Down ten pounds!!!! 💪🏻❤️💜💪🏻

As of Monday November 9, 2015 I was down to 138.8 lbs!!!! What a great feeling that is. I fit into size 8 & size 10 pants. Just live it 💕💕💕💕

Weighed in at....

I weighed in at 139.6 pounds on old scare Saturday morning 11-7-15 

Yahoo!!!!

I fit into my skinny jeans again!!!!!

I went shopping at Macy's on Thursday night 11-5-15 and bought a navy blue sweater dress and other sweaters 

Fit into a pair of 8 stretch Jean 

/ pants. And bought the size 10!!! 

Such a great feeling 

Size 8 pants here!!! 😊

145 pounds today'

Saturday October 24, 2015

I weighed in at 145 pounds today at Richard's!!! Great feeling!

Haven't been eating good....

For a few weeks now I have been trying to do slim in 6 but I have a hard time sticking to it. Plus with the swallowing issues I've been having its hard to eat certain foods. 

I did horribly today. Today I did the slim in 6 workout ( week 1) but then ate horribly. Dunkins as we were going to Maine for family weekend and then just bad and bad.  I tried to only drink water tho

We took Cassie to Applebee's as she wanted to go there   Told me she has never been there but I told her she has when she was younger with me. She doesn't remember 

I weighed in at 148 lbs at Richard's this morning and I burned about 188 calories during my workout. 

Back from vacation 👙🏊☀️

So.... I didn't get any workouts in this week like I wanted to. But I did have fun. I bought a new travel scale at Target yesterday and I like it because it is compact and I can leave it in my car for the most part and take it wherever I go!

Weighed in today on Richard's scale at 150 lbs

My new travel scale at 152.4 lbs I think 

Yikes!!! 

Back from vacation and need to buckle down 

Weigh In Sunday August 17, 2015

I weighed in on Sunday August 17 and was 147.4 lbs!!! Not thrilled about this. 

Did not get a workout in and only did a few squats as I was tired at the end of the day. 

We spent most of the day / afternoon at my mom's and played with puppy Tigger 

While waiting for Cassie to get out of work. 

And made plans to go to Parkers Maple Barn on Tuesday August 18, 2015

So the scale will go up from that most likely as well

But Richard has never been there before and I've been wanting to take him there for awhile now 

I have a plan for when I get back from vacation to focus on doing a beachbody program to the end 

I am considering doing SLIM IN 6 as the work outs are less challenging then 21 day fix 

I want to follow a healthy eating plan as well and I am thinking that I should still be able to do the 21 day fix nutrition plan 

At some point I would like to do the 3 day refesh as well 

They say it is beside to do it on a weekend 

Another thing that I am concerned with is how to lose the weight on my stomach, love handles, hips because since I don't have a bunch of weight to lose (I have about 20 tops to lose while others have 50 to lose) I have the fear that I will gain more muscle and end up weighing more than when I started. 

So I wish I could ask a personal trainer about that. 

But I feel that I just need to stick with a pla and try it for the duration and see what my results are. Slim in 6 is for 6 weeks but the workouts are less difficult than the 21 day fix. The 21 day fix is for 3 weeks 

And I will not be able to do the program of slim in 6 to lose more weight fast I short amount of time due to the leafy greens I am not allowed to have due to my factor V Leiden 

So that is something I should ask somebody about 

But right now I want to get down to like 145 and stay there for awhile then hopefully get down to 140... 

This weight loss journey is harder than before as I didn't have the love handles or such WIDE hips before 

But they say the SLIM IN 6 workout can change your shape...  So we'll see!!! Right!

Bathing Suit Shopping

Honey and I went swimsuit shopping today. I knew ahead of time that I was going to have to go for a bigger size. The good thing about nowadays is that you can mix and match tops & bottoms. So I got a medium top and an XL bottom. Then we went to Payless to get some pretty sandals. I weighed in today at 146.2 lbs on my scale and then 146 lbs on Richard's. Not bad. I am on vacation this week from work. August 15 thru August 23, 2015 technically I don't go back to work until Monday August 24, 2015

I plan to work out every day on vacation... Cardio for 30 minutes then my squats and then hopefully I want not eat horribly bad this week. But I do want to have ice cream... Yum!!! 🏊👙☀️💪🍕💄👠💋👣👥🍰🌷🏊👙☀️💋🌷❤️💜💪💪💪💋💋💋

Oh brother.....

Not a great day food wise today...

Ok..so today started out pretty good. I didn't have time for my Shakeology shake again today, but wanted to leave early enough to get to work on time ha!

I prepared/ prepped my food last night. I cut up the strawberries for two and half days and I got everything ready last night about midnight or little later maybe... And what I am thinking is that I am going to have to start cutting up my fruits when I first buy them like strawberries as they tend to go bad soon...

So, yeah today I ate pretty good at work and then someone brought in peanut butter fudge from Lazy Mary's and I had to have some ...not a lot though. and then I decided to go to Lazy Mary's after work and buy some for Cassie and that is what I did. For one block (small) or good size maybe it was $3.12 so that wasn't bad I think the girl told me that it is $12.99 for one pound.
I don't plan on doing this on a regular basis.

So, I was thinking....I need to make smaller goals. Like I just need to focus on each day.

For Friday August 7, 2015
I want to drink more water.
I want to stay away from junk food.
I think if on Friday August 7, 2015
I can seriously focus on eating good.

for food: I hope that there is a chance that I can make my shakeology in the morning and eat that and I hope that I can and I hope that I can drink water. I mean, the one good thing is that I haven't had any soda. I did have one cup of apple juice today with dinner.

