MommyWeighLess

This is my year...well the last several months at least. The progress is slow but steady. Picture 1: June -221 pounds Picture 2: July -210 pounds Picture 3: August -198 pounds Picture 4: September -190 pounds Picture 5: October - 187 pounds Picture 6: November -186 pounds Picture 7: December -182 pounds Just goes to show how much your body can and will change! /> onclick="javascript: document.getElementById('image1').style.height='100%'; document.getElementById('image1').style.width='100%';" />

The New Year is Upon Us Again! I am still in shock with how quickly this year has flown by, and how much I have changed this year. When 2012 started I was 231 pounds, eating whatever I wanted, never exercising, very insecure, and really down on myself. When I went for my annual visit in January  my doctor told me I was obese. I started 2012 with the resolution to lose weight. Just a general thought, lose weight, but no real goals or anything. Just one of those many resolutions that millions of people make each year but never stick to. This time I stuck to it..well eventually! The first six months or so I just kind of played with my diet changes, and did not exercise at all. And then in June, while on vacation I saw this picture of myself. Up until then I had completely avoided having my picture taken.   In this picture I was 221 pounds, so in six months I lost 10 pounds. This picture, and the doctor telling me I was obese, was my defining moment, that mom...

AHHHHH ! Just had to let that little yelp out! It is that wonderful time of the year that we all love so much. Everything is green, red, and sparkly! The weather is nice a cool (I'm in Florida...no such thing as cold)! The Christmas lights are all gleaming...and the yummy food is baking! Wait! The baking! The food! The sweets! The...oh no I ate TOO much feeling! This is a difficult time of year for those of us trying to lose weight and maintain a healthy diet. There is so much pressure put on you to join in on the family eating festivities, and guilt tripping when you don't. It is hard to refuse sweets and such most days of the week, when there is no holiday, and the holiday only makes it about a hundred times worse. I have a huge sweet tooth. HUGE! I love all the yummy sugar cookies, gingerbread men, cakes, pies...if it has sugar in it, I dig in. Well I used to anyways. I have worked really hard on my self control. Fighting that little devil over my shoulder that e...

Oh the joys  pains of  running! While the mental aspect of running is amazing, the physical can be a bit disabling sometimes. A few weeks ago I shared a picture on Twitter of my poor ankle wrapped in an ace bandage. After a super leg session at the gym, and finishing that off with a couple miles run, I thought I was going to die from a pain shooting down into my ankle from my calf. I thought maybe it was sprained or strained and just babied it some. Then on Saturday I went for a 3 mile run. I was about 200 feet from my driveway when my calf turned to putty. Completely obliterated. I pulled it. Ouch . Thankfully I was close to home. It dawned on me that the pain in my ankle was actually pain ascending from my calf. Make sure you listen to your body. It will let you know when something is not right. I hobbled the rest of the way home, sat on the front porch, and thought about crying. While I sat there it dawned on me that SpiderTech Inc.  had sent me a samp...

I am going to share something with you that I am a little ashamed of sharing, but I know I am not the only one that has done it. Right before I step on the scale once a week, I pray for a two pound loss. I deem it my 'Two Pound Prayer'! As silly as that sounds I did this for a really long time. I would take a deep breath, close my eyes, step on the scale and pray there was a loss. Finally the stress of that got to me. Weight fluctuates daily, and it can jump up to 5 pounds depending on where you are in your cycles (if female) or how much water you are retaining. I was driving myself nuts watching that number. I was obsessing over it. I stepped on that darn thing every time I walked by it. Then Dustin made the comment that it had become a permanent fixture to my feet and  I realized I had formed an unhealthy relationship with the scale. I decided to put it away and join the local SAA...Scale Addicts Anonymous. I hopped on MyFitnessPal and started trollin...

I have looked into the Beachbody P90X fitness and nutrition program for a while now, and always felt that it was too pricey for our budget. I also felt I needed to be in better physical condition. I have been working so hard for nine months and I finally feel that I am at the level needed to take on such a challenging program. Well a girlfriend of mine loaned me her set and I cannot wait! I am so excited to take on this challenge! I have no idea what to expect other than a killer workout. I have no idea what kind of results I will get. I have no idea how sore I will be. I have no idea what kind of challenge lies ahead of me. What I do know is that I am 100% ready to accept whatever Tony Horton can throw at me, and use it to improve my body! I will start my 90 day challenge on Monday, December 17, 2012. I planned to start today but realized I need a yoga mat, heavier dumbbells, and  a pull up bar. I will pick those things up this weekend (used and cheap at Play It Again...

I cannot express enough how important proper diet is when it comes to weight loss and healthy living. Sure you can ingest a couple of drops of a "hormone" and eat 500 calories and lose a ton of weight...but who wants to starve? Like it or not FAD diets DO NOT work. Nine times out of ten all the weight you lose, and then some, on a fad diet will return. Every day I am bombarded with emails from companies that have the next great weight loss tip or tool or whatever crafty word they use to describe their fad. And when people are desperate they will try anything and everything. These companies know this. They take advantage of our desperation. And rob us blind. You do not need a pill, shake, wrap, surgery, hormone, expensive program, or anything else of that nature to lose weight. All you need is good quality foods, proper portions, and exercise. I have said it before, weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise. You cannot exercise away a bad diet. Your body needs good whol...

So yesterday I painted my own toenails...why is this news you ask? Before I would have someone else do it because I couldn't bend over like that or breathe when I did it. But yesterday I did it and never lost my breath and bent like a pretzel with no discomfort. This is what is called a Non Scale Victory or NSV for short...or a weight loss victory not related to the numbers on the scale or tape measure. I decided I would share a few of my NSVs, things other people might not think are important, that have been huge milestones for me. I have a BMI of 28.1! Yes that means I am still overweight according to national standards but considering my BMI started at 37.4 less than a year ago...I think that is amazing! My doctor no longer tells me I am obese and I need to lose weight but instead encourages my new 'category' and weightloss. I like her more now! My body fat is 29.2%! Once again this means I am still overweight but I started at 51% body fat...I have lost almost half...

Thought I would share a little about myself...too be more personable. These are a few quirky things about myself you may not know.  1) I am a 23 year old stay at home mom, in a very happily committed 5 year relationship with Dustin. 2) I have a 4 year old yorkie/chihuhua mix named Indica (yes after the pot flower..not my choosing). 3) I went to school to be a cosmetologist, plan on finishing after the babies go to school. 4) We are trying for Moore number 2 (no such luck...I am not ovulating because of my weight loss)...but I would really like to reach my goal weight first. Hoping for a boy! 5) I am allergic to raspberries. 6) I hate wearing tennis shoes...I am a Florida girl and I love my flip flops! 7) My daughter Scarlett Rose..has red hair..and we named her before we knew what she looked like. 8) I am in love with Kenny Chesney and Tim Tebow...and Dustin knows this. 9) I have a fear of bed sheets...they make me feel claustrophobic...