Thursday, August 25, 2011

Week 6 & 7 Weigh Ins

Sorry about that long break I took! I wasn't really in the blogging mood, so I just skipped a week:) It might have something to do with my weigh in two weeks ago, or the fact that I've just been super busy!

As I said in my last blog, we went to Ocean City for the weekend. August 12-14. It was SO FUN! We had a blast! As you can see from the picture lol. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best. Friday it was pretty hot and sunny, but Saturday it was overcast, and even rained a little bit. But that didn't stop us from having fun!

Unfortunately, I did not control my eating habits AT ALL. I tend to go overboard when I "cheat" and I just go crazy! I figure "well, I've already eaten this, so why not eat that!" which isn't good!!

In one day I had a bacon cheeseburger from Five Guys, 2 pain in the asses from Seacrets, a chicken quesadilla from Mackey's along with another pain in the ass, a bucket of grapefruit crush and a shark attack! Then, later that night, I had pizza and candy!!! OMG!!!!!!! Too much!! I literally felt sick!

I also noticed now that I'm thinner, when I eat too much, I can seriously see my stomach get big and bloated! It sucks!! And my clothes feel tighter! lol Ughh. I need to not do that again. Luckily it's not a regular occurrence.

Unfortunately, it did have an impact on my weigh in. I figured it wouldn't be TOO bad. Even if I didn't have a loss, I hoped I wouldn't have a gain. We got back Sunday and I busted my butt working out every day till my weigh in on Thursday. Apparently I did not do enough!:(

Previous Weight - 169

Current Weight - 170.4

Weight Gained - 1.4 Pounds

Total Weight Lost - 61 Pounds

Grrrr!!! I was so mad! I guess I wasn't expecting it! I basically gained what my previous loss was! It was especially disappointing because I had finally made it into the 160's, just barely! And now I was back to the 170's!:(

I always hate to have a gain, but I try not to let it bring me down too much. I have to remind myself how far I've come! 60+ pounds! I mean, I NEVER thought I could do that all on my own! It still amazes me sometimes!

This past week was pretty good. It was really busy, with a few ups and downs. Friday was good. I got my hair cut and colored, and I love it! After that, I went over to Phebe's house and picked her up for Sushi, for her birthday! Mmm! It was dericious! Yes, I meant that in an Asian accent;) lol. We split a fried cheesecake, mmmm! Amazing! I also went running on Friday, with Charlie! He's doing so great:)

Saturday was my CPAT orientation. Basically we got to do all the stations that you do during the CPAT. It was fun!! Such a good workout too. Glad I wore my HRM! I also went for a short run beforehand, so I got in a great workout that day!! Burned 1,203 calories!:) But then we went to Charlie's parent's house for his Mom's birthday, so I ended up eating almost all my exercise calories back! lol Oh well, at least I was still under!

Sunday I had to work. I had set my alarm for 1PM to get up and go for a run, but as soon as I woke up, I heard LOUD thunder. So I decided to go back to sleep till 3:30. When I woke up again, it was still raining. So I decided to do a workout video instead. Then I realized the power was out!!! So the rain eventually stopped which left me with 20 minutes to work out! I just decided to take Chief on a quick walk since he doesn't get to come out with me too much anymore:)

Monday was bad... then good later in the day. When I got home from work that morning, I had gotten an email from PGPD saying "Thank you for your interest in the PG county police department. Unfortunately there were many candidates who's qualifications better suited the needs of this department, therefore you are no longer being considered for the position of Police Officer." Wow.... oh, and did I mention that my interview was THE NEXT DAY?! WTF! I was pretty pissed!

I don't want to get into too many details. But apparently I was disqualified because of the polygraph test, which is dumb, because I DIDN'T LIE!!! It's stupid that they would disqualify me based off of that. Those things aren't even 100% accurate. But I'm over it. Now I can just put all my effort into passing the CPAT for PGFD!

Anyways, Monday night, Charlie and I went to Outback Steakhouse! I just decided to go all out and splurge. I was planning a long run that night anyways! It's usually easy for me to eat a lot when I already see my exercise calories there. But when I haven't even burned them yet, it makes me nervous!

So I had the Victoria's Center Cut Filet with the steamed vegetables, half a loaf of bread with butter, a house salad with ranch dressing, and we split a Chocolate Thunder From Down Under!!! Ahhh!! Can't believe I did that! But it was so worth it!! I ended up going over my daily limit of 1,200 calories, by 1,304!! OMG! Terrible.

