Thanksgiving 2010

This Thanksgiving goes down in history for me! First of all, it is the first Thanksgiving I have EVER gone without any kind of dessert!!! I made most of them: 2 pecan pies, pumpkin pie, Vermont pumpkin spice cake w/maple cream cheese frosting, cherry cheesecake and sugar cookies. Is your mouth watering yet? :)

It actually wasn't hard doing without the desserts; HOWEVER, I talked to my counselor beforehand, and she agreed it was okay for me to have a little dressing (my absolute favorite part of the meal). So I did! I upped my protein (smoked turkey breast) a little, to offset the carbs from the dressing, had green beans for my vegetable, and blueberries for my fruit/dessert.

Second of all, this is the first Thanksgiving I have ever LOST weight! Yep, I lost a pound. I was hoping for maybe one more, but my counselor told me that that was incredible to come out of the Thanksgiving holidays having LOST weight. She said most actually gain or stay the same. So for that I am VERY thankful!!!

DOWN TO 204 TODAY!

My turn to post!!!

So, baby came last Monday the 8th-I am going to be totally honest with this post as I never have before because I am so proud of my accomplishments and so excited to see what the future holds! When I found out I was pregnant in March of this year I weighed a brutal 246 pounds-the most I have ever weighed, and I felt every pound-always tired, sore, short of breath, felt sick alot, and just generally unwell which comes with extreme weight gain. I was so afraid to carry another baby at this weight and was constantly praying for God's help to do so-I lost 24 pounds in the first 5 months of my pregnancy, due to nausea, and God's help, of course! In my last 6 weeks of this pregnancy, I lost and gained the same 4 pounds, then lost 5 pounds in the last week-after delivering him last week, I weighed in 3 days later and was totally amazed to see the scale read 209 pounds-almost 40 pounds down from 9 months earlier!!! The last time I was 209 pounds was a week after I delivered my last son, Logan, over 8 years ago! What a great cry I had over this, as I feel so good, and have so much encouragment now to push ahead to go below and 200 and just keep going! I have not kept up with this blog too much, but am striving to make this my life now, to be healthy, lose this weight and love all of your stories and encouragements!!!

MADE IT TO THE 80'S!!!

Well, I did it (with God's help, of course)! Stepped on the scales this past Friday, and I was ecstatic when the numbers dropped by 2 lbs. 81 lbs and 88 inches total!!! I was excited after weighing, but when I got to my car, I began feeling overwhelmed, started crying and couldn't stop.

I have been extremely busy, but will do my very best to get more of the material together for some of you that are wondering how I am accomplishing this feat. Thank you all for cheering me on - I could not have made it this far without my supporters (even the long distance ones)!