Time For New Goals!

Goals For The Year - Just because I hit my 100 pound milestone doesn't mean this is the end of my journey. It's time to set some new goals for the rest of this year! Here are my main goals for the year. 

• End the summer with a loss and not a gain!
• Get my BMI to a normal weight range!
• Lose my last 27 pounds!
• Work on learning to maintain my weight!
• Earn my second degree black belt!
• Keep my weight off for good!
• Enjoy my summer and the benefits of a healthier me! 
• Count my many blessings every single day!

I think those are some great goals! Once I hit my goal weight of 145 pounds I will see how I feel and determine if that is the ideal weight for me. I always thought being too small just wouldn't feel right. But I really need to get there to see how I feel to really determin if that is the ideal weight for me or a few more pounds will feel more comfortable. I don't wan t to make any assumptions so I'll wait until I get there to decide on what feels right! 

Goals For Today - My next goal is to get into the 160's. I am hoping I can do that in the next couple of weeks! I am going to our camp for 2 weeks starting July 10th and I have no major events during that time so I got this! 

Weight Today - I was at 174 this morning. Not bad considering I had a day long trip on Tuesday going to the mall,  that was 3 hours away, with a friend to give her 24 year old special needs daughter a fun filled birthday. Then I went to a Rick Springfield concert Friday night which was 3.5 hours from home. So we left Friday and got home yesterday afternoon. I am really happy with my weigh in this morning considering the week has been so busy and I've done lots of eating out! I am maintaining well!! Woohoo!

Returned To Tae Kwon Do Last Week!

 I was excited to return to Tae Kwon Do after taking a year long break! I earned my black belt June 0f 2019 and with the craziness of Covid and dealing with running a small business during these past couple of difficult years I decided to take a break last year. I wasn't expecting to take a year long break, but life happens. 

I returned on June 13 with a new determination to earn my second degree black belt. I am already seeing the difference during class with being much smaller! What a great year this will be if I lose 100 pounds, and keep it off, and earn my second degree black belt in December! 

The new me at TKD class this week:

Me earning my 1st degree black belt June 2019: 

Happy Father's Day!

 Happy Father's Day! I hope all the dads out there have a great Father's day today! My husband enjoyed a great breakfast in bed that was perfect for his Keto Diet! A veggie scramble with cheese and extra thick bacon! So good! What could be better then that? It's all about celebrating with the right choices! 

A Sure Sign Habits Have Changed!

Let's face it, we all celebrate with food! It brings us together as humans and food is an important part of our survival! But celebrating with food doesn't have to be unhealthy or boring! It's the choices we make that really make the difference and keep us healthy. 

In the past I would have gone out and ate my favorite meal and dessert to celebrate a milestone like I had today.  Maybe BBQ ribs, mashed potatoes and corn. Don't forget the fresh rolls right out of the oven. And I can't leave without a brownie sundae! No way! 

But not today! I allowed myself a few extra calories and I enjoyed a sausage egg mcmuffin (no English muffin) for breakfast,  chicken wings for lunch and had an amazing Keto friendly steak fajita salad for dinner. My snacks as a treat were salt & vinegar almonds and macadamia nuts! I still had less then 30 carbs today, enjoyed some of my favorite foods, ate less calories then I burned and best of all I feel very satisfied! Boy has my habits changed! Life is good! 😎

I've Officially Lost 100 Pounds!!!! Woohoo!!!

 I did it! As of this morning I have officially lost 100 pounds and weighed in at 172 pounds!! I started my journey November 9, 2020, so it has taken me a little over a year & a half to lose the 100 pounds and I could not be happier!!

Pics Of Me This Morning: 

Pics Of Me & My Husband Fall Of 2020 Before I started My Journey:

A shout out to my husband who has lost 80 pounds!

My Official Weigh In This Morning:

I am so proud of the both of us! We have done amazing! We will work on our last few pounds over the rest of this year.  We will not complain if we only maintain during the summer as our summers tend to be hectic. My ultimate goal is to reach 145 pounds. I will then no longer be classified as overweight! I only have 27 pounds to go to meet that goal! I can't believe it, I never thought I would get here. I am so glad I found the Keto Diet. 

