*~*It's not about how you look. It's all about how you feel. You owe it to yourself to take the steps necessary to feel and look the best you can*~* Updates 8/2/13: I did well throughout most of my pregnancy with my weight. I did gain a little more then I wanted to though. I ended up gaining 50 lbs. I lost about 20 lbs within 2 weeks of giving birth so I still need to lose about 30 lbs more to be at my pre-pregnancy weight. I am breast feeding so I am sure this will be a bit of a struggle trying to lose weight, keep up supply, and not be hungry. Updated 3/24/13: It seems I have strayed a bit more then I would have like to on this wonderful journey I have been taking. I was doing quite well in the beginning and thought it would be a breeze to continue eating well and exercising throughout my pregnancy. Well I was definitely wrong about that because now I am slipping into old habits of not working out and eat whatever I want and it worries me. I often wonder what will happen after my little bundle of joy arrives. So even though I am a little late in the game I am going to try and finish this pregnancy as healthy as I possibly can. ************************************************************** Updated 3/24/12: I'm now a newlywed!! (8/6/11) Yay :) As far as my weight journey goes, I have strayed quite bit. Before the wedding I started Turbo Fire which I absolutely LOVED. I ended up completing approximately 14 of the 20 weeks before heading off to my honeymoon. With this program I was able to lose about 10 lbs even though I wasn't tracking everyday. My goal weight was 135 lbs, however I did not meet that. I was 155 lbs when I got married. Over the past 6 months I have been tracking food on and off. I just can't get back into the groove of losing weight again. I know that for me to lose weight I really have to pay attention to portion sizes and quality of food I am putting in my body. For Christmas I received a bodybugg and thought this program was going to be the end all be all of my weight loss. I thought that the fat would just melt off from me and it would be easy. The only problem with this is that I was not mentally ready to do this program. I hadn't been tracking for months and my exercise routine was basically non existent. I would work out here and there, but I didn't have a plan. I do have to say that I love the fact that I can see exactly how many calories I am burning when I get off the couch and walk into the kitchen. This device is SO accurate. So in order for the program to work I decided 3 weeks ago that I would start Turbo Fire again. This was was going quite well and I had lots of few lbs when my hormones went crazy and I couldn't stop eating. I gained weight again bringing me back up to 166.6 lbs Because my husband and I are newlyweds we are thinking about becoming parents soon and I got nervous that if it were to happen sooner then later that the Turbo Fire program might be a little too intense for carrying a baby. I did some research and everything says it's OK to do especially if you have been doing it, but I am still a little skeptical of this and want to be sure. So here I am once again about a year later logging back into sparkpeople. This seems to be the only place I can get peace of mind and know that I will be able to lose weight. Having a sparkpage, being able to journal, being part of teams, and having peer support really is the way to go when trying to lose weight. I am hopeful that this time I will be able to get the jump start I needed to get my weight under control once again. SW - 166.6 lbs GW - 135 lbs 2012 weigh-in's 3/30/12 164.0 -2.6 4/06/12 161.0 -3.0 4/13/12 165.2 +4.2 4/20/12 162.5 -2.6 4/27/12 retaining 5/04/12 162.0 -0.5 