a little about me

I haven't blogged in such a long time. Hmmm..... I think it was my myspace site that I had last blogged on. So I'm kinda getting back in the groove.

Long story short, I'm trying to lose weight. To be more specific, I'm trying to lost a lot of weight, lol.  I've lost weight before, but it's always been through a low-carb diet. I have learned, however, that the atkins diet is NOT the best way (at least not for me) to lose weight.

I used to smoke. Smoking really helped me not to snack so much. If I got hungry, I'd smoke a cigarette. I used to go for most of the day on just diet cokes and cigarettes. Not very healthy. I lost a LOT of weight, but not in the best way (at ALL).  I gave up smoking for lent in 2011 and still do not smoke. As a result I started snacking more (ack!) and gained  some more weight.

Last May I had my weight done at the doctor's office. OMG I couldn't believe it. It was enough to make me cry. How in the world did I let myself go???  I decided to join a gym and now I spend a lot of my lunch breaks there :)

From May-December I'd lost 14 pounds. I then started working out on the wii fit plus at the end of December. Since then I've lost another 24.5 pounds. :) yay!!!!!

I still have a long way to go........but I'm getting there!

Christmas 2011

No leggings this year, but still have a LOT of work to do.

A pic of me from a year ago

Christmas 2010. Not a great pic of me at all. Thank God for stretchy leggings.

Baggy Jeans

I haven't had baggy jeans in forever. Forever! But today it happened. I considered that a small personal victory. :) I was told that when you start noticing a difference in the way your clothes fit, that's when you KNOW. So I guess you can say I know ;)