So Close!

I am so close I can taste it! Down to 172.8 this morning!! Just .6 pounds to hit my 100 pound milestone!! I will stay focused until I get there! Because I do WANT this!! All I need to do is WAIT FOR IT....

Major Milestone Hit Today - No Longer Classifed As Obese!!

Weighed in this morning to discover I hit a new milestone! I am now considered overweight an no longer obese! This is the first time in my adult life that I have not been classified as obese. Woohoo! 

I'm just 1 pound away from my 100 pound milestone! 

Birthday Celebration, Camp Building & Last Week Of School Oh My!

 This has been a bit of a crazy week! I weighed in on June 7th at 174.4!! So that was great, but I ended up having a ton of carbs later that day as it was my daughter's birthday and I ended up having cake, ice cream and chocolate! I still was under 150 carbs that day. Plus, on the 7th our building for our camp started to get installed and we have been back and forth to our camp Tuesday - Friday of this past week. It's 45 minutes each way so lots of travel time. One day we made the trip twice! This was also my kids last week at school! So lots going on. 

It's been challening and we have eatin' out a lot this week. So my weight has jumped up a bit but is starting to go back down. I think if I stay focused I can hopefully drop those last 2 pounds to meet my goal this week! As of this morning I was at 176.4. I am confident this is just a normal fluctuation and if I keep my calories where they should be I can get those last 2 pounds off to meet my 100 pound milestone!!

Moving Right Along!

Down again this morning to 175.4. I am slowly edging toward that 100 pound mark. I have several miletones I will be hitting in just a short time. One, I am the lowest weight I have ever been as an adult. which I continue to acheive everytime I drop more weight.  Two,  I am approaching the 100 pounds lost milestone. Three, I am about a pound away from being officially classified as overweighht rather then obese. Another first as an adult! Pretty exciting stuff! 

I am determined to meet these milestones in the next week or two. I just need to stay focused and not over eat when I eat out. I am going for a nice day out with one of my employees in my Jeep with the roof and doors off today. It's supposed to be 78 degrees today. So it should be a beautiful ride on a beautiful day! I have a plan to have a nice lunch and then try to fast today at dinner. It should be a fun day with a great employee and friend! Happy Monday! 

Had A Little Drop This Morning

 I was excited to finally be below my lowest weight this morning. I am  down from 176.4 to 176! Just 3.8 pounds away from that 100 pound milestone goal! This week I will stay focused and hopefully drop some weight this week! 

I have a couple of things that are going on this week in regards to eating out,  but I will do my best to stay focused so I can meet this big goal really soon!

Time To Update My Avatar

 I thought it was high time I update my avatar! 

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Just Checkin In

I know I haven't checked in for awhile. It's been a crazy couple of weeks! I have been sticking around the same weight for the last couple of weeks give or take 2 to 3 pounds back and fourth. Pretty much all normal fluctuations. It seems my weekends have been pretty busy. Fun day with my son, an overnight trip with a friend for her birthday then a 3 day weekend with my daughter and her best friend. Then of course Memorial Day weekend! 

Lot's of eating out but I have managed not to gain a bunch of weight! So that is a win for me. Keto is a lifestyle for me, not a diet, so eating out and making the right choices are just part of my routine. I am now trying to get back to focusing more on meeting my 100 pound milestone goal,  but I have been hungry a lot the past week. I am starting to think it may be PMS contributing at this point. But not 100% sure. 

I am really trying to stay away from popcorn & nuts this week in hopes of getting back on track with actually losing some weight. Now that I am smaller I don't burn as many calories so it can be a bit more challenging to drop weight but I knew this was coming. Eating nuts doesn't help as they are high in calories!

I haven't been able to fast this week as I've been hungry in the evenings. But I will take it day by day and hope that a day will work when I can do so. I keep going back to my favorite salt and vinegar almonds and macadamia nuts so I am making it a point to stay away from both of those for a week or two to see if it makes a difference. Because even though I've been eating more, I'm still under the calories I burn each day. So maybe it's those darn nuts getting in my way again! LOL

Goals for the rest of this week and next week: try to keep my calories so I have at least a 1000 calorie deficit & stay away from nuts & popcorn!