Did Well Yesterday!

I've continued to have a great couple of days. Friday I had under 1600 calories for the day which was great! I am definitely getting my calories back in check! Yesterday at our open house/trade show I did wonderful! I got samples to go and ate only a few samples while I was there. I figure I only had about 300 calories in samples. Which is fantastic!

I had under 2000 calories yesterday which is awesome considering I ate out twice yesterday! I started out with a bit of pineapple for breakfast. We stopped at Moe's Southwest Grill (many of you know, one of my favorite places) BEFORE the open house and had a Art Vandalay, which is a bean and rice burrito (no meat) with all the fixens! By eating before we attended the open house, we were not hungry and sampled less!



We then enjoyed a nice dinner at Red Lobster as Brad and I had no kids, so it was a date day of sorts. I had the Wood Fire Grilled Peppercorn Steak and Grilled Shrimp! It came with mashed potatoes and a large bunch of broccoli! Before dinner I did enjoy a house salad with a teaspoon, yes a teaspoon, of thousand island dressing! I also had to have 2, yes 2, cheddar cheese biscuits! They are so awesome and one of my all time favorite things and I wasn't about to pass them up! LOL!

All in all a great day! Today, so far so good! ;)

Down again! I love being a loser! :D

Ok, so I couldn't wait! Ha Ha! I weighed in this morning and have dropped about another pound to 209.9! Woohoo! Each pound lost is one more pound closer to my goal of 199! I'm only 4.5 pounds away to the lowest weight I've been this year and I am under 210 again. I feel good, because EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!



Now I just need to keep up my great motivation I have right now. I did well this morning and had a nice light breakfast. Fresh pineapple! Yum! I have an all day event to attend tomorrow as I will be going to a local distributors "Open House" down in Clifton Park, NY. I don't plan on trying a lot of samples as most of the companies I am already familiar with. But I will plan accordingly to try a few things BUT not over do it. I will enjoy a nice lunch out with my hubby as we don't get a Saturday fun day together every day! LOL! Then I will shoot for a nice light dinner. I will try to come on here and post how I did at the end of the day!

I Think I'm In The Zone Again!

I had my doctor apt. on Tuesday and before hand I did weigh in at home. My weight had not changed, but I was ok with that as I just weighed in on Friday. My apt. went well. My GOOD cholesterol was now at 46!! The highest it has EVER been since the doctors have been checking it. I was so excited. All my other blood work came back great. My doctor was very encouraging and told me to keep doing what I was doing.

I was down 5lbs since I had last seen her one year ago. Not a lot, but since I saw her last year I had climbed all the way up to the 220's. So I was happy with where I am at. It's better then being up, right? ;)

I have a pretty BIG goal in mind right now, but hey, go big or go home, right? Hee Hee! I want to try to get to 199 by my 45th birthday on October 23rd! I have been trying to get to that number for too long now, dammit! It's about time I get there. So I am challenging myself to FINALLY just do it! (Insert Nike logo here) ;)

So far so good! I had a great day yesterday. Stayed well under 2000 calories and today I had a great fast day. So now I'm on to tackling the weekend! I will try not to weigh myself again until Tuesday. But if I do before that I will keep you posted.

Now that summer is over and the kids are settled into school, I am hoping to post more often. Especially for those of you that loyally read my blog. You know who you are and I want you to know, I really appreciate it! It's nice to know that people are out there enjoying it and that I have people going through all my successes and failures with me! :) You can't have success without failure, that's just the way it is. But for every failure their are even more successes!

Down another 1.8 Pounds!

Well I weighed in this morning and I am down another 1.8 Pounds! That leaves me at 210.8! My hope is to be under 210 for my doctor appt Tuesday!!

I will try my best to have a good weekend and drop this blasted summer weight off!!

Saturday Weigh In

I weighed in Saturday morning at 212.5 lbs. So I am down 3.5 pounds so far. I am slowly working my way back to 205.5! I have my annual doctor appointment on Tuesday so I really want to work hard this week to drop another pound or two before the visit. It would be nice if I could get back down to 205.5 by the end of the month.

I did have a good fast day last Friday! My weekend went fairly well and I tracked everything I've eatin' every day. I've been slightly over 2000 calories on my non fast days so I am still working on keeping that number under 2000. It's so hard not to snack in the evenings. Ugh! But I will get there. I am hopeful this week will be a good one! Stay tuned....

