Easter

Happy Easter everyone! I hope that you are getting to spend time with your family and you are remembering the real reason of Easter. :) I went to church this morning and after church I went to lunch with some friends from church. It was so nice that they invited me to go with them so that I had someone to spend Easter with. Like I said yesterday, my hubby is working today and my family is out of town. I was flying solo today. 

For Easter service I wore a dress, which I don't care for wearing dresses at all, but I figured I could look a little extra nice for Easter. The dress I wore was from my rehearsal dinner from my wedding 3 years ago. I wore it that once and it never fit again because it was to small. So when I tried it on today I thought oh sweet I'll get to wear it again. When I put it on it was too big! I wore it anyway but I won't be able to wear it again.

Here is a picture from Easter 2012 and today's Easter 2013. You can see a difference in how much weight I have lost in my face.

Yesterday I was saying that I hoped I would get a run in yesterday after dinner. Well, I did and I was so proud of myself that I took the time to do it. My hubby went with me, which was so nice and supportive of him. He did not want to go at all with his full belly, but he did anyway. We ran in my parents neighborhood, which is a loop. There is a little down hill part but the rest is uphill. When I say uphill I mean uphill! I decided after that, that I am not ready for uphill running! It is super hard! 

Today, I also went running. Yay me! haha! I felt kind of lame out running on Easter when everyone else was spending it with their family. Oh well! I ran 2 miles and I felt like I was dying! It was raining, the wind was blowing, and I was drenched in sweat!! I felt great after but during I felt like I was dying! I was proud of myself that I did it and didn't back out. Here is me after my run. I went from looking nice at church to looking like death after my run!

I am excited that I get to meet my Hubby for dinner tonight on his dinner break! We are going to go to Subway because it's close to his work and healthy. ;) Tomorrow is back to work for me. I must say I am not ready! Only a few more months and its summer! 
Enjoy the rest of your Easter!

Easter Dinner

This morning Matt and I went to breakfast with his mom and uncle. Matt's uncle lives in Montana and came down to visit for a couple days. It was great to spend some time with him and catch up. The last time we saw him was a few years ago. The outfit I wore today was an exciting one for me. That kind of sounds weird, but it's true! The shirt I wore today was one that I bought a while ago and it was too small but I loved it so I bought it and knew I would eventually fit into it. Well, today was the day!

In my shirt that finally fits!

Today after breakfast we had to meet with the sellers of the house and get some things finished up. We will be officially done with the buying process in 1-2 months. Hopefully, just a month! We are so excited for our new house!

Tonight we are going to go out to Applebee's with my family for Easter dinner. Tomorrow my family will be out of town taking my sister back to school so we aren't able to do it tomorrow. Matt works tomorrow also. We are blessed though, that Easter is the only holiday he has to work this year. Which working in the medical field that can be rare. It was either Easter or 4th of July that he had to work and he chose Easter because we already had a 5 day camping trip planned for 4th of July. I will just go to church in the morning and then go from there, for my Easter plans. :)

I REALLY wanted to go for a run today, but it's already 4:30 and I haven't even got everything done that has to get done today. I am one of those people that love to have a routine and stick with it. This week however I have not been able to stick on that routine because with me being on Spring Break vacation everything's been crazy! That is the only reason I am looking forward to going back to work is so I can be back on routine.  I am going to try really hard to get a run in after dinner depending on how full I feel. ;) If not tonight, then for sure tomorrow! 

Date Day/Coast Trip

Sorry for not posting the last couple of days. We have been packing, moving, and out of town. But, I'm back!

Wednesday was a lot of fun and a lot of work. Matt had Wednesday off so that was exciting that I got to the spend the day with him. We started our day with a breakfast date to a local diner. We use to go out to breakfast a lot on weekends but now that his schedule is so busy we have not gone in months. I ate 2 poached eggs and 1/2 cup of hash-browns. I figured it to be a total of 8pp. Not bad for going out to eat. 

Matt and I on our breakfast date.

After we were done at breakfast we came home and got our trailer all packed up of stuff to take over to our new house. We made trips back and forth to the house till about 6 p.m. I didn't get a workout in that day but let me tell you, moving is definitely a work out!I was sweating for most of the day.

Yesterday, we went out of town to the coast with some friends to ride our quads. It takes about an 1 1/2 to get to the coast from our house. It was beautiful weather and great company. It misted for about 30 minutes but other then that, it was blue skies and partly sunny for most of the day. Plus, no wind! We stopped on the way home at our favorite pizza place. We usually order pizza and spuds, but instead I had a salad and only 2 pieces of Canadian bacon pizza. I was proud of myself that I did not go over board like I use to do.

Today, I am doing laundry, grocery shopping, and some more packing. I plan to get a walk in today too and then a run tomorrow.

Recap of Weigh In Monday

My vacation from work seems to be going by quite quickly. I am trying to be productive and get packing done because not this weekend but the next one we will be moving into our new house. I am going to be doing a different color in the living room so today I went to Pier One and did some looking around. I love that store! It seems expensive but I love all the cute decor. I then came home and finished up the housewarming invites. I am not a very creative person so they are nothing fancy but they get the message across. 

Yesterdays weigh in, like I said yesterday, was bummer for me. I didn't have a lot of time to write last night so I thought I would kind of finish up my thoughts about my weigh in last night. As I said last night, I did not gain (which is great) but I stayed the same. I would not have probably been as bummed if it had been any other weigh in night, but I was really wanting to hit my 50 pound loss goal. Next week should be the week! I knew going in that I was not going to lose. I thought for sure that I would gain, that's why I say I was not to upset because at least I didn't gain. 

