Making Changes

Oh boy.. has it been a crazy week.

A hard one too..I had a pretty nasty blister on the ball of my foot so it made even putting the slightest bit of pressure on my foot painful. Working out was out of the question.

Boy .. does working out make a difference in my life. I've really noticed it this past week. Last week I felt like shit.. which resulted in me eating like shit. I was not very careful at all. It did open my eyes though.. it's like I had an eyeopening experience where it just hit me. "What the fudge am I doing?! I need change and I need to get back into that mindset I was in when I first started Weight Watchers!"

I woke up Monday feeling like absolute shit and I thought "Today is going to be different". I planned my lunch.. planned my day and stayed within my points. I ate healthy and when I went to refill my water bottle at 11:30PM I tossed that "snack" thought out of my head and thought "you just want to eat because you're stressed and lazy" and guess what? I didn't eat. I wen't back to my room and did my nails.

Good for me.

*Pats self on back*

That is an achievement for me.

You know what? Today I feel better.. I feel healthier and less bloated and less pissy. I am in a good mood with a clear mind and I am looking forward to going home tonight and jumping on that treadmill. I am getting back into the right mindset.

Just because I have the points available to eat that chocolate bar or the fries from McDonald's does not mean I'm going to. Just because I could doesn't mean I should. Just because I want that burger does not mean I NEED that burger. Just because I have 17 points left for dinner does NOT mean I need to fill those 17 points with crap that will make me feel like crap after.

I need to be in weight-loss mode.. not maintenance mode. This is my journey.

Today I craved chocolate. I could have had chocolate as I had 13 points left over after all my planned meals. Did I? Nope. Why? Because I knew better.. I needed to make a point to myself and need to start retraining myself to NOT eat crap. What did I do instead? I waited for the craving to pass.. after 30 mins I was still hungry so I opted to have a bowl of popcorn. Much more filling and much healthier for you.

Another achievement.

I have a challenge set up for myself and my motivation buddies starting tomorrow. Getting 100% back on track. This means I WILL NOT be eating junk and sugary foods. This means I will ensure I am getting the correct amount of everything I need everyday. This means once I've used all of my 34 points I am done.. there will be no more snacking. If I need something I can eat some fruits or veggies. This means I will be getting on that treadmill more often throughout the week.. that I will be getting the 10 activity minutes every day that weight watchers requires.

This week I am also going to come up with a set plan on how I will move forward for the rest of the summer.
I am going to reread all of my weight watchers material to refresh my memory.

This will be good :)

I need this.

Anyways.. I must go!

Thanks for reading.

Stephie

Day 19-24

Once again I had a busy, busy week/weekend and was unable to post. Thought it was worth it. I got to spend time with the people I love and also got to spend quality time with my family.

Day 19-Wednesday
Zumba, Zumba, Zumba!! My favourite activity to do. I put in my short 25 minute DVD and shook my booty until I was dripping in sweat.. DAMN IT FELT GOOD!!

Day 20-Thursday-

Thursday I didn't get up to TOO much. Mom and I went to visit Jenn, Brandin and baby Noah. He's so perfect. I love him soooooo much already. Didn't have too much time to spare so I just did a 20 minute leisurely walk with my mom over the lunch hour :) It was nice


Day 21- Friday
I look forward to Friday's SOO much. Especially fridays of a long weekend! Of course I dance down the steps at the end of the day and sing as I walk to my car :). I went home and mom and I went for a 55 minute power walk. It felt SOOOO good! I then went to Pete's house that evening and we chilled out and watched a few of our shows :).


Day 22- Saturday

Saturday was INSANELY hot. It was soo hot even just sitting in the sun made me drip in sweat. I decided to wait until the evening to do any exercise and even then Pete and I just did a leisurely stroll to the aquarium and then to Pita Pita to get dinner. I was still hot after that :| I also did about 20 minutes of cleaning that day. Felt good to be able to move indoors without feeling hot as heck.

Day 23- Sunday

I told Pete on Saturday I was going to be doing zumba this day. And he said .. and what if you DON'T do Zumba? My reply "There is no NOT doing zumba.. there is only doing!" And that is what I did. I zumba'd for exactly 45 minutes! And it felt great!! I also got to enjoy some family time as it was my Omi's birthday which is ALWAYS fun. I'm so lucky to have such a fabulous family.

Day 24- Monday

I was really bad yesterday. I did not eat very well at all. Everyone on weight watchers has bad days. If it wasn't for those bad days we wouldn't really be able to get back on track and realize what needs to be done.

