Day 56 - Week 8 COMPLETED

Wow! 8 WEEKS!! This is really awesome! I think I am going to register a 7 lb loss from last Tuesday to today. I lost 2.4 lbs from Thursday two weeks ago to the following Monday, so that would be - if my 7 lbs guess is right - 9.4 lbs in 2 weeks!! WOO HOO!! I LOVE THIS!!

Also, I am now in my 1st set of step down clothes!!! I am fitting into the smaller clothes and it feels great! My mobility increases every day. I'm working out Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, active/dancing/running around with friends on Friday and Saturday and then rest on Wednesdays and Sundays.

One of the ladies in my group was acting as if I'm being obsessive about my working out, but I think she's being defensive cause she's only losing like .5 to 1.5 lbs per week. At first I was like "Am I being obsessive?" and then I realized - even if I am, that's OK! lol! I'm not I don't think, but even if I am that is fine. Of all the times for me to obsess over working out, now's the time people!!

Ok, so, 8 weeks in, maybe it's time to post what I looked like when I started and what I look like now...Damn this is scary! lol! I hope none of my 0 Readers are stalkers! hahah! ;)

DAY 01

Day 55

(Notice, the same shirt! lol!) 

Well, wish me luck tonight 0 Readers...I hope to get great news!

Day 55

I am back from my vacation 0 Readers and MAN did I have a great time! Went to South Lake Tahoe, won some money, did a lot of walking, went to the lake, slept in...it was perfect!!

I did a last minute weigh-in on Monday night, registered a 2.6 lb loss from Thursday to Monday. Not a lot but good I guess. I wanted more of course but was very busy and only able to work on Thursday due to plans on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

I am hoping to register a big weight loss after my very active vacation!

So, let's see...I ate lettuce, cucumbers and red wine vinegar, god was it amazing!! lol! The flavors tasted like a rainbow. The lettuce was SOOO sweet! I cleared this with my doctor before the vacation. It was a special dinner and I wanted to eat something.

I start working out again today, weigh-in tomorrow and then Weds & Thrus. at the gym, Friday night swimming with the friends. And Saturday too!

Trying to keep busy, loving my clothes getting bigger and bigger. Love my seat belt having more and more room, love feeling lighter and moving more easily! I am keeping all my goals in sight and just keep persevering!!

Talk to you later, 0 Readers!!

Day 47

Well 0 Readers, it's full on summer, though not really that hot where I live, but my summer schedule is jamming and that is why I am not posting as much for 0 of you to read. I go to my weigh-in early this week, tonight actually, because I am leaving tomorrow evening for 5.5 days! So excited!!

I am also just putting my nose to the grindstone and working and working out. That is why I haven't posted much too, because there isn't much to report.

What I can report - every day doing 2 hours at the gym gets easier and easier, by Saturday of this week I was physically sore, 9 days of working out and finally a day of rest. But I'm building muscle, burning fat, my sugars are right on target. Everything is going really well.

How are my food cravings you ask? Less, much much less. Everyone asks me if I still want food - YES! lol! I do! I don't think we ever stop wanting food.

Anyway, that's all for now. I will report in my truncated weight-loss results tomorrow after tonight's weigh-in.

Day 43

ALERT! ALERT!! ALERT 0 READERS!!! I lost 5.8 lbs this past week!!! WOO HOOO!!!

This means my exercise is really paying off!! So excited!!

Not really much to write, I am staying on the program, my blood work keeps coming back looking really good, I'm drinking all my water, doing 5 shakes a day and extremely stressed with work. lol!

Emotionally I'm on a roller coaster, I'm hoping that levels out soon. I guess with not eating food and using it as a crutch, I'm having to deal with my emotions more. SUCKS! lol!

Anyway, great day, great week. So happy!

See you later 0 Readers!!

