Honesty

Honesty is a big word for me this year....


I have been in a rut and have put on far too much weight. I know where it is coming from...there have been alot of emotional stresses in my world and I regressed to old bad comfortable habits.


Yesterday was a new day, I bought all my old favorites from when I was in a far better place. I am excited to resume my eating plan back when I was happier and mentally stable.


I vow to be a FAR BETTER me this year...this is no resolution, this is a lifestyle.

Most Current Photo of Me

as you can see - it's all over my face. I'm not one of those who can just send head shot & hide their gains. My face widens & my cheeks get bigger than ever. I want my thin(er) face back.

Hum Drum

Hey, just back to the hum-drum days of the school year. Both kids gone all day, sometimes all night with friends or activities. I'm doing ok. I gained about 10 over the summer...but I've leveled out and maintained since that. I place to get back and "hit it hard" on eating right. I've done much better this week.

I was tempted by a few treats...

my sweet daughters brought me cupcakes for my birthday today. No worries I only had one and they are gone, so no leftover temptations!

Lazy Summer Days

Summer is here...my kids are out of school.

Eating is still pretty good. Most days are spent at the local water park or Six Flags.

I'm not obsessing about the gym or water aerobics...I'm getting alot of daily exercise.

My only goal for summer is to maintain...and not gain.

I will get busy again in August and shed the last 30lbs.

Time is short...I'm enjoying my kids for the next 6 weeks!

May Revisited

May was a great month and a crummy month!

* May 4th I hit 100 lbs. lost....I did not lose anything more the rest of the month.

* I started and quit a job.

*Struggled to control my love for sugar...several occasions of eating some candy while living a sugar free lifestyle. Like a non-smoker just randomly going and getting a pack of cigarettes and smoking every.single.one!!!

*Strayed from my flawless exercise routine...and now struggle to get my ass back there!

JUNE - will be much better, because I CHOOSE for it to me. No more of this floundering crap!

ONE year...FIVE days

YUP...that is how long it took me to lose 100 POUNDS!!!!

I landed on that beautiful number this morning and couldn't be happier!I've got about 30 lbs to go...but that will be here soon enough!

I'll be back with pictures of me in my milestone making shirt by the end of the day!

Changing everyday

April was a wash for me...I didn't lose anything, but didn't gain either.
This morning I was down 1 pound - WOOHOO! but that still leaves me 1 pound from that 100 mark milestone! I'm hoping to hit it soon!

I didn't lose control in April it was just the month of non-stop birthdays. I did eat a small piece (or 2) of each of the 5 cakes. I could be blaming the cakes, but I feel that lead to the scale to stop moving. It also derailed my "sugar free" lifestyle for a few weeks - but I sent all the crap out of the house and got serious again.

I did learn that after several months of being sugar free - now eating sugar makes me ill. Seriously my stomach hurts, I feel like I'm going to throw up and every time ended up in bed feeling miserable. (I am afraid I may love misery - cause I still ate more cake the next go round)

I'm looking forward to wearing that "100 pounds lost" t-shirt soon...so no monkey business here.

Today I have a job interview. I haven't worked in over 10years...so this may be a bit odd for me. It would only be part time, but I thought it would be something productive to do (other that sit on the computer most days) and the extra money could be handy too.

Photo update

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but today's picture kinda leaves me speechless. We were up early today, off the meet my brother and his family for lunch, so I asked my daughter to take a new picture for me. My mind still hasn't caught up with the mirror..but hopefully one day it will.

The weather is beautiful here in Texas today. I had a great workout at the gym today and we are heading to Six Flags tomorrow morning for some fun! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

New month

Hard to believe it's MARCH already!

I did well for February. Met my 5lb loss goal for the month. I wish I would have done better, but since I was sick and entire week, I guess it isn't bad.

I got an awesome heart rate monitor {finally} this weekend. Works great, still learning some of the functions. I hope it's more accurate than the cardio machines at the gym. It shows my calories burned much higher.

This months new goal is to complete the Jillian Michael's 30day shred DVD program. Last night was the first workout. I now know why everyone who has done it - CURSED it!!! It was tougher than I expected, but I completed it (with little modification) It was hard on my damaged knees in some spots and I can't to the jumping to the degree she shows, but we really enjoyed it and my HRM showed I burned 577 calories (not sure if I believe that, but my heart rate was certainly up during all the cardio and most of the strength training).