Forgot this was here...

Here it is a year later and I still struggle with my weight. I joined My Fitness Pal a few weeks ago and have lost about 6 lbs. by watching my intake. I am starting Turbo Fire tomorrow and thought I would blog about it and remembered I had this blog here so I'm back! I also bought a new scale with wifi, the Fitbit Aria. I love how it does the body fat % and lean mass %. It'll be fun watching these numbers change. My weigh-day has been Monday's the past few weeks. I think I can put it back to Sundays next week. I kind of like the Skinniest Sunday post. It's not the same as Skinniest Monday. I will log my weight tomorrow though since that was my original plan. Also, being that this is a new scale, of course, its different than the old one and it had me weighing less so it looks like I gained this week even though I know I didn't. I look back at my old post from last year and see that I was 228.. I can't imagine, I was actually heavier since that scale is wrong. Just eww... I can't stand being fat now...

So, I started Nurse Anesthesia school 2 weeks ago.. yep, stressful... but wanna hear what's great? I don't have to work for the next 28 months! More time to work out! YEAH BABY! I've been getting myself ready and getting up early on most mornings. Tomorrow is the start of 5 am mornings to work out before school. Turbo-Fire, here I come!

I cleaned out the fridge last night and had a talk with the kiddos... no more junk food in the house. Their snacks will consist of fruit, granola bars, yogurt and pretzels. We did our grocery shopping and made our schedule for dinners. No more last minute junk on the go. Things are gonna change in this house. This is it! I graduate in 28 months and I want to look like a totally different person. I'm gonna be one hot mamma walking down that isle.

Some pics of me last week.. just as reference... cus there will be more in the future that will show some dramatic changes. You can guarantee that!

Skinniest Sunday

Well, I'm surprised. I've had a bad week, WW wise. I almost fell off the wagon several times. I just get discouraged when I can't get in my points for the day. I'm not eating enough fruits and veggies because I'm too full and really can't get in my points. Its a hard line for me. Maybe its the extra breastfeeding points, I dunno. We also went out this week for dinner. I did choose well and had blackened grouper, yumm. Maybe it's because of the wiser choices that I lost this week. Because I've been discouraged all week, I didn't track my food a lot of the days. I didn't want to keep facing the fact that I couldn't eat them. I really expected not to lose a thing. I did though! Surprise, surprise. It feels good to keep me going though. I'm down another 4.2 for a total of -8.6. Yay, me!

Skinniest Sunday

Today's the big day. Weigh-in day. I'm down -4.4 lbs. Hooray! Of course, hubby lost more, figures. I want a man's metabolism. It was a tough week. My daily points allowance seemed kinda high and I've been having trouble getting them all in. Since I dropped weight though my daily points allowance went down a whole point! Yippee Skippee! I'm not gonna stress at the moment about not getting my points in though. I lost and that's what's important. Plus, yesterday, it seemed I couldn't eat enough. Overall, I'm happy. I'm on my weigh to goal. I like seeing the downward trend on my tracker. I keep looking at it and smiling. :)

(Sitting here with a smile on my face enjoying my cup of coffee)

Photo courtesy of I Love Coffee Book. I so want that book!

Ready, Set, Go! & Skinniest Sunday

Today is my first day. I'm a little scared. I'm afraid I'll give up too fast. I can't. The photo in the previous post is why I can't. I have to keep thinking about all the health risks and my back pain. I seriously want that back pain gone! I want to be a picture of health. That picture in that post is a picture of heart disease. Bleh! It's not going to be me anymore.

I'll be posting my weight loss on Sundays, hence the label Skinniest Sunday. Pictures to keep me accountable. Here's my starting point:

Love the Barney Rubble feet? That'll change too. :)

If anyone has any tips they'd like to share, please comment. I need all the support I can get.

Introduction

Hello, I'm Karen, 34, wife, mother of 5 boys, ages 16, 14, 10, 2 and 2 months. I'm a registered nurse in college, 8 months away from graduating with my bachelors. Then I'll be onto my Masters degree. You've reached my weight loss blog. Five kids later, I'm 100 lbs. heavier. I've never been this heavy. It's depressing. I have no clothes that fit and I won't go shopping for any because I don't know how to shop for fat clothes. I don't want to learn either. I need to lose weight for my interview when I apply to grad school. Of course, for health reasons as well. With this last pregnancy I became gestational diabetic and hypertensive. After I delivered the doctor still thought I was diabetic. I proved otherwise. I am, however, still borderline hypertensive. That WILL change. I have a family history of heart disease on both sides. My father passed away from a massive heart attack at 57 with no previous medical problems. I don't want to follow in his shoes. The change starts today. I decided to blog about everything to keep me accountable. I haven't officially started yet and I feel like I'm gonna fall off the wagon. My goal is to not fall off the wagon in the first 3 months, preferably 16 weeks. Weight Watchers says my first goal is 10 %. I'm breastfeeding so my "points" are really high. They say 48 points with this new Points Plus program. I'm thinking thats kinda high but we'll see how it goes. Here is a my official before picture:

I know, gross right? Boy, what a wake up call. Yep, that's a maternity top. I'll post more tomorrow.