The Dreaded Cake Walk!!!

Why do my boys have to be so lucky!?!?!?

My plan to stay on track until I reached my goal weight went down the drain today!! We had a benefit fish fry today at church, and we always have a cake walk. My boys LOVE to walk in it. Today they won 2 pans of brownies, a cookie cake, and 6 cupcakes. Unfortunately, I gave in to the temptation and ate a piece of cookie cake. :( Not good!!! Especially since this week is one of the weigh in weeks for Biggest Loser at Fun 2B Fit! Then tonight we had my mother a surprise party at Logans. Again, I could not resist temptation!!! I had to eat peanuts and a roll. :( Other than that I did just eat a baked potato (loaded) :( On the upside, I did not eat a piece of birthday cake. So with the fish, fries, hushpuppies, cookie cake, peanuts, roll, and loaded baked potato today was not the best diet day!! Back on track tomorrow!!

Stay the Course!!

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~Confucius~


It is so easy to get off track while dieting. One bad diet day leads to two, then three. Before you know it a week has gone by and you realize you have lost 7 days of opportunity to get off some more weight. Then you get SO disappointed in yourself. At least that is how it goes for me. That is exactly what happened to me this past week. I didn't completely blow my diet, I just didn't really try to lose either. To me that was a wasted week! When you get off track, you can make one of two choices: GIVE UP or START BACK WITH A VENGENCE!!! Being this close to my goal weight, it would be so stupid of me to give up now. I have worked so hard to get this far. Giving up is not an option. So that leaves choice number two, START BACK WITH A VENGENCE!!! Which is what I intend to do. I hope if you have had a bad week, a bad day, or even a bad month you will NOT give up! Giving up is probably the easier of the two options, but easier is not always better. The truth is if I had stayed on track since the day I began this blog, I would have been at my goal weight several months ago. If you have been following my blog since the beginning you know that I have had bad days, weeks, and yes, months, BUT I have never given up. I have always eventually got myself back on track and I am so proud I did. After my last wasted week I have decided, NOW is the time to START BACK WITH A VENGENCE! Now it is time to STAY THE COURSE!! Now it is time for me to finally reach my goal weight! I will not GIVE UP! I will NOT stop!! I will NOT fall of track again! I am too close to getting where I want to be! GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION!!!

So here are a few new things I am going to start doing...

1. Keep a food journal. (No, I haven't been doing this.)
I know how important this is while dieting. I am surprised I have done so well without this, but now I am going to start.

2. Drink Water! (No, I have not been doing this either!)
Again, I know how important this is not just while dieting, but all the time. I just am not a water drinker, except while exercising. Now is the time to start!

3. Stop eating past 5 o'clock. (I have done this!)
I have always done well when I stick to this rule, but I haven't been doing it lately. It is time to start back.

I hope that by adding these three rules to my diet plan, I will reach my goal weight by the end of this month. Thanks again for reading my blog and for liking my new Fat to Fabulous facebook page. AND REMEMBER.......

Continuing the Journey

I have some pretty exciting news to share tonight.

First, I want to say "Thank You!" again to all of my readers for supporting me along the way. Many of you have been reading from my very first post. I appreciate that so much. I posted a picture a year ago of me and my cousin, Heather. We got together Friday night and took a new picture. Some of you may have seen it on facebook, but for those of you that did not....

I am so proud of what we have accomplished in the past year. We were talking about how a year ago if you had told us we would be where we are today, we would have thought you were crazy. Heather is a Turbo Kick instructor and is running 9 miles at a time now. She is working her way up to a half marathon. (So proud of you, girl). I am loving my Zumba. I have so much more energy and feel so much better about myself. It is amazing what a difference a year can make.

Next, I had my first Biggest Loser weigh in at Fun 2B Fit and I am one of the top five "losers" so far. We have weigh in's throughout the competition to see how everyone is doing. Congrats to all the other competitors. Keep it up ladies!! Everyone is doing great!!!

