Before Pictures

These pictures are not great but that's kinda the point in the Whole30 challenge. I look and feel like crap. I'm hoping in a month my skin will look better and my hair will look less fried. It's obvious that I carry a lot of weight around my middle so hopefully I will be able to see since of that shrink down. Fingers crossed this goes well!

The Whole30 Challenge

A friend convinced me to try this Whole30 challenge. 30 days of clean eating! Ooooooooooooh my! Trying to get some before pictures done isn't always easy. Thanks Peach for "helping".

Tasty Summer Treats

These look so nummy! I am going to have to try and make them some time this summer.


https://youtu.be/QR5FbfFnG8E

Green Smoothie

I took a couple handfuls of these greens from Costco with a bit of pineapple and put it in my bullet. I didn't even get to drink the first smoothie because the kids snatched it from me! LOL

Team building exercises are not for fat people part 2

This is the second exercise we were suppose to do. There was no way in hell I was going to expect a bunch of 16-22 year old kids lift my ever loving ass up in the air. They would die. I would squish them and they would die. Thankfully I did not have to do that part.

Team building exercises were not meant for fat people

This was one of our team building exercises at work tonight. We did it 3 times. For 45 seconds then 60 seconds and finally 90 seconds. Nobody should have to hold my fat butt on their lap. Ha ha ha ha

Weigh In Week 2

Weekly weigh in week #2

4 pounds down

6 pounds total

Stupid knee

The good news is they didn't find any blood clots in my leg. The bad news is the ultrasound and X-ray showed fluid in my knee and they don't know why it's there. One step at a time until I'm feeling good again

Moderation not deprivation

An important lesson I am struggling with.

Doctor Appointment

I'm home from the doctor. He upped my Prozac to hopefully make me less homicidal. Ha ha ha my poor kids and hubby. My mood over all has improved. My knee is still feeling pretty rough so he sent me for am X-ray. The pain and stiffness is normal for arthritis and agitated by my weight. However the on and off swelling has him worried. So tomorrow I go back for an ultrasound to check for blood clots. He'll check my TSH in a month to make sure I am at a good dosage. He told me to start wearing wrist braces again at night for the carpal tunnel so I don't lose anymore strength in my hands. My blood pressure is borderline. He starts medication for patients at 140/90 and my blood pressure has been 140/83 on average. So he told me to go on the DASH diet for the next 2 months until I come back for my next appointment with him.  If it doesn't go down he may put me on medication. Sooooooooooo for now it's time to load up on fruits and veggies, keep exercising, keep drinking water and keep trying to lose weight.

Weigh In Week 1

It has been a week since I decided to kick my ass into gear. I lost 2.6 pounds! Woot woot! Only 204 to go!

I miss my face

My face just isn't the same and I miss it.

I'm back and things are scary.

I'm back and let's face it things aren't great. I'm at my absolute heaviest. Not even 9 months pregnant with any of my kids was I this heavy. I have had a "scary number" in my mind that I never wanted to reach. I blew it out of the water. I'm in pain every single day. I started treatment for severe obstructive sleep apnea right after Christmas. My TSH is all over the place. My anxiety meds aren't working as well as they were. My periods are either like a leaky faucet for 10 days or a freaking flood for 5 days. I feel like in 12 again and refuse to wear anything but black pants that time of the month. I'm miserable and I'm struggling to feel good and it sucks balls. Sooooooooooo here I go again and let's pray this time the scale goes south instead of north.

2 inches down!

I measured and I lost 2 inches in my waist in the last 2 weeks! Woot woot! Let's hope this continues! I lost 8 pounds but some how gained back 5 of those pounds when AF arrived. But I am still down 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I just have to keep reminding myself baby steps ... slowly but surely ... it will happen.

Baby steps but steps in the right direction!

Things are actually going pretty well so far. I made the switch from regular Coca Cola to Coke Zero and so far I am not really missing regular pop. The taste is close enough that it doesn't feel like I am being cheated out of a nummy drink. And it is wonderful that I am not filling up on the empty calories. I have also cut the number of cans of pop I drink a day in half. I wasn't trying to. In fact I had not planned on it until I had officially made the change to diet pop. But it just seemed to happen naturally. Which is fantastic! We went out to dinner last night and I ordered a Diet Coke even though I really can't stand it. I just didn't want to waste any of my daily calories on pop when I could use them to stuff my face with Mexican food instead. LOL I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I didn't really notice the difference. I don't know if I am getting used to diet pop or if the fountain version is just less "diet" flavored. I don't know but it didn't bother me.

