How I Am Doing?

December has come upon us and I realize I only blogged twice last month. Hoping to do better at that this month. I have lost 37.8 lbs I am so excited and I am getting closer and closer to my goal of 50lbs by the end of the year. I am getting so excited. "A" has lost 69lbs I am so proud of her and she is such a huge encouragement to me. She keeps me going on the days I am struggling. So somehow we goofed with our order and ran out of our products (shakes and vitamins) the week of thanksgiving and had to actually go back to 2 meals a day with a shake for a meal and yet we both still managed to lose weight. Which is crazy but encouraging because I was so afraid if/when I would go to two meals a day I would gain weight and I was crazy excited to be able to lose weight and not gain (especially over thanksgiving).

The other day I went grocery and Christmas shopping and my pants are getting so baggy in the legs that they were actually getting cold in certain spots (because it was only about 40 degrees) and I thought there was a hole because all of a sudden I would hit a cold spot on my pants and so  I had "A" check me out in the parking lot and then it kept happening and was sure that I had a hole so I went to the bathroom to check and no hole just cold patches ( LOL I was so glad there wasn't a hole because I don't want to have to buy any jeans until these just plain fall off of me). So I keep plugging away everyday and little by little all the weight is coming off. YAY!!!

I plain on being on here more but we will see how that goes. If I don't see you before... Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!!!

November 17,2011

I almost have made it to 35 lbs. As of this morning I have lost 34.2lbs. YAY!!!! GO ME!!!!!  I am so excited. I really feel that my goal of 50lbs  this year just might happen. I know I have had up and down days but overall I am doing better than I have ever had and it really really helps having accountability in my life. One thing I have discovered is the reason behind my severe headaches I use to get. I have suffered for headaches for about 3 years that they would be so bad that I would miss work or leave work early and all that would work is sleeping. Most of the time not even Advil or Tylenol would work. But since starting herbalife and eliminating sugar and carbs I have only had 2 headaches and both of them have come the morning after not sticking to the plan. The first one was the day after our anniversary after I ate a high carb meal and wedding cake and than the second time was this week after having a sugar splurge. My body just cant handle the sugar and the carbs. I am so glad to have learned that and now I don't have to suffer from headaches any more. Next week I do my 2nd month measurements and will probably do a weigh in that day so that I can get an official 2 month weigh in. Be looking for it and I will post an updated picture as well.

Big Milestone!!!!!

I hit my 30lb milestone this week. I am so excited after having 2 really slow weeks where I was barely losing a lb, it was quite refreshing to lose 4lbs this week. It was a real encouragement to me that yes it is making a difference. I did have to tweak a few things. I was trying to simplify this even more as we are suppose to drink a tea everyday and its 1/2 tsp to 8 oz twice a day so my thinking was I could do 1 tsp once a day and that's when I started barely losing a lb a week. I also added starting this past week an aloe supplement that is helping balance my digestive track and also does a detox (for lack of a better term) from my mouth all the way through. I also started taking another supplement called Cell-U-Loss which they term as liposuction in a bottle, and I also added a second tea to everyday and tang kuei plus which helps support our female system. I am very excited about everything that is happening with my body well all except for the fact that I am losing most of my inches and weight in my back but not my behind and that makes it stick out more much to my chagrin. Oh well hopefully it will start shrinking as well. :) I know its been awhile and I will try to do better. I hope to put up some of our favorite recipes now as well and for those who eat healthy and want to save money "A" and I are starting to coupon more and are going to try and to see how easy it will be with our diet and offer advice on how to do it cheaply.

1 Month Measurements

I wanted to update my measurements. Can't believe it's already been a month. If you are new or want to look back you can click here to find out my begining measurements.


Upper Chest: 55 1/2 in          Down: 1.5 in
Chest:            64 in                Down: 5 in
R Arm:          16 in                Down: 1in
L Arm:          16.5 in             Down: .5 in
Waist:           66 in                Down: 2 in
Hips:             70 in                Down: 1 in
R Thigh:        27 in                Down: 1 in
L Thigh:        27.5 in             Down: .5 in



This is a grand total of 12.5 inches in 30 days. I am so proud of myself and the fact that I am making this life change and I am gaining more and more time with my husband everyday.