And I did mess up with dinner too
and dessert that I probably shouldn't have done or had

but here is the thing.
the thing is this:
on Friday August 7, 2015 I would like to
seriously try to make this day a good day.

for breakfast I should try to do the Shakeology for breakfast
then I should try to eat a couple of hours later with say a hard boiled egg and then maybe a veggie and then for lunch have the slices of meat that I bought and then some fruit
maybe a veggie.

I would really like to do well today, Friday August 7th eating wise.
That way on Saturday when I am in Manchester I will try to eat good but it might not work out well.
the other thing is this. I want to workout. as in I would like do some type of cardio. and then on Saturday since I will still be here Saturday morning maybe I can get up early enough so that I can do a workout in the morning before I leave and also want to use Richard's weed wacker that he let me borrow a week or two ago before I leave

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GOALS FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 2015

* Drink water. Attempt to drink about 60 oz of water
* Don't eat candy. Don't drink soda. Don't drink juice
* Eat every 2-3 hours today
* Enter all food consumed in my fitness pal so that I can track calories eaten
* Do a cardio workout when I get home from work

Tuesday August 4, 2015

Tuesday August 4, 2015

I weighed in today and did my measurements again as I am starting the 21 Day Fix program again. Honestly, I have not completed the complete program yet, but hope to soon. I was looking back over this blog and it is sad for me to say that I am was about a month or so ago back at 150 pounds. I am currently at 147.4 pounds.

Here are my stats:

147.4 lbs
36.0 body fat %
4.8 bone density
46.7 water %
26.1 BMI

Measurements:

R Thigh: 22"
L Thigh : 22"
R Arm: 10.25"
L Arm: 10.15"
Chest: 32.5"
Waist: 29" (not sure if this is accurate or not. I have a hard time measuring this part myself)
Naval (belly button): 37.5" to 38" (I did it a couple of times and got both numbers so not sure which is more accurate but thought it was best to record them both)
Hips: 44" to 44.5" (same thing with the hips as with the naval ha ha)

total inches: 208 inches/ 208" ( I did the maximum for both naval and hips)

I remember the last time I was 150 and I told myself when I got down to the weight  I wanted that I would not go back up and yet here I am again. I know the choices I have made have made me gain the weight again. I am not happy with myself, but I want to try again. This time I am going to do the 21 day fix nutrition/portions and I would like to do cardio as well and see how that goes.  I am not interested in doing the workouts with the 21 day fix at this time. I would like to get down to under 140 pounds if I can and then go from there.

I know where I went wrong. In the past, when I would eat badly for a meal or for a day I would not get back on the healthy wagon I would think to myself that I screwed up and it couldn't be fixed. But I have since learned that is not the case. I have learned that if you have a meal that you eat horribly or you happen to eat bad for a whole day that tomorrow is a new day and that you can start all over again. You don't have to let that one or two or three bad decisions ruin or take over your life. You just need to make better choices the next meal you have. I have learned from many people on the 21 day fix that everyone has bad days and everyone cheats but it is getting back on that healthy track and making your next meal a better, healthier choice that makes all the difference. We are human and we all make mistakes. We are not going to lose 20 pounds over night. Or even ten pounds for that matter. It took us years to gain the weight and it will take time to lose it again. But we have to believe in ourselves. I have to believe in myself. I have to believe that I will get down to a healthier weight and that the next time I eat badly I will make the next meal a healthier one.

People always talk about their "WHY" The reason that want to lose weight. The reason that they do not want to go back to being that chubby girl. I always have a hard time with this mostly because I was never fat or heavy as a kid. I did not gain this weight until I was in my late 30s and early 40s so it was after I had my kid for many years, so I can't blame it on that right? lol

But, I have a hard time. For me, I see my legs are fatter than they have ever been when sitting down with shorts on or just looking at them in the mirror or something like that. I just look at my stretch marks or I will see myself in the mirror and notice the love handles that were not there 5 years ago and just want to cringe at the sight of them. But if I don't stop and take a moment to see how I look and tell myself that I don't want to me this way anymore then how will ever get there without telling myself that I don't want to look like this anymore you know.

Also, I have some pain and strain and discomfort in my right leg and not sure where that is coming from. So, I think or hope with more exercise and eating better that I hope that will go away.

And lastly, I have joined a Squats Challenge hosted by my beach body coach, Lorie Landry. It started on August 1, 2015 and we started with 50 squats on that day and then it goes up by 5 each day but today is a rest day. So, I think every 4 days there is a rest day so that is good.

Also, I want to get back into doing some type of cardio. I am afraid that if I do the 21 days fix workouts and the nutrition that I will gain muscle and not get down to the weight that I want to be at.

I am hoping that in one week which will be Tuesday August 11, 2015 that I will be (Dwayne's birthday) that I will either be down to 146.4 lbs or less. I will be getting my
period either on Friday August 7th of this week or around there so I will be bloated, but I hope that when the period/pms is gone and the bloatedness is gone as well that I will be down to 146lbs or even less is what I am hoping for.

Also, I plan to do the 3 day refresh (beachbody product) associated with the 21 day fix or with shakeology. I need to do it on a day that or on three days that I am not at work and will be able to focus on the shakes and such. So, that will be interesting.

But my goal for now is to get back into posting on this blog on either a weekly or daily or in between those two...I just want to get back into it again.

Wish me luck!