I can't believe this has happend......................

I started this Journey on June 25th, it is now Oct 6th and so in under 4 month, I made my next goal of 250.0 lbs. Yes you are reading this correctly. I weighed in this morning at 250.0lbs. I have never been so happy! What a relief! This was the goal I wanted to make by Disney World. Which is 2 weeks away and I did it! I am super excited and still have until the 14th on this Phase 2, so who knows maybe we will get to 240.0lbs before Disney. Which would be good, cause I may need a 10lb buffer. Cause I do plan on enjoying myself and eating yummy food. God has been by my side this whole time and I have felt him leading me along. I am so beyond excited that I achieved this goal. I just can't believe that I did it. Still have 100lbs to go, but what an amazing feeling. Since I started this I have lost 48.8 lbs. It's insane. When I started back up after a brief let everything go moment I had gotten back up to 266.8 on Sept 27th, So I have lost 16.8lbs in 9 days! I am still in shock. I just want to thank you all for continuing to support me and pray for me. I couldn't do this without all of you! I meet with Dr. Joe on Monday and I will update you with a new weight loss chart and pictures. 

Until Monday............. Faith, Love, Pixie Dust, and Me! 

Hi! It's Me Again!

Hi all! Yes I am still here! Sorry it's been awhile. We have a had a busy, crazy, stressful, couple of weeks and I am anxious for it to be calming down. So I hope this finds you all doing wonderful and have a great end of September. I am so excited for all this less hot weather. It means we can start walking outside again without melting.

So the LIFE CHANGE..................well how has it been going you may be wondering. Well, sadly it hasn't been. I have no excuse other than we were so busy and constantly going, that well I just didn't care. It's not a good reason, or an ok one, but it is what it is. I put on about 10 lbs in the last couple of weeks and as of today am back on the LIFE CHANGE.

This was eye opening for me, as to how quickly we can absorb back into old habits, and how with the way my body is, I am always going to struggle with weight and staying healthy. It's never going to be something where I can eat whatever I want when I want. Sometimes I will be able to have things I want, but for the most part I have to keep on eating appropriately.

So I am just going to keep on keeping on. We are going to start walking outside at night and going back to the GYM. We just can't take time off, since I am starting a new position on the 10th of October. This will make getting to the Gym easier to do, and more likely to happen. So as I continue on this journey, I will update you. Hopefully before Disney gets here, I can get to my original goal of 250. We shall see.

Unitl next time: Faith, Love, Pixie Dust and Me.

How DID we do?

So here we are again..... I went for my 10 day meeting with Dr. Joe on Tuesday afternoon. So we may be wondering how it went. Well first off I like his scale so much more than my own. LOL! His scale showed me at 252.6. My scale said 257.4. So I am not sure why mine showed so much higher. He was not concerned and the next day mine was already dropping down to 255.0.

So my results are from 8/15/16 to 9/6/16

Weight down from 263.2 to 252.6
BMI down from 45.2 to 43.4
Body Fat from 49.5% to 48.7%
Body Fat mass from 130.0 lbs to 122.8 lbs.
Visceral Fat was a 14 and is still a 14

So when I started this all on 6/16/16

Weight 297.4
My BMI was 51.1
Body Fat 53.4
Fat Free Mass 159.0
Visceral Fat 18

So as you can see my body is going through lots of amazing changes! I definitely am feeling so much better physically.

The best part of all of this is just how close I am to getting out of the red zones on so many things. My BMI is still high getting out of the red zone on it is taking awhile, but I am getting closer and closer. To be in the yellow zone I have to get to 30 and then lower to be in the green. My body fat % is only about 8% from yellow. My visceral fat really excites me I am literally 2pts from Green! So we are getting closer and closer!

So I am pretty pleased with everything. My biggest issue this time around is just the struggle. I honestly don't want to be doing this right now at all, but I am pushing through and going to continue on. I haven't been perfect this time around so far. There have been cheat meals and etc. But the important thing is, I am still not eating as much or really that much crudy food. And when I have eaten something not 100% good I am trying to make sure the rest of my food that day is spot on.

So comparison pictures.... please excuse my bra I forgot the shirt shows all of that. LOL
Day 1 on Left and Now on Right

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I love looking at the pictures. Mainly because today when I am rocking my new sweater and shirt in a size 2, I no longer feel like I look like a rectangle, I am starting to get curves again!! Wohoo!!!

