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40 pounds gone forever………..

Well hey everyone, hope everyone is doing great! Well here is is April fools day hard to believe that it’s the first of April already seems like just yesterday we were celebrating Christmas and it’s gonna sneak up on us again!

My current weight is 223 WOOHOO I really wanted to start April off at 220 but I didnt quite make it but I am really ok with that. So now I have 8 pounds to lose by May 1st.  I really havent been journaling my food intake but I have been keeping track of my calories in my head, it just seems that March was a crumy month for me. My grandaughter was in the hospital for 2 weeks (she is fine now) But it’s still stressfull. And I didn’t stress eat!

My exercise routine has gone by by lately and it seems like everytime I say to myself, Self you have got to get back to exercising NO excuse seems like something always comes up.

Has anyone seen the show “I can make you thin?” the Host is Paul McKenna and I think its on TLC channel, I have watched the show 3 times now and would recomend the show.

Well gotta get back to work, Take care everyone and happy weight loss to all.

Hi everyone, Well I made it, my first mini goal YEAH me! So I have uploaded a couple of new pics of me, my orignial picture that I had posted was of me at my starting weight of 260 today I am happy to say that I have lost 31 pounds I feel super. So to celebrate my weight loss I did something that I have not done in a really long time and No it don’t invlove food, there is a Mtn here that alot of people hike called Shawbutte Mtn, my daughter and I hiked it today up to the very top and back down, that makes me proud that I was able to accomplish something like that. So now I have decided that I am going to do it again next Sunday I will take pictures from the top so everyone can see. Oh and when I said I had not done this in a really long time thats because I have only hiked this Mtn once before and It was over 10 years ago.

Rejection, wow I hate rejection. And its still one of them feelings that can send me running to the fridg. Well now to explain I have been thinking about dating again and it had taken me quite some time to make that decision. So I thought what the heck I will join eharmony give it a try so I did. I really try not to post my picture because of yep Rejection, So I had been talking (e-mailing) 2 guys and when asked for a pic well now we live to far away I hate rejection and NO I am NOT going running to the fridg. I would like to tell him it’s really ok to just tell me that I am not your type I  think I could handle that soooo much better than being right out lied to. So my feelings are hurt but like all things I will get over this to.

My pants that I was so excited about fitting into have now gotten just a bit to big, What a great feeling. I need to buy some new pants, Well I don’t think I am going to buy new maybe a 2nd hand store only because I am hoping to not be able to wear them for very long.

Keep up the great work everyone, Have a great week.

Lisa

I knew this was going to happen but knowing it don’t make it any easier to get through. I hit that brick wall and my weight was not going to move without cutting off one of my legs, LOL. It seems like it took forever to make that scale starting moving once again, but I am pretty sure that I know exactly what I did to sabatoge my weight loss I had started having one of them yummy skinny cow ice cream sandwiches only 140 calories every night and I stopped losing so I gave them up Sunday and have seen a 1 pound loss. I guess the thing that I am the proudest of here is that I just didnt give up and go back to my old ways I just kept going all along knowing that this was temporary and I would be back to losing again in no time.

We had a yard sale this past Saturday at my best friends house and when I got there and started unloading my stuff Christi walked out took at look at me and said you are getting so skinny, OMG I love her. She is actually a great friend she really helps me stay connected and focused. One of the things that I just realized and shared with Chris is that since I started my weight loss journey I have NOT cheated! I have increased my exercise to as least 5 days a week, I still have not increased my water intake, I hate water and yes I know all the reasons why I should be drinking it but I just can’t make myself right now but I also know that as the days get warmer I will start drinking more crystal light than Diet coke.

I ordered a new workout DVD I am hoping that it will get here today so I can give it a try.

Oh and one last thing this morning after I got dressed I put on a pair of pants that I have not been able to wear in a really long time and my beautifull 7yr old daughter walked into the bathroom where I was and looked at me and said nice pants mom

Have a great day all and an even better week.

Hey everyone, I hope that everyone has had a good week and are looking forward to the upcoming week. Well I didnt meet my weight loss goal to be 230 by Feb 1st I missed it by 3lbs but I am really happy with a 2lb weight loss for the week. My ex-husband was here for the weekend and my goal was to make him wish that we were still together, well he did tell me that I looked great and when he left tonight I realized that whats important is not what he thinks of me but what I think of me and how proud I am of myself for what I have accomplished.

I think the hardest thing that I struggle with on a regular basis is that I want the weight to come off like yesterday and even though I know that is not the way to lose weight I still have them days.

I have decided to kick my exercise up to 6 days a week. It’s really amazing at how much better I feel when I am exercising and sleeping sooo much better.

My motto for the last year has been “Livin life and lovin it” I think this is going to be a GREAT year.

Have a great week everyone.

