7/8"  0                                    

 

chest:  45 ½"   0        

 

over breasts:  55"  0                                                                                      

 

under breasts:  47 ¼"  0                                   

 

upper stomach:  53 ¼"  0                                

 

belly button / waist:  59 ¼"  0

 

hips:  49 ½"  0

 

thigh:

     left:  30 ¾"  0  

     right:  32 1/8"  0  

  

calf:

     left:  17 3/8"  0

     right:  17 ½"  0    

 

ankle:

     left:  9 ½"  0

     right:  9 ½"  0

 

Total inches lost:  0”

Well, not really, LOL.  When I call it a journey, boy did I mean it is a journey!  After my phenominal weigh in . . . what did I do?  I went right back to old habits.  I haven't been back to WW to weigh in since then.  AT the end of that week, I ended up going out of town, and I did horribly.  Then this weekend was the Super Bowl, so I used that as an excuse to throw the week away.  I had a pretty good day yesterday, and I was considering going back today to see exactly where I am.  If I do that, I won't be able to weigh in again until next Saturday.  I kinda want to go weigh in this Saturday.  Hopefully, when I weigh in, I'll be back at my 10 pound weight loss.  That would be great!

 

I'm finding it so hard for me to stick to healthy eating.  It isn't that the healthy food is bad . . . it's just that I want the bad stuff.  I guess I have to MAKE myself do the right things until I no longer have those cravings.  To add insult to injury . . . last night was the first time I actually attempted to exercise.  I bought an elliptical back in September, and this is the first time I have tried to use it (how sad is that, LOL).  I mean, I tested it out right after I put it together, and everything seemed fine.  Well, I was on for not more than two minutes when I noticed this noise and the circle thing protruded on one side.  So, of course the manufacturor's warranty is up in 90 days . . . so I had to purchase a new warranty for them to come out to fix it.  That sucks because it was obviously the machine since I haven't used the darn thing, LOL.  I guess it suits me right!  Had I been working out like I should have been, I would have found the problem the first time I used it.  Well, can't cry over spilled milk, right?  It just sucks that the first time I try to work out, I'm thrown a curve ball.  Nothing but the devil trying to keep me fat!!!

 

I am considering not taking new pictures or measurements this month because there won't be any real difference.  I am so anal, though, that months from now it will probably bother me that I am missing a month of pictures.  HUMMMM . . . what I might do is change the pictures to be dated this month, along with the statistics.  They probably have not changed.  Or, I could take new pictures and put the last weigh in as my current weight and leave the rest of my statistics alone.  Or, I could update my pictures and statistics every two months.  Nahhhh, I don't like that idea, LOL!!!  Okay, I think I will take new pictures, and put the last weigh in as my current weight, since I have not weighed in since then, and I will leave the statistics alone.  Okay, problem solved.

 

Today, I am going to do my walking tape since I can't use my elliptical (F*CK!!! )  Also TOM is here, so I am not really feeling up to it, but I am going to make it happen!  Let me say something else kinda off the exercise topic . . . I have to reach my goals.  I just have to.  I am so unhappy where I am.  I hate the way I look, and more importantly, I have the way I feel.  Nothing should be more important to me than my health, and I am disgusted that I keep allowing life to get in the way of doing what it will take to prolong that very thing (my life).  I am better than this.  I can do better than this.  I MUST do better than this.  So, as much as I don't feel like working out, I am going to.  As much as I would prefer something unhealthy, I will sacrifice.  As much as I love being a slack ass, I love me more.  I am the only one who has the power to change my life.  Regardless of the day I have had at work, I can't use that as an excuse to eat poorly and not workout.  What it all boils down to is that there will always be SOMETHING.  Something that I can use as an excuse not to do what I know is the right thing.  I have to move past that.  I'll be 29 years old this year, and I want to be comfortably at goal by the time I'm 30.  I don't want to start the next decade of my life with regrets about the previous one.  My time is now.

