Holiday Week!!

Well this week has been the first week after the WLB competition and I let loose this week! I got my exercise in but I ate soooooo much food!! and Pie!! and sweets!!! I didn't really hold back much! but I drank my water and I felt good with my workouts! :) So i decided I was going to keep with the weighing in once a week to hold me accoutable and focus on my goals still! well I gained one pound this week which I thought was gonna be worse so I will take my 1 pound this week since I did eat a lot of thanksgiving food and sweets and next week is a new week! I'll get back on track and have a loss next week!! hopefully! but i'm not gonna beat mself up about it I figured i would gain 5 pounds with all the food i was eating so it was less than i expected! :) I start another part-time job tomorrow so my work outs have to start now at 6am! :) yikes! but it is what it is and i don't want to go back to where i was so its worth waking up early!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Black Bean Brownies

So Today was the last weigh in for the Win Lose or Blog Competition and so I thought I would splurg a little and I made brownies...but with a twist! I found online brownies with black beans...they taste really good very rich for me so one is plenty! I 'll have to post some pictures I took of the brownies they turn out a little darker than normal. But they were good and hit the spot! :) Tomorrow I am excited to run 5 miles! The cold weather is coming in tonight and I am loving that! I need new running shoes bad too!! I Need to get our Hot Chocolate 5K reg. so that I don't lose momentum or motivation. I don't think I will but its very easy to get out of shape with out trying lol so I want to keep moving forward. I am Very Happy with my expierence with WLB and Sure glad I submitted my application into them! :) So now its time for Marathon training and getting into size small and size 6 -8 again! I am super excited for that! A contestant from WLB Catherine did these Fashion Motivations during the WLB Competition and I loved them! They totally helped with my Motivation!  So here are some clothers I Heart!

these and more cute tops and skirts and dresses can be found here.

update pictures

September on the left, november on the right

Aug on the left October on the right

                                   October 9                Nov. 11

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marathon bound

I ran a 5K last Saturday! in  36:12! I am running a 5k in January with My hubby Lance and in April I'm running a Marathon with my Dad!  I am down over 22 pounds and Feeling amazing! I use to be size 18 now 14's are loose on me! I think i might be inbetween 12-14 size! my shirts are Loose! my Medium shirts fit Perfectly!!! I have lost a lot of inches! wish I took measurements from the beggining! but hey it is what it is! my wedding rings are fitting way better now too! :) I am very happy with how far i have come but still have a long ways to go! :) so excited to continue my journey of being 17 again! :) 140 Here I come!!

Picture update-14 pounds down

14 pounds gone!

Picture Update

Tomorrow!!

Tomorrow starts the WIN LOSE OR BLOG Competion! so excited! gonna get my cardio on tomorrow!! so excited 7 weeks of awesome weight loss competion so glad its here !! I am very motivated and excited to see what is to come 7 weeks from now! :)

Eating For Life

I have been making our meals out of this book strictly! :) Here are some pictures :)

Saturday Pictures

So This was on Saturday I was 7 pounds lighter in this picture! I just got an email today that I was selected for the new season 6 of Win Lose or Blog! I am so excited for it! It's the perfect time and I'm gonna look good for when I get Preggers again!! That's What I have decided! So yeah it shall be fun! here is a little update on the visual. To learn more about Win Lose or Blog check it out!

couch to 5k

Well things are going good I am super proud of myself for my self control and dedication I've been watching my portions and going to the gym and PUSHING myself! I am training for a 5k with a friend of mine in Nov. today was our first day of the couch to 5k program training thing...I went longer I was on the tredmill for 50min and 50 sec and went 3.3 miles! I did the 5k in 45 minutes and then did the cool down! I then went and did some of my dance streches(sp) and then took my dog Daisy to the park and ran around with her it was fun! I am exhausted! Ready for my shower but I wanted to post here before! this morning before the gym I got on the scale!!

9 pounds down!! :) so excited!

7 pounds lighter

I got on the scale this morning! 7 pounds gone!! getting my workout on! yesterday I ran/ jogged/ speed walked for 45 minutes! I have been watching my portion of foods and not eating refined sugars! :) So Worth it!! Going to the GYM today! Its a lot more motivating when I can see my efforts on the scale! :)

17 again...

Life has not turned out the way I imagined or planned it to be....I always said  I would get my degree ya know cosmetology or Chiropractor like ( like my Dad)  Marry when I was 25 and have 6 kids by the time  I was 30 or 31...Well Sometimes life is better than you planned I got married when  I was 19 :) don't have my degree but my husband is in Chiropractic College :) And we don't have any kids not because we don't want them but because I have PCOS (google it) and have had 2 miscarriages within the last year. I have gained a lot of weight since I got married! considering I was 150 when we got married..I graduated High School as 135 which is the smallest I have ever been Which I loved but My husband looks at pictures and thinks tooooooo Skinny!!! so I'm thinking 1 is my goal and I am going to get there! No matter what I am going to get there!! This is my Journey and this is my before picture! each week I am going to post pictures of myself and hope that this will keep me motivated to keep losing and eating healthy! so my goal is to be 140. the weight i was when i was 17 :) So Here goes the journey!