5/11/12 161.4 -0.6 5/18/12 160.2 -1.2 5/25/12 159.0 -1.2 6/01/12 159.2 +0.2 6/08/12 157.8 -1.4 6/15/12 156.2 -1.6 6/23/12 158.0 +2.0 6/29/12 157.2 -0.2 7/06/12 157.8 +0.6 7/13/12 159. +2.0 These gains make me lose control eek! 09/23/12 166.6 +7.7 09/30/12 162.0 - 4.6 10/07/12 167.8 + Found out I was pregnant in Oct 2012 ************************************************************** Recap 2011 In January I made the commitment to losing weight again because I knew my wedding was coming up. My new program was Turbo Fire. I vowed to do it right so I started with the inferno plan which was a 1 week menu to jump start weight loss. It truly did work because I lost 5.2 lbs using this and the recommended workouts. SW - 164 lbs EW - 155 2010 Still working towards my goals using challenges 01/8/10 - 2.2 lbs 158.6 1/15/10 -2.2 lbs 156.4 1/22/10 -0.2 lbs 156.2 1/29/10 -0.2 lbs 156 Did bootcamp this month - Total loss 2. 6 lbs 2/05/10 -0.0 lbs 156.0 2/12/10 -0.0 lbs 2/19/10 -0.8 lbs 155.2 2/26/10 -1.2 lbs 154 ---- Started SELF Challenge This Week 3/04/10 -1.8 lbs 152.2 3/12/10 -1.2 lbs 151.0 3/19/10 +3.0 154.0 :( 4/09/10 +.8 154.8 -----lost track for a couple of weeks Lost track again.... 07/18/10 0.00 166.8 ---- starting weight 07/25/10 -6.4 160.4 ---- woohoo!! :) 07/30/10 -1.2 159.2 08/06/10 +5.6 164.8 got engaged/trip to NYC!! 08/13/10 -2.0 162.8 08/20/10 -1.0 161.8 08/27/10 -2.8 159 09/03/10 -2 157 09/10/10 +3.2 160.2 09/17/10 + .6 160.8 09/24/10 -3.0 157.8 10/01/10 +2.0 159.8 No real loss for the year just up and down the entire year. I guess this would be maintainance? 2009 Using my heart rate monitor, being part of teams, and really tracking everything I was able to reach goals. On the other hand this year was rough for me as I had a break up early in the year and by the end of the year I had found the love of my life (my husband). Because of the life changes there were lots of struggles 01/19/09 0 lbs ------ start date SW 166.4 lbs 01/25/09 -2.2 lbs 02/01/09 0 02/08/09 0 02/15/09 0 02/22/09 -3.4 03/01/09 -0.4 03/08/09 -0.4 woohoo in the 150's 03/15/09 +0.6 not anymore........ :( 03/22/09 -2.2 yahhh i made up for last week! Skipped a couple of weeks because I was having a rough time 04/12/09 -1.2 04/19/09 lost track for a few weeks 05/03/09 Lost track again.... 10/20/09 157 lbs 10/30/09 155.6 -2.6 11/06/09 155.4 -1.2 --- EW Total loss for the year 11 lbs 2008 This is the year that I started to take responsibility of my weight. I had never tracked calories or fitness minutes/calories. For Christmas this year I recieved a heart rate monitor. This brought my fitness to a whole new level. 08/22/08 - 10 lbs SW 186lbs 09/28/08 - 2.2 lbs 10/05/08 -2.2 lbs 10/12/08 -0.4 lbs 10/19/08 -1.2 lbs 10/27/08 0 lbs 11/02/08 -1.8 lbs 11/09/08 -1.0 lbs 11/16/08 +1.6lbs :( 11/23/08 - 1.0 lbs 11/30/08 -2.2 lbs 12/07/08 +2.2lbs :( 12/14/08 - 1.4 lbs 12/21/08 -1.2 lbs EW 165.2 Total Loss 20.8 lbs this year :)

*Track Food at least 6 days a week * Drink 10 or more cups of water a day *Complete 5k within 45 mins on 10/5/13 Future Goals: Run 5k (no walking)

Currently Doing: Completed: TF 08/06/11 CLX 09/13/12 I usually do a mixture of DVD's & gym workouts when I am not trying to complete a beach body program AT HOME WORKOUTS Jillian Micheal's DVDs Biggest Loser DVD Treadmill Biggest Loser: Last Chance Workout Turbo Fire Arc Trainer P90X ChaLEAN Extreme Brazil Butt lift *** Insanity *** ***haven't tried yet Weight Loss Tracker SW 212 on 3/10/14 CW 200.8 GW 160 by 9/1/14 03/10/14 212.0 03/17/14 208.4 03/21/14 206.0 03/28/14 204.4 04/04/14 204.2 04/11/14 204.2 04/18/14 204.2 04/25/14 204.2 05/02/14 204.2 05/09/14 200.8 05/16/14 05/23/14 05/30/14



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