 

282.6/272.0/130

Hey everyone!  I went to my second weigh in of my recommitment to WW and loss 10.6 pounds !!!!!!  WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!  Just let me say how FREAKING AWESOME that is!!!!  I think that's a great start for me.  I was very proud of my accomplishment, and I definitely plan on continuing in a downward direction.  Have you ever been to a WW meeting (or any other meeting) where someone constantly wants to talk about themselves?  Well, at the meeting this morning, this lady had something to say about EVERYTHING.  At first it was okay because she just seemed to be more active in speaking at the meeting, but it eventually got just plain ole annoying.  The meeting leader even had this look of "just shut up lady" on her face.  She was talking so much that she really wasn't giving anyone else an opportunity to say anything.  There had to be at least 30 people there.  They were just as annoyed as I was.  Then her cell phone rang and the ringtone, of all things, was "Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer!"  LOL.  Maybe I should suggest to her that she get a blog so that she can talk to her heart's content!  At least then people will have a choice as to whether or not they want to hear what she has to say, LOL!!!  Well, I might have to go to an ealier meeting just so I don't have to hear her talk.

 

Anyway, my new thing is to try to incorporate exercise.  I haven't been doing any real structured workouts.  Well, I have been moving a lot more at work and going up and down the stairs since my classroom is on the second floor.  At least that's something.  Now if I could motivate myself to do a bit more a few times a week!  If I do nothing else, I HAVE to make sure I at least eat the right things.  That's got to be the most important thing.

 

I missed the Biggest Loser last week because I was so sleepy that I just HAD to go to bed early.  I went around 7:30 pm last Tuesday.  I'm gonna go to the website to see who was voted off.

 

And I MUST give MAJOR props to our newly elected President.  Truly, truly a historical election.  He has a lot on his plate . . . I don't know if I would want his job.  So many issues going on from the economy to foreign affairs . . . he'll definitely have his hands full.  Hopefully, his ideas and policies will get this country back on track (crossing fingers).  My prayers are definitely with President Obama.  My school is doing a big inauguration thing on Tuesday.  All the kids will be watching it in the classroom.  It's going to be chaos at the school, LOL.  I can just feel it!

 

Okay, I'm off to do absolutely nothing, LOL!  Have a fabulous Saturday afternoon!

 

282.6/272.0/130

Well, I have one week of healthy, and on-plan eating down!  Gotta start somewhere, right?  I was going to start working out last Saturday, and that didn't happen, so I'm aiming for this Saturday after my first weigh in since being on plan.  I've just been so tired lately.  I guess it's a combination of severely lowering my calories, TOM just going off, and having a stressful job.  I know that working out will do wonders for my energy level, so I just have to get it together.  I have all the tools I need at home to be successful, so I have to just "get my mind right" to be able to do it. 

 

As for tonight, I plan on eating around 5 pm and getting in the bed tonight around 8 pm.  I want to be sleep by 9 pm.  I was so tired waking up this morning.  My tiredness might have something to do with dreading going to work.  This year, I found employment at a middle school.  I said that I would never teach middle school . . . now I know why..  These kids are OFF THE CHAIN!!!  They are totally out of their minds.  I can deal with the occasional misbehaviors, but EVERY SINGLE DAY gets old quickly.  I am so greatful that  I have a peaceful home environment.  There is no way that I could go through the work day, and have to deal with foolishness when I got home.  I would go insane.  I have to look on the bright side, though.  I am truly blessed to have been able to find employment in the worsening economy.  There are hundreds of thousands of people who have loss their jobs and struggling to find new ones, so despite how awful my situation may seem . . . I'm glad to be able to have a job to get up and go to everyday.  More than glad . . . very thankful.  Boy, I just wish the kids made it a little bit easier for me, LOL.

 

Okay, the kiddies have coke back to torment me . . . so I must go!  Have a fabulous day!

 

282.6/282.6/130

Disgusted, disgusted, disgusted!  One word that accurately describes the way I feel about my weigh-in.  I weighed in on Monday, January 5, 2009 and was told that I weigh 282.6 pounds .  Well, it's not like it was totally unexpected on my part.  I knew it wouldn't be good, considering my eating habits.  So, I know where I am, and I know what I have to do to change where I am . . . Weight Watchers and working out.  Easier said than done.

 

Yesterday (Tuesday) I began eating on plan, and today has been good also.  I'm going to give myself the rest of the working week to get use to eating healthy again, then I will begin incorporating working out starting Saturday..  So, I have the plan . . . now for the implementation.

