Saturday, October 7, 2017

October 7th, 2017: Weigh-in Day

Oh em gee what a DAY! I did my my weigh-in for my weightloss challenge today and then I got BUSY! I had a 10,000 step goal to make and didn't have any time to waste. I knew I was going to have to split it up throughout the day or I'd never get there. So I got busy doing some chores around the house and keeping busy, and then I headed over to my bestie's house for a little afternoon of shenanigans. Her and her girls went with me to take care of my boss' cattery and then we went and got pedicures. We had so much fun! We were giving those people so much crap and cracking them up. It was just what I needed! Afterward we hit up a few stores and got some more groceries that I needed.

I seriously ate 1 plate of food, pumpkin seeds and some shrimp scampi. That's it. All day. And the BEST part about that was that I was not hungry at all today! It blows my mind. Like....I don't even know how to deal with my life. Lol. I did have a little bit of a hard time when I had to take them to get their dinner. They chose Long John Silvers and I looooove their cheese curds and battered shrimp. Those smells were making me a little crazy! So when we went to get groceries, I grabbed up some shrimp and went home and made scampi. Perfect. Yum! Who needs all that batter?! Not this girl...I'm on a mission! Lol

Ok enough jibber-jabber, let me give you what you really came for....weigh in results. When I started 2 weeks ago, my initial weigh-in was 385.4. And today I weighed in at 367.8 that's an 8 pound loss this past week and 17.6 total. Whew...I'm proud of that. I'm hoping for this week to be really good too since I'll be doing all of these extra steps, but we shall see.

Y'all I am exhausted and headed to bed! Thanks for tuning in. :)

Xoxo...Honor

Friday, October 6, 2017

October 6th, 2017: No Excuses

Well today was a busy, busy day! I knew I had a small workout to look forward to, because the Challenge for the weightloss thing I'm in, was to burn 600 extra calories this week. 600 is kindof easy when you are almost 400 Pounds, just saying. I did that Denise Austin video for 18 minutes the other night and burned 300 calories. Then I'm looking through other people's entries and they are like...jogged 2 miles, 147 calories. Lol. Shoot, if that were me, jogged 2 miles, 1,000 calories!! So I needed 300 more calories burned by the end of the day. On my lunch...I go into the bathroom, turn some jammed out music on my headset, and I go to town! Throwing my arms all over the place and moving that big booty! Denise Austin told me the more muscles I engage the more calories I will burn! Well ok Denise! I'm moving my muscles!! LOL 18 minutes later and my second 300 calories were smashed out. Oh yea.

So I went a little stupid when they posted the challenge for next week. It was like a shot in the gut! They want 10k steps per day FIVE days this week. I do AMAZINGLY well to get 6k on a work day. So I'm like...well....I'm either gonna fail or die trying. I seriously don't even know if I'm physically able to do it, but I'm gonna be dancing my butt off, because I get more steps that way without feeling like I'm dying. Turn on the music and dance before work...dance in AT work, on my lunch...after work...maybe I'll be a dancing FOOL by the end of the week! Lol

Well it's late and I have been busy all day and then visited with my sis all night and I'm EXHAUSTED and have 10,000 steps to get tomorrow! LOL

Pray for me y'all! Tomorrow is also weigh in day with the challenge, so you know I'm gonna share with you all. :)

Xoxo...Honor


Thursday, October 5, 2017

October 5th, 2017: Keto Rage

Apparently there's this thing called Keto rage. I thought I was just being extra cranky on Monday and then my sister informed me that it's a real thing. And boy do I have it! Lol. Think...PMS X's 100...this is serious folks. I seriously have never felt so moody in my whole life! I think the guys at work are ducking and covering when they see me now! Haha

The crazy thing about it, is that when I think about it...I'm super happy! Every morning I get on the scale and watch it drop a little more every day. THAT is good news folks! And I LOVE seeing daily results! Instant Gratification is my jam! I know that it won't keep going down so quickly, but I also know that I've worked out 20 minutes this whole week and I'm still seeing amazing results....sooooo...when I get to where the loss slows a little, it will speed back up because I'll be working out too! Tadaa!! Magic! Haha

They say that 70% of weightloss is in your diet and the other 30% is in your workout. I've been doing it the other way around in previous attempts. Now, my primary focus is a good, filling diet every day. Yesterday I did so good I wasn't even hungry for supper! Ha! That NEVER happens! I am a nighttime eater for sure! I usually snack, and have a milkshake and graze all night. Not anymore. I feel soooo much fuller on this Keto diet and I love it. I still have to fight my brain, because I'm so used to snacking that it's almost like a habit. Like...I'm bored....let's have a snack! Haha, no-no bad-bad!

