Fat Chick Fed Up

Starting Weight: 330 pounds

Weight Last Week: 299.9 pounds 

This week’s weigh-in: 299.5 pounds

Ugh. Not super-thrilled with my weigh-in today. It’s been a while since I posted a weigh-in post. The last two Sundays were Christmas and New Year’s and I didn’t blog on those days. Honestly, I think I gained a little bit back over Christmas, but I am not sure exactly how much (I think I was around 302) so I am just going to go off of my last weigh-in. So I may have lost more than what it looks like-but only because I gained first.

So, you may be wondering why I am posting this update on a Wednesday. Typically, I update my weight on Sunday, but I have decided to switch to weighing in on Wednesdays for two reasons.

First, with my new goal to unplug all day on Sundays to have some extra time with my family and to spend in prayer and worship, I will not be blogging on Sundays anymore. Second, the new challenge I am participating in does weigh-ins on Wednesday. Plus, I think Weigh-In Wednesday has a nice ring to it, don’t you? :)

I am very excited about the new challenge I am doing.

I am joining up with the “Shrink Yo’Self In 2012” challenge over at The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. The challenge runs from January 1st to Febraury 29th and is a weight-loss and fitness challenge. For the fitness portion you are to do either 20 minutes of vigorous activity 3  times per week or 30 minutes of moderate activity 5 times eachweek.

If you’ll remember, my fitness goal for 2012 was to exercise 4-5 times every week, and pretty much all of my exercise is pretty vigorous I would say, with the amount of sweat and heavy breathing I have going on. TMI? Sorry!

Our assignment for this week was to write out our list of goals. I kind of forgot when I posted them yesterday that I was supposed to be linking up with the challenge today. So I will just link to it here: My Goals for 2012.

My specific goal for the 9 week challenge is to lose 20 pounds. I will continue with my sugar detox  for the remainder of the month of January, slowly add back in some fruits and limited complex carbohydrates in February, increase my water intake, track my calories on My Fitness Pal and of course, keep up with my exercise.

Twenty pounds in 9 weeks is a BIG goal, especially for me since I haven’t seen a 2 pound loss in one week in a while. And now I am challenging myself to lose more than two pounds a week for 9 weeks straight. I am hoping by tracking everything closely and upping the intensity and getting some serious burn during my work-outs that it will be achievable.

What can I say? I’m a dreamer.

The Chick Magnet rocked his weigh-in this week. At last check, he weighed 228.4. As of this morning, he weighed in at 221.4. He lost a total of 7 pounds in the last 2 1/2 weeks. He has officially soared past the 85-pounds-lost mark, bringing his total weight-loss to a whopping 85.6 pounds. I swear, that man is a machine!

And yes, for the record, I am still jealous!!!

Want to join the challenge? Head over to The Sisterhood to check out the details.

How did your weigh-in go this week? Have you set some new goals for the New Year?

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Starting Weight: 330 pounds

Weight Last Week: 301.4 pounds 

This week’s weigh-in: 299.9 pounds

Oh my goodness y’all, can you not just hear choirs of angels singing the Hallelujah Chorus?

No?

Well, I can baby.

First off, I apologize that I have to start this blog post with an apology! Thank you, once again, for hanging in there with me. I have not had internet service for over a week and I am so sorry for not being able to blog this past week. It was a nightmare trying to get our service provider to take care of the situation. Amazingly enough, as soon as we threatened to switch providers, they hopped to. Imagine that!

Now, that that’s out of the way, let me just say YYYYIIIPPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am absolutely ecstatic that I finally hit a HUGE milestone that has been such a long time coming. And yes, I really did cry.

This past week’s weigh-in represents several significant goals met on my weight-loss journey. First, I have officially hit 30 pounds lost. It took me a lot longer to do it than I had anticipated, but I m still very pleased with my progress.

Truly, I have never stuck with my weight-loss efforts in the past for nearly this long. And I have you to thank for a lot of that. You bring me such encouragement, motivation and inspiration on a daily basis and I am so grateful for all of you who have encouraged me on my journey.

Second, for the first time since starting this amazing adventure, the FIRST number of my weight has changed! YEAH BABY!!! I know for most people, a number like that on the scale would be completely devastating, and a whole other reason for crying, but for me it represents a HUGE victory. I am determined to NEVER see a 3 at the beginning of my weight again!

Third, I can finally use my treadmill. Way back at the start of this journey, we were gifted a really nice, state-of-the-art, gym quality treadmill. It was such a blessing to us, but unfortunately I have been unable to make use of it because it had a 300-pound weight limit. How sad is that?

I am so excited that I have a new tool available to me now that I think will really help sustain my weight-loss efforts, especially during the long winter months when any kind of outdoor activity is limited. I am, after all, allergic to snow. Just ask my kids.

Ahem.

