Update!

I can't even remember when I last posted here. It has been a very bumpy ride the past few months. Back at the beginning of the year I hit a huge plateau lost about 50 lbs and than stopped like dead in my tracks no weight loss. I thought I might have been pregnant in January/February and that was why but nope that wasn't it. I got extremely frustrated  because nothing was happening and pretty much gave up doing the shakes and vitamins and everything. I found out in the beginning of April that I was in pregnant about 4-6 weeks along but we lost the baby right after we found out and while trying to deal with that I gave up completely on even trying to eat healthy after that. I have decided though that I am not going to give up and I am going to lose this weight once and for all. I started back on my diet on Monday and I have lost 3 lbs so far. YAY!!! I am so excited as well because we started a new church a couple of months ago and the pastor's wife is a personal trainer and they have a gym there as well. How awesome is God!! Anyways I am starting over and I am not stopping no matter what. So be looking for more updates along this journey.

WOW!!! It's been almost 4 months

I have failed miserably at keeping up with my blog and somewhat loose on my diet. My weight loss has slowed drastically. I am hoping as soon as we get another car (we sold our piece of junk van that didnt work hardly at all anyways) to start going to the gym and that should also jumpstart my weight loss again. I do feel tons better and love how I get to eat still. As soon as anything changes I will update here.

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.