Weight Loss Photo Album

**Special Note - I wish I took a picture of my starting weigh at 345 pounds. I didn't think of this idea until today. Oh well...better late than never. I'm the "glass is half-full all the time" type of gal so I make it work.

Next pictures at 135 pounds lost

120 pounds lost
Weight in date - 1/26/2013
Weight - 219.2 pounds

105 pounds lost!
Weigh in date - 10/13/2012

Weght - 240.0 pounds

90 pounds lost!
Weigh in date - 9/8/2012

Weight - 250.2 pounds

75 pounds lost!

Weigh in date - 7/14/2012

Weight - 267.8 pounds

60 pounds lost!

Weigh in date - 6/16/2012

Weight - 281.6 pounds

GOAL #1 REACHED!

45 pounds lost!!

Weigh in date - 5/5/2012
Weight - 299.4 pounds

30 pounds lost!!

Weigh in date - 3/31/2012

Weight - 314.8 pounds

**Gotta love my monkey slippers!!

First 15 pounds lost - YAY!!

Weigh in date - 3/5/2012

Weight - 329.4 pounds

Is This Me?

Hello there! It's been six months since my last blog post, so I suppose it's time to let you all know what I've been up to. My goals I set for myself are still steady, and I hope by the end of the year that I've accomplished them. I'm pretty confident that I can reach them although I've been sidelined for a bit, and I haven't had the opportunity to work out as I'd like. Let me explain. As most of you know, I've been on a weight loss journey of the ages. My highest recorded weight was 361 pound circa 2006 - around the time I was in grad school. Things were quite bleak, stressful and lonely. Not to mention all the health issues I had. So I lost weight on a doctor supervised Protein Sparing Modified Fast - now popularly called Ketogenetic diet - it worked, and I got down to 220's, but it didn't stick unfortunately. At that point, I pursued weight loss surgery, and my insurance approved me for a gastric by-pass, but I wasn't sure a

Is Will Power Overrated??

Hey readers! I hope everyone had a good week. I had a fantastic week considering that my gym was closed down for renovations. I had no problems adjusting my schedule to use the secondary gym. I even popped up this past Thursday morning at 3:15 am with no fuss, and successfully completed a full Zumba routine on the Wii. It's quite the sensation to Shake Your Body that vigorously at 4 in the morning. I did feel like death warmed over by 2 pm. Let's just say I slept really good that night. I've also had three sessions with the kettlebells now. I really like the Jillian Michaels DVD that goes with kettlebells. She has some very challenging workouts, and it really gets my heart rate up and the sweat is pouring off me. I'm glad that the DVD has two different workouts. So, when I master the first one, I can move to the second, which is even more challenging. I can tell a difference too. My guns are popping a little bit (LOL), and I'm starting to see some

I'm Full of Bright Ideas!

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We have lovely weather here in Northeast Ohio, and I'm definitely going to take advantage of it. My mom was sweet enough to accompany me on a 6 mile walk yesterday morning, and it was fantastic. Usually, when I walk with someone, they have to walk to my slower pace or I'm constantly training to catch up to them. In this case, my mom was trying to keep up with me. She said that she hasn't run after me like that since I was a little kid running in the grocery and department stores. We both laughed at that. It really made me feel good. So, why did I decide to walk 6 miles yesterday? Well, I wanted to see how my body felt and I wanted to do it under two hours...which I did. I finished in 57 minutes. I also chose that distance because I was inspired by some of my friends/co-workers. The Cleveland Marathon was a week ago today, and my junior Zen Master ran a half marathon. I was very anxious to

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