Happy Halloween!

So, this week I finished my challenge on Monday morning and I have been eating lots of treats this week but my weight has still gone down, funny.  I haven't exercised much either.  I'm sure it won't last but I don't plan on eating badly after today with it being Halloween and all.  This morning I weighed in at 132.4, nice!  This the lowest I have seen since getting married. Next Thursday is my birthday and I plan to eat whatever I want all day :)  Woo hoo!

Meltdown Challenge Complete!

So this morning I weighed in at 133.4 and was so close so I ran and started the laundry and weighed in again at 133.2, yay!  I made it to my goal and lost 8.6 pounds and did it in a little less than 6 weeks.  I celebrated with eating fun size twix and it was hard and not good, oy.

So, here are my before and after pictures and my measurements.

Scale before and after:

Full length me before and after:

Full length on scale before and after:

Measurements:

Neck:  12 (same)
Right Bicep:  11.5 (down 0.5)
Chest:  34  (down 1.25)
Under Chest:  30  (down 1.75)
Natural Waist:  28  (down 1)
Waist:  30.5  (down 1)
Hips:  33.8  (down 1.2)
Right Thigh:  21.4  (down 0.6)
Right Calf:  14.75  (down 0.05)


Overall, this challenge was awesome.  In the past I have always done no sugar and then I would have major cravings because I didn't have a specific goal to reach, just don't each sugar which I guess is too vague for me.  Having this concrete challenge where I had to lose 6% of my body weight in a certain amount of time took away the sugar cravings (for the most part) because I knew if I ate them I wouldn't make it and lose $20.  So rather than saying I couldn't have sugar, I chose not to eat sugar because I knew it wouldn't get me to where I needed to be.  (I wasn't perfect, there was one weekend I ate a lot of candy and went back up a couple pounds which I had to work hard to take back off.) 

I  was very motivated to win and get back my cash and more and fit better into my clothes.  My clothes fit awesome now, hooray!  I am not really going to try and lose more weight but I would love to stay at or below 135.  Feeling good today.

4 More Days!!

So, I think I weighed 133.6 on Thursday and I was only 0.4 away from my goal so I ate well and exercise and was 133.4 on Friday but then the next few days I went back up to 134 (I need to weigh in at 133.3 but since my scale only shows increments of 0.2, I need to get to 133.2).  So, I still have 0.8 to go and 4 days to do it.  I'm not too worried, I'll get there.  I ate lots of pancakes on Friday night and I ate tons of bread on Saturday and had cake that night at my dad's wedding but I'm planning to forgo dessert tonight and hopefully make it soon.  I loved this challenge, it was the best thing!  I'll post when I'm done!

Meltdown Challenge Weigh In

On Thursday I was the same as Sunday, 134.6 although in the past few days my weight has just gone up and up.  Bugger.  Oh well, I am still eating well and moving a ton so I hope it will go back down and more :)  This usually happens for a few days every month....my weight just goes up for a few days and then goes back down if I keep eating well and exercising.  I sure hope so!  I'm so close to finishing but still have about 3 pounds to go and only 11 days to do it.

Meltdown Challenge Weigh In

Hmmm, I am trying to remember what I weighed on Thursday and I think it was 136 although today I was happy to see 134.6 on the scale!  Only 1.4 pounds to go to my goal weight for this challenge.

So, this past week has been more of a roller coaster.  I ate really well and then on Thursday I attended a gala and was planning to eat this fabulous meal and enjoy it immensely!  However, the portions were tiny tiny tiny and I left not even full.  Crazy!  So, needless to say, I wasn't satisfied with my cheat meal so on Friday when I got out some Halloween candy for my son who is potty training I started eating it and couldn't stop!  I ate probably 8-9 treats, plus some whipping cream plus some peanut M&M's with my family watching a movie.  Whoa, whoops.  Oh well, I have since gotten back on the band wagon although I had some cake Saturday night too.  Today I did well although we had crepes for dinner, yum. 

So, I am still on track to win this challenge and I hope I can stay strong.  Just under 3 weeks to go.  My resolve to eat well and exercise has really been challenging me.  (It also didn't help that I strained my neck on Wednesday and it has been hurting like crazy so I haven't been able to exercise.  It is finally feeling a bit better today, finally.)  I hope I can continue to stay strong!

Meltdown Challenge Weigh In

It has now been 2 weeks since I started this challenge and it's been awesome!  Yesterday I weighed in at 136.8, down 5 pounds from starting and down 1.4 pounds from last week.  I have now 3.6 pounds to go and 4 weeks to do it :)

I also took my measurements they day after I started and here they are:

Neck:  12
Chest:  35.25
Under Chest:  31.75
Right Bicep:  12
Natural Waist:  29
Waist:  31.5
Hips:  35
Right Thigh:  22
Right Calf:  14.8

On track and doing well.  This is just the motivation I needed to lose these last few pounds!