                                                    So Until next time! --- Faith, Love, Pixie Dust and Me!

How being back at it is going......

So we are officially on Day 10 of Phase 2 revised. It has been a super busy but accomplishing 10 days. I haven't been able to make it to the gym as much as I would like but I have still achieved some amazing results. So being the ding dong I am I forgot to weigh myself the Day before I started so the day before that I was 267.2. Which I had gained some back from my original Phase 2 loss, mainly due to my mental week. It wasn't a huge gain but it was a gain. At the end of my original 41 days I was at 265.8. Which was awesome in its own right. But we had started working out and doing what we were supposed to do with Phase 3 and I just wasn't feeling good(you can read this in previous post) but had gotten down to 265.4 so not much lower than my original 41 days.

So on the Day before day 1(which is fat loading day) I weighed 267.2. On Day 2 (after fat loading day) I weighed 272.4. That was a yikes and OMG moment. But on a positive note that came off super fast. By Day 4 I was at 264.6. So where are we after 10 days of weight loss? I weighed in this morning at 255.6. So in 10 days I have lost 11.6 lbs and am only 5.6lbs from my second goal. Now if you go off what I weight after fat loading it will be 16.8 lbs in 10 days. Either way the number is overwhelming and so very exciting.

So am I noticing a difference? I still don't see it when I look in the mirror. I know other people do, but its going to take me some time I think to see it. Plus I look in the mirror everyday so I just see me! But I can tell you that I almost started crying in the Lane Bryant fitting room yesterday. I have been a size 22/24 up to a size 26/28. For a very long time. I got up to like almost 320lbs at my heaviest about 3 years ago. I had lost weight the first time partially while my father was sick and then after when I got diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes. I had gotten myself as low as 280. Which then got me in 22/24 clothing. When I started this journey I was headed back to size 26/28 very quickly. So to go into the dressing room and try on Jeans(mind you they have some stretch) and tops that I was amazed to fit into. I was wearing yesterday size 20 jeans and 18/20 tops.

So for anyone that understands the struggle of weight loss this brought on sniffles of joy. LOL! I haven't been a size 18/20 since I was about 20-22 years old. This was very overwhelming but I loved every moment of it. Now do they fit me perfectly yet.... NO! I still need to loose some weight to make them fit even better, but I got them on, buttoned and could even sit down in them. :) Which is most important. For the first time in awhile I was enjoying trying on clothes. Of course you know you need clothes when your size 28/26 work pants are now so big you can put both legs in one leg of the pants LOL!

So I am sure you all are ready to see pictures. I officially meet with Dr. Joe on Tuesday for my first check in and will be getting all new stats. So I am going to save the pictures for Tuesday so I can put it all together. Don't worry my friends and faithful prayers, I am still here and still pushing along. Only 31 more days of this very fun diet, and only 47 till Disney!

Until then.... Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust and ME!

So..... I kind of had a breakdown

So yes I know it's been way to long since I have posted. And yes I am so sorry for this. I kind of had myself a little bit of a mental breakdown, and needed to step away for a short time. I am still doing good and am trying hard to make good decisions. But I needed a break. So what brought all of this on you may ask. Well.................

So on Monday of last week, the 15th I met with Dr. Joe for my mid three week phase 3 visit. I had been weighing at home all week and my weight wasn't really dropping but going up and plateauing. Little did I know from carrying my scale to work during the week, somehow I had messed it up and had actually lost a tiny bit of weight. So frustrating. This prompted Dr. Joe to tell me he felt I needed to do phase 2 again at the end of the 3 weeks. I told him OK, and I would be willing to do this.

But inside I was cringing and getting upset and not happy at all about having to go through phase 2 again for another 41 days of not eating anything that I like, especially when I was so close to phase 4 the DNA based eating. So I had a mental breakdown. I stepped away a bit and ate things that I had missed. But the nice thing was, I didn't go to wild and crazy. Yes I had pizza and Freddy's, and I enjoyed them but I really tried to stop when I got full. I took a week off from exercising and just really enjoyed a chance to eat the foods I missed, but not go to wild and crazy.

So what does all this mean? Well Dr. Joe checked on me midweek and I told him that I just needed a chance to step back, a break from the constant diet. I needed to have this mental breakdown. I told him that I would be ready to go on Friday and I was going to go into the next 41 days at full force. So on this Friday 8/26/16 I will be ready to go. I will be back on supplements and no breakfast. Back to eating the same things over and over again cause I am to picky of an eater. But I will do it and I will focus and we will get this thing done.

