Post 8 Months: 8 Months in Review

Week 1: 143.6 pounds (July 2011)

I gave myself about a week and a half off from tracking and caring about what I ate and exercising. I needed to just breathe and enjoy not caring. That was nice, but now I want to get back to work and start really toning and see if I can drop a few more pounds. My goal this year is 115 pounds, however, I'm not setting a date and am not overly concerned about getting there, I just really want to get my stomach toned up. Here is my promised full review...only 2 weeks late.

Week 10: 139 pounds (August 2011 - before gaining a few back)

I guess going back to right before having Lexi, I was 165. I gained exactly 35 pounds with her. Of course, I dropped 20 within two weeks of having her, but the rest didn't come off quite as fast. Thanksgiving last year, I was 142 pounds and had started doing the tread climber, but wasn't as dedicated and wasn't doing very well with eating habits, though I was tracking on and off. January 13 I started really tracking when the Beautiful Babes forum was created. Then, I was 138 pounds. A few days before or after Lexi turned 9 months old, I weighed 130 again. Then I really started working hard to get lower than that. It took 3.5 months, but I dropped those other 10 pounds to hit my goal of 120 pounds by September 15. I was very proud of myself for keeping it all up. I walked 2 miles nearly every day and jogged 1 mile a few times a week. I also limited my food intake and was very careful about bad drinks and sweets. I have a lot more energy and feel good. All in all, I lost 45 pounds! However, counting from November, I lost 22 and counting from doing really well in January, I lost 18 pounds in 8 months! That's pretty good!

126 Pounds: May 11, 2012

I'm ready to take it to the next level and get rid of the remaining stomach fat and really tone up. I was quite excited when the capris I've been wearing ended up not being size 7 like I've been thinking they were, but instead are size 5s!! That made me really happy.

Goal weight! September 11, 2012

On Monday, I weighed in at 120 pounds still. Very happy about that since I wasn't sure I had stayed there. Now on to 119 :-) Next week, I'll start back up with weekly recaps.

Goal Weight! Taken after the wedding on September 15, 2012

8 Months to a Better Me: The Final Week!

Look, I'm on time this week! So, even though I'll be doing my final update on Wednesday, I wanted to do a final weekly recap of what's been going on. This morning, I weighed in at...120!! I was so excited! I tried to take a picture, but it was super blurry and my toenails are all gross so I'll take one when I take the old polish off and they look a little nicer. I reached my goal 5 days before my goal date and I feel pretty good about that. I haven't been this weight in about three or four years. So, last week:

Monday: 2 mile walk
Tuesday: 2 mile walk
Wednesday: No exercise
Thursday: 2 mile walk
Friday: 1 mile jog (12 minutes - that's what I get for not jogging for three weeks!) and 1 mile walk
Saturday: 2 mile walk
Sunday: 2 mile walk
100 squats 2x during week
Drank average of 31.5oz liquid each day

From now until the wedding I fully plan on eating very light, trying to drink a lot more water and not nearly as much coffee, which hasn't been much of a problem since having the flu, so that I can maintain this weight and possibly even be down to 119.5 by the weekend too. I know we'll be eating quite a bit during all the wedding parties, dinners, and the reception, but hopefully I'll still be able to have a low calorie intake and not over eat on anything. Except maybe wedding cake :-)

"See" you in a few days.

8 Months to a Better Me: Week 35

Wish I could do that!

I know this is almost an entire week late, but I didn't want to combine two weeks again. I'll post this one, one tomorrow, and then do my final "official" weigh-in on Wednesday since we'll be out of town on the 15th, my goal date. This journey has gone so well for me and I'm happy and proud that I'm so close to my goal. Last Monday, I weighed in at 121. I was happy with that and am hoping it'll be 120 by the wedding. Here's the recap:

Monday: No exercise
Tuesday: Two 2 mile walks
Wednesday: No exercise
Thursday: No exercise
Friday: 2 mile walk
Saturday: 2 mile walk
Sunday: 2 mile walk
No squats, was trying to get over a cold at the beginning of the week and the flu at the middle.
Drank average of 30oz liquid each day

Finally got back into jogging this week and that's so rough after three weeks of nothing. We'll see what tomorrow brings and then I'll try to post a full 8-month recap on Wednesday about how much I've lost since starting to track my weight.