Goodbye 20lbs!

Do you see my weight loss ticker over there???? ~~~~~~~~~~) What does it say? 20lbs! I have lost 20lbs! I don't think I have EVER lost 20lbs! After 10 or so I give up cause I hit a plateau. Well this time I didnt give up! Eventhough i wasnt losing I kept eating right and exercising. There was a week or 2 I got off track but I got back on and that's the important part! I have been overweight ALL my life! I thought I was big in highschool but I gained 90lbs after highschool! Holy crap! The last 30 was just since last Sept. So in January I decided to do something about it and here I am 20lbs lighter! I lost an end table! It's like I was carrying around an end table or a 1 year old. And Im not stopping!

I have tried Curves, Atkins, Weight Watchers, The Zone, and numerous other diets. Well it's plan and simple. If you dont want to be fat, don't eat fat! Ever since I read the Body For Life book it gave me the motivation I needed! And now I follow Jillian Michael's and it's all working!

Thank you God!

Upcoming dates to lose weight for - My friend Cheryl's wedding July 10. 4 weeks away. I want to lose another pants size by then!

2lbs

As I step on the scale today, it tells me I've lost 2lbs! YAY! My weightloss is going again! Im back on track. I had one off day but I got right back on track the next morning. Ive exercised every day (but today but I still have time)

So since I started in January I have lost 18.4lbs and it feels GREAT!

Low Fat Shrimp Dish

I made this last night for supper. It was good! (Picture to come)

LOW-FAT SHRIMP DISH

1 bottle no fat Italian dressing
1/3 c. Worcestershire sauce
3 tbsp. chopped garlic
1 tsp. salt-free seasoning
Pinch of sugar
1/3 c. skim milk (optional)
1 qt. peeled raw shrimp
1 sm. pkg. cooked shell or wagon wheel pasta
Butter-flavored Pam
1 c. chopped green onions

Spray a large coated skillet with Pam. Add first 6 ingredients. Simmer until bubbling. (Add milk if desired.) Add shrimp. Cook 10 minutes on low heat (bubbling). Add green onions and then cooked pasta. Heat for approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Serve.

5lbs!

I've lost 5 lbs! I had really gotten off track. I didnt even realize it. I would cheat here and there but it was becoming more and more often and I didnt even realize how much cheating I was doing. Sundays are my free day where I can eat whatever I want and I wasnt even looking forward to Sundays because I was cheating so much through the week.

So I have gone back to my old ways. I had to go back to writing down EVERYTHING I eat. I thought that I didnt need to because I knew what I could and couldn't eat and how much fat it was. Well, that's true BUT I was eating extra stuff. PLUS I went back to drinking coffee. I blame my friend Maria! lol She complained that no one would drink coffee with her. Well I just drink tea now in a covered mug and she thinks it's coffee LOL Sorry Maria, I love you! Also have been drinking 2 things of water a day that are 4cups of water each. So between that and the tea I should be really flushing my system.

I also had gotten off track with my exercising. I would make up excuses, "I got up too late," or "It's too hot." This week I exercised every week. And if I got up too late I would do it after work.

So I weighed myself yesterday and lost 5lbs!

I had been stuck between 5lbs, going up and going down. Well now I have blown that 5lbs away and am below it! According to my Biggest Loser scale I lost 9% body fat. YAY! GO ME!!!!

Feels Good

I won't dwell on the fact that I didn't do well this week. We went camping Mon, Tues, Wed and I ate like crap and didn't exercise (other than walking to the bathroom!) So Monday I get back on track.

But today I went through my closet and got rid of anything with a XXL on it because I am down to XL! I am keeping one shirt and one pair of pants to put on at the end and show how baggy they are.

Tomorrow I start a Biggest Loser Weight Loss group! Will post about that tomorrow!

Helloooo???

Does anyone come and read what I write? I would just like to know. I would like insight, comments, and such. Thanks!

Last 10 Pounds

I watched this show for the first time on Mother's day. I find I hardly get any TV time anymore. So I sat down and was flipping through the channels. I tuned in to this. I enjoyed it, however, I have way more than just 10lbs to lose!

It did help me though. It brought me back to the beginning and gave me a reminder. In the beginning, I read Body for Life and was all pumped. Body for life got me to lose 12.4lbs. BFL says dont count fat or anything, just make healthy choices and reasonable helpings. BFL also says to do cardio one day, upper strength the next, cardio, then lower strength.

So then I started doing Jillian Michael's 30 day shred, which I love. BUT! I was doing it every day. For the first week I lost 3.6lbs which brought me to my 15lb weight loss. Then after that weight chaos and fluctuations galore!

So The last 10lbs helped me to remember that I need to eat healthy and more not less. I have gotten in to a bad habit of eating the same thing everyday and my body has adapted. I need to switch it up.

Also, Jillian had me doing the same exercises every day and BFL says that's not good. So I will do Jillian's workouts Mon, Wed, Fri and ride my bike Tues, Thurs.

Mother's Day

I have been depressed with my weight. It is SO all over the pace! I was down 15lbs. Then I weighed myself and all of a sudden I was up 6lbs! I wasn't on my period. I haven't stopped eating healthy or exercising. I have been doing everything the same. And I gain 6lbs! So Ive been depressed. Ive been ready to quit but thankfully I have great friends and family to encourage (or threaten lol) me.

So today I weighed myself and I'm down 13.6lbs. That's better than the 6lb weight gain! Also, I have gone from a size 22 pants (that's embarassing to admit but there, I said it!)to a size 20. Well today, wearing my size 20 jeans, I bent over outside to pick up a box, stood up and half my butt was hanging out LOL So I can't quite get in to my size 18 jeans yet but the 20s are falling off. That's a good sign!

I work 9:30-6 this week so I have no excuse to not exercise. I pray for good health to be able to. I grocery shopped this morning and bought healthy food to make it through 2 weeks.

Week 16

Here is week 12 & week 16 of my weightloss. I dont see much of a difference but Paul says he does. I see more of a difference with clothes off but Im not posting that lol

Measurements 16 weeks

I took my measurements today. Not a huge loss but in total I have lost 24.5inches in 16 weeks!