GUESS WHAT!?!?!?!

I FINALLY hit 60 pounds lost:) I don't know what in the world happened last week but I lost like 5 pounds..of course now the past 3 days there hasn't been any movement. But oh well I got to 60 pounds lost!! And so that means pictures!! They will be at the end of the post:)
I am actually down 63 pounds now and really hoping to hit 65 this week! My husbands grandmother passed away this past Friday, so we are having all the family come into town and her funeral Friday! And since alot of these people haven't seen me since I was at my heaviest I really want to hit 65 even though I know alot of them will already freak out! 70
On another note our vacation is in 2 & 1/2 weeks :s I'm keeping my hopes low for right now and hoping to hit 70 by then..I can't believe its only two weeks away now!!

Some recent NSV:
*I wore shorts out in public for the first time Monday since I was a little girl!!

*I'm feeling so comfortable with myself and loving how I feel!!

* I hit my 5 month mark of "dieting" on the 18th, still can't believe I haven't quit!

* My waist is the same size as my hubby's :) Now if only my hips would go with it!!

*I can't remember the last time I weighed what I'm at right now 179.8!

* My size 12's are getting big! 10's are still a little snug...and I can get into 8's but have a muffin top!

Ok now that all that's out of the way:) Here's the pictures!!

Finally!!!!!

I woke up this morning and wasn't to hopeful I'd see a lose on the scale because I had pizza hut yesterday. Well I was shocked!!! I lost .4 of a pound but its still a lose:):):) I'm so so so happy!!! Hopefully it'll keep coming off and I can lose another 8 by our vacation:) I apologize again about not have pics....TOM hit and do I haven't felt like taking any I will for sure post some when I hit the 60 mark though:):):)

Don't You Quit!!!

Don't Quit
When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down,
And you feel like the biggest failure in town.
When you want to give up just because you gave in,
and forget all about being healthy and thin.
So What! You went over your points a bit,
It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit!
It's a moment of truth, it's an attitude change.
It's learning the skills to get back in your range.
It's telling yourself, "You've done great up till now.
You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."
It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal.
You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.
To stumble and fall is not a disgrace,
If you summon the will to get back in the race.
But, often the struggler's, when loosing their grip,
Just throw in the towel and continue to slip.
And learn too late when the damage is done,
that the race wasn't over...they still could have won.
Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,
but facing each challenge will help you grow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.
When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,
If you bite it, you write it....But don't you quit!
- Author Unknown

Doctor's Appointment!

So as alot of you know back in January when I started "Dieting" my doctor had put me on phentremine (a pill to boost metabolism and suppress appetite). I was on it for 3 months, but even after being on it I still go in to check-in. My doctor has wanted to help me get to my goal and make sure I stay motivated to keep with it. I haven't been to the doctor since April but today I went back in. I was nervous because I really haven't lost much in the past month but I had lost about 15 since I was there last. She was happy with that and she just talked to me about a few things. Some of you had said how you wanted to know if she gave me any advice about losing weight or breaking a platue. She really didn't give me to much advise but did give me a pamphlet they had in the office about weight loss and explained things in it to me.

In the pamphlet there is a graph of healthy portion sizes for common foods, I can't find it online and my scanner is being stupid so I'll just have to type it out.

Cooked Rice, Pasta, or Potato = Tennis Ball

Meat = Deck of Cards

Cheese = Pair of Dice

Peanut Butter = Ping Pong Ball

Fruits & Vegetables = Baseball

Then some other things it had in it I found helpful were:

* Vary your activities: very basic and I've been told over and over again to not just do the same exercise and to try different things.

*Break Workouts into 3 10 to 20 minute blocks through out the day. My doctor said this has been something she has had success with when she had been dieting. She would still do one longer workout of 45 to 60 minutes but she'd also do two 10 to 20 minute ones through out the day.

So this is my plan for the next week at least is to Stick to Turbo Fire. Each day you do 2 different workouts and there is usually one that is longer than the other so I figure if I do one of those in the morning, and one in the afternoon and then either go for a walk, the elliptical, or bike ride. That should be plenty of varying exercises and they would happen at different times in the day so its not just all at once! I'm hoping this will break this platue!!

I also had a couple of NSV's today!! NSV= Non Scale Victory

*my blood pressure was 114/77 :)

*When I went tanning I saw a girl who had been a cheerleader in high school and she looked at me and said, "Wow, your looking skinny girl!!" That kinda made my day lol.