Lisa

I would like to Thank each and everyone one of you here but that would take probably forever So Thank you all for being here and being an inspiration. I truly think that if weight loss was easy no one would be over weight! It’s tuff but when I read the blogs on this site I get so inspired.
This time it’s different for me its not just about losing the weight its about getting healthy and being overweight is certainly not very healthy, my motivation is looking at my beautifull 7 year old daughter and my 9 month old Granddaughter I want to live to really live.
Well tonight I ate a bowl of Cookies and Cream Icecream oh it was tasty and I don’t regret having it one little bit nor will I regret it in the morning when I weigh in, I am of the opinion that every now and again it’s ok to have a treat. And if I deny all of the things that I really like then eventually I will splurge and I really don’t want that.
I was going to go buy myself a new scale today a digital one, but the weather was sooooo bad well raining and if you have ever driven in Phoenix when its raining you know to stay home cuz trust me we don’t know how to drive in the rain…LOL We still drive like we are running 20 minutes late. And I am a little afraid of a new scale I know what mine is saying right now and I think that with a new one well lets just say I would probably throw it out the front door if I weighed even a little more but I am going to get one I think I can track my weight loss better with a digital but I think I will wait for 20 more pounds to come off.
Have a great Monday all……………..

Lisa

Well this afternoon myt daughter and I went shopping and when we were finished we stopped at Chili’s for dinner, I had there oh so YUMMY Grilled Chicken Caribbean salad 440 calories and let me tell you it is worth everyone of them calories. My weakness has always been french frys but I am so very happy to say that my daughter had a cheese burger served of course with yep you guessed it french fries and she offered me one cuz she knows I love em but not this time YES YES YES I am so happy that I do not have to write that down in my food journal tonight……
5 pounds till 1st goal Oh happy day.
Keep up the great work everyone…

Lisa

I am so excited, 5 pounds from my first goal. I used to hear alot of people say that food journaling is very helpfull on ones weight loss journey and I will say that since I started journaling ALL my food I think that has been a significant role in my weight loss. I now think twice about what I am getting ready to put in my mouth and I have noticed that I make better choices.
I was really wanting to be at 230 by the first of Feb but I am thinking that is just not going to happen and I am ok with that. I think that I have done an amazing job with my weight loss especially since I didnt start until after Christmas I am very pleased with me. I am also exercising 5 days a week. My next goal is going to be the day I hit 200 I am gonna dance like I havent danced in a long long time.
Well thanks for listening and THANK YOU ALL for being here.

Well hello everyone, I hope everyone is doing good. I have been having tremendous sucess in my weight loss I am now down to 240 I feel GREAT! When I started this process once again I was at 260 so 20 gone. I was hoping to lose 10 more pounds by Feb 2nd but I just dont think that is going to happen I think I can get 5 off but not 10, and you all may be wondering why 10 more by Feb Well my ex-husband Jeff will be here to visit and even though my weight was never an issue with him matter of fact he always told me I was perfect and with that said I really just want to look better when he is here I think my main motivation is that he will be just a little jealous that other men are looking at me and well that feels good. Ok and just so I am clear on this we have been divorced for 3 years tried to reconcile this last summer and the truth is I still very much love him and it hurts that we are not together. Now on to the diet.

Well I am NOT on a diet anymore I am changing my way of thinking, eating and moving. I am keeping my calorie intake at 1200 but there are days that I dont make it to 1200 and them are the days that I have to remind myself that I have to eat more otherwise I will stop losing. I have also started exercising. Back in 1998 I lost nearly 100 pounds using Susan Powter aerobics so I have once again started her aerobic program and I will say that if you are new to exercise I would HIGHLY recomend her DVD you may not like the way she looks or acts but her aerobic program is great! So I am doing aerobics 5 days a week and I walk on Tuesdays only because I watch my grandbaby and I push her in the stroller while my daughter rides her bike. My food and thought journal every night I account for all my calories and exercise if I have a kosher pickle I write it down if it goes in my mouth I write it down.

My attitude is what has been my biggest change. I quit a 2 1/2 pack a day smoking habit 5 years ago I had smoked for 29 years and decided that I did not want to ever smoke again, well my attitude with my weight is I don’t ever want to be fat again and I am taking this weight off then I am going to have a boob job perks them girls up So I am good and I feel great.

Lisa

Nothing much new going on with me today, same ole same ole. But it still was a good day, I stayed within my calorie limit which is always a good thing. I was going to try and walk tonight but that didnt happen. The scale didnt budge this morning when I stepped on it, damn I was hoping for at least a 1 pound loss.
I had a great conversation with my ex-husband last night and he is planning on coming to see our daughter the first weekend in Feb and I am hoping for a 20lb loss by then. I don’t know why it’s important for me to be lighter when I see him my weight was never an issue with him, matter of fact he used to tell me pretty regulary that I was perfect and that my body was perfect what more could a woman want? So thin or not it don’t matter to him, it matters to me.