What does this mean for exercising? Not bad things at all. It means that we will be slightly modifying my phase 2 repeat diet so that I can still exercise. This to me is so important so that I can keep up the exercise. I want to so badly to succeed in this diet and I feel like I need to exercise as well. I am pleased to say that I have been able to wear flat shoes with very little issues, mainly just tired feet. But no back problems!! This is a celebration as to the last few years I had to wear tennis shoes and no cute shoes.

When I get done with the next 2 weeks, I will excitingly be 2 weeks away from Disney. I hope to be down to 250 by then and am so excited to get there and getting so close. I did gain weight this week, that I had taken off. Right now I am up 3.4lbs. It sucks but I know that I can work hard and get it back off. And I plan on working at it! So just if you get a chance say a quick prayer for me this Friday! I look forward to updating you every week like I had been before with the first phase 2. Who knows maybe we will see a drop of clothing side again!!!

So I will leave you now with a picture of me getting my gym on! LOL

Struggling but still going!

So as of Thursday we made it thru 6 weeks. It wasn't the easiest 6 weeks but we did it. My amazing and loving caring husband surprised me by having the most beautiful flowers delivered to work telling me how proud he was of me. I had been at work since 2 am and was so very tired so when they came I got all teary eyed and emotional.

So Friday was Day 1 of the next 3 weeks. I got to eat breakfast which is kind of weird now. I am so not used to eating before noon anymore. This also was the day I started exercising and worked out with a trainer for an hour. I wanted him to show me how to use the machines. Trainers are to expensive to use all the time. So I got what I needed and am going to continue on my own. Friday night was also the night I had waited 6 weeks for!!! Dr Joe gave me permission to have Mexican food! So we went to my all time favorite Mexican restaurant Chuy's. It was delicious! I got fajitas, so yummy and ate about 22 chips. I kept count. I had 2 more than I originally planned on. Chuy's salsa is my favorite and is made fresh daily so I got some to go to use with my taco salads at home.

So the Struggling part. I am glad so very glad I got to have Mexican night but this week since then has been a nightmare. I am not loosing weight this week, I have been gaining. I went from 264.6 Friday morning to 267.4 on Saturday and sadly its still been going up, I got up to 270.2 on Monday. Now today thankfully I have gone down to 269.2, I am thankful to be dropping again but this is beyond stressful. It makes you feel some what like you have failed. But I have been trying to remember that in this short time I have accomplished so much and that with God I can do anything! 

I am still working hard and keeping going but when you are working so hard everyday and it keeps going up like that it gets super overwhelming. I have literally worked out in some form everyday since Friday. Last night we went for walk and I walked the fastest I have in a long time and we did 1.42 miles. The best part is I kept up with Matt the entire time(which I never do) and my back didn't hurt at all! This was such an awesome feeling and just such a relief! 

So I have a funny to share from yesterday. I called to set up a time to get my dress altered for Mom's wedding and I need to make it as close to the date as possible to make sure it fits the best. So the lady said the latest I could do was August 29th. And I said OK, that works and she told me I was going to have to stop on that date. And I asked her what, and she said loosing weight. I was shocked for a moment and I said to her.... Lady I have 150 lbs to loose and I will not be stopping. If I stop now, I will probably not start up again. And that is just not an option. She said OK, but you could tell she wasn't happy with my response. This chick is on a mission and dress fitting 100% perfect is not going to stand between me and my goal of getting fit and healthy. 

Well, I am sure I will think of more to share. I go on Monday for my next weigh in, I look forward to sharing all the information with you all. Hope you have a great rest of the week! 

Faith, Love, Pixie Dust and Me! 

The Good and The Bad

Well we are literally down to the last 2 days, Today and tomorrow!! Yes, I am not done with the diet, but I get to move on to the next step. So 3 more weeks of very little excitement in food but I get to add exercise and breakfast! Wohoo!! It's hard for me to fathom that in just 40 days I lost 35lbs.

