Today is Monday November 14, 2022 and I weighed in this morning at 163.2 pounds...and  I looked in my phone and one year ago from today...Sunday November 14, 2022 I weighed 174.0 pounds. That means in one whole year I lost 10.8 pounds!  That is just so amazing to me. And I have lost 12 pounds since September 25th, 2022 as I was 175.2 then and I was also 175.2 pounds on Monday October 3rd, 2022. I am just so thrilled....a couple other things. On Saturday November 12th, 2022 I tried on my size 12 skinny jeans and they fit! They were not tight or anything. I have been in size 14 jeans for the longest time it seems and I am just so happy. I am hoping to get to the 150s by the middle of December but by March I hope to be in the 140s.  Actually by April 22, 2022 I should be at 140 if I lose one pound a week. I don't know if I will lose more than one pound a week or not. But the plan is to stick with it. I just need to keep eating within my calorie deficit and I should be good. Weigh all my food to be better calculated you know.

It is now 4pm and I am going to eat my chili that I made over the weekend and I am going to get ready for market basket as I am working there tonight and then I am going to try to punch in for 4:25pm if I can....nothing later than 5pm.

I will be there by myself for like 30 minutes or so before Ellen gets there. She is working 5-10 and I am working 4:30pm to 10pm.

But yeah! I am so happy about the clothes fitting and all that good stuff! I am down 12 pound since September 25th which is 7 weeks and I am down 12 pounds since October 3rd which is 6 weeks. So either way I lose about 2 pounds per week or close to it. Makes me very, very, very happy. I feel my brother, Dwayne is kind of my inspiration as he lost so much weight doing what he did. I hope I can get to a weight that I am happy with. I mean if I can get back down to say 150 pounds then that is how much I weighed when I first met him in July 2020. I was either 149 pounds or 150 pounds...either way..I gained a bunch of weight...but my highest was 180.4 pounds and I am so glad I am in the 160s...just gotta keep it going you know.

Today is Thursday November 10, 2022....I have tomorrow off from NSC NNE but I am working at Market Basket exit 17 here in Concord in the courtesy booth from 4pm to 10pm...to get some extra money since we do get holiday pay in a sense.

I weighed in this morning at 164.6 pounds and that means that I am up .4 pounds from yesterday. I am not very happy about it but I also feel like I cannot complain as I have been losing weight  probably more than I should be...I am hoping maybe there is a possibility that I can maybe get down to say 159 pounds by say November 25th only because of the fact that on October 25th I lost 8 pounds from September 25th to October 25th and it got me to 167. something pounds so if I can lose another 8 pounds from say October 25th to November 25th I think that would be a-m-a-z-i-n-g...right? And that would bring me to 159 pounds and I would so love that

So just a little update. So for the update...

I started the weight loss challenge with Jonah and Karyn and Hannah through the Facebook group total body transformation or something like that and the thing is this...I lost 6.6 pounds and 6.5 inches from October 17th 2022 to November 5th 2022 it is just amazing... I took pictures of my measurements and all that good stuff.

but  I have been feeling like the working out and eating within my calorie deficit is really helping me lose the weight. Cutting back on calories is helping. I have stopped eating when I get home from work at Market Basket as it is too late and just leads to unhealthy habits...nobody wants that if you know what I mean...

But I am thinking that maybe the reason I lost the inches is because I was alternating between lifting weights and cardio...so I have to see if that is something I should get back into if you know what I mean...

I mean I have basically stopped the lifting because I thought it wasn't helping but I am unsure if that is accurate or not.

I also have noticed the places that I have lost the inches are the band where my bra goes and the cup size too...they both are bigger on me now it seems and I know that that is the first place I lose it...but I am also seeing my jeans are loose in the legs and near the knees too so that is cool and I see it in the pants that I wear like the knit pants that I wear they are loose in the legs too so all of that is good you know!

I am finding that the not having soda and candy and junk food is really helping me out but some times i feel like i eat too many white cheddar rice cakes and it is now 9:14pm on thursday night and I am still at work at NSC NNE because I had to finish some things up and all that and I haven't gotten all my calories in but I do have tomorrow off from NSC NNE and just working at market basket at night so that is not too bad.

I am signing off...just wanted to poste that I am at the weight that I am at.

I would like to post more often then I have been

Today is Wednesday October 26, 2022....I weighed in on September 25, 2022 at 175.2 pounds and this is the week that I stopped the PEPSI and then the following week is the week that I stopped the candy...

