Rita's Journey to weightloss FREEDOM

2010-01-26T10:05:00.000-08:00

Well i go weigh in tomorrow at WW, Im dying to know what their scale says. Mine says I have lost
FIVE POUNDS! Woo Hoo~

I have had to start over on my c2 5k. This is kicking my BUTT! To top it off with Giovanna being sick last week, my left shin splint KILLING ME, yesterday I totally fell right out my front door! Its like my brain went blank and I didnt know I had to walk....Dont understand that one. So now my legs hurt and my right knee is totally skinned up and painful! What a way to get me down Satan!
I wont give up. I so want to do this. I will loose the weight some how and so far really being knowledgeable of what Im putting in my mouth has made a HUGE differnce!

2010-01-26T10:03:00.000-08:00

sorry I havent posted in a week.. Last Wed I went to weigh in and the WW scale there said I stayed the same...UGH! however my scale at home has shown my loss. Hmm intresting! Anyway I know I have lost because I seen the change in my jeans.
Here's to a new week.

Giovanna has come down with the stomach bug so my running has been put on hold.

2010-01-19T11:20:00.001-08:00

up to 2.8 pds loss!!!!!

2010-01-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

YEAH I met and surpassed my goal.
I lost 2.2 pounds!
Way to go me!!!
I have a long way to go but my goal was 1.6 pounds and I did it.

Lyndsey and I are now off to the gym....wish us luck!

Heres to the new me!

2010-01-16T15:14:00.000-08:00

Saturday
I have done laundry all day! My goal is to totally finish. Michael wanted me to help him make cookies...I told hi I couldnt because it would kill my points...I ended up helping him but made the no bake oatmeal cookies, they are oatmeal, cocoa, sugar, margarine, vanilla. I did eat two cookies....YIKES.

I feel like i am doing well with my points but I really need to find some good easy quick meals that are low points. Anyone out there know any??

I will do my third day of C 2 5k tomorrow because of my hip. Its still hurting but not like it was!

2010-01-16T15:10:00.000-08:00

Tonight we had FREE childcare with our APAC (AL POST ADOPTIONS connection) group so we took them up on the offer. WE took Lyndsey and Michael to Carraba's to eat. It was so darn good. I had whole wheat pasta with lemon sauce, some chicken with some sauce, a salad and water. I even did have some of the wonderful olive oil with spices on a piece of bread. Going into dinner i still had 16 points left in my daily points with WW. I also have my 35 extra points for the week....however I think my whole meal was aroun 18-20 points so it wasnt too bad.

2010-01-16T15:08:00.000-08:00

Thursday I did some walking on the treadmill and then that night I went to Penny's to see what shoes they had on sale...I made the mistake of running (after I hurt my hip yesterday) and was in intense pain. I told Lyndsey I couldnt do anything else but leave right then. I slept with a heat pad on my hip all night. This needs to go away. No Zumba for tomorrow for me. SHUCKS!

2010-01-13T14:07:00.001-08:00

ok Zumba offically had kicked my butt....BUT I will go back! This just reminds me of how many yrs I have been out of shape and not staying coordinated! It was comical but fun! I will be back for Friday's class for sure! I also took the plundge and joined WW! So here's to the NEW ME....

2010-01-12T07:39:00.000-08:00

Today has already been a crazy day and its only 940am. I felt good after my body cooled down last night. This morning my leg is not killing me like i thought it would be...so far I feel good.

Today I will do some walking on the treadmill and tomorrow I will pick up with the C 2 5K running....heres to the NEW ME!

2010-01-11T18:13:00.000-08:00

Ok folks, big momma DID IT!
Im not dead!
But boy oh boy, hurting my shins as a teenager in cheerleading and NOT doing anything for over 20 yrs I can feel it!
BUt i WILL OVERCOME and do it again tomorrow!!!
Woo Hoo!

I may have to do week one for two weeks but thats ok with me!
Im just shocked that I actually DID IT!

2010-01-10T19:42:00.001-08:00

This will be the NEW me in 11 months!!!

2010-01-10T19:18:00.000-08:00

OH AND CAN YOU SEE THE BIG M on my butt....this is funny! WE laughed and said I guess thats how I got here....thanks to McDonald's!

ABSOLUETLY NO LAUGHING ALLOWED! I KNOW IM FAT AND AM HAVING A BAD HAIR DAY!!!!

Ok people this is totally humiliating but thought this was the BEST way to PUSH myself to stay on track! So here it goes, introducing the "Old Fat self!" I REFUSE to look like this anymore! William and I have taken all my measurements and tomorrow is the day I start towards finding the "new OLD me" again. Im excited to be smaller again, ready to have the attitude of "damn I look good" and ready to just overall feel totally great again...so here goes the pain!

Starting weight is 208
breast 42
waist 39.5 (If you can call it that!)
hips 48 (HUGE)

I will weigh in each Monday morning, but I will only do the measurements every month. so check back and please tell me if you see a difference! LOL....Believe you me, somethings gotta be better than this for me....Im only 5'4"

2010-01-09T18:24:00.000-08:00

This is so sad. Notice today's date and the last date on my blog...almost ONE YEAR difference!

I just sat here and re read all the posts i had done on here...not many but they were good. I dont know what happened to me in the year 2009 other than life just once again took over like it always does and I didnt do for myself....not because of anyone else....but I JUST PUT myself on the back burner! I am ready to do this....

William said he will help me stay motivated in anyway he can. I am finally starting this program called from couch 2 5k. Will found it sometime last year and encouraged me to do it...I never did. So I have so decided that for no one else but MYSELF Im gonna do this!