Ok I'm doing a lot of whining today so maybe I should hush it. Lol. So I did a workout last night...on my TV, because I was feeling to lazy to go to the gym. Haha..But at least I did something! I LOVE having YouTube on my TV, and I love Denise Austin...I don't know why, but her videos just make me happy! She was on the Rachel Ray Show the other day and I was omg two of my favorite women in one place!! Haha. So I typed her in and did 18 whole minutes of a 30 minutes Cardio Blast Routine. And then I died. Ok..maybe not, but my heart was beating super fast and I burned 300 calories in that little 18 minutes! I'll take it!! I was feeling super proud of myself afterward and I went to make what I had planned for dinner, which was Chicken Alfredo Zoodles and I realized...nope...not hungry! But ya gotta eat dinner! I try to make sure I get at least 1200 calories a day, maybe I shouldn't worry so much about it, but I didn't want to wake up hungry and I REFUSE to eat in the middle of the night! So I just made up a little chicken and threw some Pesto on it, cuz I love it. And steamed some brocolli and bam, your dinner is complete! :)

Xoxo..Honor

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

October 4th, 2017

Ok so I love researching things that interest me. And of course, right now....that's Keto everything. I have my own personal consultant with my sister, because she has been doing Keto since the end of May and did it some last year too. But I also want to learn things on my own and form my own opinions about things. I didn't do a whole lot of research before I started, because I just had myself 100% convinced that there was no way I could do the Keto diet and be successful.

I was so wrong. #1: You can lose weight with a good Keto diet, without even exercising. That's my love language right there! You have to workout to tone and to just be healthy in general. But at the weight I'm at and in the shape I'm in...working out is super stressful because my body can't tolerate it very well. Mostly my feet. They BURN like crazy when I do anything that requires walking a lot. Even going to the Mall or shopping for part of the day has me in severe pain. So I needed a new plan. I couldn't do everything the same as before. Don't get me wrong, I'm still doing the things and being more active...just not like I have in the past. And guess what? The scale just keeps on going down! Uh yea baby!!

I'm soooo ready to be able to do more and be more active. I HATE how lazy I've become. Even at home with just daily living is a struggle. So I am focusing on keeping my diet on point and not stressing a whole lot about physical activity right this minute. They say the 1st 2 weeks of the Keto diet make you extra drained anyways because you are changing the way your body burns fat, so I'm still within that time frame. Hopefully soon, I'll start having more energy and be able to get moving.

I tried something new today! I ordered this Cocnut Oil called MCT oil. You can just add it to your morning coffee and it is supposed to be amazing for you. It helps you reduce your stored body fat, feel fuller, have more energy, think more clearly, better digestion, balance your hormones (oh heck yes), improve your mode & fight infections and viruses!! Who would EVER pass up those benefits?? Not me, no way..I need some of ALL of that. So I put it in my coffee this morning. 1 tablespoon...not that much...except, it didn't blend in and I was feeling like I was drinking oil all morning. Haha...not a fan of that! But the taste was pretty nonexistent.  So I'm gonna try blending it in my blender tomorrow and see if that helps.

These last few days have been difficult for me. My obesity has pretty much always been about my brain. Yes, I have PCOS, and yes, I have an entire family that has obesity issues. But I'm the biggest. It's always been my sister and I at the top of the fat pyramid of our family. Why? I don't know. But I do know that she struggles with a binging disorder. I have one too, but not to the extent of hers. I just REALLY like to eat junk. Candy and chips etc. I could live on it. I know that lots of other people can eat the same way I enjoy and aren't nearly as obese as I am and that messes with my head. It makes me feel out of control and like, no matter what I do, I'm predestined to be obese my entire life.

I don't know why some people can never exercise a day in their life and eat whatever they like and remain thin or barely overweight. It's not fair. But at the end of the day...my life, my struggles, my wieght, is NOT ABOUT THEM. I compare myself to EVERYONE around me to the point of spiraling out of control. I probably should be seeing a counselor. But I have faith, that if I keep my head on straight and maintain a great support system, which I have (thanks to all of you beauties who help me and my fam too!) then I can DO this. I can be a Success story!

