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I Fit into my First Date Pants!

Jul 3

Posted by Gina in Feeling Beautiful, Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | 1 Comment

I’m so very excited. I have this awesome pair of dress pants that I wore on my first date with my now fiance.  I always adored these pants and after gaining weight they were too tight, like way too tight. And I haven’t been able to wear them since that first date six years ago.

It was always one of my mini-goals to fit back into those pants and therefore again be the size I was when my fiance and I first met. I didn’t think I’d be able to wear them for another couple months.

Well, I tried them on last night and they fit!

I think its so important for you to have these mini-goals (other than just numbers on the scale) because they are what can really drive you to success.  And it feels that much better when you accomplish them.

So what are some of your mini-goals?

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I lost 5 pounds this week!

Jun 12

Posted by Gina in Compulsive Overeating, Emotional Eating, Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | 2 Comments

Ok, I have to make this super quick but I’m so excited – I lost 5 pounds this week! So now the total is 45 pounds lost, woohoo!!

What feels even better is that I’ve been in such a terrible funk lately and I was really starting to doubt myself and if I could push through.  (You’ll definitely know what I mean if you read my last post.)  Well, I did push through and it feels glorious.

I spent the last week in the beautiful forest of Northern Arizona and I did a lot of soul searching as well as some kick-my-butt hikes.  Its amazing how being in nature can really clear your head.

I also had a huge cry-my-eyes-out fest that I’ll have to write more about over the next couple days and I really gained a ton a clarity from feeling sorry for myself and then realizing that I really shouldn’t feel sorry for myself anymore.

So now I feel refreshed and ready to tackle the world.  I feel back on track with my eating and walking plans and I feel confident that I can just continue to push right through to my goals.

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Woohoo…I’ve lost 40 pounds!

Mar 19

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Time to celebrate…I had my weekly weigh-in and I did it!  I’ve actually lost 40 freakn’ pounds!

It feels so good and yet so unbelievable at the same time.  Several months ago when I started down this path I never would have believed that I could actually have accomplished such a goal.

I’m so pround of myself I could cry.

I can’t wait to get to my next goal of minus 50 pounds.

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Weekly Recap: Down 2 more pounds!

Mar 8

Posted by Gina in Reasons to Celebrate, What I Eat | 2 Comments

I had a really good week.  I lost 2 pounds bringing me to a total weight loss of 39.5 pounds, yay! I can’t wait until I get to minus 40.

All week I was really diligent about tracking everything that I ate…this really does make an enormous difference.

I walked 3 nights out of the week, which is definitely lower than I’d like.  My goal is to walk at least 5 nights out of the week.  I’m going to work on that this coming week for sure.

I did eat out quite a bit this week like I usually do.  In order to incorporate eating out a lot into my ‘diet’ plan, I always plan my day around it and when I’m at the restaurant I try my best to eat the healthiest thing I can find.

For example, yesterday I knew that I was going to a Mexican restaurant with my Mom and sister.  The rest of the day I ate as little as I could and ate more fruits, veggies, and lean protein.  I chose these foods to eat at home because I knew that at the restaurant I’d probably have something very starchy (chips and tortillas) with a lot of cheese.

So I tried to just balance out my day that way.  This is what I’ve done for the past few months and it seems to be working out pretty good.

Today I’m so excited because I just started the new Weight Watchers ™ Momentum Plan ™ today.  I bought the ‘At Home’ kit and it arrived the other day.  Now I’ve been following the previous WW plan at home but I finally decided that I should check out their new material.

After skimming through it and getting started on my first day, I’m pretty impressed.  I really don’t know how WW could possibly make this healthy eating plan any better.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful week! I’m aiming for my 40 pound milestone next week – wish me luck!

How was your week?

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I Lost 3 Pounds this Week!

Mar 1

Posted by Gina in Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | No Comments

The past few weeks I’ve been struggling to maintain my motivation as I saw the scale go up and down, and up again.

But I reaccessed my goals and my habits, and had a great week – yay, I lost 3 pounds!

During the week I was a little angel when it came to tracking my food and calories in my journal.  But my most important accomplishment was snapping myself back into success mode.

All of my clothes are fitting better or even too big for me now, which is so exciting.

I didn’t exercise as much as I planned, but at least I made myself go on 2 long walks this weekend.

If you’ve been following me on twitter, you might have noticed I started setting mini goals for myself.  I really like this idea and will be tweeting a new mini goal several times a week from now on.

I’m starting to feel a real sense of community on twitter.  Its so much fun to share little snippets with everyone and get support and encouragement from others who are going through the same thing as I am.

Well today I start a new week and I’m so excited to be getting closer to that  -40 pound mark.

I plan to hit it within 2 weeks – wish me luck!

Oh, and I finally ordered my Weight Watchers Momentum Program At Home kit – can’t wait.

Here’s to a wonderful week,

Gina

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Oops, my pants fell down

Feb 14

Posted by Gina in Feeling Beautiful, Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | 1 Comment

Perhaps you’ll find this odd, but I’m so excited because my pants literally fell off!