So lets start with the Good! I no longer have to take my supplements! This is a good thing cause I was taking them 3 times a day and trying to remember all of that just got old. I am still taking a multi-vitamin and vitamin B12 but they are chewables and once a day. Every night it's so weird to look at my pill box now, this diet this last month has been such a blessing. I only have my multi-vitamin, iron, vitamin D, and every other night my Omeprazole. Which I only have to take when I need it. Its so crazy to see how few medications I take now. My back has been improving more and more and I am feeling good. The best thing about my meeting with him this week is he said I can go for Mexican Friday night! Chuy's here I come! I am beyond excited for this! He also said I can add a small amount of fat free sour cream and a sprinkling of cheese to my taco salads at home now. The things I get excited for, LOL.

So the Bad of this diet. First its the lack of variety in food. I am so thankful to be so close to being done with this diet. But I have had a trail with this, the entire time. I also have struggled with not cheating. I have been doing amazing, maybe a few chips here and there but until this week I did awesome. I struggled so bad yesterday. The kiddos were eating pizza rolls and I ate 5 of them. I have never been more disappointed. But we are 100% back on it today and staying strong. I know there are going to be good and bad days and I refuse to let this get me down. Another thing that has been horrible about this diet and has caused my weight to fluctuate is constipation. I am not eating enough to go as often as I wish I could. So today since its been 3 days I went back up to 266.4 and had gotten down on Monday to 263.8. So today I show I have only lost 32. Nothing like a smack in the face, I know it will fluctuate but its so annoying.

Okay so I promised some before and after pics and here you go! Obviously the ones on the left are the day I started and ones on the right are yesterday. I can't begin to tell you all how happy I get when I see these. It makes me want to cry happy tears. Of course I didn't include the close up of my butt that my husband took last night. LOL, he is always such a kidder. So excited to share all of this with you! Hope you have a blessed week and look for my update next week after we start working out.

      ---- Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust, and Me

Can't believe its almost done!

So we have ended week 5. This means only 1 more week and I will be able to work out and eat breakfast! I am very excited for this to start, and what this next step will bring. This will be step 3 in the process and will last 3 weeks. Then we will be on to step 4 and I get to start adding in regular food! Wohoo! Why am I so excited for this?

I have been suffering along these last 5 weeks, just eating a taco salad consisting of lettuce, tomatoes and taco meat. I miss my cheese and sour cream. I averaged Mexican food 3 days a week before this diet. No I won't be able to do that every week, but 1 a week would be awesome. It's my favorite food!

We joined a Gym this week. We will be going to Flex 365, behind the Chipotle. We are super excited to get started there, I am planning on doing some weight lifting to tighten all this extra flab from loosing weight and doing the elliptical. I may eventually do some aerobic classes, because I love me some Richard Simmons and I like to dance and exercise. 

So week 5 didn't have as much stellar weight loss that I wanted. I lost 2lbs. this week bringing me down to 265.8. I wanted to loose so much more but my body is slowing down on how much weight I am loosing every week. I am still happy to have lost anything. I am hoping with adding in exercise I will continue to loose inches and weight. I go on Monday for my next 10 day appointment so I will let you all know how this goes.  I will include before and after pictures on my next post. I haven't had a chance to take them. 

I got the sweetest message from a friend of mine on Facebook the other day and she has joined the program with Dr. Joe now as well. I am so very excited for her and this journey she is going on. I encourage anyone who needs to loose weight and has tried so many diets and failed to look into this diet. I have never felt more determined or on top of things. 

Hope you all have blessed days! Until next time, 

Faith, Trust, Love, Pixie Dust, and Me!

We have made it through week 4

So sorry that I didn't post more this last week. It seems sometimes life just gets away from us. I have officially made it through my forth week on the diet program. It has definitely not been the easiest 4 weeks, but their has been many blessings. I still can't believe that I living free of all diabetes medication. It's just crazy.

 

Matt and I went yesterday and toured the 24 hr. fitness by us. It was late at night and we weren't able to sit down with someone about pricing but we got to see the facility. In less than 2 weeks now, I will be starting exercising and I am super excited for that. We liked the facility, but want to see how expensive it is. I did get a little exercise today, we took Trenton swimming for a bit and it was so much fun. It's the first time all summer I had been in the pool. The exciting thing is I bought 2 yrs ago some swim shorts on clearance, they were a size smaller then my usual ones. And sadly were always to tight to wear. Well all that changed today. I wore them to the pool and it was such an amazing feeling.

