Officially the Worst Blogger EVER!

Ok, I admit it. Blogging is not my thing. I always have these great and grand intentions of posting, and then life with 3 kids just happens, and I push it to the back burner. I don't want to give huge promises of daily posts for the next year or anything like that, but I am going to give it a go to try to post as often as I can. Are you all ready for the story of my life lately, and then my new plan of action? Ok...here goes...
   Since February, I've been trying the whole "counting calories" thing. I have to be honest...I did really like it, and I lost more on it then I ever did on the WW Points Plus program. But like anything, the "honeymoon" stage wore off, and I found myself not being faithful with counting. The pounds weren't coming back on, but just kind of staying where they were. 3 weeks ago, I found myself at 200 again, a place I did not want to be, so I decided to go off of white sugar and white flour...just for a time. I felt like I was at a point that I wasn't able to control myself around those things, and I needed a time to just get rid of them completely. The first 2 weeks, I lost 6.5 pounds! I was thrilled! The funny thing is, I wasn't even really counting calories, just eating healthier stuff. For some reason, this past week, while doing the same thing I was doing the 2 weeks prior, I gained 3 of those pounds back. I guess I was eating too much, even of healthy food.
   I went to bed last night musing and contemplating on what I should do. Should I continue the no white flour/sugar, and just count all the calories? I knew no matter what that I would not go back to WW Points Plus program...it just doesn't work for me. I then realized that the time I lost the most weight, was when I did the Weight Watchers old plan ( flex? I think? ). I got down to within 2 pounds of my Healthy Weight...and then I got pregnant! :-) I almost got excited thinking of pulling out all the old recipes that I used to make before the new WW plan, and knowing all the Points values for them. I know you probably think I am all a nut job for always changing my mind, but right now I'm at the point that I need to find what is going to work best for me. I would like to try to have another baby in 3-4 months, so I really want to work hard and get down as much as I can before piling it on again. HA. I know some people would say, "Why bother? You are just going to gain weight pregnant anyway! Just wait till you have a baby then work on losing it!" Part of me agrees, but then I figure if I can lose even 15 pounds before getting pregnant, that is 15 less I will have to lose after the baby.
   Well, there you have it. The story of my life. I don't know if anyone even reads this anymore, but regardless if anyone does, I still want to post daily for myself. I started today by taking pics of my food with my iphone, so hopefully that will make it easier to post each night. Let me know if you are still here, and willing to follow me ( yet again ) on this never ending journey!!

Let the games BEGIN!

I have something really exciting to share with you all! As of yesterday, I am in a weight-loss competition with my friend through blogging, Alissa! If you go to her blog, and scroll down a little bit, you can read all about it in her post "Competition Announcement!" She is such an amazing blogger, and writes each day, unlike yours truly, lol, so I'm sorry if I don't post as often about it as she probably will! I will try to be more faithful with blogging though. I'm super excited about doing this, and hopefully, even though it only is lasting 6 weeks, will get me in a great mindset, and I won't want to stop! We are keeping our progress a secret from each other until June 1st when we see who is the winner, so I won't be posting any of my weigh-ins. Just wanted to touch base with everyone, just in case I got any new followers through this! Hoping to be feeling pretty good about myself 6 weeks from today! :-) Let the game begin!

Well...here I am, 1 year later

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. A whole year since I started this blog. I could be really depressed that my birthday came and I am not down the 40 pounds that I would have liked. BUT, I am down 15 pounds from last year, and I can't complain about that. I took three vacations, had holidays, kids birthday, parties, etc throughout the last year, and still managed to lose 15 pounds. I know, it is not much, but all I know is, I didn't wake up at 215 like I did last year on my birthday! I made some goals yesterday, for my 27th year. I will share them with you -

1.) Take better care of myself. I know how I am, being a mother of three...I always come last. I wake up in the morning, take a fast shower, throw my hair back in a ponytail, no makeup, and start my day. Most days I don't have time to workout. I only really wear makeup and do my hair when I am going to church, or doing something special. I'm realizing though, that if I take that extra time to take care of myself, I will feel better about myself, and probably work harder at being healthy, eating good, and working out. I'm not saying that everyday I am going to be wearing makeup and curling my hair, but I just want a better overall mindset about myself.

2.) Do 25 situps every night before bed. Hopefully I can work up to more eventually, but that is my starting point.

3.) To run a 5k by the end of summer, WITHOUT stopping.

4.) Obviously, to lose weight! Haha...somethings never change! :-)

Well, I just wanted to touch base. I gained a couple pounds over Easter and my birthday, so I am working hard to get it off again. Awww the circle of life! :-)

"One"derland....again! :-)

I am happy to announce that I weighed in at 199 today! Now, I did get down to 198.6 before we went to Florida last November, but once I pass that, it will be the lowest I've been in 18 months! I'm feeling pretty good right now too! I took a 4.4 mile walk/jog last night, and was exhausted when I got back! I probably jogged about 1/3 of it, and fast walked the rest of the time. I feel skinnier for sure too! I really would like to be at 190 by the end of April, so I really do have my work cut out for me. I want to get FAR enough away from the 200s so that if I have a bad day, I don't go over again. I'm very happy with "Lose It" too right now! I feel very much in control of what I'm eating! I have a very rough weekend coming up, as far as eating is concerned, so it is scaring me just a bit! Birthday parties with gourment cupcakes and cake pops, and going out to eat at a fancy resturant are 2 of the things on the schedule. Sigh....just when I'm starting to feel confident, I get a crazy weekend thrown at me! I'm really hoping I can stay strong and make good choices though. I'm going to need a lot of water, and PRAYER!! :-)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Still going pretty strong!