I have also changed my BMI from 67.3 to 63.3

One month gain, One year loss

So Monday ended my first month with Herbalife. It has been a great month. The last week was slow weight loss with only loosing almost 2 lbs. I do have to say though that as of today. I am back to my wedding weight. I have lost almost 26 lbs. I am at -25.8 lbs in 1 month. I can't believe that in 1 month I have gained more energy, more stamina, not be as sore after working all day with major cleaning projects. I have lost a year in weight gain. My jeans are fitting better than ever and I think I might have another pair that will fit but I want to wait maybe 1 or 2 more weeks before I try them on. I do have a goal to lose a total of 50 lbs by the end of the year. I would like to lose more but I would be happy with 50. Next year I will be bumping it up even more with being able to return to the gym after we have a more reliable car. I am hoping that by next summer I will be close to my high school weight and than I can just go from there. That will be a huge relief to have lost that much. I know that this is a long journey but I keep reminding myself of where I have come from.

End of Week 3

Tomorrow officially ends week 3 of the change! I feel great have more stamina than I have had in I don't know how long. Today I did some shopping with my niece K and instead of parking in front of a store and than moving the car to each new store we walked. The old me would have gotten in the car and moved it because I didn't have the energy to do it or didn't want to and wanted to be lazy. When I got to the grocery store instead of looking for the closest parking spot I parked way in the back and walked all the way up to the store and I felt great. It was wonderful. Those jeans that I managed to get buttoned back in like week 1 I was able to wear tonight to church. While after a little while they started to feel tight it was good because I haven't been able to button them 3 weeks ago and definitely wasn't able to wear them for long periods of time like no more than 5 minutes 2 weeks ago. Rings are still staying loose. Not sure when I will have to quite wearing them. Although I might have to stop wearing my right hand ring because it tends now to pinch if I clap my hands because of how loose it has become and that it moves pretty easy. Oh well and unfortunately that ring is not sizable so once it becomes to big for my ring finger maybe I can get it onto my middle finger or my thumb if not I will have to look at reordering it if I can find and and keep this one as a reminder of what I have accomplished. One thing I have noticed is certain things that I thought would be really hard and a temptation are not even an issue. The other night we went to Outback and than an old favorite was to go by Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and get hot fresh doughnuts and we went but this time only for the hubs and my niece and while I had to feed hubby it didn't even smell as good as it used to and the same today when I went thru the drive thru to get my niece lunch at Mc.Don.alds. It wasn't even a temptation. I learned my lesson from after our anniversary and that is not to stray. While I won't officially weigh in until Monday as of this morning I am down a total of 19.5 lbs and I can tell. It's crazy. I also won't have reached my personal goal of 10 lbs this week but I am satisfied with the 4.5 I have already lost would love to lose at least .5-1 more lb just to be at the 20 mark but I know it will come and that I am doing it right. 

If anyone has any questions about the whole plan and change let me know and if I don't know the answer I will find it out. Until next time....Good Night!

Day 17

Well so much for a daily entry. I will definitely try to keep updated one to two times a week. Well today was weigh in day and I am down another 5lbs. That's 15 lbs in just about 2 weeks. I have definitely learned that I don't and cant go back to eating the way I was, and I learned it the hard way.

Yesterday was the hubs and I's 1 year anniversary and we went out to the restaurant we ate at on our wedding night. I was like it's my anniversary I am going to just eat how I would eat and this morning I woke up with a headache and horrible indigestion. I couldn't believe how easy my body got use to eating healthy and without any real types of sugar (besides fruit and what little little carbs I eat). I was like no way no how am I going back. I couldn't believe that I use to feel that way all the time.

Good news, I think that within the next 3-4 weeks I will have to find a replacement wedding ring as my wedding ring is getting so loose that its pinching against my finger and engagement ring. While right now my engagement ring fits still. They are actually 2 different sizes because my wedding ring we purchased off of amazon and my engagement ring is my mom's that was purchased 34 yrs ago are slightly different sizes although they are suppose to be the same size.

This past week was crazy and many of my meals were thrown off. In fact I think I skipped 2 or maybe 3 and than sunday ate bad. This week back completely on track and aiming for another 10lb week but really I will take anything just as long as I am not gaining. (right LOL).

I am so proud of "A" she has lost 34lbs in the month since she started. She is really noticing the difference in her jeans and some of her shirts. Can't wait until I really start seeing those results I know it will happen.