Beary upset today

Last night I finally received my latest NS box for this month. I had been looking forward to getting it for several weeks now since it was supposed to have my 40 pound Nutribear in it. Well, I open up the box and start to organize my food and then I realized that something wasn't right...

MY BEAR WAS MISSING!!!

Grrrrr... So annoyed. I know I just need to call customer service and they'll send it out to me but I am still disappointed that I don't get to bask in my glory just yet. Never fret Nutribears, your brother will be joining you soon.

P.S. I don't think I've explained this yet but Nutrisystem sends you a little teddy bear for every 10 pounds you lose. They're like the Beany Baby bears. So cute! My bears so far:



Hakuna matata!

Biggest Loser 19 challenge results

Sadly, my blue team kind of fizzled out towards the end of the challenge but we had a good go-around. The teams were a little unbalanced IMHO so maybe there's something we can change for BL21 in September. I'm still a captain for the next BL but since it's summer an a lot of people are on vacation, we're doing a more laid back approach, then gearing right back up at the beginning of the school year. Should be exciting!

Biggest Loser 19 5/14/2012 - 6/25/2012
Starting Weight: 169 ..... Goal Weight: 163 (-06) ..... Ending Weight: 160 (-09)

Total pounds lost: 9 pounds
Total percent lost: 5.325%
Total exercise minutes: 2810 minutes

Midway weight rank: 17
Midway exercise rank: 15
Final weight rank: 12
Final exercise rank: 7

(Wooo! Top 10 for exercise!!)

Hakuna matata!

Weekly Progress Report

Last Weigh In: 160
Current Weight: 160

See body, this is what happens when we skip a mini-goal. I will only accept this because last week was such a big drop and I was hoping to be here by this week anyways. But let's not repeat this again this week, ok? We can't make progress when we're at a stand still.

Hakuna matata!

New Mini-Goals!

Since my body decided to skip an entire mini-goal, I thought I'd take the opportunity to readjust my future mini-goals. This will hopefully push me to get to my goal weight at least a month earlier than originally anticipated. Hopefully the scale will continue to cooperate so I can get there this time!

Hakuna matata!

Expanding vocabulary

So this weekend I was out with various groups of friends and family and I have been hearing some new adjectives lately that are being used to describe me. Fit, skinny, curvy, hot... just to name a few. No one has ever used those words to describe me before. It's kind of nice.

One of the funnier moments was when I was at a friend's house yesterday afternoon. I had turned my head to talk to someone and I caught a quick glimpse of someone in a mirror. I turned back and realize it was me! I still surprised myself on how I look every once in a while. It made me and my friend laugh.

This is the new me folks! Get used to it because she's staying permanently.

Hakuna matata!

Weekly Progress Report

Last Weigh In: 163
Current Weight: 160

Oops, I guess my body wanted to skip a mini-goal. I may need to make some readjustments now. Oh well, you won't hear me complaining.

Hakuna matata!

Get your nerd on

So one of my close friends demanded last night that I take a new "current" picture. Apparently he thought I "look a lot better now than that picture" (meaning the one from the Brad Paisley concert)... I told him that it was taken only about a week and a half ago but he still doesn't believe that part.

So to appease his highness, I pulled out my camera equipment and took a couple pretty decent shots. This one is probably my favorite. Partly because of my purple Nerds shirt but also cause I think I look pretty good in it. (Which is saying something coming from me!)

Hakuna matata!

How low can you go?

So I just realized that I had not posted anything about this and personally I think this is newsworthy. Due to my ongoing weight loss success. I have officially lowered my goal weight by 10 pounds to 145 to reflect my ultimate goal weight. [End of public service announcement]

When I started Nutrisystem, I thought maybe I'd lose 10-15 pounds if I was lucky. I've never had much success losing weight and keeping it off. However, there is so much knowledge I have gained along this journey that I know I was equipped with the tools to keep this going and to keep it off.

Never in a million years would I think that NS would get me to where I am today. But as I am within 10 pounds of my original goal weight, I know that I don't have to stop here. I know I have the power to keep pushing forward to really being the healthiest version of me.

Hakuna matata!

Weekly Progress Report

Last Weigh In: 165
Current Weight: 163

Getting close... oh wait, nevermind. I lowered my goal instead. I can do this! I know I can make it!!

Hakuna matata!

Thinspiration #41

Water weight explained. Drink more water people!! I am not excluded from this public service announcement. Excuse me while I go refill my water bottle...

Hakuna matata!

National Running Day 2012

If only I had the time to go running on National Running Day. Maybe I'll do a late night run after I get home... ok maybe not. Well, my mind will be running all day so that's got to count for something, right?

Sidenote, check out today's RW Daily for super awesome video from the Runner's World crew. Gotta love those guys.

Hakuna matata!

The price for immortality = toe wedgies

I had to share today's XKCD comic. It made me laugh. That is all.

Hakuna matata!

Little moments like this

So this past weekend was this year's Brad Paisley concert here in Hartford. My BFF and I have been going for the past couple of years because we are big country music fans. I had her take a picture of me to compare it to last year's picture.

Brad Paisley concert June 4, 2011

Brad Paisley concert June 2, 2012

50 pounds difference right there. Not the best angle for the picture, but that's ok. I'll take it.

Now the only thing that would have made an amazing concert even better, was to have the seats we had last year. Oh well, that's ok. I still got Kimberly Perry's autograph on my ticket stub!

Hakuna matata!

I know where I've been

Today is June 4th. It has been exactly 5 months since I received my first Nutrisystem box. Has is been that long already? Or should I say has it only been that long? It's hard to tell which is appropriate as I think about how much I have gained (and lost!) so far this year.

First of all, I don't think I would even have been able to make it this far without the support of so many new friends I have made through the discussion boards. I'm always amazed at how open and inspiring these people are. I have grown close with so many of them that I feel like I've known them forever. They accept me for who I am and push me to work harder.

For the first time in a long while, I finally feel like me again. I don't feel overly embarrassed just walking into a room and most of the time I even like the way I look. I can actually enjoy a shopping trip, and I just might be able to fall in love with the beach again.

All that and 40 pounds lighter, in just 5 months. When I ordered NS, never in a million years did I think that I would be where I am today. Back then, this was only a wish, a dream. It was never even possible with the old me.

Now there's something they don't tell you that comes in that monthly brown box. Each month, a piece of a new and better you gets put into place. That's the real transformation. I always say that this journey is just as much mental as it is physical, and I believe that 100%.

That being said, there is no way I'm letting this Hot Tamale train slow down! I'm going to keep pushing and reach for the stars. Because now I know that it is actually possible.

Hakuna matata!

Weekly Progress Report

Last Weigh In: 166
Current Weight: 165

Still not at 100% but the antibiotics have definitely kicked in. A new Nutribear should make things all better!! I need to decide soon whether to lower my goal weight or not. Hmm....

Hakuna matata!