We got home and lounged around the house for awhile. Digesting and what not. Charlie installed our new sump pump. What a handy man!;) Now our basement won't flood! We also took Chief to the dog park!:) He had fun:)

Around 8:45PM I went out for my run! This time I put band-aids and tape on the inside of each of my feet where I always get blisters. It really helped!! Didn't feel a thing! It was still kind of light out, so I headed pretty far from the house and just started running up and down the streets. Laurel is pretty much a big grid, so I just run from one end of a street to the other end, and back up. I did that on 3 different streets, then headed back towards our house!

I was soooo in the zone! I truly did get a "runner's high." I was aiming for 5 miles at first. Then I figured I might as well do 10k since I want to run one anyways. Once I looked at runkeeper, I noticed I was at 6.35 miles, so I figured... how bout 7?! lol so I just kept going till I eventually stopped at 7.11 miles!!!!:-D Such a great feeling!! This was the first time I've ever stopped running because my legs actually hurt, not because I was so out of breath!:) I looked at my HRM and I had burned 1,298 calories!!! Almost how much I was over by from the Outback! I just started doing some push ups, crunches, and jumping jacks! lol. So I finished my day under my calorie goal! haha:)

Tuesday I had to work, so I just did some walking and running. I was also starting to feel sick, so I couldn't do too much. Oh... and there was an earthquake!! Yes... in Maryland. Crazy!!! :O

Wednesday! My weigh in. As usual, I don't eat or exercise on the day of my weigh in... or drink! Doesn't bother me too much since I sleep the whole day. I'm just starving when I wake up! So I usually splurge and get something bad because I need to eat 1,200 calories between 7PM and midnight! So picked up a pizza hut personal pan pizza on my way in to work, with some bread sticks too:) Yum! Here's how my weigh in went...

Previous Weight - 170.4

Current Weight - 166.6

Weight Lost - 3.8 Pounds

Total Weight Lost - 64.8 Pounds

Yay!!! I got back to my previous weight from two weeks ago, and then some!!! So happy! I guess that 7 mile run really helped me:) Hopefully I can hold onto that and have a good weigh in next week as well!

Well, that's about it... I'll try not to miss next weeks weigh in! I'll be leaving for North Carolina on the 4th of September, so I will miss that weeks weigh in.... darn! Hopefully I don't gain too much!

April 2011
August 2011
Wow... can't believe the difference!!!:)

Bye bye!!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Week 5 Weigh In

This is gonna be a short post. I don't really have much to say! Since I just weighed in last Saturday, I didn't really have a full week in between weigh ins! Which made me nervous!

Sunday was a HUGE accomplishment for me! I was kinda in a bad mood so I just decided to go out and RUN. Not pay attention to the time, not set a goal, or a time limit. Just listen to my music, zone out, and run as much as my body would let me.

It was also about 9:00pm, so it was dark outside. I really enjoy running at night. except for  the fact that it's a little dangerous and sometimes hard to see where I'm going. But other than that, it's way better than day time running! Much cooler too!:)

I ran up and down my street, over and over again. Finally my feet started to get blisters, so I decided to stop. That was the only reason. Otherwise, I could have kept going! I ran 5.53 miles in 61 minutes! I couldn't believe it! That was my longest time and distance running EVER!:) I definitely feel like I could do a 10k now!

Monday I tried to run again, but my blister was killing me, so I only ran for 20 minutes, then walked.
It was really hot outside too!

Tuesday I hung out with Phebe. We had ceviche and then went on a long walk around the lake! It was pretty hot too, but we got a good burn in!

Wednesday I did the Shred, level 2. I've been doing that one a lot because it burns more calories than level 1, and level 3! I love it!

I don't work out on the days I weigh in, so nothing on Thursday:)

Ok, I'm a little obsessed with this app I got for my phone, Little Photo. But it just makes plain old pictures look nice and bright! And professional! lol:) I've been using it for all my pics!

Here's a recent picture of me:) I'm starting to love the camera:)

Weigh in time...

Previous Weight - 170.4

Current Weight - 169

Weight Lost - 1.4 Pounds

Total Weight Lost - 62.4 Pounds

I have officially made it into the 160's! What the heck?! That's crazy to me!! lol:) I still am undecided on my goal weight. 160 or 150?! I just don't know... I'm just gonna go with the flow and see how I feel. Regardless, I'm going to keep eating healthy, and exercising every day! It's not a game for me anymore, it's just LIFE!!