William helped me pick out some new tennis shoes, ones that will be good for running, I bought a new running top and workout capri's. I am ready! The only thing left to do now is get my iphone loaded with good music so i can start my workouts. I am training under the cool running's couch to 5k program. My goal is to start out slowly and try my best to stay on top of this program. Check it out HERE. I have not exercied in like 21 yrs.....before i got pregnant with the twins, and they are now 20! I was at one point totally in shape! so i will start off the new blog with a picture of me 20 yrs ago. This photo is the closest one i can find of myself (this was taken right after the twins were born). I can so see that even after gaining a ton of weight being 9 1/2 mths pregnant with TWO babies how much weight i have s l o w l y put on.

So fasten your seatbelts and watch as i WORK so dang hard at getting this weight off in 2010! Leave me some encourging comments and well save the nasty ones for your self! LOL

2009-01-31T06:44:00.000-08:00

OH i am so overly excited!!!! I have offically lost 10.2 pounds.....Did you hear yourself Rita

10 POUNDS!!!!

YEAH ME......Keep going!

My pants (jeans I bought in DeC) are totally too big....but Im gonna try to wait for 5 more pounds before i buy more....

2009-01-15T06:42:00.000-08:00

I am so stickin excited...I stepped on the scale this morning and guess what...Im at 211! No Im not thrilled at the idea of weighing this much but I am thrilled to know i have lost 6 pounds!!!! I am so on my way to my 72 pound weight loss goal.

I have been doing really good with my food intake. I need to get better with writing it all down, but i do carry my points calculator with me everywhere so i can keep track that way.

For breakfast today I have had 1 yolait light yougurt worth 2 points and thats it. I will eat a banana and maybe a slice of 45 calorie sara lee toast...that will be another 2 points...so 4 points for breakfast is really good. Where I seem to get my points in is at night with dinner. I try to cook for everyone and just eat very small portions. I am cutting out all frying and that will help alot!

UNtil later today....

2009-01-10T07:54:00.000-08:00

Saturday's food

Breakfast:
2 servings of Special K cereal
1 cup 2% milk
1/2 banana

I want to really do good today!!!!!

2009-01-10T07:49:00.000-08:00

Last night we had Lyndsey's party and i think overall i did well.

For lunch I met William and Michael and went to Jason's Deli. I had the low fat club, took off the cheese and mayo and it was like 9 points. I didnt eat chips, I had some fresh fruit and water with lemon. Yummy!

For dinner we had all my favorites.....pizza, chicken wings, chicken tenders, popcorn chicken, chips and dip and cake with ice cream. I ate SALAD with a few pieces of popcorn chicken on it and ONE bite of pizza. I drank water. I shared a SMALL piece of cake with isabella and she ate the most of it.

OVERALL I think i did great. IF I did go over my 28 points for the day, it wasnt by much if any.

I must get better at drinking my water.....I thought I drank alot during the day, but I really dont.
I am totally excited about my weight loss so far....almost 4 pounds!!! YEAH!

2009-01-07T05:46:00.001-08:00

Oh my GOSH!!!!!!! I got out of the shower this morning and weighed.....I have lost 3.5 pounds!! And that was with wet hair!!
IM so excited I cant stand it.......with this little bit of loss, I am totally EXCITED and know that I CAN DO THIS!!!!!

Now, theres my pat on the back, and time to really do my workout for the day.

Yesterday for food I ate:

2 servings of Honey Bunches of oats cereal
1 c milk
a few grapes

lunch
6 in chicken breast subway sub with lots of veggies on it
water

dinner
6 in chicken breast sub
water

Dinner was neat...I made steak, potatoes and hamburgers for the girls....and I ate NONE of it! I didnt even want to have a bite of a loaded potatoe!! I was stoked!

DAy 1

2009-01-05T07:17:00.000-08:00

Well I started our my day today tired!!!! William left for work and I was just fresh out of the shower with Isabella attached at my feet.

Come downstairs, got all the girls breakfast out and milk cups and I so wanted to eat a nice bowl of Captain Crunch!!! INSTEAD I did so good...

Got out my WW points slider and measured away...

3/4 cup of Honey Bunches of oats
1/2 cup milk
25 grapes

it was good but not that filling...I can see as where I will snack on grapes today until my body gets used to all this. I think I found the ticket for my brain....when I make a bowl of cereal I use the small bowls (like the ones say you would add salsa in at the restaurant)...this makes the perfect portion amount for a single serving...I always use the cereal bowls and yes while it will fill a tummy, is really is about 2-3 servings PER BOWL!

I ordered the new 2009 Weight Watchers kit on ebay this morning. It has the NEW dining out and companion books, a cookbook with like 50 receipe's, a 3 mth journal, a points calculator,a bag and something else...

IM so ready to yell

F R E E D O M!!!

IM finally excited about this weight loss. I told william that i want to become addicted to it! When our new treadmill comes in i want to walk on it morning and night! I WANT TO BE THIN/HEALTHY again~ I want to say GOOD BYE to all blood pressure meds, I want to look good in a bathing suit this summer, I want to feel sexy again for William and MYSELF!!!! I want to be able to put on a cute pair of jeans,a mini skirt, a tank top or whatever the heck I want to put on!!!! I Want the old ME back...21 years ago, JUst the new revised ME!

SO I am tackling this like Dave Ramsey says to tackle debt..........SNARLING, ANGRY, AND TOTALLY MOTIVATED!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE'S TO DAY 1!

2009-01-04T18:29:00.001-08:00

OH IM SO OVER THIS WEIGHT! IM ON MY WAY TO A HAPPIER FEELING ME!!! HERES TO 2009!

this will be a place for my personal and very honest thoughts about my journey to loost this 71+ pounds. I will be married 20 years in March and will turn 40 in December so heres to me BABY!