I don't know if I'm really ready to do this or not, but I'm jumping in with both feet! I'm just a simple girl living a simple life. I'm not great at spelling or punctuation so don't be judging! But I thought if I would start a daily blog to hold me accountable with ups and downs in my weight loss adventure.
I started this adventure about a year ago Jan 27, 2011. Sitting at home on Jan 17th or so watching the news I happened to see the tail end of the Fit at Five on WCSH6. The women was talking about this weight loss support meeting called Changes. I didn't catch where or when the meeting was but I said to my husband "boy that sounds like something I would enjoy". Not thinking too much of it after the news was done, while creeping Facebook, I saw a friend post that she attended this Changes Weight Loss Meeting so I asked her about it. The down fall was it was on Thursday nights in Gorham, but I really felt good about starting.
I drove the 30 or so miles the following Thursday night to see what this meeting was all about! I did weigh in urgh! Starting weight 238lbs :( I couldn't believe I had allowed this to happen. I felt so pumped after leaving the meeting I called my sister and mother and they both decided to join with me! We drove to Gorham every week and I had a loss every week for the longest time! I'm an all or nothing kinda girl most of the time, so I never went much over the alotted amounts of anything.
I set a goal for my 40th birthday party to be down to 200lbs and I made my goal!!!! But since then I have been on a stand still. I haven't gone over 205lbs, but not under 200lbs since July 25th!
We started a Changes meeting in Waterboro on August 30th! So the drive is much shorter! And not that long after that Judy got a gig on Tuesday nights so couldn't teach the class anymore so she asked me to. I love it! I love to be able to help others to do what I have done! We just started a six week session last week. We have a great class of people!
So this is why I've decided to put my life out there to see if that will help hold me accountable. We leave for Mexico in 34 days and I would really like to see some results before then.
I am going to be up front and honest with everything that goes into my mouth and the feelings I have that go with it. I hope no one takes offense to anything I have to share, that isn't my intention. To add stress to all this I have quit smoking this week also so it's kinda crazy.
So here it goes...
Woke up a little late this morning and didn't feel hungry, but needed to eat something so I could take my Chantix (to quit smoking) and something for my rib muscle I've been dealing with since Dec 31st. I had a few mixed nuts and then took some tylenol. I've been putting xylitol in my coffee instead of splenda since Friday. Bud made himself breakfast which is very rare and I had three Jimmy Dean Sausage links and more nuts around Advil time. All the while drinking tons of water. We had chicken out thawing and decided on soup and we needed a few things at Hannaford. By now I am feeling so sick to my stomach I make the boys rush through shopping to get home. Thats what Chantix does. Got home and relaxed with some heat for a bit.
Around 4:30pm I made the soup and had some of that. Just boiled chicken for 30 mins, took it out to cool (so I could strip it from the bone) put in some carrots, onion, celery and chicken base. After the chicken was cooled I added it to the pan. It was Yummy! I also added some homemade canned tomatoes to my bowl. Now I sit here smelling the Franks Red Hot Buffalo Chicken dip that I just baked to have with my Flax chips, but I'm still full from soup so I'll wait. So Back to football and Crocheting.
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