I just would like to have a weight to say "I made it to my goal" basically. 160 is definitely attainable. Once I get there, I'll probably work more on toning, especially my stomach. I don't want to have a "pooch" or whatever you wanna call it! I want some flat abs!:) And probably my thighs... don't need any cottage cheese!

Well, back to work. It's been soooo busy these past two nights! Luckily we're going to Ocean City when I get off work in the morning. Staying Friday, Saturday and coming back Sunday! So excited. Probably won't get in any exercise, but that's ok. I need a break every once in awhile!:)

I'm past 2,00 views!! Thanks people!!:)

Anna

Monday, August 8, 2011

Week 4 Weigh In

Weigh in time! I'm a little bit late, sorry!
To be honest, I can't remember much about my week, I dunno why!

I know that Thursday was Leena's baby shower! That was fun! We had it at Paladar Latin Kitchen in Annapolis. So delicious! I definitely ate way too much!

Guacamole, chips, mini pupusas, mini empanadas, 2 glasses of white peach sangria, plantain and pumpkin seed crusted tilapia with black beans and rice, green beans, and corn! Plus, a cupcake! Ahhh!

Definitely too much. I tried to make up for it a little bit by running. But I was still over! Oh well, it was worth it!!

I don't remember which day we went, but last week we went to Wincopin Trail again. This time we brought Chief. He liked it! There was a little spot we found that it seems like all the dogs hang out. It's shallow and the water is really calm. So we let Chief off the leash and he played around in the water:)

I ran a lot of the trail, but made some stops on the way to let Charlie catch up, and to take some planking pics!! Hahaha! I had to plank on this one spot. It was calling my name! Even though it was kind of dangerous because it was on the edge of a cliff! lol Oops:)

I also remember that my sisters and I went shopping on Wednesday. Oh wait... now my week is coming back to me!! Tuesday was my initial interview with PG Police. That went great!

Wednesday I went shopping with my sisters and spent too much money but got some really cute clothes! Then later that night I had to go to the over view presentation for the CPAT for PG fire department. That was good:)

Thursday morning I had to take a polygraph for PG police and that also went well!

So overall a good, but busy week!! Got a lot accomplished though, so I'm happy:) Things with both jobs are moving right along, so we'll see what happens!!


My July calendar. Not bad, I think:)
 Ok, well let me give you my weigh in results now!!!

Previous Weight - 172.2

Current Weight - 170.4

Weight Lost - 1.8 Pounds

Total Weight Lost - 61 Pounds!!!!

I made it to my 60 pound mark, and then some!! Yay!!!:)

I'm getting so close to my goal!! It's crazy! Time has flown by... never thought I'd be the weight I am today! I'm loving it and loving myself!!:)

Thanks for reading! Update next Thursday:)

Anna

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Week 3 Weigh In

Good morning:) It's 0236 and I'm at work... as usual! Just wanted to write a little blog about my past week and what not.

Two Wednesdays ago I finally went to Trader Joe's and got TONS of stuff!!!

Whole grain bread, low carb tortillas, spinach, asparagus, plums, strawberries, clam chowder, pasta, spaghetti sauce, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, protein shakes, fish oil capsules, orange chicken, pot stickers, low fat french toast, chili lime chicken burgers, mahi mahi, chicken, Cheddar cheese, skinny fries, almonds, mango creme ice cream bars, frozen mango chunks,  mini cafe twists anddddd... I think that's it!! lol

On Friday I tried the french toast. It's so good! And only 110 calories a slice!!:) I had it with strawberries and a fried (organic brown) egg! I've made some wraps with the tortillas and chicken, grilled the mahi mahi, and snacked on all the little things!:) I'm definitely going to start shopping there more often!

Here's a picture of dinner from Tuesday night. We had the mahi mahi grilled with lemon. It's so good, even just cooked so simple like that! Baby red skin potatoes, and steamed asparagus.

It would have been a really healthy dinner besides that fact that I decided to be bad and have a four loko, along with some bad drinking snacks!!:( So that kinda ruined it. But either way, it was so good!:)

I think I did pretty good exercise wise. I did something every day, except for today of course. I never exercise on weigh in days because I don't want my muscles to retain water, and besides, I barely eat anything on weigh in days!

