How It All Began....And A Weekly Update.....

So I realized I had a post I had never posted that told a little more about what I am doing in my weight loss journey.  I went back and tried to take out some of the things I know I have mentioned in previous post.  22 Days until Christmas!  22 Days to work really hard to try and meet my Christmas goal!!

In January of 2012 I tried losing weight AGAIN after the holidays(remember the "before" picture I have been using in my comparison pictures) but would lose a pound or two and then gain a pound or two.

I have learned (well, I think I already knew it) your mind has got to be ready and in the game  to really lose weight.

You can't think oh I can have this it will be ok....because if you like food as much as me, well you eat that one little bite and then another and then another and then you think I will just start all over tomorrow.

So what did I do??

One of my friends is a personal trainer.

I ask hubby back in April if I could hire her to help me lose weight.

He told me I could!

I remember having a MOPS Steering meeting at my house on April 29th (the day before starting this weight loss journey) and drinking my last Coke or Dr. Pepper for quite some time and most likely eating a few pieces of chocolate because I knew that was all about to change!

What I love about my training is that my friend has done most of the training here at my house.

Do you realize how much time that saves me to not have to go to a gym?

I think about it sometimes...by the time I could get the Princess loaded in the car, drive to the gym, get the Princess in childcare and then finally get to workout I would have already spent at least 30 minutes and just be getting to start working out...where in 30 minutes I am most likely half way through a workout.

Now that the Princess is in school I just drop by her house on training day and train at her house. 

My trainer also sends me my menu every other week.

It details out exactly what I am to eat for each meal.

It has been a no guessing game for me.
 
It makes grocery shopping so easy because I just get my menu, see what items I need and see what extras we need.

It is getting a little harder though because the closer I am getting to goal weight I now am getting to choose some of my meals...

Hubby and the Princess eat most of the same things and I will sometimes add something to the meal for them or if it is something they do not want we will grill them a different type of meat or something.

The cooking does take me about an hour each evening...but that is ok because we are eating HEALTHY and CLEAN!  We are not putting JUNK into our bodies!

Yesterday was the day for my splurge meal and and splurge snack.
I am  trying to have a semi controlled splurge this week because I am still up a little bit from Thanksgiving.  I say semi because last night was also my MOPS Christmas party.  Hopefully I did not do too bad...it is amazing how fast those calories add up!

I was back within a half of a pound of my pre Thanksgiving weight and then had a meal this week that had a little too much sodium I think....so hopefully that sodium will come off quickly.  Remember me saying how I can choose some meals now and instead of making my own taco seasoning like I normally do I quickly took the quick way out for me because there just happened to be a package of taco seasoning in my pantry.....but it was not low sodium but for some reason I chose to use it....another lesson learned....I should have taken the 2 minutes to make my own. 

Stay tune for more about my weight loss journey.