Saturday, February 10, 2018

Time for Change




This was the first "selfie" I took in months...
I have learned to turn my chin up and angle the camera just right to loose the double chin.


January 2nd I decided that this was it... this is the day I start making changes. I weighed myself again and surprisingly after all the Christmas treats I ate, I hadn't gained. So my official start weight was 206.8 pounds. I downloaded a whole bunch of apps that help you keep track of what you eat and give you a calorie limit. I quickly learned that some of them are not meant for the American system of weights and measurements... most of them charge you and they were all on my nerves with reminders! I finally settled on the Lose It App. (no, this is not a sponsored post, just my true feelings for this app!
I didn't have much healthy food in the house when I started, so um, Ramen Noodles and Pizza made it on my food list quite often those first few days. I also made a deal with myself, to track EVERYTHING that I put in my mouth, even if it puts me over my calorie limit by 600! The first few weeks I was over my calorie limit by a whole days limit... so basically I ate 8 days worth of calories in 7. By mid January I had this down. I was making better food choices for myself. Instead of a handful of chips I chose cucumber slices.  I started watching portion sizes and started drinking more water. I weighed myself on January 13th... 205.2! Oh my goodness... I couldn't even believe it! I had lost over a pound. I was so excited! I worked hard that whole week to make sure I didn't gain any more weight. I wasn't working out daily I was just watching what I ate. I started eating veggies at every meal!
January 20th I weighed in again... 202.6 pounds and I was over the moon! This was the morning that I made the biggest change yet. I was giving up my beloved coffee creamer. I was wasting 120-300 calories on coffee a day. So I made the most drastic change I could... I switched from my favorite to my own homemade creamer. Its simple, fat free half & half and sugar free coffee syrup. I cut those calories drastically. On a bad day I use 5 tablespoons of half & half... 50 calories instead of 300! What a difference! This was also the day that I started making an honest effort to work out every day. I am not going to the gym every day, I am working out at home. Everything I am doing to try to get to a healthier weight has to be free or way cheap. Like I said in my previous post, we have 5 kids and money is kind of tight!
Well...
January 27th came. It was a Saturday... my weigh-in day. Well... I stepped on the scale and stepped back off and then I did it again and again. The 4th time I did it I grabbed my phone to document what I was seeing...
Oh my goodness... I had a 4 pound weightloss in 1 week! I was so excited I added more veggies to my eggs than normal and I worked out extra hard that morning!
January 30th
I decided it was time to start documenting my weightloss in pictures of my body... not just my unpainted fat toes! So... I decided Tuesdays will be my picture day.

February 3rd I weighed in and there wasn't much change. I was at 198.4. I lost .2 pounds in a weeks time. I was so bummed. I honestly felt like quitting but seeing the pictures of what I looked like before I had kids I decided I couldn't quit! So I just kept working out.
For the couple weeks I had been working out I had a really hard time doing push ups, at the most I could do 6. Side planks or hip raises were another thing that kept leaving me feeling defeated. So I started praying and singing thru the hard stuff.
"In the Name of Jesus! In the Name of Jesus I have the victory!" has been my favorite!
February 6th
Picture Day again... but first I had to get in my workout.
2 sets of 12 push ups
2 15 second side planks on each side.
I was in shock!
Maybe I hadn't been loosing weight because I was gaining some muscle?



Maybe there isn't much difference between weeks, but I can see a difference in my sides and in my profile...  I can see a difference in how my shirt lays in the front. It isn't being pulled up by my mommy tummy... 
I forgot to date these photos before sharing them, so the right side is the 1/30 picture left is a week later. 

I am hoping that by sharing my progress will help someone else feel like they can do this too!

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