Sara’s Weight Loss Journey

Hello my fellow buddyslimmers! I have recently joined a wonderful cause that is raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Here is a blurb that explains the program:

“Please help me! I’ve been arrested and will be put in jail for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Lock-Up. Don’t even bother asking what crime I’ve committed - it’s not important, really! I just have to raise my bill of $1200 before the Lock-Up and they’ll go easy on me, but I need your assistance to post my bond.

Your 100 percent tax-deductible donation will help MDA continue research into the causes of and cures for 43 neuromuscular diseases. Your support of the MDA Lock-Up will also help MDA provide clinic vists and summer camp for people in our local area.”

Your bail dollars will go towards:

$30 - flu shot

$100 - one support group session

$150 - one physical, occupational or respiratory therapy consultation

$500 - assists one person for one year with the repair of a wheelchair or leg braces

$800 - sends one child to MDA summer camp

100 percent of the proceeds raised goes directly to families who live in a nearby community.  

I know times are rough right now but if you can spare any money at all towards this wonderful cause it would be greatly appreciated! In the end each dollar donated adds up… plus it keeps me out of jail!

If you have any questions at all please message me.

 The following link will lead you to a completely secure website in which you can make a donation.

https://www.joinmda.org/duboiscountylockup2010/sh128

 THANKS AGAIN!

I AM NOW ENGAGED TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!

Today was our 5 year anniversary & he proposed!

I haven’t been around BuddySlim much the last couple weeks and I’m sad to say it will continue to be like this for awhile. I wish I could be on here much more and give the support all my buddies deserve. However, we work Monday-Saturday. Since it is the spring & going into the summer it will be extended hours, meaning I won’t be home until 8 or 9pm at night. After fixing supper & cleaning up the mess it will be bed time. My internet time will be cut down dramatically during the nice weather months. I am going to continue focusing on my weight loss and I will log on as much as I can. I just wanted to let all my buddies know why my blog comments will be sparse and responses to messages will take me a few days. Please be patient with me!

I’ve been researching but I want to hear from my buddies on this subject.

We’re big bread eaters around this house. We eat toast for breakfast & sandwiches for lunch. We’ve successfully cut out having some kind of bread with our supper. My dad is diabetic so we try to watch his carbs.

I’m pretty sure that 100 percent whole wheat bread is the healthiest but not everyone in our house will eat it. I’ve been looking at Nature’s Own whitewheat bread, which appears to be white bread with all the nutritional value of wheat bread. We tried a loaf and everybody likes it.

The obvious consensus is that white bread = a no no. I’m trying to wean my family off of it. What does everyone think? What kind of bread do you eat?

I gained again this week. A couple pounds. I felt bloated & TOM should be coming this week so I’m hoping that’s what it was. I didn’t do fantastic last week but I didn’t actually do that bad either. I’m just frustrated with myself. I did so good from September-January. But now I’m just doing awful. I’ve been at practically this same weight for over a month now. I’m wanting so bad to hit 275 then to get into the 260s… For some reason the 260s seem much better than the 270s. If I can get to 275 that puts me with 100 pounds to lose. I know that still sounds like a lot but to get to 99 pounds to lose would be awesome!

We went to Golden Corral today… buffet…. I realized that my fav foods on the buffet are bad lol. I started off with a big grilled chicken salad. My next plate was a piece of cheese pizza, fried shrimp, mac & cheese and a little bourbon street chicken. Oh yeah and part of  cheddar biscuit. I didn’t finish the plate, just ate a little of each. Dessert plate had pinepple, grapes, mixed fruit & a bite of cherry crisp. I got about 1/2-3/4 cup frozen yogurt with one cookie. It doesn’t sound all that great but it’s a lot better than I would’ve did a few months ago.

 Well, I plan on working my butt off this week because I want a big loss.

 Have a good week everyone!

Started trying to lose weight on September 1, 2009. Didn’t weigh-in for the first time until September 18, 2009 (309.8). I weighed 301.2 on October 2, 2009 so that’s around what I weighed in the before picture. On Feburary 26, 2010 I weighed 277.4 so that’s around what I weigh in the second picture. I realize they are not the same size but I didn’t want to stretch them because I figured that would destort the picture. So here’s the difference in approximately 5 months and 24 pounds.

