Remember last week when I told you all about the Nutrisystem article showing the correlation between clutter and weight gain? Remember how I said I have been working on decluttering my home? Well, this weekend I worked on my closet. It was a huge task! Some of the clothes in that closet I have had for over a decade. A decade! And I probably haven't worn many of them since before Peyton was born. Well, she's 7 now. It's time for them to go. I didn't realize how oppressive having an overflowing ...
Weight Loss
Week 9: 20 lbs Down!
Oh my gosh!! Can we just take a moment and appreciate that number. 20 lbs down on my 9th week of Nutrisystem. I am so beyond grateful, excited and thrilled. Words cannot express how happy I am. Every week I take a picture of myself to track the progress. Until this week I haven't been able to see the transformation with my own eyes. Others would tell me they could but I didn't see it. Now that I'm 20 pounds lighter I can see it in my face, my arms, my wrists, my leg, pretty much all over. I ...
When Dreams Become Goals and Goals Become Reality
Last week I was fairly discouraged. It was the first week since I started Nutrisystem that I had not lost any weight. And I struggled with staying upbeat and on track. I don't think being ill helped my attitude. For a while now I had dreamed about losing the weight and finally started setting goals this spring. Now those goals are starting to become a reality. When I got on the scale this week I was down 2 more pounds! That's a total of 18 pounds gone since I started 2 months ago. That's pretty ...
Two More Pounds Bite the Dust
Woot! Woot! Even though I partied like a rockstar over the weekend, by party like a rockstar I mean threw a party for a 7-year-old and a surprise party for my sister in law, I still managed to lose weight! I will admit, Saturday I fell off the wagon. I was going from sun up to sun down prepping for 2 parties and throwing both of them on the same day but I did my best. Yes, I ate off Nutrisystem but I made healthy choices. At my daughter's party, there was cake and oh how I wanted some! But I ...
More Than 10 lbs Down and Still Going!
What a month!! I'm loving Nutrisystem and all the amazing things that are coming because of my weight loss goals. So it's been 4 weeks that I have been working my plan. Mind you, I've been busy so I haven't had a chance to add in exercise but I have been journaling EVERYTHING I eat and using my fit bit to make sure I am burning 1,000 or more calories a day than I am consuming. I read somewhere that you need to burn at least 1,000 calories more than you take in if you want to lose a pound or more ...
It’s Time to Get Serious
I have been saying for the last year that I am going to loose the weight. But I haven't. In fact, I've gained 20 more pounds since I said I was going to loose the weight a year ago! A year ago I bought a fitbit and was determined to start my weight loss journey. But after about 2 months I misplaced the fitbit and that was the end of that. I do lead a fairly healthy and active lifestyle. But even with doing 5ks and eating what I thought was healthy I was still having issues losing the weight. ...