Just a quick update on me! I've been doing pretty well on the new calorie counting plan! I was 202 this morning and was really excited about that! I haven't lost as much as I would have liked, BUT, I feel a lot skinnier! I have been working out a lot lately, and starting to run a little bit as I would like to train for a 5k, so I think I'm toning a lot! I am still loving the calorie counting plan so far!I am loving doing something different than Weight Watchers after so many years! I am exhuasted after working out really hard tonight, so I am going to bed early! Hope you all are having a great week!

New Plan

Yes, again, it has been weeks between posts! I'm so sorry about that! I wanted to let you all know what I've been thinking, and share my "new plan of action" with you all. Let me give you a little background first....

When I was 15, I needed to lose about 15-20 pounds, but didn't really want to work for it. My dad noticed, didn't want to be hurtful about it, but wanted to help me get "motivated." At the time, our church was taking missions trips to Africa, and I really wanted to go, but didn't have any money, so my dad told me that for every pound I lost, he would give me $20 towards going on the trip! ( Man, I wish he would offer me that NOW! :-) I don't think I ever got my full amount of promised money, lol, but it didn't even matter, cause I lost the weight, and felt great. What I did was eat 1200 calories a day, in 200 calorie increments. I would eat 200 calories at 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm, and then wouldn't eat anything after 6pm. I was really strict about it too. Like I remember going to church, and at 10:00am, I would go in the bathroom stall and eat my granola bar! HA! I was also working out at the YMCA almost every day. Ahh the life of a teenager with all the time in the world! :-) I joined WW about a year or so after that, and lost about 10 more pounds. When I got married at 19, I was around 170, and a size 8-10. After having my first baby, I went back to WW, and have pretty much been there ever since, in between pregnancies. After my second daughter, I was about 210, and I got my skinniest since having children, and got down to 180. I was working really hard cause my husband and I were going on a cruise together. I stayed right around 180-185 until I got pregnant with my son. ANYWAY...wake up if you've fallen asleep, I'm about at the point of this whole post. The WW new "points plus" plan came out just when I joined after having my son, and I was so excited about it, thinking it was new, and I was going to lose a bunch of weight on it. Yup. That was 18 months ago, and I've lost, I don't know....about 10 pounds in that time frame. I have been really depressed lately that I am STILL over 200 pounds. Now, I'm not going to bash the new WW plan, cause I can't say I did it perfect like I should have. But all I do know, is I lost a lot easier on the old plan. I am a CARB QUEEN, and ever since the carbs went up in points on the new plan, it's been hard for me. I know, I know, you get more points every day, but I don't know why it just really bothered me.

Fast forward to last week. I really needed something new. I would like to get pregnant towards the end of 2012 - beginning of 2013, and I really need to get down before then. I want to feel pretty and healthy by the time my son is 2. I was reading another blogger's post, who I love following, and she decided to switch it up also and start a calorie counting regiment. I remembered back to when I did that, and lost weight when I was a teen, and thought I would give it a try again. I found an amazing app for my phone, that keeps track of all my calories, and I am in LOVE with it so far! I get about 1500 calories a day, and that is supposed to have me lose 2 pounds a week. I'm not expecting exactly that, because I have decided to take every Sunday off from tracking. I am not going to take Sunday's to go CRAZY, but I think I need a break from tracking every bite I need just once a week. Maybe I will change my mind and do it all 7 days, but as for now, I am going to start with that. I have a couple friends doing it with me, which has made it really fun! I am going to start having my WI days be on Sunday mornings starting with today.

Sunday, March 4th

Current Weight - 205

Starting Weight on 2/29 - 207

Total Lost - 2 pounds

Please stick with me on here! If you still read this, please give a comment just so I know you are still around! I'm going to start posting more as I start this new adventure! I am hoping to get to my goal by August 21st, 2012! Love to hear your comments!!

Honesty is the Best Policy

Well, my friend told me I should post again, as much as I was dreading it, so here goes! I came back from Florida last week and after a week and a half of eating junk food, I found quite a few new pounds when I stepped on the scale. Sigh. I can't say I was surprised, but I'm not going to say it wasn't depressing either. I went to WW on Thursday, saying I wasn't going to weigh in because I was up so much. I just hate seeing the number that high, over and over. I feel like I've been losing and gaining the same 10 pounds for a year. :-( Anyway, my ww friend suggested that I just ask them if I can start from scratch, get a new "start" weight, and a new wi book, so I decided that is what I was going to do. I weighed in at....(gulp)....(don't want to even tell you)....(please don't hate me)...208.8. YUCK! I just want to get out of the 200's once and for all, and all I do is keep going up! I am hoping now that all my vacations, holidays, and birthdays in the family are over for awhile, I can get back on track. One of my friends that I went to Florida with, and I have been doing Jillian Michael's workout dvd's over Skype each night for the past 3 days. It has been great in so many ways! One, it is motivation to do it because I know that she is waiting for me over at her computer! Another thing is, I miss her so much after spending 8 days with her, so I get to see her and catch up! :-) Love ya Deb! :-)

So, I know my blog is called "40 pounds by 27", but I stink, so I'm not going to be losing 33 pounds by April 10th, I'm sure, so my new goal is to be 175 by August 21st, which is my son's 2nd birthday. We would like at least one more baby, and probably would be thinking about another pregnancy this fall/winter, so I would like to get to goal, and enjoy it a few months before getting fat again! I really do need all the help I can get, as I will try to post much more on here. Please, tell your ww friends about my blog, and have them encourage me too! I am so tired of feeling/looking like I do, and I need to change it! Thank you for those who do comment...it means so much to me!