Times up !!!

BEFORE ~ May 2012

 AFTER ~ May 2012

Well here it is...the moment I have been building up to. My one month mark is over and the jury is in !! So heres where things stand....

In the last four weeks I fell off the wagon once...it was a biggie and the only person I was hurting was myself so note to self....need to practice better self control at buffets...will keep that in mind for my next trip to the all you can eat death trap :)
I missed four of my daily vitamin and green tea doses and honestly the times I didnt take them I noticed the difference. The green tea is the kicker...it gives me energy and keeps me regular so Im not keeping all the toxic crap in my body...mind you a variety of fruits and veggies will do the same but that green burns everything quicker. At least that has been my experience with them.
My weekly walks have been litterally a breath of fresh air !! I try to go every day some times twice a day to make up for days i couldnt go but even then those have been days when I worked and did plenty of rounds there too !!! I havent gotten into the groove of doing much zumba at home lately but it was so much more fun going to a class....its sadly not the same from the comfort of my living room where i could stop if i got tired, run for the phone if it rang and have dogs and kids to trip over in the process. Hopefully some day my finances will allow me to attend the class again on a regular basis....and maybe by then i will have someone to join me ?? I am still using weights during tv time...not as often as id like to but thats because tv time usually means code for folding 10 baskets of laundry so my hands are keeping busy in other ways...not as progressful as the weights would be so must try to do that more.
I am still balancing the meals....eating way more fruit then I ever did. Making smoothies almost every morning has kept me committed to having a breakfast and they are actually really filling...and since i have started getting creative with them they are super tasty too !! I'm still eating take out a couple times a week but I am getting the healthier choices and I STOP when i feel full....no matter how yummy it is !!!
Still have a good handle on the pop...only drinking twice a day, watered down with ice and with my meals but I make sure water is my main liquid...with lemons is the best !!
I feel like since the walking started I am getting better sleep at night...most important...I dont feel like Im having as hard a time breathing when I lay down so maybe my chins are starting to loosen their kunfu grip on me :)
The most exciting part of this process was when I tried the scrub on a week ago and it fit me comfortably again...i knew that meant id' lost in the waist area because thats where she was ready to bust weeks ago when i tried it on !!!
Today was the best reward of all !!! I cannot tell a lie...when I started this I was wearing 3X clothes and anywhere from 22-24. Today I went and bought some sun dresses...I knew which ones I wanted because i had tried them on last week so i went straight for them today and of course the size 20 i tried on last week was gone :( for fun i tried on the x-lg ( 16-18) and sure as shit it fit !!! Of course i had to buy it !!! I have not worn an outfit that didnt have a two in front of the dbl digit in years !!!! I wanted to cry....tears of joy of course :) but then i remembered my weird theory of how they have cams in the wal mart change rooms and how some pervy excuse for a security guard was probably sitting there watching and wondering why i was blubbering all over their precious merchandise and decided to fight back the water works but seriously I was so happy :)
Yesterday I stepped onto the scale for my final weigh in of the month and heres the scoop....
For the last five years i have been bouncing back and fourth between the 265 and 270 mark. My highest was a humiliating 273 lbs...almost twice the weight i should be :(
When I started the revival i was 265 lbs. I had hopes of losing anything at that point...but 10 lbs would have sufficed for me since i was told that the slower you lose it the better chances you have of it coming off and staying off and toning the excess skin at the same time. When i weighed myself two weeks ago I was at 258 lbs...so I'd lost 7 lbs and i was content with that...it gave me the incentive to go on. Yesterday I weighed in at 255 !!!!! I did it !! I lost the ten pounds I'd hoped for and although it doesnt seem like alot it feels like a foot in the door and thats good enough for me ! Trying to figure out where I lost it is like looking for a needle in a hay stack...lol The scale says I'm lighter...the clothes sizes are coming down but my arms still have wings, and the kangaroo pouch is still there. I think the walking is toning my legs and my waste is starting to make a grand appearance but other than that it still looks like me....not that its a bad thing. I know I am not going to be bikini worthy any time soon nor would I want to be but as long as I get to healthy and happy and out of the plus sizes I will have accomplished my goal.
So hopefully June is even better !! Just in time for swim suit shopping ;) That will be my next reward !!
Thank you everyone for reading, keeping me going and being so supportive. Thanks to my girls for walking with me and giving me a reason to be up and out in the morning !! Thanks to my family for putting up with all the different food changes, new recipes and portion controls. You will thank me for that one day :)