Pete and I went to Booster Juice yesterday and then went for a 30-40 minute stroll in Waterloo Park which was nice. Always love spending time with him <3


Overall it was a good weekend. I could have been a bit better in the healthy eatting department but eh, oh well!

What can I do now but improve??

:)

Have a good week. I'll update after I do Zumba tonight!

Steph

Day 18

Hi all,

This is going to be a quicky as I'm pretty tired and about to finish some cleaning.

Instead of doing my usual Zumba like I usually do on Tuesday nights I decided to take advantage of the AMAZING weather and went for a power walk with my pup. We powered through 25 minutes and then mom and I went shopping :) hehe. I didn't buy anything but mom bought me this awesome foot scraper thingy (I have dry heels :( they suck!) It is effing AWESOME. It's metal instead of pumice which is different and works really well.

When I came home I cleaned up my space and organized a bit. I guess that also counts as activity.

I wanted to touch on my week. It was hard. I was either very busy and rushed or was very lazy and hungry. I stuck to my points and didn't use ANY of my 49 points.. whoohoo!! I also earned 36 activity points this week

*shakes my booty* YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.


o.O

I know I'm weird.

It was hard still though. Hard to stay on track and hard not to give in to all of my cravings. I don't really WANT to weigh in tomorrow but I need to face the music and own up to whatever I did.. good or bad. It's part of being a weight watcher. I have even thought about NOT weighing in but know it would be a stupid mistake and the following weeks weight loss just wouldn't be realistic.

So with that said.. I am going to weigh in tomorrow!! I am going to own my week good or bad.

I will post tomorrow and let you know how it went.

Toodles!

Steph

Day 9!

Holy Crap!! It's day 9!! Honestly it feels like day 3-4 haha.. I can't believe I am almost 1/3 of the way through!! Thats kinda crazy!

Anyways.. I've had a rough time lately. I dumped a friend.. which was a hard decision but the right one. I'm so happy I have great friends to keep my mind occupied. Last night I got some pretty bad news. Someone I had worked with in the past (they were my immediate supervisor) passed away in a horrible way which I don't even want to go into :(. It's very sad and upsetting and I've been emotional and confused all day. I feel like I'm still in shock.

I feel like because of a lot of the things going on in my life lately my eating habits have been kind of off because I was emotional eating. I came home last night and ate 3/4 of a box of mike and ikes and almost 1/2 a bad of coffee crisp minis. I was really upset. I counted my points though.

Today was hard and only one person really noticed something was wrong. I'm kind of happy no one else noticed as I didn't really want to explain why. It was my closest friend at work and I'm happy he was there to listen to me vent. I knew that when I got home I needed to get on that treadmill and push myself. I needed to clear my mind. I was on there for 41 minutes.. I could have gone longer but I knew I needed to come see Pete (which is where I'm at now).

Also meaning I should go spend some time with my man. Happy Valentines Day all! Today we're not really doing anything. I told Pete that I wanted to just chill out. In reality.. Pete makes me feel good and feel happy every single day of the year so I don't need some fake holiday to reassure me that he loves me :) I know it!

Anyways.. Toodles!

Steph

Day 3!

Today I am SOOOOOOOOOOO sore. OUCH! My thighs burn so much.. but at the same time it feels SOOOOOOO GOOD!!

The pain doesn't bug me as much as I went to see my massage therapist today.. perfect timing! haha and she made me feel soo good. The way she dug her thumbs into my upper thighs!! OH YA!! Anyways my muscles feel much, much looser.

For my workout tonight I decided to do something different. I did a 30 minute workout on my exercise ball.

I brought my gear up to my room which included a yoga mat, my exercise ball and an 8 lb dumbbell. I turned some dance music on my iPhone, found a link and started doing it.

This is the link I used: http://exercise.about.com/cs/abs/l/bl_core.htm

I did two sets of the back extensions, ball balance, butt lift, hip extension and ball rotation. Now that I see it I'm kind of surprised I did that in 30 minutes as it doesnt seem like much.. but it is reallly, REALLY hard to perfect the moves!! After almost falling off the ball multiple times I finally was able to do the moves and was even able to do them a second time :).

It felt good.. except for the feeling afterwards of wanting to be sick.

I'll definitely do this again and maybe next time I will work out a different area of my body :)!

Have a great day!

Quote of the Week

Happy Saturday all!

