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I have now lost 11.75 inches off my body. That to me is incredible. I haven’t lost much weight but clothes are fitting different and I feel good. I am looking forward to this even getting larger. I think the key has been the big ball I flop around on. I like to do crunches [...]

I haven’t been on one going two weeks due to a few things….one I don’t have one at home and two my doc said if the inches are coming off don’t worry so much about the scale.  So I have been putting it off.  Maybe next week I will get on the scale at the gym.  [...]

All I can say is I am not quite sure where January went. But in a way it is like a new beginning. I have spent the last 31 days changing what I eat and How I take care of me. I feel better then I have felt in years. I have lost 10.5 inches [...]

Ten and a half inches off my body in 29 days….happy claps go here! Still not seeing much on the losing weight front but I haven’t changed enough of my eating yet. A work in progress :0) Just wanted to take a minute and say what a great dinner we had tonight. Not only was [...]

Here I sit on day 25 and I have learned during these days. 1. I can control what goes in my pie hole :0) 2. 1100 calories are way to little for me to eat. 3. Going to the gym 2-3 times a week makes me feel better about me. 4. When you feel discouraged [...]

As we all know in our culture we celebrate everything with Food.  Promotion…..food…..graduation….food…Birthday….food.  Well my sister had a Bday this week and we as a family celebrated it yesterday.  Now I have spent 22 days trying to eat better and stay away from sweets for the most part.  I do love my Skinny Cows but [...]

It has been an interesting three weeks.  First off let me just say that this is going better then I could have expected.  This week was a test.  there was cookies everywhere at work and I only tried a bite of one.  I pretty much stayed under calories all week. Most likely not today but [...]

So as this life change takes effect I am learning more and more about my body.  I am learning that I am sleeping better.  WIN! I am learning that I am getting fuller faster.  WIN! I am learning that I am making better choices with what I put in my mouth. WIN!  I am felling [...]

We spent three hours tonight playing with the Wii. It had been 321 days sense we had it out. That is way to long. The family decided that it will be a twice a week thing. I am hoping to do it a bit more. I wanna try yoga and I’m guessing it will be a [...]

As the weather has gotten colder the clothing I wear has changed too. So a coat has to be worn and for the first time in a few years I can button the buttons on it….YEAH ME! I also started wearing a pedometer today gonna start walking more everyday.  Today I wore it from 6:30 [...]

On the 15th day of this life change change my fat roll it did shrink….now my pants are falling off me….lol Ok so now that we all had a laugh lets dish out the numbers Drum Roll Please……ttttttttttttttt part last wk this wk Change neck 14.5 14.5 0 Chest 45 44.5 -.50 Abs 47 45.25 [...]

Everyday is a struggle….I am not perfect.  I know this.  So why is it that I think everything should happen right now.  I want to lose weight now.  I want to be happy in my skin now.  I want I want. In reality I know these things all take time.  Time that’s all that we [...]

As day 13 comes to an end I wanted to take a minute and give the pros and cons. The pros….I have been to the gym at least 4 times which is a goal met :0)  I am walking fast on the treadmill and doing more exercise…even walking more at school. I have dropped 3.5 [...]

Well there is good news and bad news. As luck would also have it a story to go with it. I had my normal morning classes and then headed to the gym for weigh in day.  I did my normal routine….Put it on the last weigh in take a deep breath and let it out [...]

As day 10 draws to an end I am reminded that tomorrow is a weigh in day. I wasn’t so good yesterday and mother nature should be visiting me today as well, I am hoping for good results to post tomorrow. Keeping fingers crossed! This week started me back to school. I so far like [...]

Today was the first day of the new quarter.  It was a pretty interesting day.  I figured I would be one of the oldest people in my class but I had no idea how much older I was gonna be then the rest of the class.  In the Soc class every one but the teach [...]

8 days in and I am feeling good. I have a few days that were kinda iffy but really just mind over matter did the trick…That and I have a great support team. Calorie wise I did well we will see for sure how that shakes down on Wens afternoon but today I celebrate a [...]

Today was a day of hmmmmm.  I got up had some turkey bacon and then headed off to work.  I didn’t get to take a lunch today so I am way behind on calories (didn’t get to have lunch) and I am OK with that…lol  I am looking forward to having tomorrow off work so [...]