Happy Almost Turkey Day!

Update on losing weight

I noticed something about myself, I know for sure if my weight went back up because I have a shirt that when I bought it, it was loose, a half a year after I bought it, it got tight. After I lost those 30 pounds it was REALLY loose and now its back to being tight. I hate when that happens but I am glad it does happen because its a reminder to me that I need to get back on track for that shirt to be loose again. So I am proud of myself today, I was feeling lethargic, full, tired and lazy so instead of giving in to that feeling and just laying on the bed watching TV. I got myself up and took a walk. While I was walking my chest starting hurting and I was out of breath and that was a wake up call that if I push myself to do some kind of activity every single day I won't have to feel that pain anymore. I just had to share that. I'm going to be pushing myself to get more active whether it be taking a walk or doing a workout video. My goal by mid January is to be able to walk 5 laps around our neighborhood without any pain or without being extremely out of breath. My goal by February is to be able to jog 1 lap without slowing down. Believe it or not I can actually jog but it doesn't last more than a few minutes, lol. 

Work

I need change.....nuff said.

My family

For those who pray (I know some of you don't believe), just keep our family in prayer that we can get everything that we need to live and be on our own. Pray that Jason will get a decent job, pray that my car doesn't fall apart on me and just pray that we stay healthy and sane.

Fashion

I am tired of seeing so many people going after their dreams and becoming a fashion designer overnight. I realize that i cannot do that but maybe I should stop procrastinating and at least work on something. I mean I have a sewing machine, my markers, my sketching pad and pencils. I have fabric, a crap load of patterns, some thread. So what is the problem, I mean really what more do I need? I really cannot answer that at all. I don't think I am good enough. I think I need a refresher course. I feel like I've lost everything that I learned back at FIDM. I'm in a rut and want to get out but can't and I have no clue why. I have so many ideas, yet I don't apply myself to just do it (like Nike, LOL).

Moving in 2010

ATLANTA! I'm coming to visit you next year, be ready cuz I am.

Mkay! Goodnight all!

Confessions...

I need to be brutally honest with myself and let this out so here we go....

Weightloss

Before my wedding I made a goal (December 2008) to lose weight before the ceremony so I could be a beautiful bride. Well I did it, I lost 30 pounds, I still wasn't at my best weight but I had progress. My wedding comes and goes (yay me!) and we go to Vegas and go all out. We didn't hit any buffets but we also didn't eat too right. I end up gaining almost 10 pounds of my weight loss back. ARGH! Wtf is wrong with that picture? I made the decision that I didn't want to live like this anymore and yet I am now STILL on the bumpy road trying to lose weight. What the heck is going on? I made another decision after going to have a little chat with my Dr. that I am going to look into other solutions to help with my weight loss. Some people are for it and some people are against it. I have done a years worth of research and it may be something I am going to do. Not for anyone else but myself. I know a few people who made this decision because of what others think of them and that isn't me. I want to better myself, be healthy for myself, be healthy for my son and live a healthier life. I feel that it will help me retrain my body to when I am full, it will lead me on the right path to better my health and myself. Like I said its my own opinion and my own choice, my family is on my side and my husband will be there by my side too. We shall see what happens. Right now I am on my way to live healthier, I changed up my diet AGAIN by not dieting and just eating right. I've been eating the right portions and staying away from fast food ( I swear, when you are broke, you do eat healthier, LOL) I said that I would be brutally honest and I mean that. I admit that I am severely overweight and I admit that I am struggling A LOT with it. I admit that I have been on the road and fallen off of the road but I promise myself that I will NOT give up on it. I promise myself that I will motivate myself to get off of my ass and work out, even if its a fast walk EVERYDAY! I will not drop the ball this time. I am tired of being overweight and I want to be able to look in the mirror and see pretty. I have been overweight ALL of my life and I hated every minute of it, I was abused by a friend of mine in elementary school who said she WAS my best friend and treated me like crap. I used to make excuses to not go to school all because of her. I was made fun of in PE class, I was made fun of all through high school and sometimes even now. I was sad all the time, I saw myself as ugly, I had no self esteem and I just hated myself. I hate it. I don't want to remember all that crap about me anymore. I want to be confident in myself. I want to see what everyone else sees and believe it. Sad but true. My husband sees me as beautiful and I do see beautiful but I want to see it in me all the time, not when I wear make up, not when I put a certain piece of clothing on. I want to see the pretty in me, ALL the time. I am on my way to beautify myself! 

Enough of the fat talk....

So as you know, we are thinking of moving out of state. I'm excited about it. We have to take care of a few things financially but we hope to move out the middle of next year. That is of course if we like it and if we find what we are lookin for out there. 

