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!