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Well today was my weigh in day, and I have lost 2 pounds this week…I am 195.8 (which I’m rounding up to 196) so that is down 2 pounds from last week and 19 pounds overall…YAY…I’m feeling damn good and next week marks the 2 month mark since I’ve restarted my lifestyle change…

 I saw my Mother In Law yesterday…I see her often, but hadn’t seen her in a few weeks and when she saw me she said “Oh my your getting skinny!!” Although I am not “Skinny” nor “Thin” It made me feel good to hear her say that/notice…I’ve been feeling Ok about myself, my hubby has been saying my weight loss is very noticeable, but I still feel chunky in the midsection (although it is much better and getting flatter than it used to be) as my hubby says, i’ve lost my spare tire, geez, thanks babe!!

 Feeling great today…It’s Friday of a 3 day weekend and me and my hubby are heading out to Laughlin for a relaxing/romantic weekend!!

My hubby heard a rumor that his company may be laying people off today (he works for an auto dealership and they loss their dodge franchise as a result of the Chrysler Bankruptcy) they have two other car lines (Pontiac, haaha and Mazda) but I’m thinking he should be ok, he’s there #2 Guy in Parts Sales and he’s been with the company for 10 years, but you never know how they decide to cut people when they do…

 I’m not too worried because he’s already interviewed at two other dealerships and both those interviews went well, but I still don’t want him to get laid off…

Hope you all have a happy healthy day and a happy healthy 3 Day Weekend!! WOOO HOOO!!

A while back when I restarted my weight loss/life change plan I used the free blood pressure monitor inside the Grocery Store…I can’t remember what it was but I know it was high, but I wasn’t surprised…

Well this morning my hubby and I had to go grocery shopping again and since we had to walk right past it today I said, why not give it another try to see if there has been an improvement…

 Well, this morning my blood pressure was still high but it is so close to where it should, I got really excited…As of this morning it was 124/88…I know it is still high and a dr. would probably still say tisk tisk to me for it but I am so happy because it went down significantly (Although I can’t remember the exact number it was when I last did it, I just remember it was bad/high)

 So cutting back/really watching the sodium intake has made a signinficant impact for the better. I can’t wait to recheck it in another month or two and see if it is even better.

As for the weigh-in this week, I am down another pound…From 199 to 198… I am inching closer and closer to my first mini goal of 195…

I was aiming for two pounds a week but the past several weeks it’s been 1 pound lossess and I am completely fine with that…As long is it is a movement in the right direction I’m going to stop being so picky of whether it’s 1,2, or .5 pounds…

I’m hoping this is a good week…We are going on vacation next weekend and I am really looking forward to it…

I hope you all had a great weekend and have a happy healthy week!!!

Well, despite TOM last week, I still managed to lose a pound!! So that is good.

 Just means this week I’m aiming for 3 to make up for the pound I didn’t lose last week. (I aim to lose 2 pounds a week)

Had a good successful weekend…Got a whole lot of weeds in the front yard pulled yesterday…Definitely a good workout in the hot sun!!

Hubby and I are getting ready for our Memorial Day trip over to Laughlin so we got the boat all ready…(Definitely looking forward/need this vacation)

The good news is so far I’m down a total of 16 pounds from where I started and I’m down a total of 7 pounds since I ordered my dress for my sister’s wedding…The dress should be coming in at the end of the month, so I’ll get to see how much better it looks when it comes in…

The good news is the wedding is not until 08/15/2009, so I still have 96 more days to lose more weight!!

Went for my lunch time walk today and man it’s getting hot, but I really can’t complain!! I love summer time.

 Wore a size smaller shorts this weekend when we went boating and they were lose enough I could take them off without unzipping or unbuttoning them…YAY!!

Hope you all are having a good happy healthy start to your week and that you all have a great week!!

~Jessica~

So tomorrow is my weigh-in day and I’m a bit nervous because it currently is TOM…

 Can’t say I’m complaining too much as it went MIA for about 2.5 months which bummed me out after trying to concieve for over 1.5 years and being diagnosed by the doctor last July at an-ovulary. (But he gave me medication that kicked it into gear and I was having a normal cycle until this past February then after that it went away and didn’t come back til a few days ago)

 So with feeling bloated and achy I’m not looking forward to standing on the scale tomorrow…Eating wise I’ve been right on track, but I think other forces are going to make it so the scale doesnt’ budge much from last week.

 Well…We’ll see what happens!!

