Just one pound!

All I lost last week was one pound! Take a look at this picture of one pound of body fat and tell me that just one pound is not a major accomplishment.

Just think, I have lost more than 23 of these big blobs over the last 2 months. Never again will I feel discouraged for losing only one pound!

Also last week was my daughter Brinya's fourth birthday. I decided to have some cake and icecream to celebrate. Now, in the past, I really believed that a serving of cake and icecream equaled about 4 cups....but now I know that it is more like one cup. I ate the one cup, enjoyed it, and had no desire to eat more. Now, that is an accomplishment for me. I am usually the one who eats one bite of forbidden foods and than says, "what the heck, I blew it, I might as well eat the whole thing"~ not anymore, there are no forbidden foods, only portion control...and feeling in control.

And did I mention, that I am no longer considered "obese"! I am now on the higher end of being "overweight" for my height. Most people are not thrilled about being called overweight, but compared to the word obese, it sounds like heaven. Of course, I look forward to the day they will call me "normal".


Here is my updated Virtual Model, after losing 23.2 pounds. Is she looking great or what?!

Made my 10% goal tonight

Yes!, I lost 22.2 pounds which qualified me for the 10% keychain! I lost 10% of my original weight, what a feeling! I am lovin it! So what now? Just 2.8 more pounds until I get a 25 pound ring to go on my keychain!

These two are always hanging out together!

Connor & Brinya ~ July 2007

Isn't she sweet

Niekelle ~ 17 months old

Fat Pictures

This is me before I started loosing weight... back when I thought I couldn't do it and would just have to except who I was.

Whoever took this picture of me is in big trouble. Wait a minute, I am sure that isn't even me....

Wow, I can't hardly believe I used to look like that. Weight gain kinda sneaks up on ya. You hardly realize how bad it is until one day you look in the mirror or see a fat picture. I guess I just got busy taking care of everyone else and forgot to take care of myself. I'm ready to take care of myself now so I can take care of others better.

My virtual model

Okay, I keep daydreaming about what I will look like when I lose more weight, so I found this virtual model to help me out:



The first one is me at my starting weight of 224 pounds~yikes, no wonder I never went swimming~ the second one is me at my now weight of 212~looking a little better~ and the third one is me at my goal weight~ yeah!!

Small goals

Last week I lost 2 pounds and this week I lost 1 pound. Not as exciting as losing 3-5.6 pounds, but every little bit counts. The leader was taking about how even a quarter of a pound is a lot. She said to go home and get a stick of butter and put it up to your body and try to decide where you lost that much weight from. I laughed, but when I got home, my kids where kinda teasin' me for only loosing a pound, but I got out a one pound box of butter and showed them just how much a pound was. They changed their thinking after that. I guess I just want all the fat gone now and I don't want to wait. I have to remember that I gained this weight over about a five year period of time, even if it takes five years to get it off, that will be fine. My goal before I joined Weightwatchers was to lose 10 pounds a year rather than gaining 10 pounds a year. I have already surpassed that goal in just 4 weeks. I am going to list my small goals to keep me going and not worry about the end goal.

1. Working on 5 pounds at a time. I already have two 5 pound stars and I am nearly half way to the third.

2. 10 % goal. I have already lost 5 % of my original body weight, all I need to do is repeat this once and I will get my 10 % key chain.

3. Get below 200 pounds. I remember when I was pregnant the last few times, I dreaded to get over 200 pounds, but at least I could use pregnancy as an excuse....no excuse now.

4. Wear a size XL misses comfortable. I am starting to wear size 16 or 14 jeans, depending on the jeans and my 1X tops are feeling a bit large. I estimate that I will wear size XL/14 when I lose my 10%.

5. Jog instead of walk. I am walking/jogging for about 30 minutes now. I want to get where I can jog the whole time.

Well, these are my small goals. I already feel like I have accomplished so much. It is amazing how just losing 11.8 pounds can make such a difference in how you feel. My belly is getting smaller, I can tell, but no one outside my family has commented yet. I guess I am one who needs that attention, cause I can't wait for someone to comment on my weight loss. But for now, I feel thinner, I have more energy, and I am excited to be on this journey.