Week 14 Weigh In

It's weigh in day!!! I am happy to report I am down 2.6 from last week!! That's a total of 24.4lbs since June 1. That puts me 11.8 away from my goal for the end of the month and 31.8 from my tattoo goal. I also calculated the inches lost in the last two weeks and that was 3.75 inches! Woot! It just shows if you make the decision to get healthy, follow our easy plan, and don't cheat (!) the pounds will just melt away. Attached is my beginning June picture and the now--after 3 months! Can't wait for the next picture (hopefully monthly now)!

Where has the time gone?

Wow...where has the time gone? My last post was almost two months ago! I totally got off track from posting on here weekly. Hopefully I can make the commitment to myself to come back weekly. So where am I...well I'm down 21.8 lbs since June 1st. I was hoping to be further along, but you can see I had some weeks where I didn't make the best decisions. I'm back on track and have a goal in sight. My friend and I decided to set a weight loss goal and go get the tattoos we have been thinking about getting! If I stay on track that will be right about the holidays!!! This coming new year I will have a brand new healthy ME!!!! So excited for the weeks to come. Lots of things on my plate and busy weekends, but I WILL prevail!!! Stay tuned for more update (if I remember to get back on here!).

Minus Monday---Week 5

I know what you are thinking..."It's Monday! You usually weigh in on Friday?!" Well I did weigh in on Friday, just forgot to post. I didn't have a very on track week, even though I prepared myself and ate healthy things I did have too much veggies...and did sneak a cookie or two at nanas :/. I weighed in at 0.8 up last week....that put my at 194.2. I was bummed at myself and realized getting below 190 for vacation was looking slim.....

Well, TJ left the scale out and I couldn't resist. I really wanted to get to 187 by the time we leave on Friday. In the last 3 days I have lost 3lbs! Luckily my body washed out the bad stuff I have eaten!!!! So here I sit at 191.2 now....thinking 187 might be realistic! I have stuck to plan, and low and behold IT WORKS! Duh Kendra!!!!!

I am also going to prove to myself this vacation that you can vacation and have fun and stick to your plan.....which means when I get home and weigh in I'm gunna loose weight on vacation! Who has heard of that?! HA!! This girl is gunna do it and conquer one of the times that usually gets me way of track. No excuses this time!

On a different note, I also finally conquered my fear for finishing week 5 of the couch to 5k running plan. Day 3 was a 20 minute straight run...no walks to break it up like every other day! I kept going back to week 4 telling myself I couldn't do it. Well Saturday I DID IT! I started a little slower but the last 5 minutes pushed it back up to where I had been running the 5 minute run! Woot! Starting week 6 today. Our first 5k will be at the end of September. I have 4 more training week so I think I will be ready to run the whole thing!

If you ever want to know more about my program shoot me an email or message me on facebook! :) The program is really easy, just like anything else in life you have to be ready to commit to yourself and follow through the plan. I would love to guide you along your weight loss journey as I travel through mine!

One Month!

Well it has been 4 weeks since I recommitted to the program and made my plan. I forgot to weigh in last week (-0.5) and now this week down -0.9! The last two weeks have been a little lower than I wanted, but I began working out which can slow things down a little bit. I am hoping in the next week or so the numbers jump back up to 2-5lbs a week :). If you take my 12.6 loss for the month, that averages down to 3.15 a week...which is in the range! So it was a great month. Now to reach the first goal which is in two weeks! I had planned to try to reach 180, but with the slower loss the last couple weeks, I'm going to change that to 187. That's 6 more pounds so the next two weeks I have to be really careful. Be more mindful of bites, licks, and tastes. Stick to the program and drink at least 100 oz of water a day! So here goes July! It's full of parties, family gatherings, and VACATION! This is doable, and I'm planning ahead. I got more bars and ready to eat products in to make traveling easier. Also will make sure for any gatherings to take healthy options (salad and chicken) so I can stick to plan. Let's go!!!

Weigh Day Week 2

Well my second weight day is here and I get to move my marbles again! WOOT. I lost 2 lbs this week! I'll take it! On our program the average weight loss is 2-5 lbs a week so I'm right on track. I also always have a slow week for the month...it occurs the same week every month if ya know what I mean ;). I used to only loose maybe a lb, or nothing, and sometimes gain that week. The next week it would fall off again. SOOOO hoping for another big week next week. I have 14.8lbs to my goal of 180 before vacation. I've gotta get my butt moving! That's 3.7lbs a week. It can be done...just have to work extra hard to avoid the little cheats: bites, licks, etc....I'm feeling pretty good too. I've hit the energy push which is always awesome. Hard part is actually sleeping! I've got extra energy from the fat burning and on top of that not going to work all day (even though it is work with my nieces here), my body just doesn't want to shut off at night! I still end up with around 7 hours of sleep so that's good.

It hit me this past week too that this weekend last year I was telling my family that we were expecting. I had it all planned out to give "grandfathers, uncle, etc" cards to everyone and see if they could figure it out. It was a fun time for sure, yet now a hard memory. I was hoping we would have news of another little one by now, but we are now in the waiting for God's timing part. It's in His hands when it will happen again. I am in a better place where I am actually smiling writing this, thinking about last year. God's holding my little one looking down on us and on day I'll meet them. Can't wait to have a big family BBQ up there...well ya know what I mean :).

Hope you all have a Happy Father's Day!

Got a case of the Mondays

I got through the weekend pretty well. Had a few instances where I had some huge chocolate cravings, but we drove past the gas station and I made an on plan brownie :)! Looking forward to another weigh in Friday! I started experimenting with the meals to see what I could make up. Not straying too far from a recipe, but hope to find something yummy!

Drum Roll Please......

So today is one week since I'm back on program (and remember I'm pretty much starting over having gained what I lost back). The scale this morning said 196.8! That means last week I lost 9.2lbs!!!!

I was shooting for 8 so I surpassed my first week goal! Woot! Now my next goal is for when we go to Washington DC for vacation/conference. I am shooting for being 180 by then so I have a hug goal of 16.8lbs in 5 weeks! I can and will do this! Thank you all for you encouraging words and support! Check back in next Friday for my next weigh in!!!

Oh and I got to move my marbles!!!! (insert some sort of joke here) I can't wait till mine look more like TJs but I can and will get there!