 

So I went this week for my Week 4 weigh in, I was super excited for this. I went the day before my actually 4 weeks was up, so my weight was 268.6 and I had lost 28.8. I am excited to share that the next day on the official last day of the Week I got down to 267.8 and lost 30.6lbs in 1 month!!!! This was so very exciting!!! I am hoping in the next two weeks to loose 5lbs a week, and make my total 40lbs by the end of my 6 weeks.

 

So for the numbers!

 

BMI starting was 51.1 now 46.1-- 5 points lost on my BMI this month.

Body Fat Mass starting was 159 now is 142.4 so I have lost 16.6lbs on my Body Fat Mass this month.

Visceral Fat starting was 18 starting and is now 16. Same as last week, but he says this isn't a big deal.

 

So all in all, some excellent numbers!

 

So here are the pictures. The one on Left is the day I started and one on right is today.

 

 

 

 

I am so excited to look at these pictures cause I even can see a difference! So I hope you all have a wonderful week! Until next time............... Faith, Love, Pixie Dust, and Me!

 

 

 

 

Best News EVER!

So usually I don't do two posts in a row, but I had to share the most amazing phone call that I received yesterday. So my I went to my Dr's on Wednesday and did my A1C blood draw. My doctor's office called me with the results. A normal non diabetic persons A1C is 4.0-6.0. Mine was 5.4! So he has taken me off all of my diabetes medication and told me to continue to eat healthy and work hard! I can't begin to tell you what this means to me. Diabetes has been looming over my head these past 2 years and I have struggled to keep my numbers in a good place. But I have finally done it! In just 3 weeks of following this amazing diet plan, I have completely turned my life around! 

I am going to be honest for anyone interested in doing this diet. If you are a picky eater like me this diet is super hard! It causes you to really step out of your comfort zone. I have been blessed to not have a ton of side effects or troubles but it hasn't been easy, I have really started to hate chicken more than I did before. Plus the chicken that I could eat(because I am picky), it was Weight Watchers Chicken Burgers has been discontinued for all Hy-vee grocery stores. And is sadly not sold anywhere else locally. So now I have found some at Target that we can try, but I dunno. Yes I am weird.... I don't like Chicken Breasts. I am so picky! I also won't eat anything with a bone. It's made this diet have super limitations. But I am working through them. 

I had several people on Facebook request the original picture and then the picture for Thursday comparison shot. So here you go (Right start Date/Left was Thursday)

 I must admit even I see the difference now. It's crazy what 25 lbs. will do! Dr. Joe thinks that I will easily be down 50 lbs by the time we go to Disney World. It's just so crazy to think that in such a short time I am achieving so much! I know that I will always have to be smart about my eating and diabetes, because as much as I am diabetes free now. There is no cure! Just being smart and making good decisions will be my cure. I feel so blessed knowing that God and my Daddy are watching over me. I will my Daddy was here to see this. I know he would be so excited. He always worried about me and wanted me to be healthy. 

Lots of Love to all! Faith, Love Pixie Dust and Me!

Halfway Point-- Day 21!

I have made it to the halfway point!! I am so excited to share this with you all! This has not been the easiest 3 weeks, but it has been such a blessing filled experience. I know I couldn't do any of this without God. He has held my hand through it all, and I feel like that first week he carried me. It has been such an experience. While I tire of eating Chicken and Turkey and I miss the non-healthy things, I can not argue with the results. 

As of this morning we are at the end of Week 3 and I have lost a total of 25 lbs. I am down to 273.4!!! I am so excited by this, I have never ever lost this much weight in such a short time. And the reason this is happening is because I am following the diet, I am doing what I need to do. I am refusing to give up. Have I had slip ups? Yes..... I have in total over the last 3 weeks.... eaten 5 Cheetos and 3 Fritos. I realize these are small amounts and nothing to freak out about. But after talking to my mom and discussing these are a stumbling block for me.......... the Cheetos have found the trash can. Poor Trenton will have to suffer without his junk food for the time being. 

Matt has also been doing so amazing! He has lost weight( Last count I think was 9 lbs) and is running again almost everyday! I am so very proud of him. He is trying to get healthy with me and is doing an amazing job! 

So I went in for my next 10 day visit yesterday and am so excited with the results. 

My Body Mass index started at 51.1, went to 48.1 and is now 47.1-- I have lost 4 points! 

