April 2010

April 7, 2010 ~ 81.5 pounds gone...
I am sorry that it has been a while since I have written in my blog. I fell in my kitchen (tripped over my dog!) the first part of March and broke my ankle!  So I have been walking around with a boot on my left foot for the past month!  Luckily, I will get it off in a couple of weeks.  I'm not in much pain, and I am lucky it was my left foot, so I can still drive.  I just got about a week behind in my homework taking pain medication for a few days after my fall, and had to get caught up with it.

My weight these past few weeks has continued to go down, with the exception of last week, when for some unknown reason it was up a half a pound!  I haven't been doing anything differently, and have stayed on program, so I just have to chalk it up to being the nature of the beast.  Most days our weight fluctuates and it just happened to fall on a day when I got on the scale.  The week before I lost 4 1/2 pounds, and this week I lost 1 1/2 pounds, so all in all, things are good!  :) 

I am having fun buying clothes in smaller sizes!  I actually bought 2 new pairs of jeans, and feel so good when I wear them!  I really don't mind shopping for clothes anymore.  I guess losing 80+ pounds will do that for you!  I still have a ways to go, but know that with Medifast I can achieve my goal weight!!  I have been overweight my entire adult life.  To finally find something that WORKS, that is so easy, has been life changing!!  If you work the program and stay on track, you will lose weight.  Here's to a great week!

April 14, 2010 ~ Shopping is fun...
Who knew??  That after losing 80+ pounds I would actually enjoy clothes shopping!!  Being close to or over 300 pounds for the past 15 years I used to HATE going shopping.  Nothing ever fit right, and if it did, it looked terrible on me!  Finally I am able to go shopping and have fun!  AND...I know that the fun is just beginning!  I really like the clothes they have at C.J. Banks, but the sizes only go up to a size 3x.  At the size I was, I couldn't fit into them.  Now I can comfortably wear a size 2x and I KNOW that I will be into a 1x soon, and then down into a size LARGE!  What a fun day that will be!  Medifast has given me a whole new outlook on life!! 

Today's weigh in showed a 1 pound loss making a total of 82.5 pounds gone!  Unbelievable.  I am finding a new found freedom, and I know that nothing is going to stop me from reaching my goal!!  Currently I have set 145 pounds as my goal weight.  At 5'3'', I think that is a reasonable goal.  I have never known this weight before.  I had to have weighed 145 at some point in my life...but I must not have been there for long, as I don't remember it!  Ideally, I would like to get down to 135 pounds, and allow myself a 10 pound ''buffer''.  That way if I start gaining weight, I know I will have to get back on 5 & 1 before I go over my 145 goal.  To me, this is a very doable thing!

April 21, 2010 ~ Amazing...
Wow! What a nice surprise to see that I was down 3 pounds this week!  LOVE THAT!  Total down ... 85.5 pounds!  Talk about a great feeling!  I only have 14.5 pounds yet to lose before I can say that I have lost 100 pounds!  Of course I have more weight to lose...but have never lost this much weight before in my life! 
I started Medifast July 16th, 2009 and would LOVE to be down over 100 pounds by July 16th of this year!  This past week I was released by my dr. to go back to walking for exercise after breaking my ankle 6 weeks ago.  I have to take it slow, but look forward to getting outside and walking.  Hopefully I can build my ankle back up.  Right now, it feels pretty weak. 

My husband is very proud of me.  He has seen me try and fail at so many weight loss plans in the past.  Medifast, and my success on it, truly amazes him!  And...I have to admit...it amazes me as well!

April 28, 2010 ~ Becoming a health coach...
Today I got on the scale and I am down 2 pounds, making my weight 238.5!!  That's 87.5 pounds GONE!  That is just unbelievable!  I can't EVER remember weighing in the 230's.  It's like I just jumped from the 220's to the 240's and even at that it has been over 20 years since I weighed in the 240's for more than five minutes!  Medifast is literally not only changing my life...it is saving my life!  I just want to cry when I stop and think how far I have come over the past 10 months!  Who would have ever thought that I could actually stick to this program, and that it would work so well?

This week I became a Health Coach for Take Shape for Life (TSFL)!  TSFL is the sister company of Medifast and is actually the marketing arm for Medifast!  How exciting to be able to help others on their journey to good health!  If I can help you, let me know!  Either send me a message on here, or you can e-mail me at cindydaniels@teamtsfl.com   We can lose weight TOGETHER!!