I LOST 2.6 POUNDS! YEAH! Okay, I am totally excited about it. Not so excited about the fact that for February I maintained! It just makes me sad because I could have been down 8-10 more pounds. Coulda-shoulda-woulda! Moving on and celebrating the awesome loss I had this week!

I’m pretty sure I’m going to spend next week with my boyfriend while he’s at college. I just got back on track this week so I am extremely determined not to stray while I’m down there. So.. I’m making a plan. My main goals for the week are to eat 1800-2000 calories per day and get some sort of exercise everyday. Daniel already told me that he wants to eat healthy this week so that is definitely going to help. We’ll have to go grocery shopping when I get there. I think if I plan like I did this last week and focus on my goal that I can still lose this week. Ideally I want to lose 2.4 pounds so I can be at my mini-goal of 275 pounds but I will be so very happy if I can lose anything!

 Well.. just wanted to update! Catch you all later

Hey all! I’m pretty excited about weigh-in already. This week I gained 2.8 pounds. The week before that I lost 1.4 pounds. The week before that I gained 1.2 pounds. That means for the month of February so far I have gained 2.6 pounds! I’m disappointed and disgusted with myself. I’m fully focused on losing enough this week to not have an overall gain for the month! I weighed in at 280.0 pounds on Friday. I was hoping I was out of the 280s for good. After this week I will be!

I saw where Greg said that he posts all the food he eats in an Excel spreadsheet. I decided this would be a great idea to help get me back on track. I’ll be recording my food, water & excerise. My goals for this week are:

*Journal my food, water & exercise
*Exercise at least 30 minutes per day
*Drink at least 64 oz of water per day
*Eat 1800 calories per day
*Get on BuddySlim everyday
*Get up between 8-9am

I also wanted to give a shout out to all my Heartbreakin’ Rockstars and Fat Assassins for all the awesome support! Actually thanks to all of my BS buddies for being so wonderful!

Since I’ve gotten off track I need re-evaluate my goals. My mini-goal is 275 pounds. I want to be there on March 5. My next mini goal will be 259.8 (or 260 lol) because that would be 50 pounds down! If I were to lose two pounds per week I should be at a 50 pound loss on April 30. I originally wanted to be down 50 by April 9… so I’ve obviously put myself behind schedule. That saddens me but I AM going to get there. It may take me longer than I had originally hoped but I WILL do it.

 I AM SO EXCITED FOR IT!
　　

With everything going on the last couple weeks it’s a miracle I haven’t gained 10 pounds! I am just soooo ready to get back on track. I don’t think I’ve exercised at all in almost 3 weeks. My eating has been pretty awful too… UGGGGH! I really wanted to hit the 50 pound mark by April 9 but it doesn’t look like I’m going to…. As long as I hit it eventually I’ll be happy. I just wish I would get my butt back on track. I keep telling myself Monday I’ll hit it hard…. Seriously? Monday? Why not today? TODAY. So I thought… make yourself a salad for lunch tomorrow.. much healthier than the bologna I’ve been having… so I made myself a salad tonight for lunch tomorrow. I set out an orange to take with me for a snack. One thing I’ve found over the last 2-3 weeks is that in order to succeed on this weight loss journey I need STRUCTURE. I need my meals planned out. I need to know what I’m going to eat, how much I’m going to eat, when I’m going to eat it in order to be successful. So I’m back to planning since that seems to work more than anything. I’m still expecting to gain this week but next week I’m going for a big loss. It’s taken me a bit to realize but the only thing standing in my way to reaching my goal is MYSELF. Once I can get past that I’ll be much better off! So here we go again… I feel like I’ve completely quit this journey. I’m back to the way I was this time last year…which is not where I want to be exercise/eating wise… My whole life is awesome and in place except I’m overweight! I really need to get my butt into gear! LET’S GO SARA!

Any recommendations, suggestions? Love yours? Hate it? What do you all think?

Thanks!