First Goal....Finally Made It!

I have met my first weight loss goal....30lbs. My reward for this is new Victoria Secret underwear! Have you ever worn them....they are So worth suffering to loose weight!

The last 14 weeks on this program have been interesting....good but interesting. At a couple of the weigh ins I gained and I was sooooo dissapointed. I felt I had worked hard but really hadn't worked hard enough! So instead of being dissapointed again I decided that I would work a little harder and change up some things. I needed to drink more water, exercise harder and stop drinking so many carmel frappucinos...so I did and that led to my 5.2lb weight loss this week....I wasn't dissapointed!

The instructor was soo encourageing today as well....she complimented me on how well I've done and asked if she could use me as an example to help others....I told her that she sure could.

Bottom line I couldn't do anything without God's help. He gives me strength when I feel like I just don't feel like being good with my eating or when I don't want to exercise...thank you Lord for helping me every step of the way.

Fat vs. Skinny

It has been a while since my last blog....lots goin on, so haven't had much time. I like keeping busy, becuz it keeps me from wanting to eat. I think it's week 9 or so since I've started this eatting plan and I have lost a whopping 21.3 pounds.....amazing in such a short time! I feel good, my clothes are loose on me and I just feel lighter! I'm learning how to eat healthy so that I won't be a slave to sickness and disease. Only 60 more pounds to go....haha!

I was talking to my nail girl, Traci, the other night about skinny people and fat people. Don't get me wrong....I love my skinny friends but skinny people do get treated diffrent then fat people. I have actually seen this in action. I have walked into a store and have been ignored and someone skinny walks in behind me and they get greeted with a big smile and hello. I have experienced people's kids saying "Why are you sooo fat"?...it's very hurtful....I blame the parents for not teaching their children better manners and how to love people no matter what size they are. I know people who always talk about weight...it consumes them...I've got better things to talk about than how much I weigh or what other people weigh...honestly who cares! Our biggest concern should be how God sees us....He's known us even before we were born and He loves us no matter what size or shape we are. Next time you see an overweight person shoot them a smile and tell them to have a great day!

17.2 Pound Lossage

You Go Girl!

I think this is Week 6...17.2 lossage....I didn't lose the weight by eatting sausage!

Before I started this program I HATED exercise...lifting the food to my mouth was the ONLY exercise I got. I now look forward to walking at the end of the day. It has helped me relax after a long , stressful day. I feel soooo great and I am back to sleeping thru the night.....some many pluses!

This has probably been one of the easiest diets I have ever been on....I can have most of the foods that I love....even pizza....but in moderation....that's a big deal to me....I have always thought that I have had a big portion of food to get full....not true. I try to stay focused and make sure I get my exercise in. This has to be a life style for me for the rest of my life.

Heading Into Week Five

Heading into week five I have lost 11.1 pounds...isn't that exciting! The GREATEST thing is that I can still have my STARBUCKS CARMEL FRAPPUCCINO...a Grande (160z.) with No Whip is ONLY 3.5 fat grams.....makes me want to shout for joy! I limit myself to Saturdays and sometimes Sundays if I've been good girl all week! :)

Today our Fat Camp class was about Eatting Healthier....eating more Fruits and Vegies and more foods with Fiber. Fiber gets your colon rollin....coffee does it for me! I have been walking at least 30 minutes a day.....the sunsets are Beautiful here in Great Falls. While I walk I listen to music, take pictures and talk to God. I ask Him to help me to be better in my daily walk with Him and pray for my family and friends or whoever He brings to my mind...it's an Awesome time!

Have a groovy week and Here's to your health!

Marshmellows...my favorite Fat~Free treat!

Second week of Fat Camp was soooo much better than I thought it was going to be...I figured out that I can have the things that I like but just in very small portions...it's better than not being able to have them at all, right?! Four big marshmellows have zero fat grams and it takes the edge off my sweet craving!

Today when I got on the scale at class time I was shocked that I had lost a few more pounds...8.7lbs all together...yehaw...made me feel like I had moved a mountain. The teacher today showed us fat grams for diffrent amounts of food and better choices that we can make and still be satisfied. Having 4 saltine crackers instead of four Ritz crackers, instead of 4 Hershey kisses have 4 pieces of hard candy and so on...it's all good!

My biggest concern before starting this weight loss plan was being tempted by food, because so much of my life's activities revolve around FOOD! I've tried to keep the mindset that it's not a big deal, that it's more important to loose weight than the food I get to eat. I went to Sheryl's this weekend.....she had made two pasta salads, steak, salmon, a turkey, salad, and two pies...I was there for a long time and didn't overeat...I think I passed the test....whew!

I'm looking forward to getting on the scale and loosing more weight, my clothes being looser and my biggest goal; to be rid of my chubby cheeks...oh that will make me SO happy!

Start Of Fat Camp

Today was the first day of what we call "Fat Camp". There are no crafts, or smores by the fire but instead a counselor that makes us keep a journal of the number of fat grams we eat in a day,while she struggles to loose that annoying THREE pounds! I know that would be devastating to me!

My diet today consisted of yogart for breakfast, a chicken breast & broccoli for lunch and a taco salad for dinner....it was a great variety and good for me too.

I decided that I would do my exercise shortly after I got home for work....so about 5:45pm I headed outside. I walked past the hospital toward Peace Hospice and the Benefis Nursing Home...who do I see but Sheryl getting out of her car getting ready to head in to see her Mama and give her a couple new little sweatsuits and a couple new bras. I wanted to see where Blanche lived so inside with Sheryl I went. B is in a Alzheimer's wing...God bless the people that work with these people! One lady had peed her pants and kept saying to me "Are you gonna take me for some tests". One cute, gray haired man scooted around the room in his wheelchair continually saying how STUPID one of his fellow wing mates was. One younger, Down Syndrome
girl cried the whole time and another laid her head down on the table. They played a game called "Three Letter Words", Blanche was one of the BEST players in the room. I love watching my friend Sheryl with her mother...touching her hair, giving her a kiss when we left...makes me miss my Mama!

Anyway, back to Fat Camp. After what I witnessedat the nursing home (the smell, the man in the wheelchair spittingon the floor and the walls with spatters of food on them)you'd think I wouldn't be hungry, BUT I walked a little longer and then went and got my Taco Salad....it has to be something really bad to keep me from eating...lol.