Work

Yeah I can't say too much about work (cuz most of it is all negative and has lots of explicit language), its work and I thank God everyday that I have a job. I start my business classes again next year, I'm excited about that. 

Marriage

I love being married and I will love it more when we finally get to move out, until we get our financial situation in order and even more when we are able to just be. (Does that make sense?) We want another kid, Jordan needs a playmate and its just time. Don't be scuuuured we aren't trying yet, its not our time. I need to lose weight, we need our own place, we need good jobs, we need money and etc.... We can't wait but we WILL wait.

Mkay, I'm done for tonight. Let see what tomorrow brings.

Oh I'm also keeping track of what I eat and only weighing myself once a week on Fridays, I usually do a Vlog on Youtube but I stopped for awhile until I can say that I really am doing something positive with my weight loss journey.

Ok nuff said, goodnight!

On the next episode

Updates, School and Fashion

Stay Tuned....

I am going to blog EVERYTHING tonight, be ready for some honest, sad, blunt things that I am going to say about myself.

I'm back

So I just wanted to do a quick blog to say, I lost 30 pounds at the beginning of the year before our wedding and I gained 5 back and am very disappointed in myself. So I'm restarting my journey because I am just so dissatisfied with my progress, I keep procrastinating and I have to put a stop to it! I've also come to realize that getting the lap band IS really an easy way out. A friend that i know got it and told me she lost 16 pounds in a week. I was like wow maybe I should get it too. Then I asked what have you been eating and she says only liquids. So I realized yeah I would lose 16 pounds being on a liquid diet too! WTF?! Stay tuned for more!

I know I know I'm late!

I am late only because I fell off track for a bit, the good thing is though I am back on track and am still slowly but surely losing. I got back into walking everyday and my foods that I eat are lacking in the bad carbs. I even bought new walking shoes! Anyway my goal is to lose 19 pounds by the end of this month so wish me luck!!!!

So.....I'm upset!

I gained some pounds over Valentines weekend I am planning on getting back into my diet of course instead of saying forget my diet. I just had to confess about my weight gain. I feel better now. I refuse to beat myself up for it and I refuse to give up especially since I have my dress and got it 2 sizes too small. Until next Sunday, happy work out!

Bad Girl

I am eating Pizza today. Just thought I would let you know. I know I know I am going to have to work my ass off to get rid of the pizza but I you know I have been doing so well with eating right, I just had to have some. This time its not like I am saying forget about how I've been doing and eat bad everyday its just OK enjoy some pizza today and get back to the healthy stuff tomorrow. So there you go, YAY! Pizza.

Weigh in

I lost 4 more pounds!!!! And the STEELERS WON!!! That has nothing to do with my weigh in but I thought I would share. Stay tuned...

The beginning of the end of my FAT

So I have been overweight all of my life. I have been made fun of, abused, physically and verbally in school and I am so done with it. I started my weight loss journey about 3 weeks ago and have been doing ok so far. I have been on so many diets and have tried so many pills and after about a week, I drop the ball. But I am just tired of it now, I want to be able to go into a store and not have to go to the special sizes AKA plus sizes. I want to be healthy for not only myself but for my family. I want to be healthy enough to have another child who I can watch grow up and I want to be able to see their kids. I don't want to die early, I want my blood pressure to go back to normal without having to take medication. I want to be in a marathon, I want to job a few miles without dying (no seriously I would die) I've attempted it and almost died going a half a block. I want my back fat to go away so I can wear super tight shirts that show off my boobs, LOL.

(Mind thought: Wait I think my boobs are only made of fat, so I may lose those too.)

I don't want anymore fat ass thighs, or jiggly arms, so not attractive! I've been so frustrated about it and decided that its not motivation i need from other people, its my own motivation I need for myself. So I finally did something, no I didn't start any diet, I just started doing the right thing, eating right, couting some calories but not obsessively, just counting to make sure i don't go over. I've been taking walks everyday for 45 minutes and not snacking on bad food. A snack to me was s a double cheeseburger, now it happens to be popcorn or a salad or string cheese and some turkey breast slices. And so far I have lost a total of 10 lbs. Wow! I'm not going to put my weight on here because its embarrassing, but every Sunday Jason and I weigh in, and I will post our progress every Sunday so you the reader can celebrate with us.

(Mind thought did I even introduce Jason into this blog?)

By the way Jason and I both are trying to lose weight, his goal is a little different but sort of the same, he basically wants to be healthy so he can live long and watch his kids grow up but his ultimate goal is to be able to walk around with his shirt off (I love it!!). Goodnight stay tuned for the weigh in tomorrow.