I mostly did the Shred, Banish Fat Boost Metabolism, No More Trouble Zones, walking, and running! And the elliptical on Thursday night!!!:) Which made me sweat like CRAZY! It literally felt like someone dumped a bucket of water on me... but that's a good thing!:)

Wednesday night we had grilled chicken breasts, corn on the cob and green beans with my attempt to sliver an almond lol. ONE almond... oh well!:)

That was also the same day we went running/walking on the Wincopin Trail. It's AWESOME! It's pretty long, we did about 2.29 miles. We started off running, then walked for a little. Once it got to really steep hills, we would usually walk. Sometimes it would drop almost straight down! Plus, it was really rocky! But such a great run. It was really shady back there too, so I wasn't dying from the blazing sun!!

There's some cool spots with overlooks that look into the river. So pretty!:) I definitely need to go again, who wants to join me?:)

Ok, time to get on with the weigh in! I STILL haven't been weighing myself at home! It's been great:) No more scale addiction!

Previous Weight - 173.6

Current Weight - 172.2

Weight Lost - 1.4 Pounds

Total Weight Lost - 59.2 Pounds!

So close to my 60 pound mark!!! Ahh! So that's 3 really consistent losses in a row. I'm pretty happy with that!:)

Anyways, I gotta get back to work! Thanks for reading and hopefully by my next blog I will have reached 60 pounds loss!!!:) Oh, and I changed my goal weight from 160 to 150... so we will see!!

Anna

Friday, July 22, 2011

Week 2 Weigh In

Sorry that picture is kind of blurry, just wanted to show my kind-of-getting-there-abs! lol:) Still got a long ways to go, but hopefully one day I will have an awesome stomach that I LOVE to show off!!:)

So I think this has been a pretty decent week, besides splurging a little/not exercising on the weekend. But Sunday I did B210k, Monday I did "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism," Tuesday I did the Shred level 2, Wednesday I ran/walked in the morning, then did B210k at night! And today, I just did some crunches and push ups because I really don't work out on my weigh in days. Don't want my muscles to retain fluids:)

Let me tell you what happened to me Wednesday night! I decided to do B210k, which by the way, I'm not sure if I've mentioned that yet? B210k stands for "Bridge to 10k" and it's the new program I'm doing, which basically picks up where Couch to 5k left off!:)

So far I really like it!! The first week was...

5 minute warm up walk
Run 10 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Run 10 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Run 10 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Run 10 minutes
5 minute cool down walk

My sweaty arm after B210K lol <3 it!
So even though you only get 1 minute walking breaks, every time you start a new 10 minute run, it feels like "Cool, only 10 minutes!" lol:)

Now I'm on week 2 and it's...

5 minute walk
Run 15 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Run 15 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Run 15 minutes
5 minute cool down walk

It was a little bit harder, but I like that there's only 3 intervals, instead of 4. Oh, but back to Wednesday night! I started B210k, week 2, day 2. I decided to do it on the treadmill because a) it was 9:30pm and b) it was still hot as heck outside!

I finished the first 15 minute run and felt pretty good. I was 2 minutes into the second 15 minute run when my treadmill started acting a little weird. It felt like it was vibrating a lot and going a little slower. I kept running but eventually every step I took was sticking! Then every step made it squeak really loud and pretty much just stop! So I turned it off! I was so mad!!

Since I really wanted to finish that run, I decided to just do it outside! Even though it was dark, hot and humid, I still did it anyways! And actually, once I started running outside, I felt like I was gliding! I could tell I was going way faster than when I was on the treadmill too!

It was definitely hot, but this was one of the best runs I've had! I finished up that second 15 minute run and instead of stopping for the 1 minute walk, I ran through it! That's how good I was feeling!:) The rest of the run went by so much faster outside, then it did on the treadmill. I officially prefer outdoor running!!:)

Anyways, here's my weigh in!! (7/21)

Previous Weight - 175.0

Current Weight - 173.6

Weight Lost - 1.4 Pounds

Total Weight Lost - 57.8 Pounds!

