Wow, I see a difference... A HUGE difference

So when I started my journey in January I was at my highest ever 271.2 pounds just last week we had VBS and I had my photo taken with some of the children, I couldn't believe the difference in 6 months..Makes me feel so good and motiveated to keep going!!

(Christmas 2009 271.2 pounds)

June 8th 226.2

Excited to see what another 6 months brings...

Still plugging away...

I had a really really rough month last month, gained 5 pounds back and basically wasted about 3 weeks worth of time but I am thrilled to report that I lost the 5lbs that I had gained back and lost few more too!

As of this morning I'm down to 46.5 pounds gone!!

From 271.2 to todays 224.7. That's so thrilling to me. It's been YEARS since I've been below 226, usually I'd get to 226 and for some reason would get distracted and discouraged and gain it all back, well not any more! I've blown 226 outta the water and I'm plugging away to get outta the 220's all together!!

So thrilled to be back on the journey, WOO HOO!!!

I've been loosing inches too.
My hips -9 inches
My waist -6 inches
My Thighs -6 inches

I was in a size 24 pants now in an loose 18-20
I used to need 3X tops now in XL and some large fits too.

I feel so great after getting on the scale!! Like the air in my balloon is filling back up instead of being deflated!!!

just had to brag and share.

44lbs down!! Feel awesome!

44 pounds gone.. Only 1 from my anniversary goal!! Wooo hooo!!!! (Sunday 5.16 will be our 13th anniversary!!)

So excited to have come so far! In just over 4 months I have accomplished so much. Excited to see what the next 4 months bring!!

I began to set goals and work harder to acheiving them
I began jogging
I reached my first goals a week ahead of my schedule
I signed up for my first 5k
I jogged an entire mile
I participated in my first 5k
I beat my 5k goal time by 10 minutes
I've lost 2-3 pant sizes
I've gone from a 3x shirt to an XL or Large Shirt
I've lost 10 inches off my waist
I've lost 5 inches off my hips
I am accoutable for EVERYTHING I eat, regarless if I go over my calories or not, I still put it down
I feel like nothing is going to stop me and get in my way, and I KNOW that I will be successful on my final weight loss journey.
I've exercised over 7000 mins -- thats over 116 hours of hard work!
I've walked ( some jogging) 140+ miles in that time! WOW!

41.3 Pounds gone!! Feeling so Great!

I'm so excited! I got on the scale yesterday and have lost a few more pounds! 41.3 pounds gone! I'm only 3.7 from reaching my 2nd goal that I set (45 lbs by my anniversary on 5.16). I'm confident that I'll reach that goal!! WOO HOO!!

Last night I went to Walmart and bought myself some new tops and a pair of shorts! It was so AWESOME not having to go searching for 3X or 24-26 sizes. I'm thrilled to report that my Shirts are 18-20 and my shorts that I got were a 20!! WOW It's just so motivating to me to see the numbers as well as the sizes going down!! woo hoo

Looking forward to another successful month!
HUGS!
Krystie

Join my spark team Dandy Lions


Here's how 41.3 pounds looks on my face, I see such a difference!!

May 4th 2010


March 19th 2010


From Jan 30th


And from December 24th at my highest.

Woo hoo! I did the 5k!

I am beyond thrilled! I finished my first 5k tonight! It's 3.1 miles, it was raining/drizziling, but I didn't get discouraged and I jogged nearly 3/4 of the first mile then we (my husband and I) walked at a great pace and finished on a full sprint to the finish line!!

3.1 miles in 45.36 minutes!! That's HUGE for me! 15 min miles.. wow!!

WOO HOO!!!

I'm so thrilled and so so very very proud of myself, just had to share with ya'll!!!

My Husband & I

Me before the race

Some teamates



Most of our Teammates Soul Sneaker

Woo hoo my 1st 5k is tomorrow!

Who would have thought *I*, *ME*, would ever sign up for anything like that, well as you all know I've been on my weight loss journey since 1.1 and have been rocking it!! Well little by little I've began jogging and doing lots of walking so when the opportunity came up to participate in a 5k, I grabbed my checkbook and wrote the check so I wouldn't back out!!

