End of week 13 Results

Another loss this week! 1.8 pounds down and I am now over 30 pds total loss since starting Take Shape for Life and over 100 pds lost in the last 4 years!!! I didn't realize until I was typing that that I had hit so many milestones with this weeks weigh in. WOW!! I also bought a size 8 pair of jeans this week. I am still trying to wrap my head around that. As I have been losing the last several months I kept thinking getting into a size 8 would be awesome but I will probably be in a 10 one I hit my goal weight. Well I was sure wrong with that. I am now 9 pounds away from my original goal 13 weeks ago. I have still not added grains back into my eating although it looks like I will this weekend. I have found that I have to have a plan going into each transition or I just get too overwhelemed. I am going to talk with Layne more to get clarification on how to go ahead with the next step and go down to only three medifast meals a day. I am running short of food and I don't want to feel pressured to make the entire switch because I have run out of food. I want to have control over the change! I went for a mile run on Sunday. I was shocked at how awesome I felt doing it. There were a couple of substantial hills that I had to climb but I could breath!!! I really felt like a real runner and not someone out there struggling to be a runner. This is the first time since doing my half marathon 2 years ago that I thought I may want to run another one :-) Yes Katie Murr you heard me say it!! I am so proud of how far I have come and so excited about what is in front of me. Scared but excited. I will post a picture this evening. Jason was working this morning and Gabe was in no mood to take pictures of his mommy! Hope everyone has a great and healthful week....

End of Week 12 results

Back on track this week 1.6pds lost! I have no idea what happened last week. I had added in yogurt daily and this past week I only had it twice. No idea if that is what made the difference but I did make the change. This past week has been a real struggle for me. On Saturday I had 2 bites of a piece of garlic bread. This is the first time in 12 weeks that I have eaten off plan at all. I was convinced that I was going to have gained 2 pds! Had I not had the strength to walk out of the kitchen I could've eaten a lot more. I went to my bedroom and prayed. I have come so far and the last thing I want to do is go back. It also showed me how far I still need to go mentally with my relationship with food. I have been anxious about a schedule change at work that is creating an environment of being away from Gabe and Jason more and our day care isn't open the hours that we need for Gabe. Yesterday I stayed home from work and rested!! I was able to get some much needed quiet time with God and also got a solution to having someone watch Gabe for us. I am hoping mid November that I can bid for a new schedule and be able to be home more at the times that Jason is. Or I'll find a new job!! That would be awesome! I have been wearing a pedometer for the last week. I am doing around 6000 steps per day and I should be doing 10000. So that is my goal to work towards :-) On to a new week.....

End of Week 11 Results

This week I stayed exactly the same as last week. I am a bit confused as to why I stayed the same. I did add in dairy this last week and it took the place of one of my medifast meals. I have been tracking my intake on www.tsflsupportmotion.com and I am still at a 1000-1100 calorie deficit each day. So I was expecting to lose another 1.5-2.0 pounds this week based on the deficit. It's a bit confusing to say the least. I am able to add back in grains today but I had decided earlier in the week not to do that yet. I want to continue losing and feel like adding in the grains will slow that down. After this weeks results I am glad that I made that decision to wait. I am continuing to work through Dr. A's book and am getting into the area that talks about his exercise program. I have not had good luck with working out while on tsfl. My new plan is to start slow as he suggests with his program and then work back up. I am hoping this will make it so I have more energy after a workout and not less. In the next few weeks I plan on getting on that part of the program!
I have started looking at a reward for meeting my final goal. The reward would be to get plastic surgery to get rid of the extra skin that I have from all the weight I have lost over the last 4 years. It is something that I will have to save up for and something that I am going to do a lot of research into. It's exciting to think of getting it done but super scary that I pick the right person. I am still 11 pounds away from my original goal and I have toyed with losing another 15 after that. First things first though is to get those 11 pounds off :-)
My sister did sign up and is getting her food sometime this week!! I am so proud of her for making such a huge decision to change into a healthy lifestyle :-) I have encouraged her to blog the experience so I hope that she will. It has helped me a lot to go back and see how far I have come. And I have come a long way :-)

End of week 10

I have lost another 1.4 pounds total of 27.2 lbs in the last 10 weeks! I am now 11.8 pds away from my goal. This last weekend brought another challenge. We went on a vacation to Dallas for 4 days for some football and time with my Allie and Jerry. We had a blast even though the Beavs didn't win. I've never gone on vacation and not just let myself go to eat whatever I wanted. It felt a little strange but I sure felt better about myself once I got home. My sister is going to start the TSFL and Medifast program soon! I am so excited for her and for her to experience the changes that this program brings. I know that she can do it even though she is super nervous. I remember that feeling all to well 10 weeks ago. I never thought in the beginning that I would ever be able to make it this far. Today I transition back in dairy. I was really concerned that when I started to transition that my weight loss would drop off or stop all together. I am really happy that is not the case. I have continued to read Dr. A's book and it is soooo essential for me in being successful after I stop eating the medifast food. Over the week I am going to work on a menu for myself so this weekend I can go shopping and prepare all my food for next week ahead of time. Again I think being prepared is soooo important. I still feel as though this new way of eating really is going to work for me. I no longer feel overwhelmed by the information or how am I ever going to be able to do this in my life. I have experienced several different situations and life events and I have adjusted and stuck to the plan over those times. That's exciting!!! Now I get to encourage my sister and watch her transform and I am sooo excited about that too :-)

End of Week 9

I have lost another 2.6 pounds this week and am thrilled as this is exactly what I need to be losing to reach my goal in the next few weeks!! Total I have lost 25.8 in 9 weeks! I have 13 pounds to go to my goal and if I continue with my current loss I am right on track to get there. I started my transition off of Medifast last week. I added in another serving of veges last week and today I get to add in a serving of fruit! I can seriously say I have never been so excited to eat fruit. It has been 9 weeks since I have had any so I am ready. I am nervous and scared about the transition and being able to continue the loss to my goal and then maintain the loss. I have learned a lot so I know that I can do it. I have been reading Dr. A's Healthy Habits and that is making the transition easier. It is giving me a roadmap of where I need to be and what I need to do to continue on this healthy lifestyle. Without this book I would be pretty lost at this point. Thank you Layne(www.careforyourtemple.com) for making sure that we knew how important this book is. This weekend is the big beaver game and I am ready to concur the challenge of not really knowing what Saturday will look like. Flexibility will be the key and planning ahead to ensure that I have enough food to eat when I need too. I am super excited for the challenge!! Til next week.....