Finally after a few days of nothing I lost a pound, just feels good to be moving down again. It can get discouraging to resis food and not see the scale moving

Just at the ballpark looking around, men only gain weight in 1 place~the gut, no periods,childbirth, look better as they age Im convinced God is a man.

Starting to feel a Change!

Woke up to a total of 71 pounds lost! I almost cant believe it that pretty soon I will be  able to say I have lost 100 pounds. I started noticing a difference in my energy level, just feeling lighter, fingers alittle smaller things like that. I think its time for me to pull out clothes that I purchased and never really fit and start trying them on and hopefully wearing them!
Total weight lost for last week was 7 pounds - My goal for this week another 7 pounds!

Hope everyone out there has a great weekend!  I will get some more pics up soon !

So since i have started my diet fast food places by me have been dropping like flies! A possible link? well just say not enough data!!!

What going on with my body??

Not sure what is going on but one day the scale wont move and the next day I will be down 2 pounds??? So weird! Any ideas?
I lost 2 more pounds so I am at 6 for the week -My goal is 7 but would love to lose 2 more pounds to put me into the 320's. Wish me luck!!!

In bed before midnight, yeah!!! Hoping to see that scale move in the am, i have been doing great but nothing the last two days!

Down 2 more pounds today and officially have high level of keytones, so excited about that!

A day to late but it feels great!

So I was hoping to see this number yesterday on the scale! 335 !! I am at a total weight loss of 65 pounds with 160 to go, and so close to my BMI being under 50 (not that that is something to celebrate ) but it still looks scary :( 

35 Pounds to go before Disney with 52 days to do it in ! Chugga Chugga Choo Choo I can do this! I can not wait to see the scale read in the 200's I dont care if that number is 299.99999999 (you get the point) I have this vision of it being so motivating to see that and my mind and body never wanting to hit 300 every again!

End of Week one (again!)

So I am calling this week one even though I did 8 weeks on the diet before. I took several weeks off and so this is the end of my first week back on. I lost a total of 13 pounds! A little short of my goal of 15 pounds and I have had to talk myself through that and put it into perspective and I am good with it now. I did not lose any weight when I weighed in the morning and that was disappointing because I did really well yesterday so I was expecting a loss. Hopefully the scale will be kind to me in the morning! 

Here is to a great Friday everyone!!

And Another Pound Bites The Dust!

I woke to my new favorite activity (getting my tonage read!) and found out I lost another pound.! After a very stressful day and a couple cheats I was happy with a pound. I am 3 pounds away form this weeks goal (15 pds) with 2 weigh ins to go!!! Today has been a pretty good, I had a great morning with Khalil and a friend and plan on getting the house cleaned and some school work done this evening.
Is there anything better than sitting in a house that smells like Lysol???? Ok I could think of a few things but it's still pretty great.

I am loving that my friend Melissa is having great success on her weight loss journey as well and that we can check in with each other every day!!

When Life Hands You Lemons....

Your supposed to make lemonade right? What if the lemonade is bitter and has seeds in it? What if the pitcher of lemonade falls off the counter and spills or if the lemons had some unknown bacteria????? Then What?

Has anyone every just felt like getting in your car and just driving until something tells you to stop? You know you realistically can't because you are to busy squeezing homemade lemonade but one can just imagine that that drive would be so peaceful.

I know, I know the calm would just be temporary because sooner or later you have to get back to making that lemonade because without you the lemons would just sit there rotting!

hmmmm maybe its not the lemons maybe its the lemonade, Maybe I need a different final product - after a very drunken night with some vodka and lemonade I can no longer stomach lemonade - (Thanks Melissa!!) So from now on I'm not making lemonade I am making lemon meringue pie... and I am using Paula Deans Recipe !!!

Ok see who needs a drive I have a blog where I can just think out loud and have my own therapy session!

What a great start to my morning!