4 months ago I could barely walk to the end of my driveway without
thinking I was dying and here I am now EXCITED to do 3.1 miles! WOO HOO that's so thrilling! I've come a long way!

My goal is to jog the first mile of the 5k (3.1 miles total) then walk at a fast pace the rest of the way. My husband is also walking with me, and that thrills me too! To finally have him on my side, supporting me really motivates me to do things I normally wouldnt push myself to do!

Ohh by the way I'm now down 38.4 pounds now!
Getting so close to my 2nd goal of 45lbs gone by 5-16!

My new tattoo, the Dandy Lion

I had to share my new tattoo. I got this for 2 reason, the main reason is my children are ALWAYS picking me dandilions, every where we go they always pick me one and say "here mommy, here's a flower for you" to them it's not a weed, to a child it's a ready gift to make my day so it just seemed perfect to get something to remind me of all the love they pick for me.

2nd when I started this BL challenge for Christians with 100+ pounds to lose on SparkPeople, I was assigned to team Dandy Lions, so I found this pic of our "Dandy Lion" online and fell in love with him, so to incorporate my children and the success of my weight loss journey into one I got this tattoo done the other day!!




I love it sooo much!! I can't wait till it's healed so I can get another pic that's not got the red skin and shiny around it! LOL




Just had to share.

I signed up for my 1st 5k

Woo hoo I just signed up for my 1st 5k.. 3.2 miles..  should be a piece of cake!

Greg and I always walk 3 miles at the park so this should be easy for me to walk. I'm going to attempt to jog a bit of it but am not ready for jogging the whole thing yet!


I'm super excited.. the 5k is on the 24th, I've never participated in any kind of anything like this so it's a tiny bit nerve-wracking but soooooooooooo excitng at the same time.. I've paid my fees so theres no backing out! WOO HOO

When I first asked my Greg if he wanted to do a 5k he immediatly said "NO", then I said won't you walk with me?? and he said "oh of course if you're doing it, I'm in".. AWWWW I love how support he has been with this journey!! With his support and the support of my online and offline friends, I KNOW I will be successful! There's nothing stopping me now!!



wooo hoo!!!

Not Even Vacation will slow me down!

I am so proud of myself, we have been in Florida since Thursday at Disney and I have been so diligent in exercising and tracking my calories, drinking all of my water & staying within my calorie range!

The other day after walking about 7 hours around the Magic Kingdom, we came back to the hotel and the kids went swimming and I went to the fitness center, where I did 50 minutes of exercise!

Each day we've walked anywhere from 6-10 hours and I still come back and do something (swimming, walking, stair climbing etc). Even when I'm standing in the lines waiting for a ride I'll do something, like calf raises, squats (works great when I've got Ty piggy back), leg lifts etc... I don't really care if others think I'm nuts or not, I'm on a mission!! LOL
Yesterday at Animal kingdom while my family was on a ride I stayed back with Ty who wasn't big enough and the entire time they were in line I did "step aerobics" on a rock! I'm sure people thought I'd lost my mind but I didn't care, I wanted to work in a bit of cardio since I was just standing there anyway so up and down the rock I went for about 10 mins or so...

Here's my rock

 We go home on Thursday and I'm looking forward to seeing the scale and the results of my hard work!!

6 Week BL Challenge, I'm so excited!

6 Week BL Challenge, I'm so excited!

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FINALLY 30lbs GONE!!!!

I had a rough week, with bloating and battling my willpower, It was insane how easy I could sway my mind to not eat healthy & not exercise!! But I'm back on track and
WOO HOO I'm THRILLED to announce I've finally got my 30lbs gone!!

I DID IT! I REACHED MY 1ST GOAL!! WOW WOW WOW!

We leave for Disney in 1 week!! I DID IT I DID IT!!

Next goal is 45lbs total gone by 5-16(my anniversary)

Heres a current photo of me from the other day 3.19. I can see the changes in my face starting to show! How exciting!




From Jan 30th





And from December 24th

29.5 pounds! COME ON!???!!

I'm so close to my first goal, I wish the scale would quit fooling with my head and just move already!!! COME ON SCALE! JUST MOVE!

2 weeks until we go to DisneyWorld! I WILL make my 1st goal!!

I KNOW I CAN, I KNOW I CAN, I KNOW I CAN!!!

