Start from Scratch

The past few weeks have been very weird for me. It seems like after the Holidays and my three day flu extravaganza, I was completely off. I went up and down a few pounds and I was eventually up 4.5lbs and extremely frustrated. After a talk with the awesome Erica, I decided it was time to start from scratch.

I marked the points plus on everything and started with the basics again. I tracked every single bite and measured and checked everything. (I have a lot of the points for the things I eat memorized so I don't check them all the time.) I have also been drinking at least 72oz. of water a day.

I would like to share that since Monday, I am now 5lbs down. I broke the wall I was stuck behind and bashed it down and am ahead .5lbs now. I could have very easily given up, but I know it'll be worth it in the end! I'm not sure what exactly made me gain the weight, but going back to the basics worked. Thank goodness!

P90X

So... P90X. OUCH.

But it feels soooo good.

Motivation

I have always been against buying clothes that are too small in hopes of fitting in them someday. It made absolutely no sense to me. However, since I have no doubt in my mind that I'll be constantly moving to smaller sizes (like I have been) I have been picking up a few things here and there.

This is a purchase I made today:

Anyone that knows me knows that yellow is my favorite. I bought this shirt as a summer P90X motivation. It's a size Large and it SHOWS MY ARMS. Whoa. Also, it was only $5.

Here is another recent purchase:

Since the winter coat I bought last year is already way too big and I fit into the coat that I've had for 3 years again (that didn't really fit when I bought it), I decided I needed to buy one while they are on sale right now. However, I didn't know what size to buy. M or L? What style? I've always wanted a red coat like this, so I made the splurge. And my splurge I mean it was $30. I decided on a M tall after reading the reviews. I can't wait to show off this sucker later this year! :)

Arm Ode

An Ode to my Arms

I hate you. 

Please look like this:

Starting P90X today. On my way...

I lost my niece!

I celebrated the New Year away while photographing my cousin's wedding. It was SUCH a fun day, but I was absolutely exhausted after it was all over! I was battling the flu the two days before, so my strength wasn't at it's highest and I didn't get to enjoy all the yummy wedding food. (Which was probably for the better.) Of course, I lost a lot of weight while I was sick, but the scale only went back up a few pounds. 

Now, you may remember a while ago when I lost my nephew, well... I'm excited to say that I've now lost my 3 year old niece.

She weighs between 35-40lbs and I have now lost 37lbs. I'm calling it. I lost her. :)

Happy New Year!

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Update: The flu weight came back plus a few and it's been a fight. I am now -35 and G weighs 38.5 on my scale. I just have 3.5 to go! I know it'll happen before February!