My Body Fat Percentage started 53.4 went to 53.0 and is now 51.9-- lost 1.5%

My Visceral Fat started 18 went to 17 and is now 16-- 2 points! 

Also on Wednesday I went for my epidural in my back. I should know by Monday if I am going to need another one, next month. Let me just say not a very fun experience and kind of embarrassing to lay on a table naked butt up in the air and get stabbed in the back. But hey if it works and I can walk Disney World in October bring it on! 

This is such a freeing experience. I am feeling so much better and am just so excited about every detail. I will say though the people who love and support me keep saying oh, I see such a difference already, its so hard when you see yourself everyday to really see a difference. But I can tell in my clothes and in my comparison pictures. So now to the pictures. 

The purple is from the last 10 day meet up on 7/5/16 and the Gray is from 7/14/16

So until next time! We shall keep chugging along!!! 

---- Faith, Love, Pixie Dust, and Me! 

GOALS!

Good Morning World! Today we woke up to day 16 and I have achieved not just one goal but two goals! I am down to 276.8, so I made it past my first goal of 279. Wohoo!!! And I have also lost 21.6lbs. So both goals squashed in a little over 2 weeks!!! I am so excited about this and still a bit in shock this morning. 

I couldn't be doing this without the support of all of you! I can't thank you all enough for the constant support. Everyday is a struggle to maintain this way of eating. I get bored so easy with what I am allowed to eat. Mainly this is my fault cause I am such a picky eater and won't eat alot of what is allowed. But I also am missing MEXICAN!! Yesterday I was so close to cheating for dinner. I wanted Mexican food so bad! Matt is so amazing and just talked to me about how we are just in Week 3 and it would be better if I waited until we were at least thru week 4. I think he was doing this cause they say after a month of doing things they become a habit and this won't be so bad then. So instead we went to Panera and I ordered a salad(minus of course things I couldn't have) and ate that and an apple and it was perfect. 

We are less than a month from being done with the first 6 weeks. And I am getting excited! I am ready to start the next step and add in exercise. Although that is going to be dependent on my back. I go Wednesday for an epidural to see if it can help calm the inflammation. I am praying this will happen, as I would love to be able to move around again. 

Matt and I are also excited about another big thing coming up. On Wednesday we will be at finally under the 100 day mark for Disney World. We will soon be at 99 days! When you started with over a year this marks a huge milestone. Its crazy to think in 3 months, we will be having the vacation of a lifetime. That is part of the reason I want to be able to walk, and why I am so happy this weight loss is working. I am going to be working my butt off to get my walking legs in shape come August. 

So what's next? Thursday is my next Weight loss Appointment and I will update everyone on the progress. Hopefully we will see lots more on my BMI!! So until then! Hope you all have a wonderful week! And on an important note, keep the guys in Blue in your prayers. Everyday I work with these men and women and feel so much respect for what they do and how they protect us. They risk their lives and leave behind families that love and cherish them to protect us. Remember them this week and all they do for us! 

Until Next Time:  Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust, and Me! 

My First Official Weigh In!

Well, here we are on day 11. Usually I would meet with Dr. Joe or Kelly on Day 10, but since it was the amazing 4th of July. We are meeting today on Day 11. To recap forward I haven't cheated and am going nuts. Last night at my mom's was the hardest. I had to be done eating before everyone started and I couldn't eat a hot dog or a s'more!!! And don't get me started on the coconut cream pie. I LOVE PIE!!!! But that's probably what got me to this point, so time to move on.

Day 7-11 has been pretty normal. I went back to work, which honestly I thought would be harder, wasn't to bad. The girls are super supportive and understand how little I am allowed to eat and cheer me on. Matt has been such a trooper as well, he is too loosing some weight and running. I am so very proud of him. So thankful I have an amazing supporter thru all of this by myside. My sister has also been eating healthy with me, and working her butt of too. I am so proud of her!

So today when I woke up my weight was 282.2, so I am down 16.2lbs in 11 days! I am so very excited about it. The lowest I have been in the last year is 279. I could never get past that and so my first goal is to get past that, I am so close I can taste it. After that. I will also be at the other 1st of 20lbs. So close! Once I get that, my next goal to get to 250lbs. so after my first goal I will have another 28bs to go to get to the 2nd one. I can't even tell you the last time I was 250lbs. The weird thing is I have never felt that was attainable until now.