Aaaaah the weekend is finally here!! Time to relax put my feet up and enjoy the company of the ones I love :) As usual today I will be sharing my quote of the week.. here it is!

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

-Mary Pickford

This quote kinda relates to how I've been feeling over the past few weeks. I honestly felt like I had failed myself and my followers. I made mistakes, I effed up.. I didn't eat that healthy and I majorly disappointed myself. I fell down.

It took me a few days to get back up.

Now I feel as though I have come TOO far and there is absolutely NO excuse to fail now! I WILL NOT allow myself to go back to the person I was.. I will NEVER allow myself to look so awful again! THIS is my fresh start! I have been good ALL week and I didn't let myself down! I stuck to my plan and I am so proud of myself for doing so.

Everyone makes mistakes! Its owning those mistakes that differentiates you from everyone else. A lot of people think "Oh I screwed up.. oh well" and don't do a single thing about it. I knew I screwed up and jumped back on the healthy wagon and I don't plan on slipping off again!

There is always the next day, next hour, next minute. You really can have a fresh start any moment that you choose! No one will do it for you.. it is something you HAVE to do yourself.

And with that said I am going to enjoy the rest of my weekend :) You should too!

Toodles

xo

Steph

I need motivation!

Hey all!

I'm sitting at the ear doctor waiting to go in so I figured I would update.

I didn't lose any weight this week...AGAIN. That's three weeks straight which is kind of upsetting but I have been kind of lazy and haven't been eating right. I think this week I'm going to try and do something different and not eat past 8pm unless it is fruit or veggies. I'm also not going to use any of my additional weight watchers points. I need to straighten up my act and put myself in the mindset that I CAN'T eat whatever I want whenever I want. Just because I'm counting the points doesn't make it okay. I've been pigging a lot late at night which is AWFUL. Makes me feel awful too :(

Anyone have any tips? Anything motivating to add? I really need it!

Anyways.. I'm on day 23 of my reading challenge and have been going strong! I'm already into my third book and am really enjoying it. I don't think I'll have any issues finishing up this series in the next week or so (2 more books). I'm so into it!!

Anyways.. Time to go!

Toodles

Steph

Quote of the Week

Happy Saturday friends :)

Hope you all enjoyed this lovely cold and snowy weather we have been having. If you know me you know I LOVE IT!! Soon I will be able to snowmobile! ehehe

Anyways.. I wanted to make sure I shared this quote with you all

I will wear the scars of my decisions forever, but I will no longer let them shape who I am. The past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me. It has only strengthened me.

I'm not sure whos quote this is but I enjoy it. I have a lot of scars from my past. I've been treated like garbage by way too many people.. too many times. I was way too forgiving. I honestly believed I would never be happy again.. that no one could love me because I was worthless. I remember my ex telling me that I would never find someone like him again. WELL THANK GOD!!!!!

I am with the most amazing guy I've never met. Someone who can bring a full on smile to my face just by crossing my mind.

The past has not destroyed me.. even though I thought it would.

The past has not deterred me.. even though I thought it would.

I DID NOT let it defeat me.

In December of 2010 I wrote this after getting out of an abusive relationship:

He ruined me.. he ruined who I was.. I was a confident, happy person who never stopped smiling..and now .. I am the girl who hates her self.. who hates mirrors and is always disguising my emotions because I hurt so bad. Sure, I am always smiling but that's what I have to do to not have to explain why I'm so sad. There are few things that make me happy anymore.. FEW..

Today I feel incredible. I feel sexy.. I feel pretty.. I have never been happier in my entire life. I don't hurt. I smile all the time because I AM happy and I love telling everyone about WHY I am so happy :)

I am a new person. A stronger person. Though those scars are still with me they do not shape who I am today. Anybody who knows me knows that I am a different person. I walk with a different air of confidence. I smile for no reason at all! I am no longer unhappy with the way I look or with my life.

I am me. I am strong!

And I am not changing!

Keep smiling peeps and enjoy the weekend!

Steph

Inspiration

Over the past few weeks I've had multiple people come to me and tell me that I have inspired them to change things in their lives. To do things differently, to set goals, to start a weight loss plan... many things! All because of me and this blog. Reading about me achieving my goals and accomplishments, my failures and my story has inspired them to change! These people tell me that I inspire them.. when really hearing this inspires ME. Hearing about that makes me want to push myself harder so that I can prove to them that these things can really be done!