I was so freakin inspired last night. I was strolling through Instagram, looking at all these people who have lost MASSIVE amounts of wieght and I came across this girl who just jumped out at me. I don't know her history, how long she's been obese or how she got that way, but I know that at the age of 26 she weighed around 480 pounds or so. In ONE YEAR she lost 259 pounds!! One freaking year. I want to do that! That is amazing! I can't lose 269, but 200 would be exactly what I want.

Ok, I'm done dreaming now. Haha. I haven't set any real goals yet, because I don't like letting myself down. Non-Scale Victories are where it's at with me. I know it's healthy to have goals, and I will set some. But right now my goal is: Lose Weight. That's all. Haha.

What are your goals weight-loss or non-scale? I'd love to hear them!

One of my long-term Non-Scale Goals is to be able to take a bath and have the water flowing on both sides of me without having to be in a Jacuzzi to make it happen. Lol It's important!

Xoxo...Honor



Tuesday, October 3, 2017

October 3, 2017: 3rd Time's A Charm Right?!

Well...I'm back. I'm embarrassed. I've gone back and forth on whether or not I was going to revive the old blog a third time, and I keep trying to talk myself out of it, but at the end of the day....I just enjoy it. One main reason being that it helps me stay on track. It also helps me to have somewhere to pour out my heart and not drive those around me insane with weight-loss & food talk.

Part of what was holding me back is that I've already failed at this 2 times. What makes this time any different? I've already gotten some heat from people about it. What is the point if you are going to lose 70 pounds or so, and then just gain it all back? Well...it's a learning process for sure. One thing I have GOT to learn, is how to go in to maintenance mode! I should have done that last year when we bought our house. Big changes happened all at once and all of the sudden I wasn't able to concentrate all of my attention on my weight-loss journey, and before I knew it, I started gaining again. I can lose, or I can gain. I can't seem to find that sweet spot where I can just hang out for a while doing neither and regroup.

So what got me going again? A few things actually. I restarted on Saturday, September 23rd. So 10 days ago. I've been trying to motivate myself to restart since my sister did at the end of May and I kept making excuse after excuse. Let me just buy one more bag of my favorite chips or let me just eat one more time at this place and that place...well you know where that leads ya....straight down the path of destruction.

I have a new plan of attack this time around. I have shared through my blog before, that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom. For those who don't know, in a nutshell, it causes it's victims to be able to gain weight much easier, have more trouble losing weight, have abnormal hair gain and loss (fun times), have insulin resistance that leads to diabetes, as well as my least favorite...infertility. So my new plan of attack is something I've never tried before. I've gone Keto...lol. If you don't know what that means, you should totally research it. It pretty much means really low carb with a high fat combo. It is one of the most successful weighs someone with PCOS can lose weight, and even after weigh-loss, a low card diet is recommended to maintain weight-loss and a healthy life. I have NEVER lived a low-carb life. Breads and Pastas are my JAM!! I seriously didn't even know if I had it in me. I started last Saturday because I found out about a Weight-loss competition on Facebook that had a $750 pot for the 1st place winner as well as some other prizes. I've been looking for something like this to get me going again, because my competitive nature comes out and helps push me even harder toward my goals!

My starting weight this go around was 385.6, only 0.4 away from my all-time highest weight. I hate that I let that happen. It sure does make me kick myself. I did my measurements (which I'm going to log at the bottom for my own reference later since I lost mine last time and the info in my blog is all I have now (changing phones stinks! I lost all of my notes!). Anyways, my hips are bigger than EVER...I knew it too. I actually feel bigger than ever. I can't wait to get some of this off so that I'm not so miserable.

So I'm 10 days in. I haven't been able to do anywhere near as much exercising as I have been in the past. I walked 5 miles last week (part of the challenge) and ended up with blisters on both of my feet. My feet are REALLY holding me back at the moment. Every time I exercise I have insane burning that lasts for several hours. I will work through it. It will just take time and persistence.

I've got this! I can do this. I just have to quit quitting. Haha.