I also am very proud of the fact that this milestone came as a result of a 1.5 pound loss in the middle of the hardest time of the year to lose weight. At the beginning of November, I had a goal to simply not gain any weight during the holidays. I didn’t even set my sites on losing because I didn’t want to set myself up for failure and I didn’t want to feel deprived and depressed while attending our multitude of holiday parties.

Well, not only was I not deprived or depressed, but over the course of the last two weeks, during which we attended 6 Christmas parties, each with all manner of sweet and savory indulgences, I logged a loss. I couldn’t be more thrilled.

To think that just a little over a month ago, I was so upset at my apparent plateau, that I was seriously considering whether the only other course of action would be bariatric surgery, I am just so, so excited and newly motivated by how things have been going lately.

Am I eating perfectly? No. Am I working out every single day? No. Have I conquered all of my emotional issues that contribute to why I do the things I do? No way.

But what I am doing is making slow and steady progress. I am making consistently better choices and when I slip, I forgive myself and move on. And for me, that’s huge. That’s the difference between giving up completely and persevering. And, baby, I’m going to persevere.

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The Chick Magnet, of course, rocked the house again this week. He hasn’t had my cooking for over a week so he’s back to his usual ways of shedding pounds like there’s no tomorrow. Last week, he weighed in at 232.6 and this week he was at 228.4 for a loss of 4.2 pounds. Only about a pound and a half before he hits 80 pounds lost!

A-MAY-ZING!!!

That’s the truth.

Did you weigh-in this week? How did it go? If you posted about it on your blog, feel free to link up in the comments!

If you are like me, December can be an especially crazy month. How do you plan to stay on track in the midst of holiday parties, family get-togethers, carry-ins, and Christmas-time busyness?

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Starting Weight: 330 pounds

Weight Last Week: 301.4 pounds 

This week’s weigh-in: 301.4 pounds

You read that right, not one ounce of difference between this week and last week. It’s really kind of strange and now that I am thinking about it I am wondering if my scale is somehow stuck. I’ll have my daughter get on the scale tomorrow and check it out, but I weighed myself several times today and it always said 301.4. Usually my weight can fluctuate pretty significantly depending on what time of day it is, so that is a little peculiar.

I will take that weight, if that’s accurate. No, it’s not a loss, but it’s also not a gain. After three Christmas parties, all of which involved all manner of calorie-laden baked goods, I am pleased to not have gained. Not that I gorged myself at these events, I tried to use proper portions and exercise some restraint, but I also didn’t deprive myself either.

I am a big believer in “all things in moderation”. I know that, for me, saying something is completely off-limits is a recipe for disaster. It only makes me want that item all the more and make me resentful that I “can’t” have it and others can. Then it spirals from there and I get depressed about where I am, start focusing on how far I still have to go instead of how far I’ve come, and start getting jealous of people for whom weight is not an issue.

I know. I’ve got issues.

So, while I do indulge my sweet tooth at family gatherings and other parties, I try to allot for it by eating healthier the rest of the day/week and by taking it into account when I am planning meals and such. I try not to let having a little treat derail my entire plan. So, not gaining, to me, means I was successful at keeping my eating under control. Of course, I would have been thrilled with a loss, but I am happy staying where I am at for this week.

Now, if this were to become a trend then I would know I would need to re-evaluate some things and see where I can change things up to jump start my weight-loss again. I am looking forward to seeing that first number change for the first time since I have started this journey, so rest assured that I am definitely not settling for staying where I am at.

The Chick Magnet weighed in at 232.6, his lowest weight so far! He had gained a few pounds when we went to visit, which was to be expected. I have always done all of the cooking so he isn’t eating as well as he normally would if I were there. He is eating healthfully, but just not getting as many calories in as he would if I were cooking for him. He lost 3.2 pounds this week and is only .4 pounds away from the 75 pound mark! So proud of my man!

Non-scale Victories

1. I had a good coupon to the Fashion Bug this weekend, so I decided to do a little clothes shopping since a lot of my stuff is getting loose. I had so much fun and was ecstatic to see I was down a shirt size. I didn’t try on any pants since I don’t really need any, but I know what I am wearing now are pretty loose. I pretty much live in my yoga pants though, so those are still wearable.
2. I blogged  a lot this week which I am so happy about. I have missed not having a consistent schedule with all the house preparations and traveling we have been doing the past few months. Now we are in maintenance mode though, so hopefully things will be more consistent around here. It helps me so much to have that support and accountability. You all are awesome!
3. Still working through some emotional/mental and spiritual battles as they relate to my weight gain/loss and it is going really well. I know I keep alluding to it and I promise I am not trying to be über mysterious or anything. I will be sharing very soon. I hope getting some of that out here on the blog can help some of you all too, and maybe you can offer me new insights I haven’t considered.
4. I wrote a guest blog post this week which will be going up tomorrow.
5. Some sweet friends of ours watched the kids for me Friday evening and I enjoyed 4 hours of kid-free shopping for Christmas. It was such a blessing! As mamas, sometimes it is so easy to get so caught up in the busyness and taking care of others that we forget how important it is to take care of ourselves too. A little time to myself was just what the doctor ordered!

