I FINALLY SAW UNDER 150!!!!!!!!!!!

This will be short because work is busy today...

but yesterday for the first time since....umm at least high school the scale read under 150 lbs. That is right folks 149.2 lbs. This was a huge weight loss week for me. I am partaking in a new routine.....4 days a week.. wake up at 6:15.. drinks two glasses of water....go to the gym... then eat breakfast 30 minutes later. AND BAM BAM BAM..... over 2 lbs lost in one week. Everything I have been told and read ... was right. They all said this was the way to lose...its healthy, recommended and jumpstarted me to success which is what I needed.

CLOUD NINE..... SUSHI here I COME!

Bad Week Vs Good Week

My rings are big!!!

My rings are big!!!

Its the small things in life that really make us happy. I am convinced of this. I finally decided its OK to throw pants away, give them to co-workers or to donate them. I will begin this effective NOW.

This week was a success in all aspects of weight loss. I ate way more MOMO than I had anticipated. If you read through my previosu posts you can see that my goal for last week was to eat all of my Jenny food expect the TOP TEN dinner night. Well so much for that. My husband wanted sushi (of course I did too) and then I made Chilli (healthy stuff) on Sunday night and missed a few others here and there because of scheule conflicts. Oh well ... I STILL LOST x3 from last week. A Whopping 1.2 lbs this week which is pretty substantial for as far along as I am. I only worked out three times last week however I am working out longer and on new machines.

The Gold's that we joined 1 1/2 years ago finally opened up near our house so the conveience factor is HIGH! Plus they have brand new equipment which is soooo much better. How excited do I get going to the gym. You bet your bottom dollar I get pretty hyped up. They have this new machine that works the inside and outside my legs and my butt. THIS IS THE BEST EVER!!!! This is the area that I have put my focus on... and of course my abs so that when all this weight is gone I have stomach muscles DUH!!!

So this week, in the gym.... on the food (which I had so much left) and I am off ALL of my meds. Hopefuly this will increase my weight loss! I only have 14 lbs left and I KNOW I can do this. I am off to buy some new jeans at Target during lunch if I can get out of this snowy mess we just got for the first time this winter.

Cheers..... man I need to post more this week. Oh yeah, and ps my rings are finally bigger on me now. What a feeling :)

A loss is a loss

Like I thought... this week was not as successful as I had planned. After eating 6 meals OMO (on my own) I lost .4 lbs. However.....the BIG NEWS this week is that I have lost a total of 20 INCHES!!!!!!!  I am sure the excessive amount of working out is playing a factor in this.

My eating this past week pissed me off so badly that I went to the gym and clobbered myself with cardio. My body has not ached like this in a long time but it is a fabulous feeling. I finally am feeling fit. My target is the inside my legs and the backs of my legs. I would like to tone up these areas so that my legs are toned and trimmed.

I don't feel like I should reward myself this week because I didnt meet my weekly expectation of 1-2 lbs before my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY in April. That is my goal for my entire weight loss but I will be ok if I am not there by then. We all have GOALS  RIGHT!?  As of now I am just so proud of myself for losing this much weight.

My new favorites are the comments I get from my co-workers. One of them was in a meeting with me yesterday and he said.... You look really different? What did you do? Another girl interrupted with.. SHE LOST 20 LBS!!!!! The feeling I get when I hear someone else say that is so rewarding. I am proud of who I have become....this weightloss has changed a lot about me. Ask anyone who really knows me. My mom says I am much more positive and happier. I think that my skin is healthier....my back is feeling better than ever.....oh on that note.

This week was an emotional roller coaster. I found out that I tested positive for HLA-B27. This is linked to Chron's Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis etc. More info to come after I meet with the Rheumatologist!

For now.... this week is a new week. The only meal I plan to really eat on my own is Dinner on Thursday night. Its our companies TOP TEN DINNER and we are going to this super swanky hotel resort for dinner. Can't wait!! I will post more on this tomorrow night. For now.. adios!

Oh....weekends...

For some reason I always fear the weekends...espeically when I know I am going to be eating regular food for certain events vs. Jenny Food. Even though I know I can eat off plan I am always scared. I feel like I need to run to the gym to burn everything I just ate.