This diet has been such a struggle. I go through highs and lows. Times when I am trying to decide to I really want to do this, it wont hurt anything if I just eat a few Cheetos will it? And then there are times when I am pumped and I am like I can do this! You are doing awesome! Just keep going! But one thing that has remained constant is my strength in God. I know he is right there with me when I am in my lows and he is helping me get through it.

So on my original consultation with Dr. Joe I got on this special scale that measures different things in your body. With it I got this awesome printout that told me about myself. The nice thing about this is we will do this every 10 days and I will get to see the difference! I will be able to have paper showing me the proof. Cause I know when I look in the mirror I still see same old me. But my sister says she can already see a difference. But I can tell you all I feel a difference. My pants are starting to feel looser and my back doesn't start to hurt as fast as it was.

So lets compare the changes that have already happened that the sheet tells me about:

My Body Mass Index went from 51.1 to 48.1
My Body Fat went from 53.4 to 53.0
My Visceral Fat went from 18 to 17

So wohooo!!! They all went down!!! I am super excited about this. I am getting closer an closer to not being obese. I still have a long road ahead but its a start!!! Dr. Joe says I am making amazing progress and that in the next few weeks I will have even more weight loss. So before and after pictures Day 10: The Pictures on the right in the purple tank are day 10's. The Gray is Day 1. I will try next time to be as exact, but Trenton was taking them for me tonite ;)

1 Week Down!!!

So we have made it to Day 7, and I am super excited to reach this first milestone. I don't meet with Dr. Joe until Tuesday(meet every 10 days). So the first week has been an adventure and one that hasn't been as bad as I expected. Although I really miss bread and cheese I have stayed 100% strong and on the diet. But oh how I dream of the days I can have cheese again. LOL, but I digress. 

So as I discussed in my last post, I weighed a lovely 298.4 lbs. when I started this journey 7 days ago. I am happy to share that as of this morning I weigh 286 lbs. Yes you are reading that correctly in the last 7 days(including the first day that I gained 1.6 lbs(making me 300). I have lost from my original weight of 298.4 lbs, 12.4 lbs!!! Yes you read that correctly in 1 week I lost 12.4 lbs! Was this easy heck no! Is it getting easier? Yes it is. 

So how am I feeling? Most of the time I feel okay. But a lot of this is my body getting used to the new blood sugar levels. I am diabetic and have struggled with it at times. I like my sweets and anything carbs. But this diet has done amazing for my numbers so far. I am averaging 106 even after eating. I am usually not this low and its amazing! But sadly it comes with some effects as my body gets used to this. I get a bit queasy at times and just kind of blah feeling. But usually it passes after the day goes on and I feel fine. 

The first big food adventure of the week was Day 3. I made a recipe in the book called Beef and "Rice" This is essentially beef and cabbage with spices and chkn broth. Let me tell you, I am not one that is all that familiar with cabbage. So I choose red cabbage and made the stuff. Never again it took 3 days for the smell to go away. I smelled the stuff everywhere. It didn't mind the meal its self, but the smell of my house permeated for days and every time I smelled it I wanted to get sick. So no more cabbage for me. Below is a picture of that fun meal. LOL

So since I am supposed to be eating healthy and not using canned and processed foods on Day 5(Wen) I had my first adventure and made homemade tomato sauce. This was actually a fun adventure but an adventure indeed.  So first I bought 5 lbs of Roma Tomatoes, and had to core them and slice and x in the bottom of each, than you put them in boiling water for bout 45 sec to a min, and move them over to an ice bath. After the ice batch, you peel the skin off and puree them in the food processor and then put them back on the stove to cook for 30-90 min. It was so much work, but after I added my seasoning we had an awesome dinner of zucchini spaghetti and I had lots to freeze for several more days of yummy meals!  

 

                             

  

So Day 5 was a busy day, somehow my amazing puppy dog got my brand new vitamins off my nightstand while I was gone at appointments. There was over 60 pills in the bottle and he managed to chew the lid off and eat every single one of them. He then got a trip to the Vet and 78.00 later and 16.00 for a new bottle of vitamins we have a healthy happy doggie. 

So there we go...... week 1 is done! I have it all figured out that this first 6 weeks will be done on Aug 4th. And I can't wait to get there! Also in big news I met with KC Pain this week and I go on the 13th for an epidural in my back, that will hopefully help with all the pain I have been feeling walking and I can start walking again! 

Till next time: Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust and Me!