Save your old jeans!!!

So I've been on a "non scale victory" thing lately haha!! But seriously that's what really matters! I was deep cleaning my room and closet today and found a pair of jeans that I had before this journey of mine which was a size 18! I compared them with a pair of jeans that I fit in now. 

I thought this was just insane with the difference!  My dad then to me to put them on so he could take a picture so I did :) 

When I put them on my jaw dropped because I was shocked! I could almost fit into one pant leg (one day) :)!! I think km gonna hold onto these jeans for those days I'm discouraged with the scale! All you guys should hold onto your old jeans!!

Hello Monday!

Ive learned to really love Mondays. Not only is it a fresh start but a reminder to make the best of the week to come. Today started out so good. I weighed in and have lost 1.2 pounds this week and I was so shocked. I'm kissin my plateau goodbye forever :)!! I saw this quote and I loved it!

I decided to be even stronger this week and give it my all!! 

Today I also went shopping with a great friend of mine for a bachelorette party at the end of this month. We were suppose to get a "dressy" dress for it. I've hated wearing dresses for so long now that I wasn't looking forward to trying them on. I found one though and it felt so good to fit in a size 7!!! I wanted to cry! 

The dress looks better in person haha. It's shorter than I'm use to because I was always so self conscious about my knees and legs in general. It felt good to actually feel confident in it! It's really all about the non scale victories I'm tellin ya!! I would've never dreamed to be a size 7 again!! I hope you all have a great Monday too :)

Out of my plateau!!

VSo I've been at a plateau at losing 70 pounds for a couple months and it was really getting to me! I went off weight watchers for a couple months and just started counting calories to see if that would work but...NOPE! I find that counting calories you just worry how many calories something has other than how nutritional it is for you. I would eat a reeses because it had as many calories as the strawberries I wanted. Yeah that's not the right way of thinking right? I started weight watchers again last Monday and I can say I'm officially out if my plateau and lost another 1.6 pounds :)! I jumped for joy! I need to keep reminding myself that it's the "non scale" victories that really matter. The number on the scale shouldn't determine how we feel about ourselves. I decided to take more measurements instead too so I wouldn't get so discouraged! 

The picture on the right is me 30 pounds down and the picture on the left is 70 pounds down! We got to document our progress with pictures abc measurements instead of the scale! Happy Tuesday everyone!! Thanks for listening!

In a funk...

So my body has been in a funk the last month with weight watchers. I'm at the lowest points I can get a day so I think my body is too use to the routine. Yesterday I decided to use my fitness pal to count my calories for a few weeks. This is the caloric breakdown of my day and most the carbs are from fruit. It was an eye opener :)! I will be trying to eat less carbs now and see how this goes the next couple weeks :)

Exercising and energy...

Since losing 64 pounds, I have had SO much more energy!! I try and go to the gym at least 3 times a week. I thought I was working out really hard at first and keeping my heart rate up but I was totally proven wrong when I got my polar heart rate monitor!

This thing is AMAZING and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to workout hard and know how many calories they're actually burning! And a plus is that if you're on WW you can track your activity points :)! I earned 14 points for this gym session!

Some questions people have asked me...

Some people ask me what I eat. I really still eat what I want to eat but it's all about portion control and substitutions. That's a really big reason why I love weight watchers is because I can still enjoy foods I love and not feel deprived. I think when people are "dieting" and feel deprived then that's what causes a binge. I haven't had a "binge" of something since being on WW because of the fact that I let myself eat those foods but just control my portions.

The "mug cake" above is an example of portion control :)! I satisfied my craving for chocolate cake without eating a whole bunch. It's called 3-2-1 cake. You take a box of angel food cake and then a box of a flavor of your choice (this one was with chocolate) and mix them in a zip lock bag. You then take 3 tablespoons of the new cake mix and put 2 tablespoons of water and mix and then put in the microwave for 1 minute. Then voila! it's the perfect size to satisfy a craving!

This picture is of a taco salad with turkey burger and then the other is a turkey burger patty. I eat mostly turkey burger now instead of ground beef because it's healthier and less points. The picture in the right looks like i put sour cream on top but it's actually plain greek yogurt. I use that instead of sour cream and creams in general because it's healthier :)!

I absolutely love pasta! I do still eat noodles but I eat whole wheat instead of white. I usually substitute spaghetti squash for noodles now though :)! I LOVE spaghetti squash! Just put whatever on top you would with pasta! You not only get a serving of vegetables in but it's A LOT less carbs :)! Oh and did I mention spaghetti squash is 0 points :)

When you're having a rough day...

I've had many days on this lifestyle change that I just wanted to give up because it was too hard. I kind of had a day like that yesterday a little bit. I wanted to eat everything in sight and just not having a good day can trigger that. The "old me" would give up on everything when it got hard, it didn't matter what it was I just wouldn't do it anymore if it was too hard. Well I know now that it's just all in a persons head. You can't give up when you have came so far. You just need to realize it was a set back and you need to make it a come back.

I look at this quote all the time when I'm having an off day and just want to quit! Isn't this quote the truth though! You need to remember why you started in the first place!