Mom of 6 Wants to lose WGHT

Need to lose >100 lbs

My Profile

  • Name: kgriggs1
  • City: Savannah
  • Region: Tennessee
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 177.8cm
Start weight: 320.00lb
Current weight: 256.00lb
Goal weight: 200.00lb
Lost to date: 64.00lb
Remaining: 56.00lb

My Calendar

26
May '12
< May >
S M T W T F S
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

My Photos

Before After

CRUDE!!!! I am falling off the side of a mountain!!!

I have regained 8lbs in 5 weeks!!!!!!!!   I know that I have not been eating as well stress and food go so well together. I need more exercise. I have run out of hours in the day. I barely get 4 hours of sleep per night. I want the weight off!!!! Girls cheer me on and give me some pointers to get me over the hump! Or should I say (MOUNTAIN)

I AM STILL TRYING!!!

LIFE HAS BEEN CRAZY!  I am getting a divorce, working full time, just got accepted into the RN nursing program and I am still homeschooling the 4 youngest kids...I have gone insane!  Weight loss has not been my first priority, one because I did not think I was losing anything, was I ever surprised when I got on the scale.  I hope to catch up on everybody soon.

Okay I am better!!!

I have almost relost the weight that found me. I just lack one more pound:)
This week has been stressful but I only have 4 more days of summer school left then I get a break till September.  YEAH!!!! Going back to college when you are 35 is hard when you have the added stres of 6 kids. Also I went for a job interview yesterday, thought I was interviewing for part time but they want someone full time, so I guess I will work full time if I get hired, keep your fingers crossed and pray hard. I need this job!!! The whole time management thing is getting better, I do not feel like my head is going to explode.
The eating one meal a day is going great, But I am careful to eat plenty  at that one meal and drink plenty in between. I am going to set a mini goal to lose 24lbs by the end of August. This will put me down to 250, WOW I haven't seen that since high school. Wish me luck, and good luck to all this week!

UGH!!! What a weekend...

I have done horrible this weekend. I gained 6 pounds, what happened. I know that it is almost my TOM but surely it wouldn't make that much difference?!?! Me and hubby are at odds and I am stressed to the max. I am trying to finish up the summer term at college, continue homeschooling the kids, and I go for a job interview tommorrow. Is there anything else, let me think Oh yeah life in general. I made chicken and dressing and I am the only one that eats it, SO that was stupid. But it tasted soooo good. I will lose it back this week but now I am on a battle to just relose the same pounds. YUCK! Hope everyone had a better week than me.

Slowing Down!!!

The weight was coming off quick now it has slowed down and I am having to really start working at losing. YUCK! But as long as it continues to go in the right direction. i had a friend that commented that I looked like I had lost a lot of weight,YEAH!!!! someone noticed!! It makes me willing to work even harder. Thank you all for bring so supporting. Good luck to all this weekend.

What A Week!!!

It has been a horrible week!!! My oldest son just wrecked his truck, he is not hurt but has no job, no money to fix the truck. My husband is grumpy at me? Who knows WHY... I just want to go eat!!!!!! ANYTHING.  But I WON'T BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE ONE THING IN MY LIFE THAT i CAN CONTROL AND i HAVE WORKED TOOO HARD TO RUIN IT!   Thanks for listening to my whining:) I feel better just having gotten it off my chest. I am sure it weighed at least a pound or two;)

No one has noticed:(

I have lost all this weight and so far no one has noticed... I do not want to tell people I want them to notice... Am I wrong??
I thought by this point someone might say wow are you losing weight, BUT no one has said a word....... Must mean that I need to lose more to let people see the difference. Oh well it is a good incentive  to keep losing!!!
So far I am not having trouble with the appetite thing yet, I still eat my one GOOD meal a day and this is working. Although at Wal-Mart the other day I almost gave in and bought a candy bar,it looked so good. I didn't do it, I bought a box of Wherthers Mini's and allowed myself to have 2, a total of 4 calories:) but boy did those peanut butter cups look good!!!!
Well as long as I am seeing some progress I am good to go! Everyone keep up the good work.

Well so Far So Good

I have lost 33lbs as of Tuesday July 7. Not too bad when I allowed myself to have a steak over the holidays. I am feeling pretty good about the whole idea of losing the weight. I have no will power so I am doing a diet NO-NO I am only eating one good meal a day, but if I eat a bunch of small ones I still weould have problems with portion control. So this seems to be working! I also am drinking a LOT of water, At least a gallon a day!!! This seems to help the empty feeling. The flavored water is Ok, but found that I drin k more if I suck it thru a straw.
 
The kids can not understand why mom is not fixing all the big meals like before, and I am truly not going to tell them I AM ON A DIET!! So I have been keeping real busy, the house is cleaner than it has ever been, and even the hubby is wondering what is going on ( I have not mentioned to him that I am trying to lose weight) I am waiting to see at what point he will notice the difference:)
 
I love reading everyones blogs ya'll have some very uplifting moments!!! Thanks everyone.

Starting My Journey

I have never blogged before but there is a first time for everything. I started this journey on May 1 2009. I found out that I weighed over 320 pounds. I had never thought I was that fat. Guess what the numbers don't lie. I have decided to use the blog to keep myself accountable. I started with watching my intake and WOW I was drinking 2 gallons of tea (with 2 cups of sugar per gallon) per day. I was snacking on any left overs on the kids plates and also eating my meals. All that has STOPPED. Nothing but water and an occasional glass of fruit tea. I also started Phentremine on June 18  Hoping this will help with the cravings. I would appreciate any friends.