My favorite pair of jeans that were too tight to wear a year ago, are now so big on me that I have to wear a belt for them to stay on.  Now that’s just too fantastic.

I even noticed yesterday that my shoes are kinda big.  I wonder if I lost some of the fat on my feet? Hmm, I don’t know!

It really is the little things that get me so excited.  I think all of us have to celebrate those little tiny successes, as well as the big ones, to keep us motivated and moving forward.

What’s one of your small successes?

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I feel great

Feb 13

Posted by Gina in Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | 2 Comments

So I’m starting to feel pretty good about myself now.  So far I’ve lost 36 pounds and I can feel my confidence building back up again.

My clothes are starting to fit me like they are supposed to and I’m starting to go down another size.  I think this is my momentum phase.

As I’m sure you can understand, most of the time it’s really hard to get started with a diet.  No maybe its not I suppose if you’ve never dieted before, but that’s not what I’m talking about.  I’ve started diets dozens of times in my lifetime and at the start of every one I was always like ‘awww crap.’

So even though I tried my best to have a totally different attitude this time, it was still so darn hard to get started and build momentum. But now I think I have that momentum.

I can actually visualize what it will be like when I reach my goals instead of thinking, ‘oh it would be nice if this time I could do it.’ No, I actually know that I will accomplish my weight loss goal this time – and I will keep it off forever.

I’m actually enjoying eating healthy foods, I look forward to going on walks, and I haven’t binged in weeks.  I honestly can’t remember when the last time I binged was, and for me, someone who’d binge a few times a day, that is a fantastic accomplishment.

I’m getting exciting thinking about trying on wedding dresses in a few months, instead of feeling depressed about it.

Overall I’m feeling great and I haven’t felt great in years.

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Weekly Recap: I lost 4 pounds!

Feb 6

Posted by Gina in Compulsive Overeating, Food Obsession, Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | No Comments

So today was my weekly weigh-in and to my surprise I was down 4 pounds, woohoo!  I was totally dumbfounded because I hardly ever lose that much in 1 week – usually its just 1 to 2 pounds per week.

Now my total so far is down 36 pounds and I’m just so happy!

What did I do differently this week?

Hmmm….I really don’t know.

I stuck to my boring eating schedule for the most part and I even ate an enormous burrito at a Mexican restaurant and ate In N Out Burger.

I usually do eat out much more than that in a typical week though so perhaps that was one reason.

All I know is I’m diligently tracking everything I eat and making sure I’m not going over my allotted calories for the day.

I guess its working.

I’m getting more and more inspired and focused as I lose more weight.  It seems to be this snowball affect for me – the more I lose the bigger my resolved grows.

I’m also getting more excited as I plan for my wedding this October.  Not only do I want to look beautiful in my dress, I want to look fantastic for my honeymoon.

My fiance, Jason, and I finally decided on where we’re going for our honeymoon: Kauai, Hawaii!

And I want to hang out on the beach, go hiking, zip lining, and just feel confident and comfortable in my own skin.

So thinking about all that makes reaching my goals that more exciting.

How was your week?  Please feel free to post your comments in the section below!

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Yay, I’ve Lost 30 Pounds!

Jan 25

Posted by Gina in Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | 3 Comments

I’m proud to report that I’ve finally lost 30 pounds.

This one has been a really hard one to obtain.  I’ve teetered so close to it, up and down, up and down, for about a month now, so it feels extra special to have hit this goal today.

30 pounds has always been that milestone that was a very symbolic goal for me to pass.

In the past, I was usually able to lose 15 pounds or 20 pounds, but after that I’d lose my resolve, gain it all back, and have to start from scratch.

But not this time! Now that I’ve lost 30 pounds my motivation is stronger than ever and I feel so confident that I can push on and get to 40, 50, 60…and more.

At this point I have my two main goals…

1. To lose 50 more pounds by my wedding

2. To lose 100 more pounds as my final goal

But since both of these goals are enormous and intimidating, I break them up into small parts.

First off all I’m not even thinking about my final goal – that’s just too daunting right now.

I am intently focused however on my wedding weight goal.  I’m pretty obsessed with it actually and that obsession helps make 50 more pounds seem not as bad as it could be.

But then to make it even easier on myself, I break it up into 10 pound increments.

So really my next goal is not to lose another 100 pounds, or even 50, its just 10 more pounds.

And I know I’ll be an even happier camper when I’ve lost 40 pounds.

Cheers to that!

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Holy Crap, my Cholesterol is 117

Jan 11

Posted by Gina in Reasons to Celebrate | No Comments

I’m so stunned and yet so proud that I had to share.

Several weeks ago I donated blood and as a thank you gift, United Blood Services checks their donors’ cholesterol for free.

Well I just remembered that and I thought I’d check the results.  And can you believe this, my cholesterol levels are 117!

I’m so happy about this because super high cholesterol runs in my family (and my father died of a heart attack) and I’m currently 100 pounds overweight.

I think this really signifies what proper diet can do.

Yay!

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