**I've decided not to post any of my food stuff on here this time; primarily because it was insanely time-consuming. I log all of my food choices through MyFitnessPal so you are welcome to join me there. :)



Starting Measurements: on 9/29/17

Neck - 15
Hips - 70
Waist - 55
Right Arm - 23
Left Arm - 24
Right Thigh - 45
Left Thigh - 43.5
Calves: R-20 L-21
Bust - 52

BMI 60.5
BMR 2437

Xoxo...Honor

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Weigh-in: Week #23: Down with the sickness

So, it's been two weeks since I've blogged. It's so easy to just forget about it when I'm not in the habit of it. But also, I suck and haven't been working out, so you know. What do I expect? I've been sick for 11 days and counting. Sinuses. They kick my butt. I can't breath, my chest is heavy, I'm full of an unending supply of snot and I just feel like poo. So needless to say, I haven't felt like going to the gym for sure, but also, it's hard to make good food choices when the only thing you can taste are super salty things or sweet stuff.

The week I didn't blog at all ended on Saturday with my Housewarming Party. I had a rough week and it showed on the scale. I weighed in at 300, which was up 1 pound from the previous week. So this week, I vowed to do better. And for the most part, I did ok. I had too many mini cupcakes, but other than that, I did better. And thankfully I was rewarded for that. I was at 298,4 today. Which means I lost that extra pound and another half. Not too shabby for being pitiful. Haha

This week I really want to vow to do better...but uh....it's Thanksgiving week! And we have family coming in from out-of-state, so, although I have great intentions, if I'm being honest, I'll be happy to stay at 298 this week. No gain. That will be a feat in itself!

I spent my weekend doing photoshoots in my living room. Sooo much fun! My house is a bit of a hot mess now, but ya know, that comes with the territory. Haha.

We got our puppy last Friday night! We've had him a little over a week, and it's seriously like having a toddler in the house! Lol. We are potty training and back talking and oh my goodness! That baby keeps me on my toes! But he really is doing super great & he's already growing like crazy! That's what Danes do though, right? LOL

Well, I'm gonna get off of here for tonight, I'm still pretty sick and need to get me some rest so that I can survive my 3-day work week this week. Sounds fabulous, but doing 5 days worth of work in 3 days is always a challenge!

Have an AMAZING Thanksgiving!! I hope to do so as well. :)

Goodnight
xoxo

Sunday, November 6, 2016

November 6th, 2016: Weigh-In Week #21: Making Goals and SMASHING them!!

Well as I'm sure you can tell from the title, I reached a goal. Last week I weighed in at 302.4 pounds. I didn't make it to the gym AT ALL this week because I'm a loser. Lol. I've just been super busy unpacking and organizing and then changing my and reorganizing. Haha.

My diet hasn't been amazing, but I have kept under my calorie goal every single day. I've just been more relaxed with myself and not quite as strict as what I was being. I just want to make sure I allow myself a little bit of the dark side every now and then so that I don't spin out of control and have some kind of crazy binge or something. So Monday was Halloween, and I seriously ate some candy. In fact, I had candy for dinner. Lol. I had chocolate! It was wonderful!! Lol.

I'm still struggling with eating out too much. I really thought with as many times as I ate out and the candy on Monday and then some Rice Krispee Mini's almost every day this week....yea, it was bad. But oh, oh, they were soooo good. Haha. But anyways..I thought this was going to be a zero loss kind of week. Shoot, yesterday for lunch I ate out with my family and I had a chicken strip, mozzarella sticks, a few onion rings and 2 potato skins!

So...needless to say, the scale was a terrifying place to be this morning! But I sucked it up and hopped on there to take my doom! Lol. But oh no, no doom for me! 299.0. What in the world! Three and a half pounds! I seriously thing this super big change up in my diet and exercise has confused the crap out of my body and somehow allowed me to continue losing weight. I have NEVER lost this much weight without exercising. And I really don't expect it to last. So I took my butt to the gym today. And I was super proud of myself for going. I did 30 minutes on the Arc Trainer and I felt GOOD. So I hopped on the treadmill. Bad idea. After 10 minutes my feet were stinging so I got off. And then the torture hit! They were on FIRE! I mean, I haven't felt some pain that fierce in a while.



I had to do my weekly grocery shopping, and I should have gone home and changed shoes, but I didn't. So now I'm sitting here in quite a bit of pain, but it's all good cuz I'm in the 200's!!!!! Lol. 72 pounds gone! Now my next big goal is to hit the 100 pounds lost. :)

I've tried some pretty amazing soup recipes this week. There is a website called Eating Well and they have some really good stuff on there. I made Chicken Chili for the first time. It was super yummy! But it was also SUPER spicy! LOL.

Alright, I've got lots to get done before bed. Y'all have an AMAZING week and make healthier choices! ;)