Then on October 25, 2022 one month from September 25th I weighed in at 167.2 pounds which means in ONE month I lost 8 (EIGHT!) pounds! That is just plain crazy but I am super happy about it.

So I worked out today Wednesday October 26 2022. I did two miles with Leslie Sansone DVD....The last time I worked out wasn't since Saturday October 22nd because I didn't feel good on Sunday and then all of this week I have just been too tired. 

I weighed in today at 167.0 pounds and very happy about that. I only ate about 945 calories yesterday and I had the Atkins caramel dream shake that is so yummy! More tasty than I expected.

When I weigh in on Tuesday November 1st 2022 I am hoping to be either where I am now at 167.0 pounds or less. 

The goal for the rest of the week is this. I am not working tomorrow night at Market Basket #92 because Pauline only put me on the schedule for monday, tuesday and wednesday which I am okay with because I left her a note that I only want to work 3 nights per week now. It might change when I move over here but until then I am going to do this.

So the plan for tomorrow is to get up and do my strength / weight lifting workout. I bought the blue rug from LL BEAN over the weekend on Saturday 10-22-2022 in Concord, NH and I plan to put that down in the mouse nest room and do Russian Twists and other floor exercises, like butt lifts and such. I did do 10 squats today after my cardio workout / 2 miles with Leslie

and I did POOP for the first time this week yesterday....so that is good.  I have been having one apple a day. I bring it to work and peel it and chop/ slice it up and eat it here for lunch or in the morning and I think that is helping with my fiber intake. I haven't had the red bell pepper yet, but there is always tomorrow you know.

Another thing,

so tomorrow / Thursday I want to lift weights, then Friday do cardio again. I should be able to get a good nights sleep on Thursday night as I will not be working Thursday night and I would like to leave here/ NSCNNE when it is light out so I can get home when it is light out and go to bed at a decent time. The only down side is spending time with Dave ha!

Then Saturday I am going to the town clerk's office in north sutton i think they open at 9am i want to pack the car as i am going to Cassie's after that and to drive up to see her and then drive to her classroom.

also, maybe i can finish a gnome for her. I have some gnome hats done I just need to make the body and the nose and mustache so maybe make two to give to her. Because I have decided I am NOT doing a craft show this year. Maybe next year I can...but not this year you know.

It is just too much.

What I would like to do is maybe this weekend or next weekend I really need to start packing up things I don't use so that I can have them all packed up and when it is time for me to move I won't have a lot to pack you know. Maybe pack some summer clothes

time for work...leaving in a few!

have a great night :) 

Today is Thursday October 20, 2022....It's been like 5 years since I have used or written in this blog...So happy to log back into it today.  I was going to create a new one...but didn't see the reason to do that

Let's catchup!

I currently work at the National Safety Council of Northern New England in Concord, NH. I have been here since May 23, 2022. 

I currently weigh 169.6 pounds. I gained A LOT of weight in 2020 and 2021 during the Covid Pandemic. 

I also had to get top dentures in 2021 so in 2020 I was eating a lot of comfort food like mashed potatoes and grilled cheese sandwiches. And they were frequent. I was getting any workouts in and had stopped going to the gym. I had planned on going back to the gym in the spring of 2020 or 2021 but Covid hit us March 14, 2020 and there was no option to do that. 

I worked at EZPASS in Concord NH from January 2020 to December 2020 and met Dave Bettoney then/ there and then we left there in December 2020 to go to CCS in Salem, NH and that didn't last as long as we were told it was going to last. We told it was a 3 year project but we started there December 28 2020 and I left there on November 5th 2021 and Dave left there in September 2021, he got promoted then fired ha!

Then I worked at a couple of places where they didn't last long... Prototek in Hopkinton, NH and then Keene Medical Products, neither worked for me and I ended up back at EZPASS in Concord in WIC and all that old people that were there when I was there the first time were no longer there. My boss Paul was a piece of work, but when he told me Cubic had no interest making us temps perms, I started looking for a permanent job and then I found NSC NNE   and it was really the best choice. I love my job. I love my coworkers. I have my own office. My title is Customer Support. 

Since the summer of 2021 I have been really trying to lose weight. I got down to about 168 lbs maybe in the summer of 2021 and then Dave and I went to WV on vacation and my diet/ healthy way of eating went out the window. It is really hard to get back on track when you start to go in a bad eating direction.

