Weigh in Wednesday!

Has it really been a week already? And what is that big bright thing in the sky?

Hopefully a sign that summer is around the corner. I'm beyond ready for that.

So were back at another weigh in day. I cant say that I was super happy with today's weigh in.

I weighed in at 194.4. That is one pound lost since last week. Its not a gain but I was hoping for more.

I did measure today as well. I lost 1/2 an inch in my arms and 1 inch in my hips. So it is working even if the scale isn't reflecting that. My two week goal was 190. So that's 4.4 pounds in a week now. We will see.

I wanted to share what I had for lunch. They were so good! Give them a try. I didn't put syrup on mine I just added a little peanut butter instead. I only used one egg as well. Cut down on calorie intake :)

Enjoy the rest of your week!!

Weigh in Wednesday...because my son hogs my computer

So i know its Thursday...

I did weigh in yesterday though. 

Its spring break here and Troy lives on the computer. 

I finally managed to steal it away for a bit.

So right to weigh in. 

I weighed in at 195.4!!
That's a total of 15.5 lbs lost so far!

So I'm on day 18 of Core De Force.

This week has been rough. Is been back to back long workouts.
Several resulting in me almost puking after wards. 

(I said they were hard!)

Like soaked with sweat after every workout!

The harder part though is my eating. I actually have been doing really well. 

I do take a hunger suppressant because i feel like it helps me control the snacking that i would do otherwise. 

I usually have a shake or some Ezekiel bread after my workout. 

Then another shake for lunch. 

Then i eat a reasonable dinner. 

I know what to eat. That's not the hard part. 

The hard part is not putting the stuff i shouldn't eat in my mouth. 

Can i get an amen?? 

I am setting myself small goals that lead up to my larger goal.

Next small goal is to be 190 in two weeks time. 

I am confident i can do it! 

Weigh in Wednesday!! Did you miss me??

Weigh in Wednesday!!

Did you miss me at all???

Hey Hey!!

How has everyone been??

It has seriously been a year since I have posted a blog, A YEAR!!!

What the what?!?!

Reading the last few blogs I posted last year brings me back to a rough place.

One year ago I was in the process of finding out that I had cancerous cells in a nodule on my thyroid.

Since then I had the right side of my thyroid removed.

They sent off tissue from the thyroid its self to be tested.

Praising God that the cancer was contained in the nodule, therefore no radioactive iodine or chemo of any type was necessary.

I have struggled a little with my weight and with some adverse affects of having some of my thyroid removed. My levels get checked often and have came back "normal" so far.

I say "normal" because things aren't normal.

So I am not on any medication at this point.

At this point I am trying to control symptoms with my diet, exercise and natural alternatives.

That brings me to the next part of this post!

I have been watching my diet the last few months.

Things got a little out of control right after thanksgiving and I watched my weight balloon up.

I was miserable. After the holidays I weighed in.

I was almost in shock when I saw the number on the scale.

You guys know that I have always been an open book and honest with my posts.

So here goes......I weighed in a 210.9! Insert tears here......

I wanted to cry. 

I feel like I do so well March through September and then the weigh creeps back on and by January I am starting all over again!

I'm so over it. I refuse to do that again this year.

So to update you on what I am doing currently.

I am currently doing a workout by beach body called Core De Force. I really like it!

Reminds me a little of insanity. 

You guys remember my insanity journey...I lost 40 pounds that summer! 

As far as nutrition goes. I am currently doing 1-2 frozen fruit shakes a day, then a sensible dinner.

I weighed in this morning.

Drum roll please......198.8!

I was hoping for a little more but ill take it!

I plan to start running again this week.

I had been running but my planter fasciitis flared up so bad that I could barely walk. So I had to stop for a while.

I am signed up to run a half marathon in September though.
This has been a goal of mine for years and I cant wait to conquer it!

For now I will leave you with this.

If you tell yourself you cant, you wont.

If you tell yourself you can, you will!

Weigh in Wednesday

Well here we are again. Weigh in Wednesday.

So I didn't weigh in last week. I had other stuff going on and I didn't get time to sit down and type. Writing my blog on my phone is hard so I try and do it when I can either attach our wireless keyboard to my phone or Ryan's tablet (because my iPad is usually occupied by a certain little blonde haired boy :P)

So last posted weight was 195.8. This mornings weight was 194.0. 

Still down but not quite as much as I was hoping for. 

Yesterday I was 193.6, but it was up a tiny bit this morning. I think this was mostly due to waiting on a certain visitor that is refusing to show up :/ Ladies you hear me right??

So my goal is to be at least 185 by the time I go to Florida. 

That would be 8 ish pounds in about 20 days. 

I got this!!!

I feel like to hit my goal my water needs to be in check and my eating needs to be on point. 

I have been lifting several times a week. 

I was able to get some advice from some of the guys at the gym that know their stuff. 

We (Jami and I) are going to work legs tomorrow with their help. 

Today is another cardio day. I really need to push myself tonight when I go to the gym. 

In other news....

So some of you are aware of what's happening with me and some are not. 

I had a woman's physical back in March. 

For years I have had these little nodules on my thyroid. 

She was concerned because the one was rather large to her.