Had A Great Fast Day Today!

Had another very successful fast day today! Yay! I feel like I am getting back on track. I pretty much ate pretty well on my cheat day yesterday.  I had 2800 calories and burned over 2900. Which is my goal on Tuesdays. To stay under what I burn for that day. Tomorrow I am going to watch what I eat and try to stay below 2000 calories for the day. Then I will fast again on Friday!

It feels good to get back on track and move forward to getting the weight I gained off and finally getting under the 200 mark. It will happen! Stay tuned....

Easing Back Onto The Saddle!

I have been slowly easing back into a better routine with regards to my eating habits. I had one successful fast day last Friday so that is a good start considering I've had trouble with my fast days for the last couple of weeks before that. I enjoyed the labor day weekend but tried not to over indulge. I plan to fast this week on Wednesday and Friday. Then I will weigh in again on Saturday morning to give you all an update! Hopefully my weight will drop a bit!

Here are some pictures of the kids going back to school this week:

Marcus' first day of pre-school.

Morgan's first day of school.

The Good, The Bad & The Down Right Ugly!

Well let's start with

THE GOOD - Today is the last day of summer break! Morgan starts school tomorrow & Marcus starts next Tuesday. Starting next week, we go back to our normal business hours. So we will close at 5pm instead of 6pm! Yay! These are all great things that will help get me back on track!

THE BAD - I had a rough fast day yesterday and pretty much failed. My motivation has just sucked lately. I think the busy days of summer has just overwhelmed me. I've had a rough month emotionally, but I am doing much better the last few days!

THE UGLY - Well here it is guys, I am up 5 more pounds since my last weigh in to 216 pounds! BUT I know if I can get focused I can get some of that off quickly!

Ok, now it REALLY is time to get FOCUSED if I want to reach my goal. I am going to start tracking what I eat again and start behaving myself again. I CAN DO THIS!! Wish me luck!

Lost My Motivation Right Now, But Hope To Get Back On Track!

I'm sorry I have not posted in awhile. The store has been crazy busy this summer! Which is a good thing, but with craziness comes busy days and challenging days to stay on track!

I've lost my motivation the last few weeks, but I hope to regain it back once school starts on Wednesday! I am spending time each day all week with the kids doing something fun. It's our last hurrah before the fun days of summer are over for the kids! Summer is always challenging for me and I've gained a few pounds but nothing to be too upset about and I have done much better then I have done in the past!

I will weigh in on Tuesday and give you an update of where I am at. I've been having difficulty sticking to my fast days. I've had 2 that were not pretty, but for as long as I've been doing this now, I think I've done pretty well. We all have our bad days. I did much better when I fasted this past Friday. I will fast tomorrow then weigh in to see where I am at. I know I will be up still from my 205.5 lowest weight, but I also know I WILL get it back off!

So stay tuned.....

Just checkin' In!

It's been a very busy summer and we had a great vacation in Pennsylvania in mid July! My weight continues to fluctuate up and down within a 3 to 5 pound range, but I've managed to always come back down when I go up.

My goal as I said before at this point, is to maintain my weight around 205 then try to hit my next goal of 199 starting in September.

Summers have proven to be difficult for me and usually I gained 10 to 20 lbs! But this time I am going to keep the weight off! And so far I am doing well!

Hope everyone else is doing well. I will check in soon when I can!

Slow Going!

I have gotten to about a half pound of my lowest weight since I started this in January. So right now I am at 206 lbs! I've come to the conclusion that it is just too difficult for me to lose any decent weight in the summertime. Between vacations, fun days with the kids and very busy work days, it's just challenging to lose weight! With that said, my goal is to just maintain my weight through summer and try to lose more in the fall. So I would like to see me at 205.5 or below at the end of August! This seems to be a much more reasonable request of myself.

My goal is to ultimately get down to 160 pounds! I just do so much better in the fall, winter and spring then I do in the summer when it comes to losing weight. And as you can see, even my blog has suffered as I am so busy and don't find nearly as much time to post. But hang in there with me. I don't plan on giving the blog up and hope to post when I can for right now and get back to regular posting in the fall!

So, no I didn't meet my 199 lb goal. But at least I am not gaining weight and keeping it on!

Down Another Half Pound

I was down another half pound this week to 207 lbs. I am going to try to get my butt in gear here or I won't hit my goal!!

I enjoyed a nice day at the beach with the kids. Tomorrow...time to kick butt!