OH WOW!! I DID IT!!!

I just have to brag for a moment (ok maybe a few moments! LOL), as those of you who have been following my blog know that I have started jogging in small bursts, trying to build myself up and get stronger.

Yesterday, my husband, my children & I went the park where I could walk the path, while they played, so we walked and on one of the laps I told my husband, when we get back around I want to try and jog for as long as I can on the next lap, so we get to the sign and off I go, I haven't gone 30 seconds and could feel the burn, fat me wanted to stop and give up, but I pressed on, half way around the track is a small hill, that again fat me said "YOU CANT DO THIS" and I wanted to stop, well my husband must have realized I was about to stop and started encouraging me, saying "come on baby, you can get up this hill, push up this hill, you can do it" so I kept going, (all the while thinking OMG I CANT DO THIS!)

I get to the top of the hill and now I'm really ready to stop, but he keeps encouraging me and so I keep jogging, Now in my mind I'm thinking oh woah, I just jogged up a hill, oh woah, I can do this, but I'm having a battle in my mind, part of me saying "just quit, you can't and the other part saying YES I CAN watch me".. So we continue jogging down the path and I'm ALMOST to the end and thought about quitting again, but my husband said "come on baby, you've got this, finish it out.. don't quit" and you know what??

I DIDN'T QUIT, I DIDNT GIVE UP AND I DID IT!!!!! I COMPLETED 1 FULL LAP!!

I jogged 1 full lap which was .33 of a mile in 4.5 minutes! I was and am so proud of myself, me at 242 pounds jogged a third of a mile!! 2 months ago I couldn't have jogged 30 seconds and now woo hoo look at me go!! Such a proud moment I had to share!!

I ended up jogging a few more times before we were done as well. I walked/jogged 3 miles yesterday and felt so so awesome!

Then after our walk/jog. We all played frisbee and catch with the nerf football. I tell you what it felt so good to be out playing with my kids and not huffing and puffing because I couldn't breath!!

I"M SO CLOSE!

I am so thrilled to be on the right track to loosing weight and reaching my first "BIG" goal. As of this morning I only need 3.8 pounds to reach my 30 pound Disney World Goal.

Seeing that I'm SO close really motivates me to go go go even more because I want it so much. I realize having a (realistic) goal and working twords it has been whats been keeping me on track since January 1st. Knowing that I was going to Disney was enough of a motivation to get me up and get me moving. I cannot wait until I reach my 30lbs gone.. I just know I'm going to be jumping and dancing!!! I have 3 week until we go to Disney and I KNOW I will make my goals!!

Last night I added up all my "spark fitness minutes" to find out how many hours I've done since 1.17 when I first started exercising... 3915 mins /60 mins in a hour and exclaimed "HOLY MOLEY!! I've done 65.25 HOURS of exercise in less than 2 months! Oh my goodness WOW! That really made me so proud because I have WORKED my tail off for each and every pound that I've lost and I'm just so proud of myself!!!

25.4 Pounds Gone!!

WOW OH WOW!! I'm so thrilled I have been on my journey since 1.1.10 and as of this morning I am down 25.4 pounds!! WOO HOO!!!

I am 4.6 pounds from my Disney goal (30lbs in 4 months) and I have a litte over 3 weeks to do it. I AM SO TOTALLY GOING TO MAKE IT!!! WOO HOO!!!!

What an awesome way to start off my Monday!!

Starting 271.2
Currnet 245.8

WOOO HOOO!!!!!!! YAY YAY YAY!

I can't believe it! I signed up for my first sport!!

I have never ever played any sport before as an adult, because I was to heavy, to self conscious, to lazy, to just whatever to even FATHOM that thought... Well they have been talking at church about woman's softball and I've been asked by a few if I was going to play, I said, welllllll I don't know.... And was going to just bow out gracefully.....

BUT.. in the last 2 months I have started finding the athlete that is hiding inside myself, I enjoy exercise, I enjoy jogging (yes even at 250 pounds ) so today they made the announcement to sign up and I proudly got up after service and put my name down on the list!! I felt AWESOME to finally make that first move out of my old habit's!!!

