Week 2 Official WI

Tonight was our week 2 official WI with JFWWL. I'm officially down 20.9 lbs. HOLY SMOKES!! I can't believe it! YAHOOOOOO!!!!! I had people tell me today that they can notice that I've lost weight in my face. Soo....I'm ready for the rest of my body to catch up to my face. :) Obviously, I haven't lost all 20+ lbs in my face, but you know what I mean.

Tory did good this WI too. He's down 19.1 lbs! YAY!! I'm so proud of him for sticking with this. He's definitely getting tired of eating the same foods....and he wants some more variety. Hopefully seeing results like this will help him to continue on his awesome path to a healthier daddy and husband!

My mom had her WI today. She is down 13lbs. We are all just doing so good. My mom even did some major weight lifting today by unloading feed today. What a woman! ;)

Today was actually a really rough day. It seems like every time I turned around, there was more crap in the work room. This morning, there was a freaking bowl of candy on the table. It took a lot of willpower to just walk away. But I did. THEN this afternoon, my boss announced to everyone that there were cookies left. UGH! But again, I found the strength to walk away. I just thought about how well I have done and that I didn't want to fall to temptation. It worked so well that I was even able to take a cookie to Hunter after work.

Progress

That's right. I've made some AMAZING progress. This morning I got on the scale because I wanted to see what my progress was for having had a changed lifestyle for two full weeks. I am down 19.6lbs. I can't believe it. I'm fitting into the next size down clothes. Most of my clothes are fitting me correctly (instead of being too tight because I was in denial). I'm so excited!

I think that Tory and I are going to be walking extra Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday's so that we're getting in some extra activity. Hopefully that will help to jumpstart Tory's WL again. I think he may be getting frustrated because he's not seeing the results he thought he would see. But let's get serious here...13lbs down is NOTHING to sneeze at. He's doing AMAZING as well and I'm so proud of him for doing this program with me!

Let's not forget about my mom! She weighed in this morning and she said that she was down 10.5lbs. It's just awesome how wonderful this lifestyle is for us!

Skinny me, here I come!!!

2 weeks in

And I feel GREAT! Seriously, I do. I woke up this morning and I wasn't tired. I felt like I could go out and exercise. BUT, I had to get ready for work instead. I'm doing really good with my eating. Definitely sticking to our "green" foods list. I've had only had grapefruit off the "yellow" list, so I think I'm doing awesome.

Today has acutally been a rough day. I REALLY want a snack. And before my "lifestyle" change, I wanted CANDY. So, there are 2 ladies in my office who always have a full candy dish. So. Not. Fair. Especially while dieting or changing your eating habits. Someone actually asked me if I wanted brownies today! BROWNIES! C'mon! Give a girl a break!

On a good note, I HAD to find a belt to wear this morning. I could pull my pants down without unbottoning them. So. Freaking. Awesome.

The best thing about my new way of living has to be the instant results. I absolutely love the I can see a difference and that other people have started to notice that my clothes are getting bigger as well.

Starting February 1st, I'm doing a weight loss challenge at work. It's called "Commit to Fit". I'm excited and feeling extremely competitve. I want to win! LOL! But I did get on the scale this morning and I noticed that I'm down a total of 17.6 lbs. Do you think I'll make it to 20 lbs down by my next official WI on Monday? We'll see.... ;)

My week...so far.

So, I have been doing this lifestyle change for almost a full week. I started it the evening of Friday, January 6th. I feel good. I do crave things, but take stuff away that you're used to every.single.day. and you're going to crave it a little. I'm hoping the cravings go away by the end of week 2.

I'm excited to see what my official weigh-in on Monday is going to be. I hurt my ankle yesterday, but we're not supposed to be exercising yet. We were told just to get in 3-5 hours of activity.

As far as food is concerned, I have only "cheated" twice. When I first thought about it, I didn't consider it cheating, but after eating this way for a week...well, it was cheating. There isn't anything else to call it. It was Saturday morning. Only my second meal with my new lifestyle change. Tory was hunting, so it was me and the kids at home. I started making our bacon and realized that I had just bought 5 packages of biscuits because they were on sale. UGH! Money is tight, so I obviously couldn't let them go to waste. I made them for Hunter. Hunter ate one, Hannah ate a few pieces of one, and I had one. I am proud of myself for only having one. Normally, I can devour 3 biscuits without blinking.

Sunday, Tory was home, but I wasn't feeling really well. I think it had to do with the coconut oil that I was taking. For breakfast, we did eggs, bacon, and reheated the biscuits. I had one and Tory had the last of them.

Fortunately, this has been the only time I've cheated, so I personally think that's pretty good.

This morning, my mom sent me a link to do some readings of success stories. I'm SOOOO excited. There is one that sounds similar to me and Tory, but the lady was about 100lbs smaller than me when she started. I'm not discouraged, just more motivated. I KNOW I can do this!

I'm so lucky to have the help of my mom and husband. I feel like I've tried everything and nothing is making the weight come off. At this point, not only am I doing this for myself, but I'm doing it for my beautiful kids and my AMAZING husband. I love them all so much! And thanks, mom. If it weren't for you hearing about this program I'd still be eating crap.

LOVE!!

January 6th...the day I decided to change my way of life for the better

If you don't know me...my name is Emily. I have decided it would be a good idea to blog my weight loss journey. Thankfully, I'm not alone. My mom and husband are doing the same plan with me.

I won't list my weight, but I will display my weight loss each week. My weight now is embarrassing. Maybe when I end up a smaller size, I won't feel bad listing what my start weight was.

We met with a lady on January 6th at 2pm with Just for Women weight loss and she taught my mom and I a lot. We have been eating the way she suggested since the evening of the 6th. It has been kind of hard. I do miss foods.

Yesterday, 1/11/12, was day 5. I woke up on day 4 and felt like I had lost weight, but my scale is at my mom's house so I was unable to weigh myself. My husband and I went to my mom's yesterday and we both weighed. Our "unofficial" weigh in is as follows:

Emily - down 8.4 lbs

Tory - down 12 lbs

I know my exact start weight, but Tory didn't weigh himself on Friday. He is just going by what he weighed on the last time he got on the scale.

Look for more posts!! Official weigh in day is going to be Mondays when we Skype with Wendy from JFW.