319.8 and counting

Yeh!!! I am out of the 320's! Well as far as my morning weight goes anyway. I am so excited. It's awesome that people can see the difference and are commenting on it. It's certainly a confidence booster.
I have a youtube channel now. I think I may do a commentary on losing weight once I get down to 100lbs lost. We'll see. I know that this time next month, I will be under 300. It's an amazing thought. Speaking of amazing thoughts, my daughter will be 1 years old on Friday! OMG where has the time gone? I won't get into how hard the labor was...cause it was HARD...but she was worth it. I just get teary eyed when I think about how much she is growing into a ball of personality. I love it! Of course I can tie this into having lost weight...Kayla requires energy. In play, in taking care of her, and in play. I now have so much energy for her. Everyday, I make it a habit to chase her around the house while on my hands and knees. I roll around with her on the floor, and lift her up on my legs. I'm able to do these things because I have lost so much weight. At 387 lbs, all I wanted to do was come home from work, and take a nap, or sit on the couch. Now I am an active participant in all aspects of my child's life. I want her to look at me as her Hero when she gets a little older. I want her to say, "Wow! My Mommy did this?! Amazing!"
In other news, my Mom decided to wait on MRC. She is going to try the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet for a month. If she has not lost a substantial amount of weight, she will go to MRC. I think she should do MRC but that's just my opinion. I hope that she is successful with the Carb addict diet. I want her to be. I honestly don't care what diet she does, as long as she is healthy and happy. I want her to see results, and I want her to see them quickly and in a healthy manner. That would make me so happy!

65 lbs gone bye bye

I'm just feeling so good today. I feel very motivated. Even though it's raining outside, it's a party in my life! I am so happy to be living right now. I have so many things to live for. The Lord has truly blessed me, and I know that it's just going to get better. :) Here's a pic of me now!

Hooray!

My Grandmother is going to pay for my Mother to do MRC! I'm so excited! My mom really is making a wonderful decision for her life. I want her to be there for all of us. I want her to live to be 90+. So I am thrilled that she called me to set her up for a consultation on thursday. I pray that we can motivate eachother.

In other news, I have lost almost 70 lbs! I have lost 47 3/4 inches! Amazing!!!! My goal is to lose at least 20 lbs by Kayla's birthday party. Her birthday is July 17th, but her party is the following day. That would put me very close to being under 300! July 18th, here I come!

Photo Comparison

I weighed myself this morning, and the scale read 334, so I got inspired to put on a dress and makeup today. Normally I am a nice blouse and pants kind of woman, but today, I figured I would step it up a notch. I took a cell phone photo of myself and decided to do a comparison. Below are the amazing results so far....

My Heaviest! 387.5

The start of my weight loss

Again, the start of my weight loss

Today!!! 53.5 lbs lighter!

Cool huh?! :)

Eye of the Tiger

Whew! I did something today that I am so proud of...I stayed on the elliptical for 45 minutes, burned 696 calories, and went 3.6 miles! I have never ever done that! It was awesome. My best friend Pam, gave me the motivation to push it to 45 minutes. She is so great! I think I will try to keep that up for a little while, and then bump my time up to an hour. My clothes a fitting loose and my pants are really baggy, but I am trying to hold out on getting a new wardrobe until I'm like a size 18/20. My weight, after working out, was 340. I want so bad to weigh in tomorrow and the scale say 339. I am realizing, though, that I can't rush the process. I have a tendency to want things right then and there. I guess you could say I am compulsive to an extent. If there is a deadline, I like to start early, rather than procrastinate. That's because when I procrastinate, things won't get done until the last minute.
In other news, I got accepted into UCF! I will be majoring in Psychology/minoring in Film Studies there in the Fall. I am so excited! Orlando here we come! I feel really good about things.

40 lbs gone!!!

Bye Bye to 40lbs! This morning I stepped on the scale and to my surprise, I was down another pound! I am so excited about how fast and safe this weight is coming off. I really feel that come July, I will be in the 200's! I walked an hour yesterday though because I chewed a sliver of cake that I made, and then spit it out. LOL...
Mother's Day wound up having a good finish. DeAndre cooked me dinner, gave me a beautiful frame to put a picture of Kayla and I in, and gave me a new glass blender. It's digital too, so it's really cool. I can make my smoothies more often! Then he drew me a bubble bath with rose petals, and gave me a massage. I actually felt like a Queen! :) He also apologized. What a great ending to my First Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy mother's day! Well at least it should be a happy one. I have my health, people who care about me, and the Lord. However today has not been what I expected. I expected to relax, be made to feel like a queen. I should have known. A mother's work is never done. This morning, getting Kayla ready for church, I hurt my neck. Then while I was in Walmart I felt like my heel of my shoe was breaking, and my feet started to hurt. So I have a sore neck, sore feet, and hurt feelings. See, I received a $7 coupon for baby formula. This was going to be great considering how expensive formula is. However, at some point during my shopping, I lost the coupon. It's almost as if someone stole it. I wouldn't be surprised. I mean I retraced my steps twice! To make matters worse, I have the most frugal Husband in America, so needless to say he was not happy. I felt incompetent, and inept. It's just frustrating. I thought my mother's day would be going differently. Hopefully the rest of the day turns around.
On a side note, and what this blog is really about, I have now lost nearly 40 pounds. 2 more and I will be there! I can't wait to weigh in tomorrow.