 

This journey sure is what it sounds like . . . a journey.  I have definitely had successes and failures along the way.  The important thing is that I make sure that I reach my goal.  No one can do it for me but me.  It's a new year, and no better time than the present to set my goal of losing 100 pounds by January 2010.  Doable?  Absolutely!  I can do anything I put my mind and body to.  Let's see . . . 100 pounds in 12 months is like about ummmmmmmmmm 8.4 pounds per month.  I can do that!  I will do that!  Nothing is more important than my health.  Nothing else matters if I am not healthy enough to live.  That sure does put things into perspective!!!  BTW, did anyone see the Biggest Loser Couples last night?  I did, and it was sooooooo motivating!  I was super shocked to see that they sent 9 people home to do the program on their own.  That was deep!  I didn't watch it last season . . . maybe if I had, I'd not be where I am.  Doesn't matter at this point, now does it?

 

Oh yeah, I won't be able to weigh in on this Saturday (Saturdays are my regular weigh in days) because since I weighed in on Monday, this Saturday is in the same week.  My next weigh in will be on Saturday the 17th.  I'm looking for BIG losses by then.  That's close to two weeks, so we'll see.  I know it will be an excellent weigh in as long as I work the plan.

 

Okay, have a fabulous week!  Oh yeah, I posted my measurements as well and will take pictures within the next few days.

 

282.6/282.6/130  (start weight/current weight/goal weight)

January 2009

weight:  282.6              

size: 22/24

 

neck:  15 ¾ ”  0           

 

arm:

     left:  17 ½"  0                                         

     right:  17 ¼"  0                                         

 

forearm:

     left:  11 ½"  0                                        

     right:  12"  0 

 

wrist:

     left:  6 7/8"  0

     right:  6 7/8"  0                                    

 

chest:  45 ½"   0        

 

over breasts:  55"  0                                                                                      

 

under breasts:  47 ¼"  0                                   

 

upper stomach:  53 ¼"  0                                

 

belly button / waist:  59 ¼"  0

 

hips:  49 ½"  0

 

thigh:

     left:  30 ¾"  0   

     right:  32 1/8"  0  

  

calf:

     left:  17 3/8"  0

     right:  17 ½"  0     

 

ankle:

     left:  9 ½"  0

     right:  9 ½"  0

 

Total inches lost:  0”

 

 

September 2008

weight:  270.0               

size: 22/24

 

neck:  15 ¾ ”  0           

 

arm:

     left:  17"  0                                         

     right:  17 ¼"  0                                         

 

forearm:

     left:  11 ¼"  0                                        

     right:  11 ¾"  0 

 

wrist:

     left:  6 ¾"  0

     right:  6 ¾"  0                                    

 

chest:  45"   0        

 

over breasts:  54 ½"  0                                                                                      

 

under breasts:  47"  0                                   

 

upper stomach:  52 ¼"  0                                

 

waist:  54"  0

 

belly buttont:  58 ¼"  0

 

hips:  48 ¾"  0

 

thigh:

     left:  30"  0   

     right:  31 ½"  0  

  

calf:

     left:  17"  0

     right:  17"  0     

 

ankle:

     left:  9 1/8"  0

     right:  9 1/8"  0

 

Total inches lost:  0”

 

 

Hey there everyone!  It's the Monday after my birthday (Sept. 13), and I am back on track.  I didn't go to WW on Saturday, but weighed myself and loss about 2 pounds.  That's really NOT good, but I didn't eat on plan from Wednesday to Sunday.  Today, I'm doing right.  Today and every subsequent day!

 

Yes, it was my birthday, and I turned 28.  Wow, 28 sounds a lot like 30, LOL.  Sure beats the alternative, right?  I also took a few pictures (the new pic on my profile) after dinner on my birthday.  How do you like the hair???  I also think I'm going to take new pictures for September.  I don't think that picture truly represents how I look.  I actually think I look a bit smaller there.  I don't want to shortchange any progress.  I think I'll put on closer fitting clothes so that everything is visible and take more pictures.  I also took my measurements today, and they woill be posted in a few minutes.

 

So, tomorrow night is the opening episode of the Biggest Loser.  I am deffinitely watching this season.  Last season was the first time I had actulaay watched it, and I'm HOOKED.  Besides, it will offer me good motivation on my own journey. 

 

Alrighty ladies and gents, have a fabulous day.

 

270/270.0/130

Weigh-in went as expected . . . HORRIBLE!!!  I knew I had gained a LOT of weight because I cant fit anything.  I weighed in at 270.0 pounds even.  No excuses, no crying.  It is what it is.