So she sent me for an updated ultrasound. Last one was in 2010...

They found that the nodule on the right side has grown quite a bit and were concerned with that so they sent me to have it biopsied. 

Last week I got the call to come in so they could go over my results with me.

He said that my biopsy showed that the nodule had cancerous cells and that I would need to have part of my thyroid removed to get rid of the cancer. 

He assured me that it is a very treatable thing and that most people never have any more issues once this form of cancer is removed. 

While cancer is a very scary word I have decided that I will not fear.  

God has this all under control. 

In church on Sunday pastor Jims sermon was about fear and how we are told over and over in the Bible to not fear. 

Besides what would fear get me? 

I debated about posting anything and just keeping this a secret to myself and family but why wouldn't you want people praying for you and your recovery?

That's what the body of Christ is for, to lift each other up in prayer. 

So please say a prayer for me if you think about it. 

My surgery is scheduled for the 7th of June. 

Pray for an easy surgery and guidance for the surgeons hands. Pray for my recovery, that I would not lack energy to function. Pray for peace, that my family would have peace through all of this.

And pray for healing, that this would be the one and only time they have to go in and that they would not have to take all of my thyroid. 

Love you all and I'll keep you posted!!

Well Hello There!! 

Hello, hello! 

It's been a bit since I have been on here. Not even sure where I was with the last few posts and my journey, so I will just start with where I am at currently. 

So over the course of November and December I gain quite a few pounds. Way more than I ever wanted to gain (not that anyone ever wants to gain weight). 

Now you guys know I have always been totally honest with this journey. So here goes...

When I weighed in January I was 209.9 on the scale. Call it 210 if you will. 

Let's just say that this number made me less than happy. Ryan also weighed in January and was not pleased with his number either. I won't post that because this is my blog and not his and I don't know if he would comfortable with me disclosing that. 

Anywho, in February my friend Jami asked if I wanted to join the gym with her. 

So I drug Ryan down to Eastlake and made him join with me. He wasn't thrilled at first but now if really enjoying the gym. 

So I weighed in yesterday and am happy to say that I was 195.8!

That's down 14 pounds in just 2 months! 

Now I can say that my weight would probably be down more I my diet was completely in check. I have my good days and my bad. 

I am going on a girls trip to Florida in just over a month so it's time to kick it into high gear and get this diet in check. 

I have been lifting pretty heavy and need to make sure that all my efforts in the gym are not in vain. 

My goal for this summer is not really a number on the scale but more of a inch goal. 

I purchased a new bathing suit that doesn't have...wait for it....a skirt! That's right I am going to show my thighs this summer. So my goal is to tone up and rock that bathing suit!

So what are your goals? Tone up? Lose weight? Lose inches? 

Whatever your goals are set them and then crush them. 

You can do it and you are stronger than you give yourself credit for. 

P.S. I wanna add that even though I am not going to tell you his weight I want to let you know that he is down as well. He has lost 17 pounds. I am so proud of him. 

He is loving the way he feels and can't wait to lose more!

Weigh in Wednesday...just a day late:)

So I didn't get weigh in Wednesday posted yesterday.  It was a full day. I sat in bed last night and almost started my post but criminal minds won my attention span for the evening:)

So as I sit here waiting for my oil to be changed I figured I may as well update now.

As far as the challenge goes i feel like I'm still doing well. I've had my moments and even cheated a little here and there. Monday was a terrible day and i stead of going to the gym i sat in the chair and had an oreo (yes singular,  as in only 1!). Totally not the end of the world:) 

I'm hoping February doesn't throw me a monkey wrench though. it tends to be a very busy month for me. I plan to continue what I have been doing so far.  I won't have the shakes for daily use but as far as eating and exercising that will stay the same. 

Now to get to the weigh in. 

Just to clear up how I weigh in. I use my scale at home and have been comparing it to the scale at the gym. Well the scale at the gym broke so I don't have a secondary scale to compare it to so I'm gonna go with what my scale says (it's always been a lost the same, sometimes slightly heavier, than the gym scale).

As of today I have lost 13 lbs!! 

I'm super happy with that! 

I haven't really told you actual weigh as of yet. I don't have anything to hide so here goes.

My starting weigh was 208 :/ I really let myself go over the holidays. I weighed in at work for a challenge and then proceeded to gain 3 more pounds before I officially started that following Monday.  

My weight as of now is 195. Starting to feel much better too. Getting rid of all of that bloat. 

Well my oil change is almost done so I should wrap this up. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Enjoy the super bowl!  

You know I have to say it too....Go Patriots!!! 

Weigh in Wednesday!

Hello hello! Its been a week since my last post. 

I promised I would weigh in today. 

Before I get to that let me fill you in on how my week was.

 So days 1-3 on the cleanse phase were a piece of cake. Days 4-6 were very hard. I really struggled with missing cheese and dairy. 

On day 7 (yesterday) I finally bounced back into it full force. 

Today is day 8 which ment back to the fiber drink. I had a much harder time choking it down than in the first 3 days. 

I weighed in this morning and was very pleased to see that i had officially lost 10 lbs since the beginning of the year. 

I wish this post could be longer but I have been running on fumes lately so nighty night:)