New Self

I have noticed that, if you still have clothes from the desired weight that you are trying to get back down to, it serves as a wonderful "touchable" goal. I say touchable since you can touch it and grab it and of course try it on! And I recommend trying on your old clothes at least once a month to see where you are with your goal.

I personally have kept a few pair of jeans (sizes 7,9, and 11) and a few shirts (M and 2 S) and I have tried these clothes on at least once a month to see if I am even making head way on my goal. Granted I weigh myself and I have lost 23.5 lbs so far towards my drop 75 lbs goal, but I try on these clothes to help me see where I am losing the weight.

From this time last year, I have cut my waistline in half from a size 18 to a size 9/11. And I can wear certain medium shirts, depending on how long they are and how I feel they fit. 

One thing I have also been doing is reading a book called, "Drop 5" by Good Housekeeping. It teaches you how to not cut the foods you love out of your diet but limit how much you eat them and how often. I have only changed the amount of food I eat and when and how much I intake of my favorite not so healthy foods. 

Also, on a work out basic I have been using the Gold's Gym resistance bands with door anchor. My set works on toning and trimming. It focuses on arms, core, back, chest, glutes, and legs. So basically it covers everything. I do a two hour workout session a day. And I will say this much, if you feel the burn the next day don't worry it's normal.

Well everyone, I am off to do some more Avon selling and playing with my wonderful daughter. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Got The Job!!

I GOT THE JOB!!! YAY!!! Okay so now that I got that off my chest, today was another one of those days where I got up and got on the scale. Which was a bad idea. I didn't lose any weight from yesterday. (I was trying to see if and when I lose most of my weight). So now I plan on weighing myself only on Tuesdays and Fridays. This way there is an almost exact amount of time in between weigh ins. 

I'm hoping that this process will help me figure things out. And I plan on noting what I eat the days before I weigh myself. (www.myfitnesspal.com) This way when I weigh myself and if I get good results (losing more weight), I will try to curve my diet towards what I ate and did during that time frame. 

Still working on cutting Ramen out of my diet but, I JUST CAN'T HELP IT, IT TASTES SO GOOD!!! Lol. I have cut back drastically on soda, which was one of my massive set backs. But, 1 glass (8 oz) of soda every other day is what I allow myself and I do what I can to limit my sweets intake. 

Now, I am not trying to say cut sweets all together because that is not healthy. But limit how much sweets you eat. If you want something sweet, look at the calories per servings. And try to stick close to that. Also, invest in a food scale. That is what I am doing to try to portion out my meals. 

Good Luck everyone! I have to go to work ^_^

Just keep losing!

So as everyone knows I have been having a rough last month. I gained 8 lbs back at the end of July and was completely miserable with myself for it happening. But, I hit a wall in the middle of the month that put me in a position to where things need to be different and I started pushing myself to do more.

In two week I had lost 4 lbs (which I stated in a few blogs back), and I have been on track with losing at least 2 lbs per week. Last week I weighed myself before the, what I thought would be hellish, weekend. I was 192 lbs. So I was expecting to gain back at least 2 of the 4 lbs lost. (I knew I would probably be drinking and eating a lot). 

I came home Monday night but, I didn't have the chance to weigh myself until Tuesday night. My parents got me a scale as a late birthday present. So now I have a scale at my house now. 

And to my surprise when I got on the scale it said I weighed 191.3 lbs!!!

Talk about a surprise for me. I didn't gain anything I lost .7 lbs. And then today I got up this morning expecting the results of Tuesday nights weigh in to change for some reason and I got on the scale and it said I weighed 190.2 lbs!

I have lost since the beginning of the year 19.8 lbs out of my 70 lbs goal! I have 50.2 lbs to go to achieve my goal but boy oh boy am I happy. Plus, I have a job interview today to try to get part time work to get me out of the house and get money to put Klaire in day care so she can make new friends and grow on her social skills. 

These last few weeks have tested me mentally and physically and I have to say the results of it are starting to show. People who have seen me over the last week say that they can tell that I am losing weight and that I am looking good. 

What a wonderful note to end on ^_^ Have a good day everyone! Time for me to go do some super cleaning before the interview <3 Wish me luck!

Wonderful Times

Yesterday I took my daughter to the park to meet with her friend. She had a good time. Played around with the other kids at the park and we had a blast. She loves the big girl swings, she runs to them every time we go to the park. 

It's times like these that make me love being a mother. My daughter is such a wonderful girl. I'm so happy to have her <3

Working on sign language with her and hoping it will help her out with her speech development. Here's to trying to teach my daughter language skills! ^_^

Hope everyone has a great labor day weekend!

YAY!

I took my daughter to the little park by my apartment today and she seemed so not interested in the jungle gym at all. She only seems to like the little animals that rock and the swings. No slides, or climbing things either. It seems like she is more interested in running around and swinging and rocking than anything else. Not even the little kids around her. She did decide that I needed to take a walk with her today so she grabbed my hand and walked me to the end of the sidewalk, patted my hand, and let go and walked back to the door. The cutest things ever!

On an side note. I weighed myself today. From last thursday to today I have lost another 2 lbs. So I am not down to 192 lbs. ^_^ I only need to lose about 52 more lbs to get to where I would like to be. I want to be back in my size 5 jeans (might not happen since I have big hips but still lol)

Everyone have a good night. Oh and I will be starting up a blog that will have one of my stories in it. ^_^ Thinking I should get some of my stories out there.

30 Day Plan Derailed

With life taking a hard hit on me over this month, my original plan has gotten derailed :( I'm not very happy with the fact that I have to start all over again but, life happens. I did manage, in the 2 weeks I could do it, to lose 4 lbs ^_^ So for 2 weeks of doing my plan I lost 2 lbs a week. Which isn't bad.

Now if I can get back on it and stay on it for a month I should be able to lose 8 lbs in a month. If I keep on the losing 2 lbs a week. ^_^

I will be updating with the status of my plan on Monday. I will be picking it back up and trying to stick with it constantly. ^^

Have a good weekend everyone!

Rough weekend

This weekend was rough. Had a baby shower to go to, and not to mention that the wonderful curse arrived way early. Sometimes I hate being a women. But, since I haven't been feeling good, I haven't really been eating :(

I know it's not good for me or anything like that, but if I eat I feel sick :( It is really starting to suck. BUT, this week I am starting on a small walking regimen for the time being at least to get me some sort of exercise while I am in pain.

I ran out of those meal protein drinks last week, so I need to get new ones. Hopefully they won't be sold out when I go back to get more. Don't know what to do for dinner tonight but, I'll figure something out.

Peace out for now <3 Have a good day ^_^