 

I have FINALLY relocated back to Atlanta.  YAY!!!  Packing and moving was a pain, but very worth it.  I haven't foind a job yet, but I love my new apartment (minus the neighbor below that likes to watch movies with surround sound at 4 in the morning).  Other than that, I feel very settled and at home.  I finally feel like I can relax and like I belong.  And that's a wonferful feeling!

 

I took new pictures and already posted them along with pics from my 10 year high school reunion.  I haven't taken my measurements, but I will do so tomorrow and post it them as well.

 

Okay, gotta go!  Have a fabulous afternoon.

 

270.0/270.0/130.0

Looks-a like-a I'll be starting over yet again, unfortunately.  I haven't actually been home since July 10th and have ZERO control on the road, so you know what that means.  Prior to July 10th, I spent a week or so in Daytona Beach, and prior to that was my 10 year high school reunion here in Atlanta.  I've been going going going.  I have NOT been counting points or working out.  No one to blame but myself.  I am so ready to be moved here (in Atlanta) and settled down so that I can get back on track.  I find it so difficult to stay on plan when I feel like everything else is out of control. 

 

I am in the process of trying to mentaly prepare myself for starting over.  I know I can do it, that's not the issue.  The issue is actually doing it.   I haven't stood on a scale in quite a while, but I know it's terrible by th way my clothes fit.  Again, I'm not going to get depressed because I know how to remedy it . . . just do what I am suppose to do, LOL!

 

I'm still working on finding a teaching job.  There are several openings that I have applied for and I haven't been called for any.  I don't know what these schools are thinking.  School starts back in a few weeks, and they don't have the teachers they need.  And here I am begging for a job, LOL.  Wherever God wants me is where I'll be, I guess.  I have faith.

 

Oh yeah, I have pics from the reunion that I will load up when I get back home.  I hope everyone else is doing well on your weight loss journies, and I'll be right back there with you as soon as I get it back together. 

 

Have a FABULOUS afternoon!

 

And Moe, thank you so much hun!

. . . of being a slacking lurker!  I come on here all the time and read over past blogs.  I look at a lot of your blogs as well.  I do this in hopes of getting myself back on track.  It's tough this time.  Yesterday, all in all, was a good day.  I even worked out!  I've been having these horrible cravings, and sometimes I feel that my mind isn't stronger than these cravings.  I KNOW I am stronger, but I have to stop submitting to them.  I'm getting better and better each day.  This weight loss thing is a journey, and sometimes we get lost.  Now, I'm working to find my way back to the main road.  I've gained about 15 pounds, which is not good, but it isn't horrible considering I gained ALL of my weight back the time before.  I thank God for the small things.  I'm looking forward to today being an even better day than yesterday.  I didn't take progress pictures, nor did I take my measurements for the month.  I haven't even been back to WW (though they still get my money, LOL).  I'm so sorry about that, but I just wasn't ready to face the numbers.  I am going to have good news to report in July, though.  I'm looking forward to that. 

 

My goal right now is to get back to 225 by my high school reunion.  I wanted to be 215 pounds, but that probably won't happen.  And that's okay.  I'll be there soon enough!  One day at a time right now.  I'm focusing on each meal, each snack, each workout, each day.  The last day of school is tomorrow (for the kids) so I'm very pleased about that.  I haven't decided if I am going to work over the summer.  I might do some tutoring, but I want to focus mainly on working out hard.  I want to start working out twice a day. . . doing a regular workout and some walking or the elliptical.  I want to kick butt this summer.  I really want to be below 200 pounds when I move back to Atlanta at the end of July.  I don't know if that is possible, but we shall see.

 

Alrighty, have a fabulous day!

 

267.2/?240?/130

Hey everyone!  I'm so sorry I haven't been blogging regularly, but I have been so over-worked lately.  It's the end of the school year, and I have had so much to do lately.  I'm trying to get everything done, and it doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day!  I'm sure you know how that is!  No, ,I am not back on track like I should have been.  I didn't do bad during the daytime, because I packed my lunch and everything . . . but the problems mainly start by the time I got home.  My first mistake was not going to the grocery store.  By not going to the store, there was really not a complete meal.  Then, I was too tired and lazy to go during the week.  It was just much easier to just pick up something.  Going to Atlanta didn't help either.  I had done really well on Mother's Day, but I don't know what happened after that.