DAY 41

Happy Tuesday 0 Readers!! I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday, my boss was back from his 2.5 week vacation and I was in emotional hiding. lol! I did as little as possible. Man, I am just a HORRIBLE employee. But you know what I'm good at now? Being active!!!

I worked out for 1 hr and 45 mins yesterday at the pool! I feel so great getting this stuff done. I also cheated and weighed myself at the gym...I think I've lost 5 lbs since last Wednesday!! WOO HOO!! If that's true - and I won't know till my official weigh-in - than I have hit my goal for the week and this just proves my hard work and commitment are paying off!

I just love my gym, two pools, really nice people and now I know that I can do this. So happy!! I slept like a log last night. lol! My house is a mess, my room is a mess, my car is a mess, have to clean that up on Wednesday night. I can't exercise on Wednesday cause I have my weight-loss meetings but I will do all that cleaning and it should make up for it.

I have girls Bunco on Friday night at my place so I can't work out that night, but I plan on pumping some tunes and getting the house dancing!!

So, regarding the Chewing and Spitting thing I was doing, I have great news!! So this weekend when I was all alone I could have gone totally Chew and Spit wild, but I didn't!! I kept thinking about what the food looked like afterwards - disgusting beyond belief -and had no desire to do it!! This is exciting, this means that I can move past that faze in this process.

On Friday night after a lot of swimming and dancing, I decided to take a picture of my face and compare it to a picture I took on the day I started the diet....OMG!! It's so much different! I was stunned! Although, My 5head (a really big forehead) is looking so much larger now because my big old cheeks had taken away from the massive wall that is the top of my face. lol! Oh well, I'll live with it 0 Readers, I'll live with it...somehow! lol!

Nothing else exciting right now, just doing my water, shakes, work, exercise and getting really excited with my results.

Day 37

Happy Friday 0 Readers!!

I went to the gym pool yesterday and worked out for almost two hours. I stared getting leg and foot cramps so I got out but it felt GREAT!!

I got home to find my Hydro-Fit equipment came in, oh happy day!! This equipment is amazing, it's aerobic, resistance training with almost 0 impact on joints. It's so great for the back too. I am really looking forward to this.

I took the instruction book to work, scanned the pages, printed it out double sided, slid pages into plastic page protectors, stuck them in a 3 ring binder and created a workout workbook so I can do all the exercises. Than I put really funny binder covers on the front and back:

Hahaha!! I just love these! The Vintage workout pictures crack me up but the second page just makes me smile so much.

And the last picture says:

"Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America and Exercise is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant." 

That resonates with me deeply. I know for sure that I used food to sooth my nerves on many occasions and to numb my emotions maybe daily. I never thought I could really change that, but I think for the first time in my life I AM changing that issue and it feels great.

So tonight I will do my first workout routine based on the training booklet and will let you know how I do. I My target is 3 hours of workout a day. That's the only way I am gonna hit extreme numbers in short time.

Happy Weekend Zero Readers!!

Day 36

ALERT! ALERT!! Alert 0 Readers! ALERT! I've lost 6 more lbs in the last two weeks, that comes to a total of 28.4. Believe it or not, I'm slightly disappointed. I wanted to lose 10 lbs. My new workout plan should up my numbers, but I don't like this 3 lbs per week thing. I'm sacrificing too much to see numbers like those.

So I signed up for the gym today and will be going tonight.

Honestly though, everyone keeps reinforcing how good I am doing. The Doc said "You're boring, your numbers are perfect, everything is going great. You can exercise more, but everything is going really well." lol! I think he thinks I'm crazy. Honestly, the only one who really gets it is that mega bitch from my 3rd week, the woman who showed up and wanted nothing to do with any of us. She said "I get it, the faster you lose the faster you reach your goal and can move on with your life". And that's the truth.

The gym I joined is MEGA! It has hundreds of machines and each machine has their own TV, they have all these free classes, two pools, yoga, masseuse, sauna, everything! So excited to start tonight.

Ok 0 Readers, that's it for now! Wish me luck!