Last, I have started a Facebook page similiar to my blog. It will be easier for me to post quick updates and information on it than the blog. I am not going to stop blogging, the FB page is just another way for me to stay motivated and keep my awesome readers informed. Also, I would love for you to post about any diet success you may have, fitness tips, motivational quotes, recipes, etc on my page. So be sure to go like my page and keep reading!!! :) Thanks everyone!!!

Biggest Loser

Just a quick update:

Right now, I am in the middle of two Biggest Loser competitions. I am going to try to win them both. :) I still have yet to reach my goal weight, but hopefully by the end of the competitions I will be there! I went in Target the other day and saw they have already starting putting out bathing suits!! I have big plans to look AMAZING this summer!!! I can't wait to go to the beach and NOT feel like a beached WHALE! No, I will not be wearing an itty, bitty, yellow, polka dot bikini, but I will be looking FaBuLoUs in a one piece. ;)

New Year = Resolutions

New Year means New Resolutions....

Have you made your resolutions yet??? I hope the year 2013 brings joy to all of you, my family and friends. I am so happy to see the END of 2012!!! I feel such a sense of relief tonight that I can finally say goodbye to this year and to all the pain it brought me. It has probably been the HARDEST year of my life. I am so ready to start 2013 and plan to make it the best of my life!!! I really believe that it will be and I am looking so forward to what it has in store for me and my boys. As for my resolutions....My first two come straight from the Bible and are very important to me....

1. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. Phil. 3:13

Why is forgetting so hard to do??? I have been working on this one for a while. As I begin this new year, I will stop focusing on things that happened in the past. I will start looking forward to what lies ahead!!!


2. Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act... Psalm 37:7

I will not try to rush God's plan. I will be still and know that God's timing is perfect and he has wonderful things in store for me and my boys. I just have to be patient and not worry about things I cannot control.

3. I will spend more time with my Heavenly Father. I will pray more, and I will read from his word more. I will find time daily to just be with him.

4. I will continue on my weight loss journey and be happy with my body. I will reach my goal weight. I will be in a single digit size jeans.

5. I will set myself free by letting go of any bitterness or anger I may feel. I will forgive anything I have not yet forgiven.

6. I will be a better mother, daughter, sister, and friend.

7. I will not be selfish.

8. I will be more compassionate.

9. I will be thankful for all the many blessings in my life.

10. These three kind of go hand in hand.... I will enjoy life. I will try something new. I will welcome new beginnings.

These are my resolutions. I hope that I can stick with them and make 2013 the BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE!!!!

Who's that Girl???

Who is that girl rocking those size 10 skinny jeans..........



This girl right here.....

That would be ME!!!! YEA!!!!! I haven't been in a size 10 in forever and I have never even attempted to put on a pair of skinny jeans! I have lost 5 more pounds. Yes, the flu was definately part of it, but I am keeping it off. I only have 8 pounds to go to reach my goal weight!!! I can't believe it!!! :):):)

The Flu and 150's

My goal was to reach the 150s by Christmas, well I made it! Today, I weighed 159. I have to say though, the way I got here was no fun at all. Having the flu and throwing up 10-12 times yesterday was not the way I had planned on reaching that goal!!! I am sure that I will put some weight back on as soon as I feel like eating again, so my stay in the 150s will probably be short lived. I am going to try really hard though to not put too much back on and still be in the 150s at Christmas. On another note, I am so looking forward to the Biggest Loser Challenge with my Zumba friends at FUN 2B Fit! I am hoping to reach my main goal of 150 by the end of the challenge and possibly even set myself another goal. Who knows?!??!? I haven't worn a bikini in..... well EVER, but by this summer.....we shall see, as my journey from Fat to FaBuLoUs continues....Oh, and if you are interested in Zumba and the Biggest Loser Challenge just message me or check out the Fun 2B Fit facebook page. :)