 

Well, today is a new day!  I made a protein shake for breakfast this morning, and I have a nice salad for lunch.  I need to go by the store to pick up a few things along with water, but I AM GOING TODAY!  I also am going to workout today.  It's been a week since I've done that.  Also, I have not been to WW for two weeks.  Yes, I suck, LOL.  I goofed off for two weeks, now it's time to get back on track.  That's exactly what I am going to do.

 

Gotta go, have a FABULOUS afternoon!

 

267.2/225.6/130

Hello everyone, and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!  Todaqy was a very good day for me.  This is the first day that I actually ate well and worked out . . . YAY!!!  I am currently in Atlanta, and was able to spend Mother's Day with my mom, due to coming up here for this interview tomorrow.  My mom even worked out with me today!  She didn't do the whole workout, but something is surely better than nothing.  My eating was on point, and for dinner tonight, we went to Johnny Carinos.  I've never been there (it was the only place that didn't have a 3 hour wait), but the foosd was reaslly good.  I ordered the Rosemary Chicken.  It had the little "low fat" symbol beside it.  I figured that it was one of the better choices.  I did eat a little too much bread and had two bites of the turtle cheesecake (ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS).  That wasn't too bad considering I didn't eat much throughout the day.  Tomorrow, I won't eat out at all.  This is a "business" trip, and I will not go out to eat for pleasure.  Today was my first day back on track, so I am totally not going to screw it up.  I am going to my interview tomorrow at 10, then I am going to the grocery store to get some lunch and dinner.  After that, I am coming back home (to my mom's house) to workout.

 

I am going to probably make the trip back home to Jacksonville either tomorrow evening or Tuesday morning.  I am too ready to be back in Atlanta for good.  I miss the family time with my mother, graqndmother, siblings, aunts, and cousins.  Coming back home and spending that time together really makes me want to be back here for good.  I truly miss it.  In due time, I'll be back! 

 

Alrighty, pray for me on my interview, and have a fabulous evening!

 

267.2/225.6/130

 

Oh, and, as you can tell . . . I didn't weigh in.  I KNOW I don't weigh 225.6 pounds right now, but hopefully, I'll be back there by next week's weigh in.  We shall see . . .

Boy, have I sucked this week!  I have not been working out, nor have I been eating well.  I don't know what is wrong with me this week!  You know what, yes I do.  Last time when I got to this weight (in 2006) I started to self-sabotage.  I didn't do it consciously, but, nevertheless, I did it.  It seems like I am doing the same exact thing now.  Well, it is coming to an end TODAY.  I brought my normal healthy lunch, and am going to the grocery store to get something healthy for dinner tonight.  I'm also going to work out tonight, for the first time all week.  No more slacking for me!

 

Okay, so I got an interview at a school in Atlanta, and it is scheduled for Monday, May 12th.  So, I have no choice but to miss a couple days of work next week.  That also means that I will be out of town for the weekend.  I have to make sure that I stay on track during that time.  I can't afford to be eating like crap just because I'm in Atlanta.  Hopefully, I will get the job.  That will be a total load off my mind.  One less thing to worry about when I move. 

 

My main focus for this week is getting back on track.  So I am setting goals for myself.  I am doing my soy and whey protein, along with a healthy dinner and two snacks.  Tonight, I am also going to do a sculpting tape and, hopefully, the elliptical for 30 minutes.  I probably won't weigh in this week.  It depends on what time I leave for Atlanta.  Truthfully, I don't want to see what I weigh. 

 

Okay, I'll have better news for you all tomorrow!  Have a fabulous day!

 

267.2/225.6/130

Hey everyone!  This weekend was a very busy one.  More specifically, Saturday was a LONG day.  I got up fairly early to go to my WW meeting to weigh in.  After that, I went to the Shrimp Festival in Fernandina Beach.  I had a wonderful time there, but it was mighty hot, LOL.  We really didn't stay there that long due to the extreme heat!  After that, we went to one of those pottery painting places.  I never knew how long it takes to paint pottery!  Well, I'm kind of a perfectionist, so it took me about 3 hours.  It was very fun, though.  After that, I came back home to get dressed for dinner.  We went to this wonderful seafood place, then off to the club.  After the club, we went to breakfast.  When it was all said and done, I didn't get home till after 5 am.  Like I said, a very LONG day!  It was long, but one of the best times I have had in a long time.  Needless to say, eating was less than admirable.  That's okay, though . . . I'll lose anything I gained this week.

 

Alrighty ladies and gents, that was a little recap of my busy weekend.  Have a fabulous Monday!