I have been keeping track of my calories through my Fitbit and their website. I highly recommend Fitbit because I am really enjoying mine. I have an app on my phone that makes it super easy to log my food right away. I can link the Fitbit information through the computer or type it in myself. The website is totally free but you can pay a small fee if you want more features. But so far I have not seen any reason to need the extra features. I don't need to post a ton of pictures. Three is plenty for me. So far it has really helped me stay with in my daily caloric allowance. It is easy when you have it right there in your hand what you have already eaten and what you have left to eat for the day. The healthier options have made it a lot easier to eat more food. I have days where I am not meeting my daily intake and have to find a snack to get myself in that proper zone. I need enough to keep my body from going into starvation mode but not to much so that I don't lose weight. It is a fine line but Fitbit has helped me a lot.

My biggest issue has been getting moving more. It helps to see what I have done during the day. The Fitbit has a display screen that I can access at a touch of a button. So I always know what I have done and what I need to do. The problem is I am just not getting up and doing it. So while I am well on my way I still have things to work on. But I knew it wouldn't all change over night and they told me not to expect it to. Tiny baby steps until I am living a healthier me.

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On Wednesday I have to have a 3 hour glucose test done to test for diabetes. Yes it is the same test they do during pregnancy when you bomb the 1 hour one.

Day 4

Not really fasting anymore but still juicing. Feeling a little bit better every day.


Note to self: Juice does not "keep" over night. Drink it while it is fresh or lose 75% of the taste. I never thought watermelon could taste stale until today.

Day 3

7:00am ~ I had a major craving for water this morning. I didn't want pop. I am not hungry yet so I didn't want to make any juice yet. Which really doesn't matter because I wanted WATER. Now I have always loved water as long as it is nice and cold. We have the best water at work. I drink a lot of it there. But I admit at home I often drink pop. So I guess despite my dinner time cheating the last couple of days I am still making improvements. To bad we are down to just a couple of bottles of water left in the fridge ...


So I juiced during the day and the hubby and I went out to eat for supper. We went to a buffet and I filled up on salad and veggies. It was really really good! I did have some goodies like fried chicken and a rice krispie bar. I know I know not great choices. But I really enjoyed myself and the time I spent with my hubby.


I think I have found a happy medium in all of this. I juice during the day and eat a decent dinner at night. I am feeling a lot better then before. I don't know how to describe it. I just feel healthier. Maybe it is one of those things that you don't know how it feels until you actually feel it. But I am feeling good. I plan to continue the juicing but letting myself eat real food for dinner. Maybe some day I can go full on juice fast. But for now I am happy.

Day 2

Day 2 ~ I had to work so it was easier not to eat all day. I made a large batch of watermelon and pineapple juice. It filled me up pretty well before work. I did cheat and have a can of pop during my normal supper break. I drank it mostly because I wanted something other then water while on my break. I was out of juice at that point. I guess I should start bringing my cooler again so I can keep some juice with me. I won't have to worry about it for a few days since I have the weekend off. Plenty of time to plan.

I did give in after work and ate again. I may have to adjust this plan. I feel pretty good juicing for breakfast and lunch but by supper I am hungry and angry. I can't get it out of my head that with the Slim Fast plan you get to shakes and a sensible meal. So why can't I do that with juicing? LOL

Day 1

12:00am ~ It is midnight now. Time to begin the fasting. I stopped at Burger King on my way home from work and shoveled chicken fries in my mouth. Then I washed it down with a huge pop. Right before midnight I ate a candy bar and two baby bell cheese thingies. Tiny round cheeses will be the last thing I eat for over a week. Interesting ...


7:30am ~ I am thinking I should go make something. I am not sure what yet. The only down side is the hubby didn't prep any of the fruit and veggies yesterday. So I have to do that first before juicing and finally drinking. This is why I am fat. I to lazy to make anything. Not to mention the fact that the baby won't stop touching the computer and now he is doing the ugly cry. How am I suppose to make anything with wild child going nuts? Maybe some watermelon will make him happy ... if I ever figure out how to get that thing cut open ...



12:00pm ~ Well it has been 12 hours. I am hungry but then I have not juiced for lunch yet. I was pretty full after my breakfast juice. It was good ... needed more lime. Not sure what I am going to make for lunch. Maybe I will use the broccoli. I will have to see what the hubby wants ..... lunch wasn't great but it wasn't bad either. I need to make things more sweet. That was a bit to much veggie.


2:30pm ~ Surprised by how hard I have to think about not eating. I keep thinking "Oh I better go eat something! No ... wait ... " or stopping myself from reaching over and munching on things around me for the baby. I have almost put an animal cracker in my mouth like 9 times now.



7:00pm ~ I caved and ate real food. I want to feel guilty about it but I don't. It tasted soooo good. All of the anger and frustration I was feeling went away. It was odd. I thought I should feel bad for cheating but really I just felt good for listening to myself and eating solid food when I felt like I needed it. Hmmm ....