<-- I met these guys today!! I heard they were in the area and I found them! They were filming an episode in Caspian and I waited until they were done filming to get my picture with them. I was so star struck! Michael and I love the show. American Pickers on the History channel. I can't wait to see the episode when it airs! We have been watching since day 1 :) In other news: I had an awesome Friday cheat day! My Mom took me out for fish fry earlier. It came with 2 peices of fish, french fries, sald and we split an order of deep fried cauliflower. I ate a little bit of my sald, most of my fries and only 1 peice of fish! 45 pounds down and feeling it! :D Below: This was me the whole time! I was so excited. I don't know who the guy is. He was with the film crew.
For some reason I thought I had posted my blog for today (Thurs.) but I didn't! Its 1:38 AM and I am going to hit the hay pretty quick here. Michael got home from work early. I didn't work out today but I danced around earlier because I was in a good mood and had the tunes cranked. Also I found my disco ball light and put it up. I had a pretty good time by myself, LOL. I guess you could call that a mini work out? <-- I have been watching too much Master Chef! LOL - For dinner I oven roasted a boneless; skinless chicken breast and had it with a veggie puree made up of green pepper, broccoli, onion and a wedge of my laughing cow cream cheese. The whole meal was about 200 calories. I had more of the puree on the side. For breakfast I had a cup of apple sauce and some fresh cherries and lunch I had a lean cuisine. I walked to my Moms yesterday and today I still have yet to work out. I cut most of the back yard with the push mower until it stopped working again. I’ll have to have Michael look at it again tomorrow before he goes to work. I have been weighing in everyday and like I said a few days ago when I was at 293 that I would probably stay there and I couldn’t have been more right. I have been teetering between 293 and 294 these past couple of days. I shouldn’t even be weighing myself this week because my Aunt Flo came to visit and well; you know how that goes… I think now is when I will really start to feel the results. Now I feel like my wings are finally spreading! Right now I feel I am back around the weight that I was around 9th & 10th grade. Now is when I start to exceed my expectations of this process and excel! The only reason I think that is because I have a shirt that I have had since then and it has always been too small for me and now it finally fits! I have always kept on to it because I loved it so much; I couldn’t throw it away. It has NEVER fit me even since the day I bought it. When I started this I took a picture of me in it and I couldn’t even pull it down over my belly button. There is actually a little hole on the side of it from me trying to squeeze myself into it many times. It’s hard to compare myself weight wise between now and then because I had never really weighed myself. I only have pictures that I can go by but I have to stop comparing myself to the size I was in middle school/early high school because I am a woman now and I have to take that in to consideration; ha-ha. I feel I gained about what I have lost so far (45 pounds) since I have been with Michael. We got together the summer of 2007 and I think I just got too comfortable! I’m pretty sure I was just around 310 when we got together. Michael said I haven’t been this size since he’s been with me so it’s nice to know from here on out everything will be new and refreshing; I just hope he doesn’t fall out of love with me because I’ll start to look like a stranger! LOL; just kidding. I am glad I am getting some of my creativity back; blog wise. For a while I have been having these brain farts/mental blocks! The words haven’t been flowing as freely on the keyboard as they used to be. I think I need to quit over thinking and just write what comes to mind the second it hits me. Below is the first picture Michael and I ever took together! I look mad and I don’t have that dimple piercing anymore but my face isn’t as fat anymore. Michael says it is much narrower. It’s an awesome feeling to feel like I have taken off the past 5 years in just 2 ½ months! I feel like I have been walking around my whole life; living a lie. I never thought the way I looked expressed who I was. When I looked in the mirror I didn’t see me. I saw someone very unfamiliar. Everything about this process feels right. This is my mission right now in life and nothing will stop me. I have wanted this for far too long and this fire that is inside me is FLAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <-- I put this up in my kitchen. "I got it at the dollar store and thought it was appropriate for me to have! I worked out in the basement tonight because it was so humid out today! I did 15 minutes straight on the treadmill and then 15 straight on the exercise bike. I feel great. I had my wheaties for breakfast. Pretty soon here I want to go back to bananas again for a little while. I made this green tea mixture I saw on pinterest from DR.OZ. I brewed 8 cups of green tea, sliced up a navel orange (it says to use a tangerine but they must not be in season because I can’t find them anywhere!) and a handful of mint leaves. Put all of the orange; peel and all in the pitcher with brewed tea and whole mint leaves. I have a pitcher in the fridge and it’s not that bad. It’s supposed to be a really good metabolism booster drink. I have a nice cold glass before and during