I just wish my cycle would get “normal” and I can get to a healthy weight so I  can get pregnant!! We’ll have been trying for two years this September!! (I know I can get pregnant though because I did just about two years ago, but lost that baby due to a miscarriage)

It has been a month since I woke up one moring and decided I better pack soem fruit and a lean cuisine for lunch to which my husband later asked “Are you on a health kick again”

I plan on not returing to where I was…I plan on sticking with this for the rest of my life…It’s not hard and it makes me feel so good about myself…I am not happy when I weigh so much and never have any energy or have to hear my husband complain everynight because I kept him up all night with my snoring…

 I have a few short term goals set…I definitely would like to be down to 195 when we go on our Memorial Day trip to Laughlin…I would like to be down to 175 by my sister’s wedding on August 15th…

But these are just goals, if I don’t make it to a certain weight by a certain date doesn’t mean I should just give up and go back to old habits…It just means I have to keep going…

I am taking it slow and steady this time…Aiming for my two pounds a week and not over pressuring myself to lose weight so rapidly like I did a few years ago…

I think it’s because I am not putting the pressure on myself is the reason I feel like I really can stick with this to the 145 pound mark and then continue to be healthy in order to maintain it…

Taking it one day at a time is working really well…I tend to get lost when I focus on the greater picture and think I need to be in a rush to get there.

Hope you are all having a good day and being good to yourselves!!

~Jessica~

Well considering I had Friday off and it is now Sunday afternoon, this weekend has just zoomed by from being so busy…

 One this I learned this weekend is yard work is time consuming, burns lots of calories and makes you feel muscles you haven’t felt in a while…Well it’s not really so much just yard work as it is yard demolition (We bought a foreclosure a few months back and the yard, it’s 1/3 acre, had been neglected for several years) Our plan is to rip out all the dead and dying plants and start over…We have a few ideas but still have a lot more cleanup to do before we can start on our plan…And then we get to move to the backyard!! It will all be worth it in the end…

 The other part of my weekend that kept me so busy is handwriting invitations to my sister’s bridal shower and bachelorette party….I still have quite a bit of invtations to finish and all of them to address…

Friday’s weigh in was good news…I lost another 2 pounds this last week for a total loss of 12 pounds and I am now down to 203…

I’m really really hoping that I can get down to 195 pounds for our trip to Laughlin, NV Memorial Day weekend…That would be just too super…That gives me just under 4 weeks to lose another 8 pounds which is 2 pounds per week and completely doable…

 Well I better go back out and help my hubby with more of the yard…Using Power Tools is soooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing like a trip to the clothing store to cause you leaving empty handed and dumbfounded…

 Before I started paying attention to my weight and starting my weight loss journey (again!), I went to Sam’s and bought a pair of jeans. Since you can’t try them on there, I bought an 18w and said, these should work…Got home and even then they were a tad big.

 Well now they have gotten so big, I can’t wear them without them falling off and I can put them on and take them off completely buttoned and zipped with tennis shoes on…(My hubby even reached into them and pushed his hand all the way down my leg to his shoulder blade the other day)

 So I walk into Kohl’s because I need a new pair of jeans so bad and I try on a size 18 regular…NO SUCH LUCK AT ALL!! I got them past my butt but I had to suck it in just to try to button them and then the zipper didn’t want to go up. I finally got it and they were so tight you could see my crotch outline in them, gross…

 So what gives…I don’t have a size right now…18W is way to big and a regular 18 doesn’t fit…

Kind of frutrating, but I’ve really come to learn to expect that from women’s clothes.

I am not what you would consider a caffiene addict…I don’t drink coffee and I currently drink 1 Diet Pepsi a day (usually open one with my lunch and it lasts me throughout the rest of the work day)

 But, I know it offers absolutely no health benefits so why have it at all…

 I really think my next step is going to be to cut it out completely and stick to just water…

I think I will start today, When i eat my lunch when I get back from my walk I will omit the Diet Pepsi I packed today from my lunch and stick with just my water…

Hope you are all having a great day!!!

Well, I just went over to David’s Bridal and got the dress for my sister’s wedding on order (I’m the Maid of Honor)…

 I plan on losing quite a bit of weight between now and her wedding (August 15th) but knew I couldn’t wait any longer to drop a few pounds before getting the dress on order (I didn’t want to risk waiting to long and not being able to get the dress in on time)

 I tried on the size 20, it was a bit big, but I knew the 18 would be too small right now and I didn’t want to chance getting the smaller size when who knows what the next 4 months will bring, like what if I’m close to making it, but not quite there, it would be horrible to have a dress that was just a tad to small.

 The good news is the 20 was a bit big, which was the same size as my wedding dress almost 3 years ago…So as much as I weigh more now, at least the same size still fits!!

 The saleswoman told me they can take dresses in up to 2 dress sizes, which is perfect because it means they can get it down to a size 16, so just in case I am able to fit in that size 18 dress, they will be able to alter it down…

 Just got to stick with everything (which I know I will)…Maybe I’ll have to make them alter it down to a 16!! (Wouldn’t that be the greatest thing on earth!!)

Hope you’re all having a great day!!

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I just discovered the biggest motivation I have had in the longest time…I just went back through and read all my blogs I have written as a buddy slim member since May of 2007…Wow, I was on such a kick…I had gotten down to about 180 pounds….I was go go go and wasn’t letting anything stand in my way…

 I need to become that person again… So far I have been doing very well being that person again but I really believe this was just the motivation I needed in order to get going…

 I have a long journey to travel…But I know I can get there, I just have to keep focused and not let anything get in my way or stop me this time…

 Hope you all are having a great day and feeling motivated to meet your goals!!!

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