I feel so awesome, and so proud of myself, I will no longer let that "FAT ME" control me and my happiness, I will do things, I am strong, I don't need to sit on the sidelines, I can run, I can play and I can have fun!!! I'm just over the moon with myself for FINALLY doing something positive and so rewarding for ME!!

WOO HOO!!!

My pants Grew...or am I really shrinking????

These are my favorite jeans and I think they grew... or perhaps I'm shrinking!!! Was so thrilled that I had to take a photo before I tossed them out!! WOOO HOOO! I'm so excited to be seeing results!!!!!!!

March 2010 Goals

Spend time with the Lord, Reading my Bible & praying daily
Drink my water EVERYDAY!! 100oz or more
Exercise 6 days a week 45 mins or more a day
Jog for at least 2 mins each time I walk on treadmill or track (more is great but at LEAST 2)
Measure all food that I eat & then log it so I'm fully aware of how I'm doing!
Write in my journal/Blog as much as possible
Encourage others in the message boards & blogs
Limit my sugars/cakes/candies I feel so much better when I don't eat a bunch of that junk! Meet or Beat my 30lbs goal for Disney (currently at 24lbs gone)

God First! Exercise 2nd

I got this in an email today from Prime Time with God, and it really applied to me, so many times I've done EVERYTHING I've need to do for "ME" but totally slacked on putting God First in my daily routines... I'm posting this prayer that came as a reminder to myself that I have to focus on my spiritual health first, then my physical health.!

Here it is... Dear God, More and more people today are concerned with their physical fitness and good health. But what about our spiritual fitness? I know you made us and you want us to take care of our bodies, but more important is our spiritual health. Paul told Timothy to "Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and life to come" (1 Timothy 4:7-8).

Please help me to also work on "firming up my faith" in addition to firming up my body, so that I will be pleasing to you and an example to those around me. I want to grow closer and closer to you and would love to bring others along with me. Lord, anoint me. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Good stuff!! Thank you Lord for putting that in my inbox this evening

Theres a Runner inside of this 250lb person

Recently I have been setting goals to jog for a minute while on the treadmill, then go back to walking then jog, and so on, well the most I've EVER been able to jog in one spurt is 2 minutes and then I'm winded and huffing and puffing thinking I'm about to die. Well yesterday I decided to jog and said ok I'll go for 2 minutes, so I was nearing the 2 minutes and felt great so I said ok I'll go to 3 minutes, same thing got to 3 and said hey I feel good still, not dying at all so I'll go to 5 minutes..

Well I got to the 5 min mark but was over by 10 seconds when I looked down and decided to just finish the minute off; so me, this now 250 woman (after my 21lb loss) jogged for SIX MINUTES STRAIGHT! I was so proud of myself!! I felt like I conquered a huge goal!!

But, then later I got to thinking, hey I wasn't hurting at 6 minutes and I could have easily kept going but I just stopped, so I was a bit disappointed that I just gave up, like my "fat mind" was taking over telling me I couldn't do it when in fact I really was!!!! Today when I'm on the treadmill, I'm not going to listen to the "fat, I can't self" but in fact, will continue until I'm done... no giving up just because I'm at a certain minute, I'll go until my body says stop, not my mind

Over Coming my Emotions

Monday was a great day! With lots of great choices, Tuesday, the birthday part sucked, but I made good choices and REFUSED to let myself fall into the emotions that I normally do.

Normally when I'm sad or hurt I eat and eat and eat, just gorge myself with anything and everything I can find because that "makes me feel better" well just while I'm eating it but then after I feel worse so I'm doubly upset. Yesterday was very emotional but I refused to let myself loose control. I didn't want to jeopardize all that I've down by allowing myself to back slide down the "it's ok, you deserve it," path. I was even so torn and having a mental fight with myself, that I sat in my car, in my garage just sitting not going anywhere because I wanted to just run down to Checkers and stuff myself to make myself better.

Well, Shanny called me and re-affirmed "DO NOT DO IT", I was on the verge of caving in but Thank God she called to remind me of all the work I'd put into this week. So instead of going and getting a 1500+ calorie meal I went to KFC and ordered the 395 calorie meal , so I made good choices and ended the day proud of myself for mastering yet another obsticle along this journey. (thanks again Shan)