 

267.2/225.6/130

Hey everyone!  I had a wonderful weigh in today!  I loss 2.8 pounds!  I was very pleased with that.  I have a very tight schedule for the rest of the evening, so I gotta go!  I'll blog tomorrow!

 

Have a fabulous day!

 

267.2/225.6/130

Okay, so yesterday I was scheduled to do HDS, which is a 45 minute intense sculpting video.  I completed that, THEN I went to the gym to do 35 minutes on the elliptical!!!  I felt like I needed to get some cardio in because I am upping my calories from the detox, and I don't want to gain too much weight.  I'm hoping to have a fantastic weigh in this week.  I probably won't be at 224, but 225 would be fantabulous, LOL!  We shall see!

 

Today, I have CO scheduled to do.  I get my hair done this afternoon, so I have to workout afterwards.  I'm getting my sew-in back, so hopefully my hair doesn't look a mess after the workout.  I'm hoping.  I think I'll take a picture for you all to see me in all my glory, LOL.

 

Alrighty, have a fabulous day!

 

267.2/228.4/130

Here are the side by side pictures from December 2007 to now.  Do you see a difference?  I sure do, LOL.

 

         

Dec 07 (267.2)             May 08 (228.4)

 

 

 

             

Dec 07                        May 08

 

 

267.2/228.4/130

April / May 2008

weight:  228.4      -38.8         

size: 20 (regular)

 

neck:  14 ”  1 ¼            

 

arm:

     left:  16"  ¾                                         

     right:  15 ¾"  ¾                                         

 

forearm:

     left:  10 5/8"  3/8                                         

     right:  11"  ½    

 

wrist:

     left:  6 3/8"  3/8

     right:  6 3/8"  3/8                                    

 

chest:  42"   3        

 

over breasts:  48 ½"  4 ½                                                                                       

 

under breasts:  41 ¾"  3 ¼                                   

 

upper stomach:  46 ¼"  5 ¼                                

 

waist:  52 ½"  5                                        

 

hips:  45 ½"  3

 

upper thigh:

     left:  27 ¼"  2 ¾   

     right:  28"  2 ¾  

  

calf:

     left:  15 ¾"  1 3/8

     right:  16"  1 ¼     

 

ankle:

     left:  8 ¾"  3/8

     right:  8 ¾"  3/8

 

Total inches lost:  37 ¼”

Hi everyone!  Today is my first day officially off the Lemonade Detox.  I'm not quite able to eat regularly, so today, I'm doing veggie juice, and tonight, I get to have an actual meal.  YEAH!!!  Okay, so to the results:

 

*  My mental state:  I believe that the detox has sharpened my senses and perspective on a lot of my day to day issues.  My mind seems much clearer, and I am able to focus better.

*  How I feel:  My energy level during the detox seems to have gone up, and I feel like I am strong.  On the downside, I get really tired around 8 or 9 pm.

*  My weight loss:  The weigh-in before I began the detox, I weighed 238.8 pounds.  Then I went to dinner that Saturday night and had this hugely insane 7 layer carrot cake.  I couldn't even eat it all . . . Lord knows I tried, LOL.  When I say it was fabulous, it was FABULOUS!  Anyway, back on topic, LOL.  So, the morning of the detox, I stood on the scale and it read 242 pounds.  This morning I stood on the scale and it read 224 pounds.  This means I loss 18 pounds!!!  Now, if it will just stick, hummmmm.  We'll know over the next few weeks.  I don't know if these weights are correct because my scale isn't really accurate, but I know the difference is correct because I weighed in on the same scale.

*  How I look:  This morning, my girlfriend said to me, as I was getting dressed for work, "You look anorexic." (Disclaimer:  This comment was not meant to offend anyone.  We both realize that anorexia is an severe and debilitating disease, so nothing negative was meant by these comments against anyone with an eating disorder.  If anyone was offended, I appologize.)  I said, "There's no way I look anorexic and I weigh over 200 pounds," LOL.  Then she explained that I look so different from a couple of months ago.  She said I look skinny.  This may not only be attributed to the detox, but there was some contribution.

 

Not too shabby.  Besides, I know that I am strong enough to endure not eating for that long period of time.

 

Have a fabulous day!