*This was yesterday but I did 400 crunches is 8 minutes!!

Anyways I hope that someone else finds some of this information useful:) And I apologize because I haven't been able to take a picture yet, it seems like this weekend went by very fast and I was really busy.

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Ok so there still hasn't been any loss:( BOO!! But today I bought a pair of size 8 jeans and they fit!!!!!! I'm sure they are a brand that would be considered "Vanity Sizing" and they are a stretchy jean but I honestly don't care right now I got into an 8!! I also bought 2 new super cute swimsuits, and a skirt to cover up my nasty cellulite,YUCK! I love the patterns of them and hoping by next month I'll look better in them than I did today!
***Turbo Fire update: I thought the first day was tough, but boy was I wrong! The HIIT class are crazy!! I only did the HIIT15 class-15 minutes, and it kicked my trash! And they have HIIT classes that are longer than that! I haven't been able to do it the past 2 days due to the fact I got a really bad sunburn and yesterday I could barely move, today was a bit better-thankfully! I plan on doing it tomorrow and trying to do it with out any thing getting in the way for at least the next month! I have got to lose something by July 9th! I will do just about anything to lose some weight by then...ok well maybe not anything, but pretty close!
I will try and post some new pictures tomorrow!! I have a few things to do but I will try and remember to take some pictures:)
Hope everyone has a great weekend!! Mine is kinda ending since my hubbies work week starts tomorrow-kinda glad though because the days he's off are the hardest to eat well!

TURBO-FIRE

Holy-Heck!! Turbo-Fire kicked my trash tonight!! I thought I had gotten rid of Jumping Jacks but I haven't:( It is a great workout though! With all the punching I'm hoping that'll help my arms a little, I still hate my arms!! I found out I'm not coordinated at all..lol..I couldn't keep up with the moves and punch with the wrong arm all the time, I'm sure I looked ridiculous! Its so fun though, I love the music and some of the moves she puts into the workout. I'm hoping I'll get alot better at the moves over time. I didn't burn as many calories as I had hoped I would but the fact of the matter is I'm just not burning calories like I use to....I knew this day would come! I guess in a way its a good thing..but its sometimes frustrating not seeing such a big burn. I still haven't lost anything:s but yesterday was a bad day. We had a family get together and my eating was kinda out of control, but I turned it around today so hopefully we are back down to 184-ish tomorrow! FINGERS-CROSSED!! I really really wanna lose ten by the 8th of next month!! Anyways enough with the blabbering. So I started turbo-fire, thought I'd let y'all know how it went---IT KICKED MY BUTT!!---hopefully I'll have better news during the week at some point:)

P.S.--Burppies I HATE YOU!! and when I say HATE I mean HHHAAATTTEEE!!!

In a Rut!!

So I finished Ripped Finally:) Here are the pictures:

^This was me before I started The 30 day Shred
^This was me after the Shred and Start of Ripped
^This is me after Ripped:)

With Ripped I did it over 2 months and lost 18 pounds and 14.25 inches. In total the 3 months I've been doing Jillian plus extra cardio I've lost 34 pounds and 33.60 inches!! Thank You Jillian~even though your Satan! LOL.

Ok now for the RUT part of things. The last 2 weeks have been awful, food and kinda exercise wise. I've still worked out 3-6 days a week but with food I'm either way over or way under. And all I want is sugar!! It driving me nuts. I also haven't lost any weight I keep fluctuating up a pound or two and then sometimes back to my last weigh-in on MFP. I knew I'd hit a platue sooner or later but I almost don't feel like it is a platue because I've been so bad lately. I think if I can kick my butt in gear I'd start losing again, so thats the plan for this next week! I bought the Turbo Fire Program and am going to start that Monday, and since all the sugary snacks are gone now besides some freezer-pops I should be able to get back in gear. I so want to hit that 60 mark and I just haven't seemed to be able to, but my husband grandparents are coming out this next weekend and they haven't seen me since January and I want to be at least 60 pounds down, my goal was 65:s I have a little over a month till we go on our vacation and even though my swimsuits are fitting better, the bottoms still don't look very good and are tight. I'm going to try my hardest to lose another 10 by then if not 15! Anyways here's to get back on top of things, I'll try to be better about updating there just hasn't been much to update on lately.