Mission Accomplished

So the 10 day drought (cleanse) is over and it has been pretty successful.  The results are a testament to the book and detox's instructions.  If you follow thru the recipes everyday and make sure to consume only healthy snacks you too should be successful.  I have lost an inch in each area measured (bust, waist, hips) and a total of 12lbs.  I also leave with some other benefits mentioned in book like a clearer mind and less of a craving for unhealthy foods. Here are my before and afters

Didn't have as big of an affect on my skin as I had hoped for so not much change there.

Abbage please? Lol I see a sliiiight difference.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't lie ;)

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Goal Achieved

Today I hopped on the scale and saw that I have reached my goal weight of 180lbs.

I have officially lost a quarter of myself (from 240 to 180!) Setting goals is a great thing, it makes you push yourself, gives you something to look forward to, and helps you to stay on track.  Are you goal digging? #FIT

Progress Day 365

Yea it technically was yesterday, but wow here it is a whole year later from where I started. Started out last January 29th obese and wanting to make a change, now I'm more fit than I've been in my whole life. To anyone who set any type of new year's resolution or any goal this year whether it be health/weight related, to quit smoking, whatever; I want to encourage you to stick with it. You're already almost 30 days in!! The time is gonna go by anyway. You may slip up (I know I do lol), but never give up. As I get older I see more that time really does fly by. This will probably be my last "official" weigh in post, but no worries I will still be posting updates of my progress... Just not officially lol. Stay in the race fit fam. #FIT

Day 365 (366)- Jan 29 (2015)

187 lbs

31” waist

39” hips

23.5” thighs

12” upper arms

33” under bust

Progress Day 330

Well technically it's day 329, but tomorrow's Christmas Eve and well... aint nobody got time for that lol.  Anyways... wow day 330 already only 35 more days to the one year mark. #FIT

Day 330 (329)- Dec 23

187 lbs

31” waist

39” hips

23” thighs

12” upper arms

33” under bust

Holiday dinner or nah?

It's the holiday season, yay! The holiday season is a great time for family, celebration, and observance, but don't let this festive time knock you off your game when it comes to your weight/body/fitness goals. I came back from the Thanksgiving week weighing in at 194lbs on that Monday, after I had gotten down to my lowest of 187 the week before. Now on my journey it hasn't been strange for me to fluctuate 2lbs between visits to the scale, but to gain 7lbs in one week I knew I had caught myself slipping. What can I say? I was indulging in that good ol Mac n cheese, stuffing, potato salad, greens, green bean casserole, cornbread, cheesecake, red velvet cake (wipes drool)... and enjoying veggie burgers with extra mayo, pickles, cheese, and fries (thank you Burger King!) while traveling up and down the road to my destinations. On top of all that, I only worked out one time that week. All that is said to let you know it is ok during this season to enjoy your family and friends and that good soul food (or Caribbean, Italian, what have you) as well! Just make sure you don't use that holiday dinner as an excuse to completely get off track. After my "slippage" I got back on track with my healthy eating and went hard in my gym and home workouts and I am glad to say that six days later I am six pounds lighter, weighing in today at 188. #FIT

Progress Day 300

So much life has been happening.  Missed my Day 270 update, her's Day 300.  I've actually only lost 2lbs over the last 60 days, but no worries here.  The scale may not have changed much, but I continue to see changes in how my clothes fit and how my muscles appear.  I've pretty much met my inches goals and my weight goal of 180 is only 9lbs away, I'm already in 2015 with my new goals shawty!!! #FIT

Day 300- November 24
189 lbs

30” waist

39.5” hips

23.5” thighs

12” upper arms

32.5” under bust

50 Pounds and Counting

I've been tap dancing on being 50lbs down for like the past 2 months.  However today was the first time I stepped on the scale and it read 180 something, thought that was epic enough to take a pic lol. 9lbs away from goal and happily packing on the muscle (using the 20lb free weights for arms). #FIT

Day 240

Just ONE lb away from that 50lbs down mark... and just 11 away from my goal of 180. #FIT

Day 240- Sept 25

191 lbs

31” waist

40” hips

24” thighs

13” upper arms

33.5” under bust

Progress Day 210

Fitness update: after working out at home this whole time I've recently joined a gym and started weightlifting. Down 6lbs this past month #FIT

Day 210- August 26

193 lbs

31” waist

40.5” hips

24” thighs

13” upper arms

33.5” under bust

A look back

A look back at the first 6 months of my journey 01.29.14 to today 07.27.12 #FIT

Progress Day 180

Day 180- July 27

199lbs (I had gotten down to 196 off of vacation when I was eating whatever I wanted and not working out. Then got back to 199 when I was doing everything right... I'll chalk it up to muscle build lol)

31.5" waist

41" hips (tryna build those back up)

24.5" thighs

13" upper arms

34.5" under bust

Another Goal Achieved (check)

*ignore my footsies* lol but as of this past Sunday? I've met another goal of weighing in under 200lbs.  Last time I checked I weighed in at 198. I haven't worked out in a week and eating's been a lil off, y'all pray that when I get back from vacation I'm still under 200 lol. 42 lbs down so far 18 more to go before I reach my 2nd (perhaps final) weight goal of being down to 180! #FIT

Progress Day 150 (bout 7 days later)

202 lbs

32” waist

41” hips

24.5” thighs

13” upper arms

34” under bust

Shawty you a 10

Who knew I'd meet my original size goal of a 10 this soon in the game. Well looks like I did.  I haven't bought hardly any new clothes since I started this weightloss journey. Why? One answer... I'm not made out of money lol. I was wearing the same ol (now baggy) pants and when I did purchase a few new pants they were all elastic waist, not an actual number size.  I finally gave in and got rid of a whole rack of pants and shorts... Shirts we'll come back to later seeing as you can wear shirts too big and not look like a complete slob lol. All that being said to say that I got two new pairs of dress pants today from jcpenney and they were both a size 10.  Before jcp I walked into the plus size store Ashley Stewart, because I saw they were having a huge sale.  I asked the salesperson did they make pants in long (y'all know my long legged struggle), and the girl asked well what size are you? I paused because I literally didn't know what size I was lol.  The girl pointed me in the direction of the tall slacks but said the smallest size they carry was a 12 and that would probably be too big for me I looked more like a 10... Well she was right lol.

Size 16 (sometimes 18) to a 10 in 4 months? I'll take it... but my stomach's not flat yet lol... Lemme find out imuh have to be a size 6 or something hahahaha 

Progress Day 120

Day 120- May 28

207 lbs

33” waist

41.5” hips

25.5” thighs

13.5” upper arms

34” under bust

It's the little things

Hopped on the scale this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see my weight in the 207 range. As always it's not ALL about the weight, but this number is very significant. Rounded up to 208lbs this puts me as having a BMI (body mass index) of 29.8. Bringing me out of the obesity range into the less health affecting "overweight" range. My starting BMI was 34.4. That number falls in the Class I obese range (30.0-34.9) and had me knocking on the door of Class II (35-39.9) YIKES!! But thank God for the victory! I'm getting so much closer to ONEderland (under 200lbs) I can almost taste it... tastes like clean eating lol. If you would like to learn more about BMI and to calculate your own, visit http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm #FIT