I was emotionally eating this week for sure. Work as been stressful so I was eating out of stress. Also, this last weekend when my sisters were in town I did a lot of joyful emotional eating. I have a great friend that is doing Weight Watchers with me and I was talking to her about my week (she had a similar one so it was extra nice to talk with her) and I was telling her that I knew I had to get back on track asap because when I was emotionally eating it reminded me of my old self and honestly it scared me. I did not want to go back to that old lifestyle. When I was doing my emotional eating I was not tracking it like I should have. A lot of the stuff I was eating I was not eating in portion sizes so, I was not accurate with my portion size points. I also used a lot of my extra points. I usually try not  to use my exercise points, and that really helps. This last week however I used almost all of them along with must of my extra points.

This week however, I am going to do a better job planning my week and days. I am also going to continue to keep running and doing Zumba. I know that if I go back to what I was doing before this week I will have no problems getting back on track and hitting my 50 pound mark on Monday! 

Tonight I am going to Zumba. I have not been for awhile so I am excited. I have not been because it seems to hurt my hip every time I do it. It's weird because I never have a problem with my hip while I am running but Zumba I do. It is always a little sore after I run but it never hurts while I am doing it, like it hurts when I do Zumba. I will let you know how my hip feels tomorrow. 

Weigh In Monday

Today I ran another 2 miles. It was really hard today. My time was not impressive at all. I really wanted to stop and walk so many times but I made myself keep going. I just kept telling myself "Today is weigh in and you want to hit your goal!" so i kept going. Afterward I was so glad I did.

Here I am after today's run when I thought I was going to die!

Today's weigh in was a bit of a bummer. I stayed exactly the same. I did not gain so I was VERY happy about that. Although, I would have loved to hit my 50 mark. Next week will hopefully be the week. I am going to get back to being better on my eating by planning and not doing all of the untracked "snacking."

Family Weekend

This weekend has been a lot of fun. Both of my sisters are in town for Spring Break. It has been so nice to have the whole family together again. Tomorrow they leave so today will be our last family day. 

Although, I love having them home it is really hard for me to be eating how I should be. Being at my parents house is a big trigger for me to want to "snack", and not on healthy stuff. It will definitely be a very interesting weigh in tomorrow. I did track everything I ate and I am not over my points, but I usually don't ever use this many points. My Hubby and I are leaving here is a bit to go for a run.  Here I am after my first mile I ran on Friday. I have not ran without stopping since high school.

I actually ran 2 miles today without stopping!! I could not believe it I was in shock. I ran 2 miles without stopping! I remember about 2 months ago when I wanted to start running I started with intervals and when I had to run on the intervals it was only for 1 minute and I was dying!! I always thought to myself there is no way I could run miles. Today I ran for 22 minutes without stopping. Its amazing and blows me away to see my body change. I hope to keep this up and run a 5k in May. Here I am after running 2 miles today.

I tried a new form of exercise this weekend. My younger sister Kirsten is really into yoga so we all tried to learn too. I always thought that yoga was not a very intense form of exercise. I was wrong! First, I loved it and secondly it is a great workout. Last night we did an hour and afterwards I felt great!

Ok, so some very exciting news for me. I read a weight loss blog every day about a lady that I really look up to for her weight loss. A couple of weeks ago she was asking if any of her readers wanted to send in before and after pics of their weight loss so far, and she would post some of them sometime on her blog, so I sent mine in. So, yesterday I was reading her blog and it was about the before and after pics. I was scrolling through and looking at the pictures and being totally inspired, and then BOOM there I was!!! I could not believe it! I made it on this ladies blog!! HAHA So at 11:30 when i read it I had to share, with my friend who also reads her blog daily, my excitement! Thanks for letting me share my excitement Aaryn! :) If you are interested in looking at her blog you can check it out at runsforcookies.com

Tomorrow is weigh in Monday and I must say I am a bit nervous. I really want to hit my 50 pound mark! I will be staying on track today and tomorrow and hopefully I didn't blow it to much already. Have a great Sunday!

My Journey

My name is DD.  I am 21 years old and married to my wonderful husband. I am a Instructional Assistant at an elementary school.

I am starting this blog,for motivation for myself, but also to maybe motivate someone along the way. This will be a very candid and personal page of my weight loss journey. I started my weight loss journey on October 26, 2012. I have lost 49.6 pounds so far, to date. (3-20-13) I have lost my weight by doing Weight Watchers and exercising. My starting weight was 250.8 pounds. My goal is not to be skinny but to be healthy. My end goal that I would like to be is about 150 pounds. However, I will see what my body feels most comfortable at. 

Starting a blog about my personal weight loss journey is a little frightening for me. I will admit that I am still very self conscious. I really wanted to start this blog to help me stay accountable. Also, I have a lot of people that ask me questions, want me to post pictures, and are always saying that they are watching my personal Facebook for updates. This blog I thought would be a wonderful place to update you all with pictures and daily post, hopefully ;), along with answering any questions you might have about my weight loss. 

I will post about my daily life along with struggles that I deal with on my journey to becoming healthy. 

I hope that the people that choose to follow this blog will not be judgmental of me but, be supportive. Also, if you are someone that is also on this journey we will be able to communicate and support one another.

This was a before picture of me. I was at least 250lbs here. The one on the right was taken when I weighed 210.