Yes!:) It's coming off! Slowly, but surely. I know it was bound to happen... my losses getting smaller and smaller. But as long as I keep losing something, I'll be happy! I just miss my old 4 pound losses!:)

I'm determined to make this an awesome week! Gonna try my best to get in some really good work outs, at least on the days I'm off. I do exercise on days that I work, just not as much! And I'm gonna try to eat really good. Especially since I just went to Trader Joe's and got lots of healthy food!!:)

Just wanted to show you a picture of our new sheets, comforters, duvets, pillows, and pillow cases!:) BRAND NEW EVERYTHING!:) Love it... and it's so comfy!!:)

Well, I guess that's all for now. Back to work stuff. Thanks for reading and I will update again.... Friday I believe!:)

Have a great day! Stay hydrated;)

Anna

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Biggest Loser 3 - Week 1 Weigh In


Bad tan lines from my bikini the day before!
 Hello everyone. As usual, my apologies for the lack in updates! I pretty much only update once a week now. Too busy exercising!

Biggest Loser 2 came to an end last week, and I ended up being the overall winner again!!I only won the first of the four, 3 week segments, but overall, I lost more weight than everyone else!:) That's a pretty good feeling:)

We started the Biggest Loser 3 immediately after. Instead of having a new "Initial Weigh In," we just kept our last weights from the previous biggest loser, and used those as our starting weight.

Starting weight for biggest loser 3 - 176.8

Current Weight - 175.0

Weight Lost - 1.8 pounds

Total Weight Lost - 56.4 Pounds!

I'm pretty happy about that! I think my regular exercise, and making sure to reach at least 1,200 calories a day has helped a lot! I still have not been weighing myself at home at all. I think it's helped with my anxiety over how much I'm losing. I was always paranoid before about how my weigh in would be. Now I'm just relaxed about it:)


Phebe and I. She's lost 35 pounds!!
 I went to the firehouse twice this past week. Which is great because they have workout equipment in the boat house, including an elliptical, which I love! Both times I was on it for an hour, and then did some weight lifting. Love it!

Last week, on July 12th, I took the PGFD written test, and passed!:) There were A LOT of people taking the test! I'm actually surprised I passed! lol.

I ALSO got called by PGPD for an interview!!!! I'm so nervous! I'm currently working on getting my blue book all filled out. It sure is a lot!!

Friday, Phebe and I went to Ocean City! We drove up in the morning and went straight to Assateague. I was kind of nervous to wear my bikini, but I did! And I was surprisingly not too uncomfortable!! I went in the water, walked around on the beach, etc. It was a good feeling!:)


My stomach and thighs need some more work!
 We stayed on the beach for about 3-4 hours. Totally got burned! Ouch. But that will eventually turn into a nice golden brown;) lol.

After we left, we went over to Seacrets for dinner. Yum! I LOVE their crab toast. It's so delicious! Phebe got the seafood quesadilla, which was also really good. I had 3 pain in the asses. Mmmm!

We stayed there for awhile, talked to some weird guys, then headed back home. By the time we got showered and settled down, it was dark. So we decided to watch "INSIDIOUS" which is my new favorite scary movie! I'm surprised Phebe was able to sit through the whole thing, especially considering our house is kind of similar to the one in the movie! lol

We were supposed to get up at 3am and go to the beach to hang out and wait for the sun to rise, but SOMEONE didn't want to wake up! lol! So we slept in, till 8am, then went to the beach for round 2 of tanning! Once again, it was BLAZING out! We definitely got our burn on!

We left the beach around 1ish and went to get lunch at Sunset Grille. MMMM! My new favorite place to eat in Ocean City! It's so delicious, and has an awesome view!:)

We came back home later that day. It was an awesome trip and I had a blast! Can't wait for more beach trips.

Besides eating a little bad on the weekend, and not exercising, I think I've done pretty well so far. I'm hoping my weigh in is at least a little loss!:) I'll be weighing in Thursday night, so I'll try to update then! Can't wait to hit 60 pounds... I'm gonna get my hair cut and dyed!:)

Hope you're all having a great summer!!

Anna

Friday, July 8, 2011

Week 12 Weigh In

Hellllllllo!! I hope every one's week has been as good as mine!:)

So, in my last blog I said that my goal was to work out HARD every day till my next weigh in, to reach at least 1,200 calories every day, and have a GOOD WEIGH IN! Well, I achieved most of that!