 

267.2/228.4/130

When I wake up tomorrow morning, my 10 day detox will be officially over!  Yeah!  I'm very excited about that.  I think I might run to the store to get some orange juice so that I can get my digestive system reved up again.  I'll drink that and veggie juice during the day and have a sensible dinner.  I'm so glad that I will actually be able to chew something, LOL.  Like I said, I'll be having grilled chicken and veggies.

 

Also, tomorrow marks the end of the Biggest Loser competition at my school.  I have no chance of winning, but I'm still pround of what I and my coworkers have done.  There's this guy who has lost about 60 or so pounds.  He works out three times a day . . . I just can't do that.  He'll probably win anyway. 

 

Okay everyone, have a fabulous evening!

 

267.2/228.4/130

It's hard to believe that I have done this for nine whole days.  Granted, I experienced each and every one of those days, but now that I'm looking back on them . . . it doesn't seem to have been that long.  ONE MORE DAY!!!  Oh yeah!  I am so hoping that tomorrow doesn't drag on and on.  You know how when you are looking forward to something to come up it seems to take forever to come?  Yeah, I'm hoping that doesn't happen tomorrow.  Regardless, I just have to get through that and it's all downhill from there. 

 

My coworker who is doing this with me is going to do the maintenance plan for 30 days.  The only difference between this and that is that you can eat one small meal a day (like chicken or fish and veggies).  I don't think so, LOL.  I did the detox to cleanse my body.  Granted I enjoy the weight loss part of it, but my body is cleansed.  I want to lose weight without being deprived of food.  I want to be able to eat whatever I want (as long as I count points) and enjoy it.  I'm NOT going to drink lemonade to lose weight.  I just won't do it.  The maintenance plan seems too much like a diet, and I don't like dieting.  I like living a healthy lifestyle with the occasional treat.  So, my coworker is on her own with that one. 

 

I am going to have to update my workout schedule because I have decided to do a rotation that some of the other Firm Believers are doing for the next 90 days.  Today was the first day.  I just completed my workout.  Lord knows I didn't feel like doing it.  I walked around the house in my workout clothes for at least two hours, LOL.  BUT, I finally got it done.  The hardest part to working out is pressing the "play" button.  Once I get started, stopping isn't even an option.

 

In other news, there is suppose to be a Shrimp Festival in a little city right above Jacksonville named Fernandina Beach.  I've never been, but my girlfriend has several times and says that the food is absolutely wonderful.  I definitely want to go.  I know there is only going to be so much that I can eat, and I'm not going to stuff myself.  I plan on going to dinner later on that evening.  Then, we're going out to the beaches to do this pottery thing.  You know those places where you go and make pottery?  Well, we're going there right after the festival.  Then following dinner we're going to the club!  I wasn't able to do anything last weekend, so this weekend I am cramming everything in, LOL.

 

Also, I took my measurements Sunday morning.  I usually take them on the first of the month, but since it falls on a Thursday, and I am not going to take the measurements first thing in the morning before work, I went ahead and did it then.  I am going to post them on May 1st.  I also took my pictures this morning.  I've already cropped them on my computer, so they are ready to go.  I think that I look awesome on those pics!  I can really see the difference.  I'll also post them side by side with my start pictures.

 

Okay, I've got to shower and get ready for bed!  Have a fabulous evening!

 

267.2/228.4/130

Two more days, two more days!  I think the weekend has been difficult.  Difficult not because I am hungry, but because I felt like I couldn't go out if I couldn't eat.  The reality is that I could have gone out, but who wants to go to the movies and not have anything to snack on?  Who wants to go out to the club and not be able to have an alcoholic beverage?  And going out to dinner is simply out of the question, LOL.  So, for those reasons, I just stayed at home.  Yesterday, after my weigh in, I did my workout, and a little later on I went swimming.  Today, I just lounged around the house.  I didn't do much of anything.  It was a rest day, so I didn't have to workout.  I never thought I'd be so happy to see a Monday come, LOL.  After tomorrow, I'll only have Tuesday left.  Oh yeah!

 

On Wednesday, I can't just go right back to eating as usual.  I have to gradually start back.  I'll probably do veggie juice and orange juice throughout the day, and have a lean meat and veggie for dinner.  Then I will build on that for the next few days.  On Saturday, I'm going out to dinner, LOL.  I'm definitely ready.  That following Sunday, I will start back counting my WW points and stepping up my workouts.

 

Alrighty, have a fabulous Sunday afternoon.

 

267.2/228.4/130