Monday Check-in
As many of you know last year I began my “lifestyle change” which meant cutting a bunch of crap out of my life. Probably wondering what I cut out right? Try fraps, coffee, soda and fast food. Oh and I did all but the last one cold turkey and boy did I suffer for it in the beginning but it taught me that you can cut out all the bad in your eating/drinking habits. Some of you will say that I must not have had a habit, but the truth was I was drinking I don’t even remember how many sodas or cups of coffee a day but I do remember drinking 3-5 (depending on how much I had on hand) of Starbucks Fraps a day. How did I do it? I replaced all of them with either tea or water. I even tried making flavored water, my favorite was Cucumber water.
One year difference
Every day I would report back on Twitter or Facebook on what I was eating, the beginning was mostly salads, smoothies and Lean Cuisine meals. Every Monday I would post a weekly photo update, which I will do here as well for 2012. Last year I had lost 35lbs by the end of summer, but by the end of the year I would only walk out of 2011 with minus 25. I’m still happy though, looking at the picture I can see that I did good, that even if it wasn’t what my goal had been I had tried hard. Last year was a horrible year for us, first there were a lot of issues going on in the home then we were kicked out of our home and moved into a hotel for almost 6 months. We had moved into the hotel by the end of the summer and that is basically when I began putting the weight back on. So my goal, now that we are in an apartment and have a gym membership is to kick butt and get into the shape I desire.
Do you have any weight goals? Now I haven’t found my weight scale, but I will be looking hard this week and once I do I’ll update this and post a new post with my measurements. I do believe I am roughly at 200lbs, my goal is to get to 175-165lbs which would mean losing an additional 25-35lbs in 2012. Before anyone attacks me I lost that much weight last year and I was healthy.
Goals:
- continue to lose weight (25-35lbs in the year which is 2lbs per month)
- lose more inches I want to get on the right path
- run 2 5ks
- eat better & drink more water
- Cut back on the sugar, instead use Truvia
- Make the gym a daily ritual (minus weekends)
Great goals for 2012! I think it’s awesome that you are accepting the stall for what it was, and moving on with a positive attitude as opposed to defeat and discouragement. Good luck, I know you’ll do great!
Huge difference! great job and so happy for you
Those pictures show that you made a HUGE difference!! Way to go! This year is only going to get better!
You are going to get to your goal in no time!!! Love the pics – you can definitely tell the difference.
That is amazing. You rock! I toy with the idea of doing the same so often. Maybe I’ll follow your foot steps this year…
You did AMAZING, especially for spending 6 months in a hotel. I would have used that as an excuse FOR SURE, so you need big congrats! I look forward to see how you handle slightly less dramatic conditions.