Long time!

Whew it has been a really long time since I have posted here! Partly because I forget and partly because I have been avoiding it. No I haven't gained my weight back I don't know I just haven't posted! Anyways, I made it through the holidays with about a 3 pound gain I think. I haven't been to a weight watchers meeting since I made lifetime! But that's ok I will jump back on that horse on Monday. I HAVE to, I am feeling like there is this huge part of me missing by not going to meetings. It is weird; like I am not losing this weight because I am not going to my meetings. It seems like that is the last piece of the puzzle for me. Anyways, I just thought I would check in. We had a nice Christmas and a great New Years. My "baby" turned 3 on New Years Day, so of course we had all the things that went along with that plus some...but now it is all done with. I will be joining a gym here pretty quick. Now that I don't have to pay for meetings I can take the money I'd be spending there and put it towards a gym membership. Now if only I could get myself a trainer like Jillian Michaels, I'd be all set! LOL!!!

I cried tonight at Weight Watchers

BECAUSE I AM .8 AWAY FROM MY WEIGHT WATCHERS GOAL!!!!!!! and 4.2 away from my actual goal of 100 pounds!!! HOLY SHIT!!

I seriously got on the scale and was flabbergasted!! All of a sudden the last 3 weeks my body has decided it is ready to lose weight again! I have lost 6.8 pounds in the last 3 weeks!!! Anyways, I can't believe I am SO CLOSE! Hopefully next week I will be below my WW goal (155) and closer to my own personal goal (150), and in 6 weeks will get lifetime status!! Anyways, when I got on the scale I was speechless!! Then all I could say is, "OMG I am .8 away from goal!" and my WW leader looked at me and got up and started doing the jig or something Lmao!! And then she hugged me and started crying, which made me start crying! HA! Imagine how we will be next week if I hit goal?! LMAO!! Anyways, it was a really neat feeling...

2 Pounds!!

Wow, never did I think this day would come. I am 2 pounds away form my weight watchers goal weight!! And 7 pounds from my own personal goal weight!! It is crazy to think that 14 months ago I started this journey not having the slightest idea weather I could actually lose the weight I wanted to. I mean 100 pounds is a huge number! And here I am at 92 pounds lost!! Crazy!! I know that I will keep this weight off, there is no doubt about it. I LOVE being a size 8/10. I HATED being a size 22/24!! Man, crazy! Anyways, I just thought I'd update on my progress!! Believe me it hasn't been easy!! It took me 13 weeks to lose 10 pounds!! Talk about frustrating! But it's ok cause I KNOW it will come off in time. Not a biggie!

Drivers License Renewal before and after pictures!

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Since yesterday was my birthday I got to go and get my license renewed! It expired yesterday and it couldn't have occurred at a better time! Why you might ask? Well because it was time for a new picture!!! LOL!! Since I have lost almost 90 pounds in the last year and 3 months I was excited to be able to get "fat Stacie" off of my license and put "Hot Momma Stacie" on my license! LMAO!! Anyways, the other cool thing was I didn't have to lie about my weight! HAHAHAHA!! It is all true!! How many women can actually say that?!

So I decided to take a picture of the 2 side by side so you can all see how much I have changed!! I had my old picture taken 3 days AFTER I was married, so June 27, 2001!! I can't even believe that on my wedding day I was so big!! Ugh, makes me sick. One day we will have a renewal ceremony and I will be lookin' good! LOL!

So without further ado, here is my pictures!! Don't laugh too hard at the first one!! LOL!!



By the way, next time I renew my license I will be 39!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!! LMAO! And Aidan will be 13 and Logan will be going on 11!!! Now THAT IS CRAZY!!!

Making the switch

So for awhile now I have been thinking of making the big switch over to CORE. I have been doing the flex plan for over a year now and I love it. I almost become obsessive about counting points. Until recently that is. Recently I can feel myself becoming bored of flex. This is not good at all. It is making me eat things I shouldn't eat or normally wouldn't eat and not counting them. BAD! The thing is, I am scared to switch to CORE! Not because I don't think I can do it, but because I feel unprepared. I have read a ton online about CORE, talked to people in meetings about CORE, talked to some friends who are ON CORE, but I still am scared!! I am not sure how to make the jump from Flex to Core. Do I just do it all at once, cold turkey, feet first?! Decisions, decisions!! Anyways, I am really thinking of doing it this next week. We do our grocery shopping for the next week on Saturday or Sunday. So this weekend is the next time I would be out to get the things I need. I don't want to totally start all over in the things I eat which I think is kind of what I am going to have to do. I suppose I just start buying things slowly. The thing with CORE is you actually are sorta forced to eat much more healthy. There are only certain things on CORE that you can eat, if you eat anything that's not on the CORE list then you have to account the points for it. You still get your weekly points allowance of 35 points which is for those non-core things; like my Fiber 1 bars. I refuse to give those up! LOL!
So keep an eye out on the blog for updates because I really think this is something I am going to do!! Wish me luck!!

