Four months Before and After

This post is going to be really cheesy- just to warn you! The Biggest Loser Season Finale was this week and so I am going to do a before and after blog entry.
And what a great week to do it!!! I lost 1.5 pounds this week which means...... drum roll please.....

I met my goal!!!! I have lost 35 pounds!!!

This is my first goal in weight loss and I am so proud of myself! I am back to pre-pregnancy weight. My next goal is 200- the weight I was when I got married. From there its 180 then 150.


I only have the one really good "fat picture" because I use to hide myself behind a child or just take most of the pictures. So you of course get to see the United States Treasury picture again....

This picture was taken on vacation this January while visiting my parents in Maryland. I knew I had to do something to loose this weight because I can't stand feeling ashamed of it anymore. I weighed 260 pounds and wore size 24 jeans.

Four months later, hundreds of miles on the spin bike, and countless hours of rockin out in Zumba.....- I am proud to show you my goal weight pictures!

Here I am with my size 24's..

Who doesn't love the old " hold your fat pants up" picture made famous by Jared from Subway?

And look at me now in 18's!!!

I warned you it would be cheesy :)

Here is a side shot just before I hit the gym Friday.

I can't tell you how amazing it feels to lose 35 pounds! I can ride my bike without stopping and gasping for air. I can run on the treadmill for 5 minutes straight. ( workin on that still) I have so much more energy, I can run around the park with my kids. Its GREAT!!

So my goals for the rest of this year: Loose 25 more pounds to be at 200 and complete a 5k. I know I can do it!!

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week 16

Hello Everyone! I have a ton of energy today. Holy Cow! This morning I went to the gym and worked out for two hours- Zumba and a cardio/ weight training class. I came home and had a protein shake with a new kind of powder and now I am convinced there is crack in it. ( By the way- never try muscle milk- its horrible!!!) Ever since I drank my shake I have been bouncing off the walls!
After my shake I went to go change out of my work out clothes and I thought hey lets go to my "skinny clothes" I put away in a bin somewhere. I threw the lid off and to my amazement- there are 4 pairs of pants and a whole lot of other things I had packed away! It fits! So then my crazy wheels start turning and I went to my closet and started trying on my old scrubs. When I lived in Modesto I was able to pick out my own scrubs and wear all the bright funky things I wanted. I was about a L-XL. I gained more weight as time went on and was just an XL. At my new job in Chico we had a uniform and I couldn't wear my bright fun stuff. I ordered a 2x for wiggle room.
So today I pull out the craziest most bright scrub I could find and try it on. It was a Large and it fit! So now I am crazy hyper with great news. How am I sitting still? Well, embarrassing to say, I am sitting in my scrubs haha.

On to weight loss world! I know last week I wanted to lose 2 pounds...Didn't happen. I looked at my graph and this is the week I always gain weight do to monthly changes. But this week I didn't gain! I lost .7 pounds! So for the first time in 4 months I didn't have a gain week : D
I didn't go to the gym as much as I normally do because Bradley's biting has gotten out of hand so we are taking brakes and going less. I pulled out the ol' bike and dusted it down and went bike riding 4 times so far in a week. I even raced Adam in the car twice! The first time he won by a minute going across town and coming home I won. If you want more details about our adventures on the bike and the kids in the trailer I posted about it on my other blog here.

Adam joined me in weight watchers and has a TON of more points than I do. It was actually easier to keep to the plan when he wasn't on it with me!
For example: Last night Adam thought he had used all his points already so he had a smaller dinner then he normally would have. When he went to go track he found out he had already adjusted his huge breakfast with a light lunch and fruit (free). The punk had 17 points left after dinner. So he got a huge bowl of ice cream and sat right next to me with it. And he still lost 3.5 pounds the first week! Ahh!

Tonight is the biggest Loser Finale (which I am SOO excited for! Mainly because I have too much energy.... ) And so I will post a big blog entry of before and after weight, measurements, and pictures.

So next week I WILL lose that 1.3 pounds to meet my goal of 35 pounds. Actually I am pretty sure I will blow that 1.3 pounds out of water!
Have a great week everyone and go Jay!!

Week 15

I didn't go to the gym once last week! The four of us have had strep and we were all miserable. I was not hungry at all but made sure to eat the minimum points for weight watchers which was 38 points . By Thursday I was getting depressed that I have ZERO activity points. By this time I am normally in the 100's. I couldn't even claim housecleaning or playing with children points because we all lazed about.
I went to Target and bought a pedometer to at least track my steps. The first one I got was $20 and it calculated steps, distance, calories, time, heart rate etc. I wore it Thursday and it reset two or three times!! I returned it and bought the cheap one for $9 from the same brand. This one just calculates steps and distance and it is very hard to reset- perfect!
Friday I wore it and went for a walk in Bidwell park it was a BEAUTIFUL day! Sun, light wind, clear day! It was like my soul rejoicing we weren't sick anymore! By the end of the day I had walked 17,000 steps!! Holy Cow! I think it was 9 miles...
So the best part of the week was on Saturday Adam joined me on Weight Watchers! Hooray! No more tempting ice cream and junk food! For Example: we went on a road trip to Modesto last weekend for Mother's Day. I told Adam that if he wanted some snacks for the drive to pick it up when he was out shopping because I am going to have healthy food. What does he come home with?!?! TWO packs of Sugar wafers- big weakness...Oreos, soda, gosh what else...

So are you dying to know how much weight I lost?? I was afraid none but wii fit says...3.5 pounds! I guess my body didn't know what to do with out working out all week so it just dumped weight! I was completely shocked to say the least! I think my body liked having a nice break.

Well my friends, till next week! And lets hope for two more pounds! TWO POUNDS! TWO POUNDS! I'll be down 35lbs next week and hit my goal of pre-pregnancy weight! Can you tell I am super excited?!?

Week 14

Guess what I got this week! My 10% star!!
I lost 1.5 pounds this week! I now that's exciting but I can tell my body is starting to slow down on losing weight.
I am sick this week and so far I have 0 activity points- very sad. By this point I have about 70-100 points. I went and bought a new pedometer because my old one would randomly add steps when I am sitting or reset whenever it felt like it- it was frustrating.
So what should I set my goal at for steps? I already done my shopping today and didn't have it on yet. Oh well! I hope everyone is having a great week!

Week 13

Good news! I lost 2.3 pounds this week!
I am getting to the point where I know that I am getting smaller but I still look the same to myself. I still have fat rolls and a double chin. Why don't we let ourselves have credit for our successes??
I took a picture with Adam this weekend and said- ughh! I still have a freakin double chin! So then I Pulled up my "fat picture" and compared. Granted I still have a lot of weight to loose but that double chin is starting to disappear!!
On to other news... I am getting comfy in my 18's Wahoo!! I can't even imagine being in 16's. I have only been a 16 for like one week my entire life! And that's with a muffin top!
So my new total weight loss for this week is 29 pounds.