March madness

Wow, I knew I was feeling really good this last month about maintaining my new lifestyle even though I was now living a very different hectic life. Most people I know are talking about how when they started nursing school they GAINED and that was a really scary reality for me. But I have been able to not only survive nursing school, but thrive in it PLUS I have lost some weight. Even with all of that I never thought I had winning losses, I just wasnt that into the numbers this month, then yesterday when Kari told me I would be in the top it was like christmas.





Then I saw these and looking at the changes in my body almost made me cry!!!

How amazing is it when you can see changes like this!
















I am so almost there my goal weight is less than 5lbs away and I can feel it now...

Watch out world here I come!!

New awakenings

This week I have had a mental epiphany. You know one of those moments where you are like "AH HA!" I get this. I realized that not only do I weight less now than I did before I had ANY children, let alone 4. I weigh less now than I did on my wedding day. I am also less that 8 lbs away from my goal. I lost that in the first three weeks of this comp! I can and will totally meet that goal this month.

I am going to get there by doing a few simple things and here they are:

1) Drink my WATER!!! since karis challenge I have totally let this go and returned to my old Nasty diet pop habits.

2)Do a P90X video 4 days a week and at least 20 min of alternate exercise on the other days.

3) continue to eat mostly clean food and when at work eat SMALL portions or salads when available.

OK, now I have made my commitments to everyone and will check in weekly with my results. I would love to only have 6 lbs left to loose by Friday. Happy weigh in week!

updating...

This week has been one of LOTS of reading for exams and LOTS of strep throat. In the past this may have meant sabbotage for all I have worked for but I have managed to maintain my losses and have lost a little. Last night I realized that if I dont make it convienient for my hubby to exercise he wont, so I cleaned out my room and set it up to resume the P90X series. Last night we did ab ripper and Cardio X which together is 1hr of intense exercise. Hopefully he will continue even on the days when I cannot be home. Only 9 days left until this month is over and I am going to make them count! Good Luck everyone. I'm betting we can lose another 200lbs this month!

slow and steady, I will win this race!

This week has so far been a good one. I am realizing that because I am not putting ALL my effort into weight loss like last month my small losse mean so much more. It feels like something I could do for the rest of my life, where last month that seemed really overwhelming. Now my diet hasnt been perfect and I havent been eating clean like I would like but I have been making better choices while still accepting that right now perfect isnt an option. That acceptance is going to be key in maintaining my weight loss over the next year.


Wow 3lbs loss has never seemed so good!

Motivation

OMG...This week has been crazy! I have been working 4 days and at school all day for 3 days so that leaves...0 days. I have really settled into the nursing program this week, and realized a sad truth. People in healthcare eat some real CRAP! Sitting in the lunch room on tuesday I looked around over my spinach wrap and almonds and all I saw was microwave meals, pizza, and TONS of junk food. The next 12 months is really going to be a test of will power. The new hectic schedule hasnt been so bad BUT I have very little time to exercise so its making diet super important and challenging my commitment to myself. Because of this I thought it would be good to remind me what my motivations really are and I thought it would be nice to share them all with you. The following images are what I come home to everynight at about midnight when I finally walk through the door.

Aren't they so sweet when they're sleeping?

HOLY $#!&

OK so I dont really have time right now to post how AWESOME this is but I thought I would post my ending weight now before the weekend started. So here it is.... I am definitely very proud of myself this month!

The final days!

Wow, so here we are at the final few days of the month. I am intendiing to bring it these last few days, I mean anybody can do anything for a few days right? I am nearing the 10lbs lost and really want to hit that mark! So heres so nothin'!