So for a few different times I have been trying to lose weight. I have tried doing a couple of weight loss challenges with groups on Facebook. In May 2022 I did join a weight loss challenge with a Total Body and Transformation FB group and I did lose about 10 pounds during the whole challenge which was 3 weeks I believe. It was right before I started working at NSCNNE on 5/23/2022. Then when I started working here it was hard to keep working out and eating right and gained it all back. 

Right now I am at 169.6 lbs. I am down 2.6 pounds from last Thursday.  am trying to keep track of my weight and measurements again. I currently work at NSCNNE from 8am to about 4:30pm but I stay here and then I have a second job that I work at 4 nights a week Monday night through Thursday night from 5pm to 10pm. It pays $13.50 per hour so it is not great but it could be worse. It is 2 minutes driving time from my NSCNNE job so it makes sense, since I need to save money and move out out Dave's house soon. And I have learned that I cannot afford a place on my own with one single income, I will need two jobs at least. 

Cassie graduate from SJ's college in 2018 and is working as an elementary teacher in Maine. She is a second grade teacher and enjoys it. We are so very proud of her.

 I am trying to take it one day at a time  and work out either by doing a Leslie dvd in the living room (The Room) at Dave's or doing weight lifting/ strength training upstairs as we now have a kitten name Trixie. We got her on August 29 2022 and she is a little cutie. She was 10 weeks old when we got her from one of Dave's friends who couldn't handle a kitten at this time. Yay for us! But it is hard for me to workout when she is in the same room as she is a kitten and is into everything so I put her in the well room where the washer and dryer is when I work out. She likes it in there ha ha...she is a huge hunter...should be interesting this winter though. 

For my weight loss... I am trying to work out every day if I can. I know that water intake and sleep play a big part into our weight loss and right now I am not getting enough sleep due to the two jobs and the fact that I live a good 40 minutes from Concord/ both jobs. So when I get out of Market Basket at 10pm I don't get home until almost 11pm and I don't eat anything at home when I get home that late. It is too late since I am so tired so I just brush my teeth and take my teeth and partial (bottom) out and go to bed. I am trying to just starting this week to do the strength training/ weight lifting every other day. I didn't work out today as I was so tired and slept in a little bit. I might try to walk around the building today. It is a little breezy out but the sun is bright and shining so it might be a good idea. If I walk around the building 4 times that is 20 minutes and maybe one mile.

So the goal now is for me to just watch my calorie intake. I have lost weight a couple times in the past and I just need to do it again for one final time and stick with it. You can have cheat days or cheat meals but you have to get right back on it and get back on track the next day. Right now I am trying to eat no more than 1200 calories. I am hoping to do cardio/ Leslie dvd tomorrow and then Saturday I should do weight lifting and then Sunday Leslie DVD. I ordered some weighted balls that are lime green and that I might be able to use with her workouts. I found an old dvd of hers that I used years ago at mom and dad's and they use the weights in that video so that is why I bought these. I am excited for them to come in the mail and to check them out you know. I am very excited for it. It will be nice.

To be honest I have noticed some clothes a little loose on me like the white shirt and smock I wear for market basket. The past couple nights I have noticed they are looser or feel looser so maybe that is something. 

So my thought process is this. If I can lose one pound per week and keep it going through the holidays and everything (I always think about my brother Dwayne who has lost over 100 pounds using Optavia Essential Fuels...and he looks amazing...I only hope he can keep it off. He started his weight loss journey in November 2021 and by August 2022 he had lost 100 pounds) I really think that if I can stick with it and lose ONE POUND per week I am hopeful that I will be at 159 pounds by January 2nd 2023 and that honestly would be so amazing. I know it sounds a little sad that I am excited to be in the 150s again but I did gain a BOAT LOAD OF WEIGHT during Covid and I am not happy about it. I just think that I really didn't think I was going to gain weight you know what I mean. But I have and I don't like it. I don't think I look as heavy as I am so that is a good thing. I want to stick with the calorie counting as that is something that has always been something that has worked for me and I enjoy working out like some people don't like to do. I think once I move closer to Concord area then I will be able to go to the gym again or so I hope you know.

But today I weighed in at 169.6 lbs and last Thursday I weighed in at 172.2 lbs and yesterday I was 170.4 lbs so I have been about 169.4 to 170.4 lbs just about all week so that is a one pound difference right there. So that is really not that bad if you think about it. I just would like to be down at least one pound per week so if it is more like 1.2 lbs or something like that then that will be great too. 

I don't have any pictures as I would need to get them from my phone...I have the iphone 11 now...

enough for now it is 1:08pm on Thursday 10/20/2022 and I have to eat my homemade-ish chicken salad with lite mayo.