Friday - Ate 1,207 Calories/Burned 566 Calories doing Jillian Michael's "No More Trouble Zones"

Saturday - Ate 1,372 Calories/Burned 432 Calories walking 4.34 Miles

Sunday - Ate 2,394 Calories (Oops)/Burned 1070 Calories doing Jillian Michael's "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism" and "Shred Level 2" We went to Charlie's Aunt and Uncle's for 4th of July and I indulged a little too much!:(

Monday - Ate 1,058 Calories (a little low)/Burned 1008 Calories doing "Bridge to 10k Week 1, Day 1"

Tuesday - Ate 1,427 Calories/Burned 338 Calories doing "Shred Level 3"

Wednesday - Ate 1,201 Calories/Burned 874 Calories doing "Bridge to 10k Week 1, Day 2"

Thursday (Today) Ate 1,236 Calories/Burned 149 Calories swimming laps and treading water

All in all, I'd say I did really good! Minus Sunday! haha... That was pretty bad, but I did try to make up for it in exercises!:) I've never done multiple DVDs in one day!:) I felt really good after that!

On Sunday, Roch and I went to Arundel Mills to go shopping. My intention was to only spend 40 dollars on like 2 shirts... Well, that didn't go too well!

I did end up getting two shirts... and a necklace... and a ring! So I went a little over, by like 10 dollars. Unfortunately, Roch suggested that we go into the new Coach outlet that they just opened. I didn't think I would buy anything. I'm not a huge Coach fan or anything. Don't own anything of theirs.

Well, they were having a sale... 50% off of a lot of their stuff, plus, a 30% off your entire purchase coupon! Grrr!! I saw a few things that were cute, but I wasn't in love with anything, until I saw this bag!!!! I loved it! There was one competitor, a black and grey Poppy bag, but this one won!:) I <3 it!!! The best part... it was originally $389, I got it for $101!! AWESOME!!!

It was a great weekend overall. We watched the fireworks in Laurel on Saturday night. They were actually really good! Even though I've lived in Laurel for almost 3 years, I've never watched them here before. It was especially nice watching from atop ladder truck 6:)

As I mentioned earlier, Sunday we went to Charlie's Aunt and Uncle's house to eat dinner and watch fireworks. His uncle actually put together a whole little firework display. They were really legit though! I mean like BIG fireworks! It was pretty awesome:) Besides eating too much lol.

I worked Monday night. I had a great view of the fireworks on the Mall from my unit:) Unfortunately, I had to float to Medical Care Unit at 2300:( It wasn't too bad of a night though. Just really boring!

Tuesday night was great! We were originally supposed to go to RA Sushi in Baltimore with Caitlin,  Tim, Sam, and her husband David. Unfortunately, Sam couldn't make it in time:( But Darla ended up coming last minute with Nick!:) It was a good time!

They have happy hour from 3-7 so we ordered 12 rolls, apps, and drinks!! It ended up being a really good price! The sushi was great! Especially this one roll they have called a "Viva Las Vegas Roll" It was delicious!:) I will definitely go back!

Afterwards we hung out at Darla's house which is sweet! I love it. They have an awesome roof top deck with a beautiful view!! We hung out up there talking, listening to music, and drinking:) Fabulous night!:)

My "Fruit Parfait" lol
Wednesday we watched Maddie while Katie was at work. She's gotten so big, it's crazy!! We were there from 8am to 4pm. She was pretty good for the most part. It's definitely different taking care of her compared to all the babies at my work.

Charlie did a lot too, I was pretty proud of him:) But it was a good experience for the both of us!

Ok, now for my FINAL weigh in of the 12 week competition!

Previous Weight - 179.8

Current Weight - 176.8

Weight Lost - 3 Pounds!!!!

Total Weight Lost - 54.6 Pounds!!! Finalllllly!! I thought I was gonna be stuck on a plateau forever!! I think making sure to get my 1,200 calories every day definitely helped!! As well as my hard work outs:) I'm so happy I finally lost!!

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I also gave up weighing myself for the whole week!! So I had no clue what I was gonna be when I weighed in, it was so nerve wracking! Luckily it was a good outcome. I think I will only weigh myself at work now:)

The total I lost during the first Biggest Loser was 33 pounds. This 2nd round I lost 26 pounds. I know that doesn't add up to 54.6, but that's because I gained a little between the 1st and 2nd biggest loser. If that makes sense!

I'm pretty happy about this round. There was definitely more downs than ups, but now I know not to starve myself anymore! Not good!:) I'm going to join the 3rd Biggest Loser too... it starts next week! I'll update with my starting weight next week!

Thanks for reading!!:)

Anna