I woke up this morning jumped (ok so I still don't do much jumping) on the scale and I was down 3 more pounds that is a total of 11 since starting the diet again on Friday!! My goal will be 15 pounds for the week which will be a record (the first week (june 1st) I had lost 14 pounds) I have to say it feels so awesome to be in the 330's!! I have not been in the 330's since I was pregnant with my son Quinten (who's turning 10 in Jan) Its actually kinda sad how quickly time has gone by and realize how long I have  been this big.  39 Pounds to go to reach my goal of 50 pounds by Oct 7 !  We are going to Disney the following week (our first real family vacation) and it would be amazing to feel 100 pounds lighter on the trip!!

Start of Day 4!

Ok so this is Day 4 of Round 2 on HCG and I lost 2 more pounds for a total of 8 pounds so far! I am going to be honest I cheated a few times yesterday (I had approx. 15 Skittles and one spoon of ice cream) I am going to resist any temptation today- That is my goal!!

Why do I put myself in these situations, getting Sonic ice cream for the family but I'm unsupervised~~~ ahhhhhhhhhh

Ok cali kicker number 2 alot easier, maybe they are right you do get used to them.

The new love of my life!

I lost 3 more pounds for a total of 6 in the last 2 days! Woop, Woop!! A girl could get used to this! I took the Cali Kicker last night and due to the extreme nature of it I drank about 40 oz of water in a 40 minute time frame. I went #1 twice before  I logged on to take my test last night but by question 20 (of 36) I was bouncing to try to stop the URGE! Needless to say I rushed through the test hit submit and ran to the bathroom only to fail the test by 1 point. UGHH!
I started doing some research about cayenne pepper and oh my goodness the benefits are amazing! It said that Cayenne pepper could stop a heart attack immediately among dozens of other benefits. So I am going to suck it up and keep taking the cali kickers.  I love finding all these natural fixes for everyday problems, now that I am writing this though it occurred maybe I should find something to help with bladder function :)

WOWZA!!! The cali kicker is no joke, keep in mind I am a total wimp when it comes to spicey food but two sips in I was sweating.

Just finished my meal replacement shake it was so yummy, it cured my ice cream craving as well! Thanks Tracy ! Can't wait to see what the scale says in the am.

Back on Track-

So I am looking at this as day 1 for me. I think what happens if  I lose a little weight and then get distracted and feel like I have a cushion, kinda silly I know since I still have 150-175 pounds to lose! So I am going to forget about the last 50 pounds, it happened I am proud of it but its time to move and and focus on the next 10 pound-  Total I had an egg white and about to drink my V8 ( I love them just wish the sodium was not so high ) I bought some chicken last night to cook today so I will have that handy at all times. I need to get back to tunnel vision and that begins with just making good choices today all day!!

Needing to regroup and refocus, I have been making well we will just say not the best choices

Big thank you to my amazing mom and dad who spent the whole day seting up a trampoline, swing set and making my home awesome, i am so happy and feel so great

WOSAAA!

So I have had a couple very stressful weeks with my children, I took my son off all of his medication and replaced with homeopathic options instead. I am hopeful that this optionis going to work I just could not continue to give him such strong medication.  Khalil, well he is two and a complete sponge need I say more??!! I don't know why but I can usually deal with frustration better than I have been and the last few days I fell off the wagon! After a long talk with Quinten (my 9 year old) we have implemented some new strategies for behavior ect and day two seems to be going well. I feel so much better.

I am alittle disappointed that I allowed the stress to cause me to eat but I am going to wake up tomorrow with tunnel vision and focus on my goals for the week.

I have a heavy course load this semester and a content (History) exam to take in order to start student teaching September 2012 and now running Frugal Gals by myself and trying to start posting. I just signed on to Willowhouse with my mom and then Quinten asked me to be the room mom for his 4th grade class and without even thinking about what it might include I said yes. So we shall see what the job  description is for that. I am excited about it but with anything I want to be able to give 100% and I have a habit of spreading myself too thin!  

I wanted to say thank you to my friend Rachel who always has something positive to say about my weight loss when I see her. She has really helped keep me going.  Actually a thank you to everyone on my support team - I am looking forward to this next 50 pounds!!