Focus for next week:

1. I HAVE to get in a good exercise routine. This has really suffered recently, since being back from Florida really, and I know it is holding me back. Hold me accountable over on Facebook will you? I will try to post on there what I am doing to keep active. If you don’t see anything for a couple of days, you have my full permission to kick my butt!
2. GET TO BED EARLIER!!! My sleep patterns have been all out-of-whack lately. There were a few nights this week where I was up until 2:30 or later and that just does not fly around here. I NEED my sleep. My baby still gets up and nurses some nights, The Chick Magnet and I get wrapped up talking to each other, and I have a whole host of things I have to do before bed to keep everything ready for showings on the house. All of this has added up to make me one tired mama. No wonder I am having issues figuring out my exercise routine.

That’s the truth.

How did your weigh-in go this week? Any adjustments you need to make for next week?

If you are like me, December can be an especially crazy month. How do you plan to stay on track in the midst of holiday parties, family get-togethers, carry-ins, and Christmas-time busyness? Share your best tips in the comments!

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Starting Weight: 330 pounds

Weight Last Week: 302.1 pounds 

This week’s weigh-in: 301.4 pounds

Oh my goodness y’all, it feels so good to be back to blogging! I apologize for my long absence but I had a fabulous time in Florida and enjoyed unplugging for a bit. It was really hard to leave The Chick Magnet, especially when all of my kiddos were sobbing in the back seat as we drove away. Totally heart-breaking. It will be such a relief when we can all be together again for good.

If you have hung in there with me while I was gone, I owe you a HUGE thank you. I have missed blogging and missed all of you so much. You provide me with so much accountability and encouragement. I am convinced I have some of the best readers on the planet. Thanks for sticking with me and being patient. Things are crazy in my world right now but hopefully someday soon we will get back to some semblance of normal. I am ready!

I am so pumped to have logged a loss this week. I don’t care one iota that it wasn’t even a pound. The scale is moving in the right direction and I am getting closer and closer to my next big milestone every day.

I had lots of factors working against me the last couple of weeks, which makes me especially proud of this measly little loss. First, I was traveling-which meant driving long distances and sitting for hours on end. Traveling is notoriously hard on weight-loss efforts. Second, there was Thanksgiving. Need I say more? Third, my favorite aunt showed up while I was in Florida. Fourth, because of the traveling and not being in my comfort zone my exercise and eating habits have not been what they should be. So the fact that I lost, no matter how small it was, is a total victory for me. Pretty sure I have NEVER lost weight at Thanksgiving before!!!

So, on to the fun part-our monthly pictures!!! Let me know what you think!

I can’t tell much difference over last month, though I do see a difference in my face. I try to focus on looking from the before picture to the now picture and I am thrilled that there are definite changes there, even if the change from one month to the next is slight.

For the record, I lost 4.6 pounds in November, which I am simply over-the-moon about, especially seeing as though I actually gained a pound in October. My goal for November and December was to simply not gain, as I do every year during the holidays. So a loss, in my book, is total bonus!

Oh my, my hubby is looking GOOD!!! His transformation has been even more dramatic as he has lost over 70 pounds in 5 months. I can tell a definite difference over last month in his face and “love handle” area. There is not much handle left to love!

I know I joke a lot about being jealous of his amazing success, and to be perfectly honest, there is some truth to that. But, I am so, so proud of my man and I LOVE bragging on him! I am so thankful for his commitment to supporting me and bettering himself. He is an amazing husband and father and I am so blessed. Sorry girls, he’s taken!

That’s the truth.

How did November treat you?

If you are like me, December can be an especially crazy month. How do you plan to stay on track in the midst of holiday parties, family get-togethers, carry-ins, and Christmas-time busyness?

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Hey all, this post is going to be short and sweet today as I am thick in the throes of a nasty stomach virus that seems to be taking over my life. I promise to try to get back to some semblance of a normal blogging schedule as soon as I possibly can. Because, golly, I just miss you all!!!

So let’s get to the fun, exciting part shall we? Our pictures! Mine are pretty much the same, big surprise there as I have struggled to just maintain what I have lost as of late. But The Chick Magnet is nothing short of spectacular. Maybe HE should be writing a weight-loss blog. What do you think?

Eh. I can’t tell much difference. For the record, I actually gained a pound this month. Shameful. I have lost a total of 24 pounds.

Holy Cow! Look at The Chick Magnet’s belly in that first picture compared to now! And is that not the sweetest picture? I love the way our 4 year old is looking at Daddy. So much love!

For the record, The Chick Magnet lost 6.9 pounds this past month. He gained a bit back of that 9 pounds he lost in one week after a weekend with me! I’m such a bad influence! But he still looks awesome and I can totally see a difference over last month! He has lost a total of 60.3 pounds.

And now, a Biggest Loser-style photo:

Don’t think we’ll be seeing those shorts anymore! Off to Goodwill they go.

Amazing!

So, how did you do in October?

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