Friday was an interesting day for me. I had normal JC breakfast and snack and then I went to Sweet Tomatoes with Nicole. So... I felt like crap after I ate because I knew I probably ate more than I should've even though I really have no way to know. I had 2 tbls of fat free chocolate frozen yogurt and a 1/3 of one of their brownies. God it was good but totally not worth the feelings I had after I got back to work. Iate my afternoon snack and went straight to the gym after work. I busted my butt like  I had never done before. It was almost like I knew I was bad so I needed to suffer. I burned well over 500 calories with 50 minutes of cardio and sit ups that caused all my stomach muscles to cramp (NOT FUN!). I stretched until they relaxed and headed home to my sweet and encouraging husband. I ate my Jenny meal without any extra veggies.  We actually went out for a friends birthday celebration so I had one glass of wine and resisted any other temptations. I think all in all I didnt do badly but I am so hard on myself now that I have lost 20 lbs. I am NOT a cheater and I can not allow mysef to cheat. I am dying to get into one size and buy clothes. I am dying to be able to fit into some designer jeans and know that its ok to spend that money because I SUCCEEDED!

That was my agreement with Philip. No expensive jeans till I hit my goal weight. My size has been changing so much that I dont fit into jeans I bought 4-5 weeks ago. Such a problem to have hahahah .

Today was another one of those weekend Saturdays that I really tried to stay on track. We probably wlaked well over 4 miles today. I had a sample platter at Kabobi in the meal (probably the healthiest greek place ever) and we split the sampler so I really was very on target. I slept off a migraine in the afternoon before we headed downtown to meet my sister for dinner at the UNDERGROUND.... First off, I had never been to this place but had heard it was phenomenal... UH yeah, it was beyond fabulous. The food was fantastic. Its a tappas restaurant so it was perfect because I didnt over-eat and we we were able to sample everything! YUmmmmmmm. Oh do I love the new me. Such better choices and more confidence.

Tomorrow we will be cleaning the house...and I am going to attend a Yoga class at the gym! I am excited about all of the activity tomorrow. We also checked out the new gym that is finally opening up near our house and we can't wait for next week when it opens. We joined Gold's 1 1/2 years ago to workout at this gym and FINALLY we will be able to workout close to our house. I am excited about going in the morning before work instead of stressing out about getting home so late after work... no more stress about getting home to Bella.

Speaking of Bella, she is finallllly roaming the entire house all day while we are at work. NO MORE CAGING our lil precious pup. She is almost 5 and she has finally got the knack of it. We are so excited about this because it really free's us up.. no more rushing home.

So.. off to sleep we go, tomorrow is a new day. An entirely JENNY CRAIG day... no MOMO!

Cheers!

20 lbs GONE in a FLASH!!!!!!

What a feeling I had yesterday when I stepped off the scale and my Jenny Craig consultant said... you have lost 20 LBS!!!!

Wow... only 16 more to go. I can really do this. I finally feel fabulous. Yes I have a lot more to lose but I can do this. This past week I lost 1.4 lbs which is pretty darn good for the amount of eating I did on my own.

My clothes fit better than ever or really are just too big. What a great problem to have. I think I deserve a new outfit for our company Top Performs Dinner next week.

We are eating at the brand new SAS Resort called The Umstead at the The Heron Restaurant. It has to be the swankiest restaurant I have ever been to. The menus is insane. Thank god they probably serve small portions because I will not let myself get off track from this diet at this point. I am doing way too good to throw it all away. I am really proud of myself for accomplishing what I accomplished this past year. #2 in my Company out of 80 some sales reps.... at the age of 25!?!? I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would be where I am today at this age. I also took on this weight loss challenge and embraced it like it was a full time job... and I GOT MARRIED... all in one year!

WOW... as I look back and reflect I have a great feeling and a sense of accomplishment. If only my 2007 can be even better!

Size 8 !?!?!?!?!??!?

I can officially say that I fit into a pair of size 8 pants this weekend. The feeling that I had when I buttoned them closed was AMAZING. Beyond what I had anticipated. I felt like I had perma-grin. I quickly picked up the phone and called my husband from the TJ-MAX dressing room to tell him the news...then ran out of the dressing room to tell my mom. I didnt buy the pants but I did buy another pair (finally found some inexpensive brown dress pants for work). I am not spending a lot on clothes right now because my size keeps dropping and I dont want to waste money for 3-4 weeks.

I think after this weekend's exciting shopping experience I might change my goal size to a 6 instead of an 8. I am only half way there so maybe my goal was a little to easy? Regardless I feel fabulous.

This weekend was interesting as far as my eating went. We drove to Charlotte on Saturday morning (I got up and had my JC cereal and milk beforehand so that I would start off the day on the right foot). We met up with out parents at NoFo downtown Charlotte. I had an eggs benedict (which I have had before on JC) and I always get the hollandise on the side so I dont use but a tiny bit. I also had a good deal of fruit with my meal. I believe based on my judgement I had pretty close to plan. The 1200 calories are a little more stringent than the 1500 so hopefully I didnt over eat. I had planned on going to the gym but the above -mentioned shopping trip took longer than expected. I ate a 1/2 grapefruit when I got home because I needed something else before the engagement party Saturday night.

