6 Month Check up.

I had my 6 month check up! Everything was great I am at my doctor's goal weight for me. I was so excited. I still have 50 pounds to loose to be at my personal goal but I on the right track, WOOHOO!

I participated in the Music City 1/2 marathon in April. That was a lot of fun, but I realized that marathons are not my thing. I enjoyed doing it once but I seriously doubt I will do it again. Since then I have been keeping up my hula hooping, it is the only exercise I have found that I truly enjoy.

Right now I am in a stall pattern with my weight loss. I try and not get discouraged because I know it is what is best for my body. The good thing about plateauing for awhile is it gives my skin a chance to keep up. I have been very lucky so far and I don't have much loose skin. I do a lot of "Off Body" hooping to keep my arms toned.


Now that it is summer it is so nice to be able to wear a bathing suit and not be self conscious. I have been doing many things that I didn't before, like boating! Also I went to Denver last week and I was so excited that the seat-belt on the airplane fit me! It buckled with no problem and I had extra slack in it. Before I use to struggle with getting them fastened and was so embarrassed when I had to ask for an extender. It's the little things that make a difference :-)




Here is the most recent picture of me, it is like night and day from where I started!!!

Feeling fat again :-(

I am feeling so fat the past couple of days! I was out of town for work and was eating out every meal. I tried to be healthy but sometimes it wasn't so easy. I had way to many carbs and am now feeling so yucky. I weighed in today (I do it every Sunday) and have not gained any weight. I am happy about what the scale says but I am still feeling fat. I did a 10 mile hoop-walk today so hopefully I will get back to feeling good soon. Now that I am home I am getting back into my routine and getting back into my healthy food.

I have my 6 month check up at the end of April so I am excited to see what the Dr. Boyce has to say about my progress! I have to do blood work at this appointment, boo, I hate having to give blood. But hopefully all will be well, I am mostly concerned about my iron count. Iron is a big deal especially because if I need infusion's it will be BAD iron infusion's make me SO sick, all iron makes me sick but I can not become anemic that is really bad. So fingers crossed all will be well, I have been taking my iron pills and multi-vitamins (which all make me not feel so good because of the iron) so I am sure all will be well.

Time to get back to eating better and working out. It's amazing how far off track you can get when you are out of your comfort zone. But I did enjoy those dessert's I had :-) I guess a treat every now and then isn't too bad as long as you don't take it too far and know when to say when. Will power is key.

Hooping fun!

Had a great time teaching people how to hoop and showing off my skills :-) This is how I have been exercising it has really helped me get active!

Thank you to Amanda for the great pictures!

Picture updates :-)

Me 4.5 months after surgery!

I'm such a slacker.... Sorry!

Hey everyone, sorry it has been so long since I have written I am the worst! But I am trying to get better! Well the good news is I am not such a slacker with my weight loss :-) As of today I am down 90 pounds! I am still training for the Country Music Half Marathon, we are about 6 weeks away from the event. We will be doing 8 miles this week, YIKES! 8 miles of hula hooping might just kill me, haha, but I guess I better get to it since the event will be 13.1 mile of hooping!

I am struggling a bit with crazy cravings right now. Like Cracker Jacks, I want them so bad I can't stand it! I do treat myself to them every once in a great while but I know better than to make it a habit. Do you know how hard it is to find cracker jacks now-a-days? VERY which is good for me it keeps temptation away. I am also a bit disappointed that they don't come in boxes anymore and they don't put enough peanuts in them (peanuts are my favorite part)!

I have been trying to avoid buying clothes since I am dropping sizes so quick but I think I am gonna have to break down and go get some new pants, mine are barely staying up, lol. My mom tells me everyday "Those pants need to be taken to Goodwill" so I guess when I go to donate all my old stuff I'll pick up some new sizes :-) It feels so good for my clothes to be baggy and not so tight I can't breath.

The weird thing is even though I have lost 90 pounds I don't see myself any different. I mean don't get me wrong I feel great physically but I don't feel that I have changed on the inside which is good. I am happy and getting to do things I never thought I would before, like hooping a half marathon!!!!

I guess I better get off here and get myself to the store before my pants fall off again and I moon the world, lol!

4 pounds to half way!

Thats right as of today I only have 4 pounds to loose to be at my half way mark! I am so excited to have gotten here so fast! I have been training for my marathon and it is amazing how much better I feel now that I am exercising on a regular basis. I have never been the athletic type (really I have avoided exercise like the plague) but now that I am thinner and it is easier to do I am enjoying myself.

I walked 3 miles today and am planning to do the same again tomorrow. It is not regular walking though I am hoop-walking (walking and hula hooping at the same time). I love hooping and it is such a great work out. I did a lot of off body hooping today, which consists of swinging the hoop around in circles either over my head or to my side. It is wonderful for strengthening and toning arms. I really need that right now because I am getting some sagging skin on my upper arms, BOO! The rest of my skin is keeping up pretty well with the weight-loss which I am extremely thankful for!

I will keep you all updated on my hooping marathon training and of course my weight-loss, only 79 pounds left to loose!!!!!

Also here is a link to my Bio for the Hooping the Half Marathon, hope you enjoy! It is hard to write about yourself!

New Year, New Me!

I made it through the holidays with no problems! The food temptation was great but I over powered it and came through the last of the year with a 60 pound loss! I really thought it would be hard with all the temptation but I set my mind to succeed and came trough with flying colors.

New for this year is I am starting to train to Hoop a half marathon! I am very excited to be apart of this wonderful group of women. The charity is called Hooping for Hope and they provide exercise classes and hula hoops for breast cancer survivor's. It's a great cause to help survivor's get back into exercise and feel good in their body's again! This charity is close to my heart because a close family member is a recent survivor and it is hard to find charity's that focus on the after care and well being of survivor's so I find this to be a amazing program to have and contribute to! We will be hula hooping the Music City Marathon on April 24th here in Nashville.

THis is gonna be a major challenge for me for several reasons but I am excited to be a part of this group and it will help me with my weight-loss goal. I am hoping to be at my goal weight in April so that will be another great milestone, one finishing a marathon and two loosing 150 pounds!

Healthy here I come!!!!! It's gonna be a great 2010!!!!!!

(Also if you would like to make a donation to sponsor my race feel free to contact me, we appreciate all the help we can get, and it's tax deductible!)