3 Day Refresh - Day 1

A while back I discovered a Team Beachbody product called Shakeology.  I fell in love with it.  To me it was better than the Juice Plus that I had previously tried.  I decided to become a coach to get my products at a discount.  While a coach, I decided to do a program that is called 3 day Refresh.  For three days, you drink the drinks and eat whole, natural foods.  It is a way to jump start the dieting and eating process.  After becoming debt free and realizing how much money we really don't have, I decided to drop my coach membership but I still love the product.  I still had one 3 Day Refresh left from my membership so I thought why not use it to jump start this process.  This program is very strict and I am following it at every point.  Yesterday was the first day and it wasn't bad at all.  I drink my Shakeology in the morning and eat my fruit.  Lunch was pretty easy too because it was strawberries and asparagus and the drink that comes with it.  Supper is always more difficult for me as I love to eat with my family.  I had prepped the dinner and it was a green bean and carrot mix with the drink that comes with the program.   Trying to get my water in is also proving to be more difficult than I originally thought.  But after day one I had lost 1.8 pounds!

Starting today was easy.  I was excited.  As I type this now on day 2 right before lunch, I am hungry.  I want something... anything... but I am staying positive.  My goal is to lose about six pounds by the end of the program.  I even wanted to chew a piece of gum but I decided against it because I AM FOLLOWING THIS TO THE END!  I had to write that big to remind myself that I am losing weight this time.  I am not giving up.  You are better than all this 65 pounds you carry around!! 

So, one and half more days left of the 3 Day Refresh.  Looking forward to finishing it but trying to think about the future of maintaining the weight loss! 

Water... yum.

Rainy Weekend

The weekend proved to be tough for me.  Saturday breakfast was Prasek's... of course!!  I took Elizabeth to a birthday party on Saturday morning and they served pizza for lunch.  I had one slice.  Then I went to lunch with my mom and the girls and had a salad.  For dinner Greg and I went to Bogies and I had grilled chicken tacos but they were not healthy by any means.  It was a lot of calories.  Calories I should have avoided.  Sunday was a little better.  Breakfast was scrambled eggs, two slices of toast, and one biscuit.  Lunch was the Hillje Church picnic where I had sliced beef, sausage, buttered potatoes, and pinto beans.  Dinner was mac and cheese and one hot dog wiener.  I was proud that I did not snack all weekend.  I ate my meals and moved on.  I did manage to get in lots of water and tea. 

On to a new week...

This week my goal is to exercise four days and to complete the 3-day refresh.  I have it, I should do it!  Only down one pound from Thursday but I know I can do better~

The Start

Today I stepped on the scale. 

It was scary. 

I am at my heaviest that I have been (even while pregnant).  The fear, tears, and sadness is very real now. 

So today, August 18, 2016, I am starting my weight loss journey. 

I want to blog about it so that I can come back and see my journey and maybe share when comes the time.  If I talk it out with myself, my hopes are that I will stick with it.  It has worked when it comes to the sweets which I am a two days clean.  Every time I see candy, I want it.  I justify everything.  This is me in my head... "I will start tomorrow", "I will not eat supper", "It won't hurt that bad".  But I never do and it is hurting me really bad. 

So here goes the rest of my life...

My why:
My why is pretty simple and complicated at the same time.  I want to be happy and healthy to see my kids grow up and possibly have grandkids one day.  That is what scares me the most, the fact that I might die at a young age.  What makes it so complicated is that food makes me happy.  I love to cook great meals for both my family and the great taste.  I love trying new foods and making new things.  I also love going out to eat with my family.  Having lunch with mom or my brother really does brighten my day.  How do I let go of these feelings?  I am struggling with that right now.

My other why is more along the healthy standpoint of I really and I mean REALLY want to get off my blood pressure medicine.  I am on the highest dose of two different medicines and my doctor wants needs me to lose weight before he will do anything about it.

So that leads me into my goals...

Goals:

1. Drink A LOT of water.  Only one glass of un-sweet tea a day.  Maybe even try drinking a hot green tea in the morning. My goal will be to drink at least 100oz's of water a day.  
2. Track everything I eat on MyFitnessPal.  Even when I am not so good.
3. Exercise.  Walk/Run at least 3 times a week.  I really want to get up to running long distances without walking eventually but for now, just get out there and do something.  I plan to attend at least 2 Zumba classes a week too.
4. Don't give up. 
5. Sweets only in moderation (1 per week at the most) and only on days when working out. 

Weight loss:

Starting weight          205.6
8/31/16                      199.9    -5.7
9/18/16                      195       -4.9
9/30/16                      190        -5
10/15/16                    186        -4
10/31/16                    182        -4
11/15/16                    178        -4
11/30/16                    173        -5
12/15/16                    170        -3
12/31/16                    167        -3
1/15/17                      163        -4
1/31/17                      159        -4
2/15/17                      155        -4
2/28/17                      150        -5
3/15/17                      145        -5
3/31/17                      140        -5

Total weight loss goal: 65.6 pounds

So here is to kicking that 66 pounds down the drain!!  My plan is to check in and write about my struggles and my high points a least on each goal date if not also in between.  Again, this is solely intended for me to blog it out with myself instead of in a journal! 

 Lord help me live this journey in everything I am and everything I do.  Amen!