Haven't updated in awhile...

I am still here!! Currently I am at 87 pounds down. Monday night I lost .6 pounds. The weight is coming off a lot more slowly now that I am so close to my goal. But that's ok. I know I will get there. Slow and Steady wins the race! I have about 13 more pounds to go for my personal goal and 8 pounds for my WW lifetime goal. So that is pretty darn exciting!! It is weird to think I am SOOO close!!!

What a GREAT weigh-in!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!! I did! We took the boys to the local swimming pool twice! Once Friday and once Saturday! We had the best time, and I even felt great in my swimming suit!! What a trip!! LOL!! Friday night we of course went and found some fireworks which was also a great time. We were there for quite awhile before hand and so we ate dinner there. I was sooo bad, but it is ok cause I had a great weigh in! I ate a hamburger, a brat and a hot dog! Isn't that horrible!? LOL! BUT it tasted great and now I don't need those things for a while! Anyways, tonight was weigh in and I wasn't nervous at all for some reason! I stepped on the scale and I weighed in at 163.6!!! Isn't that nuts?! That is a 4.8 pound loss!! Seriously that is so crazy! That puts me at 86.8 pounds that I have lost and 13 POUNDS from my GOAL!!! I am so scared to hit goal and go onto maintenance but I know I will be able to do it. My size 10's are getting too big on me too! So that is a great feeling! I kept saying I want to be in a size 8 when all is said and done and I think I may actually make it!! Anyways, I just had to share my excitement!!

One more thing to include, I am so close to not being considered "overweight" by the BMI chart it isn't even funny! LOL! That was another huge goal I wanted to meet...get into the "normal" category. Finally will be able to say I am NORMAL! LMAO!!

Ugh

Why is it the last 20 pounds one wants to lose just wants to stick to you?! I don't get it. The first 80 pounds I lost pretty much just fell off of me. But these last 20 pounds want nuthin' to do with fallin' and it is driving me batty!! I was up .8 tonight. Not bad considering this weekend was Rhythm and Booms fireworks with a BBQ party. So I ate so many bad things but ya know what? I figure whatever. It comes once a year and it is my one time I allow myself to pig out. So hopefully that .8 will fall off me next week plus some! It's been awhile since I have seen a pound or more loss!!!

Finally!

It has been 3 loooong weeks since I have weighed in. I am happy to report I did lose weight in that 3 weeks. However, it wasn't as much as I would have liked, but hey, a loss is a loss right?? I was down .6 tonight. Better than being up, not as good as a full pound! LOL! As of today I am officially BACK on WW. Not that I ever really stopped, but I was getting a bit lax doing it. I was still counting my points but only when it was something I wanted to count to points for. You know the drill, count points for good things, don't count points for bad things. Yeah...that doesn't work so well. I found I was nibbling or having BLTs (Bite, Licks and Tastes) more often also and not counting those points. Not good. So for this week I will not be going over my points. Saturday is Rhythm and Booms which is only like the best day ever! Lots of food, beer, fun and of course fire works! So I will be saving all of my points for Saturday!! Hopefully Monday comes with a loss, but if not well here's to starting again in July! LOL!

I am so bad!

I haven't been to weight watchers since the end of May!! I miss it so much! I feel like a part of me is missing, isn't that weird?! LOL! I have been keeping track of my weight on my scale here at home but who knows how accurate that really is. LOL! Anyways, I am either about the same as I was a few weeks ago or down a pound or 2. This last 10-15 pounds I want to lose are going to stick and hold on for all they are worth I swear!! I will get them off tho. On June 11th I celebrated by 1 year weight watchers anniversary! I can't believe I have been doing the program for 1 year now! It feels like I just started! I suppose that is a good thing, means I am not tired or bored of it yet. And I feel like 82 or so pounds down, a size 10 from a size 22 and 42 inches lost in 1 year ain't half shabby!