At the party the food was NOT ideal for my Jenny Craig plan so I was very careful as to what I eat. I had a tiny piece of Eggplant Parmesean, a tablespoon of pasta with red sauce and a large helping of salad. I had a tiny piece of bread as my starch. For dessert I had a large helping of fruit plus a tiny of smidgen of this parfait they had. I am PRAYING I didnt blow my entire Saturday. Sunday was different... I stuck to JC for breakfast and went to the gym. 45 minutes to include 30 minutes of cardio (3.6 miles) and 15 minutes of the bike (2 miles). I felt great and was glad that I made it to the gym.

Off I went to Courtney's shower. The food was fabulous ...fresh beautiful salads that tasted phenomenal, a small slive of quiche, how bad can that be? and a teeeeny sliver of cake. I got home...had my Jenny's Cheese Curls in the car ride home and just ate dinner. God I love the Fettucine Chicken from JC. I seriously think that I could eat that EVERY DAY!

Exciting news of my day: Philip weighed himself at the gym and he is actually down a few pounds. He has been able to get into the gym more frequently so he has been able to drop some of the "after wedding weight" we both gained. He was excited that he was at 200 and that his clothes were fitting better. Tonight he went through his entire wardrobe tossing old clothes to make room for the new. Purging is such a wonderful feeling.

Alright off to finish my Home Makeover Story and watch my Desperate Housewives as I eat my strawberries and fat free whipped creme!

YUMMM

200 Calories

Wow.. I saw this in someone else's blog and had to post.

This is what 200 calories looks like: http://www.hungry-girl.com/externalink.php?frameurl=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

Check it out... you will be amazed like I was. Wow.. I only eat 1200 a day! And typically burn 400 at the gym!

Now it makes sense...

I WAS starving at work yesterday in the afternoon and normally I am so full.. I figured out why this morning. I went to open my cooler to clean out my containers and re-pack my lunch and there was my ENTIRE SALAD IN MY COOLER!?!? How in the heck did I miss that yesterday? No wonder why I was so hungry. That is my afternoon filler.

Anyway, I ate everything in my cooler and I have checked and double checked again.

Tonight I have chilli but I am tempted to get sushi for some crazy reason. I have been crazing sushi again. When I first started JC I had no desire to eat sushi...but that Shawny roll from Waraji sounds realllly good!??! 

This weekend should be a lot of fun with all of the showers/parties we have for Courtney and Josh but I have to make sure not to nosh on too many foods.

Last night's work out was soo good. I ran into Whitney at the gym and she always gives me motivation since she is so tiny! I did 40 minutes on the elliptical (hooking up my headphones to the tv makes the time go by so much faster), then I did 10 minutes on the bike. I came home and did sit ups and arm weights during Grey's Anatomy which was sooooo good. I am addicted to that show!

Alright I need to get back to drinking my water..until next week.

Feeling Great - Looking Better

Finally I am feeling confident about my body!!!

This past week was by far the 2nd hardest week since I have begun this body challenge. I hit my midway goal and dropped my calories from 1500 to 1200 calories. I knew that I needed a jumpstart for my weightloss since the past two weeks were not that impressive in my opinion. My body was needing something else. The calorie drop was a success! Another 1.8 pounds shed off this body!

My face finally has thinned down and all of my clothes are quite roomy...so roomy that I can't wear many of them. I never realized how attached to certain pieces of clothing I was until I was too skinny for them. I would've though my attitude would've been "GOOD RIDDANCE!"...oh well I guess I just need to buy some more new clothes... oh how much Philip will love this.

The past few weeks have been great for me because I have seen so many friends from college that I have not seen since I started my weight loss with Jenny Craig. NINETEEN POUNDS is a lot of loss. I am skinnier now than I was at my wedding almost 1 year ago... skinnier than I was 2 years ago. I am skinnier than I was right after I graduated college! I am fitting into my clothes from college! Wow.. that is an amazing feeling.

Now all I need to do is get back into the Designer Citizen's jeans that my sister took from me 2 years ago because I could not fit into them. That will be the deal of ultimate success... and it is not that far away.

The gym has been great to me. I have been increasing my activity and really looking forward to it. Philip has been so supportive of my loss and he really seems to be proud of me and the "less of me".

I will have to stay focused this weekend again since we will be in Charlotte with the parents. I have already planned to eat Saturday lunch and dinner on my own. Everything else will be Jenny Craig. The food is too good to eat regular food and risk a small loss for a week.... Krisite Alley here I come ;)