Another award!

I have been working hard on trying to lose weight, and today I got another award for my hard work and dedication. I received my 50 pounds gone award! I am actually done 50.9 pounds altogether as of today. This has been a hard road to go on, but completely worth it! Every time I am tempted I think about days like this, and how I feel getting another award for my efforts. So now I am down to 163.6!

Update

I have been bad about updating this summer, but it has been crazy and hectic! I love being on summer break and not having to get up and go to school or stay out being at work. Well I have still been keeping up with watching what I eat- though I have let myself eat more than I usually do during the school year. Since my last post I have gotten rid of 6.2 more pounds. This brings me down to 168! I am so excited to be below 170. I am still waiting to be below 170 at night. Last night was the first time I did get below 170, though I am sure it won't stay that way for good... eventually it will be :)

Update

Since my last post, I am now down to 174.2! I had a little backslide last week when I went to Oklahoma. I don't know if it was completely me, or the fact that I had to ride in a car the whole day before weigh in- not exercising the way I normally I don't know if altitude plays into effect- but anyways, I was up .7 pounds last week, and was down 3 more this past week. No matter what I keep going forward and never give up. I am so excited every time that number on the scale keeps going down. I am working towards my next small goal of losing 50 pounds, so 10 more to go on that one. And my night time goal is now being below 170. I don't know if anyone reads this anymore, but if you do- thanks!! :)

Short update

Since last time when I was 184, I have lost 6 pounds! So my weight now is 178!

Time out for Women

Well this weekend I went to a "Time out for Women" conference. It was amazing! I loved it! It really helped me feel calm and relaxed. I could feel the spirit the whole entire time. Some highlightes I got to meet John Bytheway, who is one of my favorite LDS speakers. If you have never heard of him look him up and find out more.
Some highlights of the 2 day event: Always close the bathroom door! No I didnt have any problem with this, but one of the speakers, who happens to be blind, told the funniest more embarrasing story about going into a stall, pulling her pants down and while she was feeling for the tolet- felt a head of hair instead.... Something else from this wonderful women, blind people really can't drive- not even with the window down using their walking stick... lol And no, blind people can't just feel the tv and feel the vibrations to know what is going on in the show. One more thing, if you ever meet a blind person, don't ask them if they have taught their children sign language so that they can communicate with them- yes this really happened to her.
Another wonderful women told about a mother who asked I think it was, Elder Packer, about forcing her children to go to church. He replied basically, well I kind of go along my strawberry patch about this sort of thing. If I would ever allow it to just grow however it wants, it will chose weeds every time. So in other words, it is perfectly fine to make your children go to church as long as they are living under your roof. It can be part of what your family does together, end of discussion. Growing up in the church I have known a lot of different families, some of which made their children go every sunday, some of which did not. The families that gave their children the option and freedom to decide, their children did just that and decided they would rather sleep. Along with this a lot to most of their children as they grew up and are all adults now, do not attend church anymore. The families that made their children go, most of them still go and attend. There are always exceptions of course- but are you willing to take that chance on your children?
There is more and as the days and weeks go by I will write more, and I will write who actually said what I am giving them credit for once I find the program and know their names. :)

Another week!

Well I know I have been writing every 2 weeks, but this past week meant a lot to me at the meeting. I got rid of another 1.5 pound this week, bringing me down to 184! I am still very excited oviously, yet still going forward every day.
While I was at the meeting, I also got my 30 pound star! When you lose 10 pounds at weight watchers you get this ribbon, and then every 10 pounds after that you get a star. After you get a reward during the meeting, the leader always asks if there is anything you would like to share with the rest of the group. This time I felt that I should share that I weigh and measure everything I eat every single time. After the meeting a woman come up to me and started talking to me. She told me how inspiring I am, and how great it is that I have gotten rid of so much weight so fast. She also told me how she had thought about doing the same thing with food of weighing and measuring everything but she wasnt sure if it really was worth her time. After I said that during the meeting she said she was going to try it. I felt really great knowing that I inspired someone, and encouraged them to continue trying.
So now that I have gotten so far in my goals, I have to come up with more goals. I have already stated my final goal, so I guess I will put down my little goals from here out that I want to get to. My next goal I think will be 35 pounds- although I wont get anything from weight watchers- the next goal will be 40. I have been keeping my evening goals since I started, the first was being below 200 at night, followed by being under 190 at night. I just got to the under 190 goal, and my next "night time" goal is to be under 180. I'll write again in 2 weeks! In 2 weeks, I will be getting a charm for going to 16 meetings!

Getting closer every day!

So another two weeks has gone by. I got rid of 3.7 more pounds! My weight is now 185.5. This is both exciting and encouraging. The more I get rid of, the more I feel confident that I can get to my goal weight. I still think 115-125 will be my goal in the end. However if I get to 135 and feel excellent and can't seem to lose more, I will be okay with that. At 135 I will be a lifetime member of weight watchers and won't have to pay a weekly fee anymore as long as I stay within 2 pounds of my goal weight. I am so excited to get to that point and I can't wait!
So right now my total weight lose is 29 pounds!! By the time I get to 115-125 I will have gotten rid of 99.5-89.5 pounds. If I go with 135 even, I will have gotten rid of 79.5 pounds which is a lot! I am only bewteen 70.5-50.5 pounds from my goal. In reality it is not that much more.