Ok, so once again I have let a lot of time lapse between entries. But I have come to realize there is only so much a person can say. LOL So with that in mind I am changing the direction of this blog a little bit. I have recently joined a Facebook group of weight loss oriented "pagans". What I am now planning to do is to use my journey as an inspiration and motivation to others. I will not be posting my links on Facebook in general for a while, because of my Biggest Loser competition. I can't let the cat out of the bag as to what I am doing and how I am progressing. My competitors can be fierce! And since I want to share on here what I am doing and how I am doing it, I will only post to my pagan friends for the course of the competition, which is 16 weeks.
So with that said, lets share! Last week was weigh in. I weighed 215 on the scale at work, however I am only going to work off my home scale because I use to regularly. Every so often I may jump on the scale at work just to see the difference between home and work, but mostly I will be using my own numbers. So like I said, 215 on the scale at work, but at home I was 213.6. Today I weighed in again, after 7 days, and I weighed 206.8. A loss of 6.8lbs!! Yay me!! Last Friday I took all of my measurements. They were as follows: Chest 46 1/2", Arm 14", Waist 43", Thigh 25 1/2", Calf 18". Tomorrow will be one week for the measurements, so I will take them tomorrow and post them here.
So what am I doing to achieve this? Well in previous posts here you will note my discussions on the Weight Watchers Quick Start Program Cookbook. It is a fabulous tool! You can find it on Amazon.com for 99 cents. THE SHIPPING COSTS MORE!!! LOL It has been the best 99 cents I have ever spent on myself! You will not starve! You will not go without sweets! All you need to do is a little planning! I plan out an entire weeks food and that not only helps with the "what am I gonna cook today?" problem, but also helps me arrange my grocery list. I would highly recommend this tiny investment in yourself!!
As far as exercise is concerned, I feel that the best thing to do is NOT follow a routine. In following a routine, you give your body the chance to become accustomed to it, and plateau. I utilize several forms of exercise and change it up as much as possible. I use my Wii fit, I do Zumba, I use an elliptical machine. I never do the same thing 2 days in a row. At some point during this competition I am going to do the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. I bought it but I wanted to build up my endurance a little before starting it. Also I figure, in a few weeks my body is probably going to hit its natural plateau point, and that's when I will hit it with Jillian and shake it up!
Below all my postings you can find a small picture gallery. All pictures of me from my heaviest to now. Feel free to check them out!
If anyone has any comments, thoughts, support, love, suggestions, stories to share...feel free to leave me a comment!!
Til next time!
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