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Weight Loss Success Can Be Had!

  • Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:54 pm

Today I got on the scales and I am another 3 pounds down! I started my weight loss journey in early March and I am 9 pounds lighter!! I am seeing or rather feeling a BIG change in how my clothes are fitting. I have been keeping track of how many miles I walk on the treadmill and I am up to 34 miles. That would put me just outside of Millersburg, Ohio if I walked from my house.

So what have I done differently? Well, I would have to say the biggest thing has been my choices. I have increased my activities (mostly walking). I have also changed my eating habits (this is the hardest thing for me). I don’t know about you but I get tired of “thin” folks or those that have never had any problems with their weight telling me or you what you need to do to lose weight. This drives me nuts!!  I want to here from those that fought their weight issues and WON!  Well I can at least tell you what I am doing and what is working for me. My hope is that I can be in some small way a help or inspiration to you.

If you can get yourself into the habit of choosing the right foods the easier it is in the long run. It even becomes easy when eating out. You don’t have to eat anything strange, you just eat normal everyday foods. I found that when you eat what is on your meal plan for the day you will find that you will start feeling full by the end of the day. Here is a sample of what I would have as a daily meal plan.

Breakfast:                    Snack:                      Lunch:                       Snack:                         Dinner

1- Fruit                                                           1- Fruit                                                             1- Fruit
1- Starch                                                         1- Protein                                                        1- starch
1- Dairy                                                          2- Veggies                                                       1- Protein
2- Veggies

This is what I put in those categories.

Breakfast:

1- small apple

1- 3/4cup Cheerios

1- 8oz glass of milk

Lunch:

1- small banana

1- 8oz Chicken Breast

1- 6 baby carrots

1- 1/2 cup raw Cauliflower

Dinner:

1- 3/4cup pineapple

1- small Potato

1- 1tsp of butter

1- 1/2 cup raw mushroom

1- 1/2 cup broccoli

1- Fish in Foil

For my snacks I have been eating Special K Bars (Chocolate Drizzle) or I get Nature Trails Fruit & Grain Bar (Apple/Cinnamon)

Here is the recipe for the Fish in Foil if you are interested.

1- fish (i use tilapia or salmon)(about 7oz)
1- Can’t believe it’s not butter Spray
dash of salt and pepper

Oven to 450
Wrap fish securely in a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes.

Open foil and spray with butter spray and add salt and pepper.

Bake uncovered until fish flakes very easily with a fork and is opaque in center.

While you may say there is no way that it is enough food but it really is. As you train yourself to not eat the junk but focus on the right food your body will adjust and soon you will find that you are eating the right amount. Trust me it worked for me before (till I blew it) and it is working again for me.

How else do I know it is working… I went clothes shopping the other day (gosh I hate that) and I came home with some REALLY REALLY cute tops and they were a size smaller! Proof to me that it is working!!

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4 pounds lighter!!!

  • Posted on March 10, 2011 at 8:57 pm

I am a full week into the “New Me” and I am down a full 4 pounds. Now that is numbers going in the right direction. I was a very scared to get on the scales today as I was stress eating yesterday. Just being very worried about something and I ate chicken nuggets from McD’s and after I did I thought I was going to throw up. I thought there is no way that I am going to be 4 pounds lighter. I am now kicking myself because what would the number have been IF I had not stress ate. So what have I been doing different this past week.

I started cooking my own meals. I make breakfast for my girls and actually sit down with them and eat. If I need a snack I have been snacking on Wheat crackers. Lunch has been a salad or a PBnJ sandwich. Supper is a nice meal that I make for the family. I have started teaching myself self control again. I gotta remind myself that I have kids that I want to be able to chase around this summer and I can not do it at this current weight. I read a letter yesterday that was on another blog that made me cry. I thought if I keep on this current routine this could easily be one of my kids writing this. I don’t want to ever have my girls go through this. Here is that letter.

A Letter from Kirstin:

I was in fifth grade when I finally realized my mom wasn’t like all the other mommies. Even though in so many ways she was the best mother in the world due to her strong involvement in our lives through school, sports, talent shows, and the like, it was in fifth grade when I noticed my mother wasn’t normal; she was obese.
Once I noticed my mother was this overweight, it wasn’t long before I understood the disadvantages that came with that fact. I soon appreciated every day with her more and more because I had no idea how many days she might have left. It wasn’t like it was just her problem anymore, it was mine too. I would worry that her obesity would catch up with her. I couldn’t just put it in the back of my mind either because as a child, your mother is everything.
As a child of an obese mother, I just want you to know that if you’re overweight and you have children… they worry about it, and they worry about you.
They may not say they worry about it or even act like they notice, but I can promise you that they do. When you decided to have children, you made a commitment to do everything in your power to be there for them.
Also, know that if you’re overweight, you can’t compensate for it by helping at their school or buying them things. Nothing can compensate for the fact that your choices can leave them without a mother. What you may not understand is the reality that you can die from being overweight.
Is any food really worth not seeing your child walk on their graduation day or seeing them get married or holding their first child? If you had cancer, wouldn’t you fight for your life? You would seek help and do whatever necessary to stay alive. Obesity is no different. It’s hurting you and you really do have the choice… obesity is one hundred percent curable. My mom did it and you can too.

I will be the mom that overcame her obesity and became involved in the lives of her family. So I have started putting the treadmill to work. I try to walk at least 2 miles everyday. Just for now as I keep walking I am just working on getting my shins and everything back into shape to handle upping the mileage. When I am at work I have no choice but to climb the 27 steps we have here at the station to get up to the living area, so I run them. Which is fun in steel toed work boots AND yes I have tripped and fell flat on my face.. many many times! LOL!!! Shhhh don’t tell anyone.

I am started to feeling a lot better about what I am doing with my life. I hope that after I get into a better routine I can help others that are struggling with their eating issues and weight. There comes a time in life, When you surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don’t. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living!! This is so true!!!

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A change is in the air

  • Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:30 am

When I started up a blog about my life and my on going struggles with my weight my thought was that I know that I am not the only one out there with these same struggles. I also think that if I put it out there where my friends are reading this I might finally be able to hold myself accountable and keep up on my working out (when I get my workout stuff all together) and my meal portion control. I am going today measure myself and hopefully see them numbers start shrinking!

I started making a cookbook with meals that are not just healthy but that I know what is going in the meals. I also have my 2 cookbooks that I got from LA Weightloss. The great thing with those books are that the meals are great! Lots a flavor but they held you to a nice portion. I wanted to make this cookbook for my family for 2 big reasons, ONE we are not going out to eat TWO we are sitting down as a family and having dinner at home! There is nothing better than that.

Yesterday was my shopping day. I made my list and away I went. I am very proud my oldest daughter she is learning about healthy eating and will ask me all the time if something is healthy. She stuck with me and really never asked about getting to much “junk food”. Now she is a kid and she did some things but not much. So I think that if I can change my ways and get back on an appropriate eating and workout routine she will follow in my footsteps because I sure don’t want her following them right now.

I am smiling and feeling good just sitting here typing this and thinking about what my future holds for me and my family. Maybe just maybe I might enjoy being in family pictures again.

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