A change of pace..

So, my program with the KCWLP ended and I ended up at 183!! That was a few months ago and I'm still hovering right around there, eating clean(er) and working out (most of the time).

Went to Hawaii to see one of my besties get married and even that 10 days of food and booze didn't set me back too far. I'm joining another program starting Feb 1.. I still have about 20 or 30 I can get rid of! But that's not what I'm here to write about...

We're trying to have a baby.. And it's not working :(

Fast Forward to Today (Day 33)

So it's day 33 of the 12 week challenge. It's been going great!! I'm down 14.4 LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a long plateau. From July 1 to July 18 I lost 1lb. That was it. I was starting to get really discouraged. Here I was, working out 6 days a week and eating healthier than I had in a long time and the scale wasn't budging. I could tell I was losing inches. My pants are all baggier in the thighs and under the butt, but still I wanted that damn scale to MOVE!!

I met with an amazing nutritionist about half way through my plateau and we tweaked my meals a little. Cut down my morning smoothies to only have 1/2 c of fruit, moved my almonds from my afternoon snack to my mid morning snack and (YAY) added brown rice to my lunch. I wasn't feeling as tired but I was still not losing. Talked with Dane, the awesome owner of Thunder Dome Fitness (or The Dome as we lovingly call it) and he took the time to go through my diary and urged me to up my calories... by 600 to 800 per day!! Apparently I train too hard lol.

So I upped them and lost a couple more lbs!!!

I'm going strong and steady and can't wait to see where I end up!

Day 1 New Year's(ish) resolution

Well let's start off with introductions, I'm Holly and I'm a fat girl. Ok so I'm big boned, I'm thick, and according to my BMI, I'm obese. My clothes don't fit right, I can't do the things I used to be able to do and I don't like it. 

See I used to be a thinner girl. I was never "skinny", I played too much soccer for that. But I used to have a flatter stomach and toned legs and since high school, well that's all gone downhill. In 2008 I decided I wanted to get back to where I was then and I went on the Slim4Life program and it WORKED! I went from 180 to 145 in just a few short months and I kept it off for 2 years but then I got lazy about my eating. I was going through a lot of sad stuff at that time (we'll save that for another blog) and I'm a comfort eater by the very definition. Have a bad day? Make a pot of mashed potatoes. Have an awesome day? Let's eat ice cream!!! 

Plus, I started a new relationship and man, isn't that a waistline KILLER! Dating revolves around food so much! You go out to dinner, you meet for lunch, you make each other breakfast, you get drunk and make pancakes at 3 am... No? That's just us then.

Oh and the boyfriend, well I won't name names here because frankly, he doesn't know I'm writing this yet. He's never been a skinny guy either but as I gained weight, so did he and finally we've decided to do something about it. 

We can't afford to do the whole Slim4Life program again so we're just going to stick with the diet part and see how that goes. He won't get on a scale yet but me, well I'm at my heaviest right now at 214. That's right, in 2 years I have packed on almost 80lbs. I didn't feel like I was gaining weight, It just seemed like I woke up one day and I could feel my back fat. Gah-ross!!!

So, we're in the "prep" phase of the diet. It's pretty basic ALL THE MEAT YOU CAN EAT! Ok not all the meat but pretty much! It lines out like this:

The Prep Phase lasts three days. You will be required to eat the following each day:

• 2-3 pounds of proteins from meat. (beef, poultry, fish, shellfish, no pork)
• Unlimited raw green vegetables. (celery, lettuce, cabbage, etc., no peas)
• 2 eggs or equivalent egg substitute.
• 1 orange. 1/2 in the morning, 1/2 by 6:00 pm.
• 2 8oz glasses of thermoboost. 1 in the morning, the other by 6:00 pm.
• 8 8oz glasses of water (80 oz total, including thermoboost)
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Morton's Light Salt

You can season your food with natural seasonings like garlic powder and onion powder or with products like Mrs. Dash. You can also use oil or Kraft Fat-Free Dressings, which have the added benefit of being great for marinades.

Oh and I can't eat oranges so I'm substituting a grapefruit like I did back when I did this the first time. 

Today has gone good so far, we woke up and had breakfast steaks and hardboiled eggs. We've been snacking on celery and drinking so much water I think I've peed like 35 times already. We had steak salad for lunch and are having plain hamburgers (no buns) for dinner. The bf is already bored with it but I know it works so hopefully he'll stick with it.