my work outs. I still make my green tea hot in the morning due to me only have a pitcher of this stuff I want to make it last! Remember that picture of me cutting the grass that I had posted a while back? Well I had Michael take another picture the same way to compare and there isn’t a big difference but I can notice! A few days ago I started taking a vitamin. Its Centrum multivitamin/Multimineral Supplement for women designed to help support metabolism and unlock energy. I don’t know if taking this vitamin had any part in this but I weighed myself this morning and I was 293! I didn’t even know that was possible at this point to lose 3 pounds over a 24 hour period. Yesterday morning I was 296. So that means I have officially lost 45 pounds as of today. I was shocked and it almost seems impossible; but the scale doesn’t lie. This weight-loss has been such a roller coaster. Now; I bet I’ll stay 293 for the next couple of day’s lol. I still have yet to work out, I think I’m going to jump rope for 15 minutes and then walk on the treadmill or do the exercise bike for another 15. I am down a pound since yesterday morning! I am 296 now. I went for a 2 ½ mile walk earlier and for breakfast I had this frozen smart ones egg muffin with cheese. It was the first time since I have started that I have had American cheese and it was so good! I have been trying my best to stay away from any processed foods but sometimes it’s inevitable. For dinner I had a lean cuisine. I had my breakfast later than I had wanted to so I guess you could say I skipped breakfast and ate it for lunch. Also earlier I made Michael and Roma pizza and I had a piece. I have been stealing a piece from his Roma’s every time I make one for him. They are so thin and 1 piece is less than 100 calories. For a snack earlier I made 100 calorie microwavable popcorn. I feel I have an official goal weight. It has taken me a while to actually set it in stone but I feel I finally have made up my mind. My official goal weight is 170; I will not stop until I get there. When I get to 170 I will have lost 168 pounds total. In the beginning I said after I lose 100 pounds I will stop this blog. I am not sure of that yet but we will see. I am 126 pounds away from my goal weight as of today but my first victory will be when I have lost 100! I still had my Friday cheat day today even though I missed working out 2 times this week. My Mom and I went shopping and out to eat. It was the first time since I’ve been dieting that I have actually gone into a restaurant and sat down. It was amazing on how much room I have now sitting in a booth. I didn’t notice it until my Mom was like “My gosh Marilyn you have so much room!!!” – I got a breakfast with 2 eggs, marble rye toast, 2 strips of bacon and hash browns and had water. It was good! It tasted amazing to me because I don’t cook with butter or oil anymore so it was decadent, lol. Besides that; that’s all I cheated with today. I’m not really sure where my calories are for the day because I don’t know how much I had in the breakfast but I figured it was about 800 calories. A little while ago I had a lean cuisine and then I’m done for the day. I forgot to mention in yesterdays post that I also have not been eating anything after 7pm. So far; so good. <--- I finally got my jump rope!!!! Funny thing is that it actually came with a user guide. Isn’t the name “jump rope” obvious enough? LOL - I can't wait to start jumping! I thought about getting an exercise ball but I don't think i'd ever use it. It would probably end up being a beach ball or a dog toy. This morning I weighed in and i'm still at the same as I was yesterday and that is ok. I have lost a total of 5 pounds this week and it feels good to see results again! I weighed in this morning at 297. Yes! I lost 2 pounds since I weighed myself yesterday morning. How awesome is that?! Sometimes it feels like magic and when I was sleeping the fat fairy came and took it away. I love mornings like the one I had today; where I wake up and FEEL it. I just knew I had lost something! It was definitely the pick me up that I have needed. Being at 297 now makes me feel comfortable. I feel I am far enough away from the 300’s to actually get excited about it. So far I have lost a total of 41 pounds!!!! I am 9 pounds away from losing 50 and being half way to 100! I am really surprised that I have lost 3 pounds in the past 2 days without working out either day. Yesterday the only thing I did different was that I drank 5 cups of green tea. I have been drinking 2 cups a day but now I got a big box so I can go nuts! This whole process has been confusing but I really swear by green tea! After seeing that I have lost 41 pounds; I am amazed. Seriously!!!!! I didn’t even start this until less than 2 ½ months ago. Like; am I really back in the 200’s?? It seems like just yesterday I was crying my eyes out thinking I’d never reach these results. I have exceeded my expectations of this process already. I am starting to become a whole new me. It’s almost like I’m finally coming out of the shock of it all and realizing THIS IS HAPPENING; YOU ARE DOING THIS!!!! Just to be clear I am not stopping my work outs. I am going to work out today and am still debating on what I want to do. Like I said in my last post; I just needed a little break :) |
My name is Marilyn and I am 27 years old. I have been overweight for most of my life and on May 1st, 2012 I weighed in at 338 pounds. This blog is about my weight-loss journey.
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