I was seriously lost at this point in 2011. I didn't know what to do or how to change my unhappiness. I just constantly had negative thoughts running through my head "you're fat" "you're a bitch" "you're stupid" "you're boring" "you want to lose weight? Come talk to me when you have lost weight". Why? Because I constantly heard these things over and over and over and over again for almost FIVE YEARS!! It wasn't easy for me to change. It wasn't easy for me to convince myself that I could change. I knew I needed to see progress before my mind would pull a complete 180.

I had three quotes that I constantly referenced:

"The most important thing is to enjoy life- to be happy.. thats all that matters"- Audrey Hepburn

"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same"- Francesca Reigler

& my personal favourite;

"I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do"- Edward Everett Hale

Now I am here in 2012 and I could not be happier with my life. I've achieved so much! I've made an insane amount of changes and have amazing, positive people in my life. Why? Because I set my mind to change. I made myself happy by changing the negativity in my life. By pushing it far, far away from me!

I accomplished a lot over the last year and am finally happy with myself and my life. Can I do more things to improve? Of course! Can you? If you incorporate positivity in your life you will find a way. All you have to do is believe in yourself. If you truly believe you can accomplish something you will. You may have to give it everything you have and BELIEVE.. after you have done those two things it WILL be done.

Just believe in yourself.

Thanks for reading!

Steph

I have mono :(

Sorry I didn't get back to ya sooner but I've pretty much been a zombie. I found out I had mono. :(

Really, really, really sucked! Saturday-Friday I did nothing but stay in bed and sleep.. ALLL DAY!!! I only left my bed to make tea, soup or to use the washroom. Other than that I stayed in bed constantly.

I never knew mono would suck so badly.. I had an insanely sore throat and it burned to even just drink water! I had these little white spots all down my throat/on my tonsils which allowed me to eat NOTHING. Not sure if those sucked more than the night sweats but I ended up just sleeping in a towel bathrobe. It was the only way I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night soaked (like 5 times a night). By the following Saturday I was able to start eating solid foods and was able to move around a little more.. wasn't feeling like I'd pass out just by walking down the hall.

Today I went back to work after a week. I must say I feel pretty loved and was definitely missed :) I only worked 10-2:30 as I knew I wouldn't last a full day.

Today is my amazing mothers birthday :) I love her sooo much! She is the greatest person in my life and I would not be the person I am today if she wasn't one of my best friends <3

I'm going to head off now.. later!

Steph

Missed 2 weeks.. but I'm back!

Sorry for being a crappy blogger :(. I've been very stressed out these last two weeks.

My parents went on vacation for a week to Jamaica and left me in charge which meant I spent every night at home, cleaned up the house (including cleaning up after my slob of a brother). I was basically a housewife for a week! haha I did get in a bit of exercise as I walked brady twice a day every day. so that was good!

We had the Primal Holiday party which was a blast!! Bog Ferret rocked the house! I love our band!! WE ROCK!! We performed 15 songs.. it was a lot of fun. The only thing that was not fun about it was the hangover the next day :|. I needed to have some "bravery juice" to be able to get onto the stage and then within the last hour a group of 7-8 of us did like 10-15 shots. Yes I repeat.. 10-15 shots within AN HOUR!!!! it was kind of ridiculous but awesome at the same time! The room was definitely spinny that night! I'm so lucky I have a supportive boyfriend who overlooks my drunken stupidity. At one point in the night I came and sat beside him with a drink and he put his hand on my leg and said "whats that?". I said "my leg" hes like.. "what... whats that?" I said "my leg" he goes "..............what are you drinking?" I go "ooooooooooooohhhhhhh ahahah .......a white freezie" Yep.. Im wack! That was at about 1/2 way through our set. :| I also spilled A LOT of popcorn in his car.. sorry Pete! :)

My parents came home on Wednesday and I could not have been happier!! I missed them soo much! ( I also missed sleeping in).

Wednesday was also my weigh in day and I was down a lb!! Whoot Whoot I was very happy.. I'm the lowest weight I've been in over 2 years!! :)

(I also kind of cheated and got on the scale today and was down 1 more lb.. kinda happy about that but I'm also sick.. which I will get into)

Thursday night I was able to spend time with my best friend Jenn. We ate dinner, went for a 30 min walk and then watched our show "Drop Dead Diva" for the rest of the night. Thats when I started to feel like arse. I was starting to feel the pain!

Friday came and went.. it was a hectic work day (as the last week had been.. ugh!!). I was happy when 5pm rolled around as I went and picked up Pete and then we went with my parents to our family friends house for dinner and gingerbread making. We had a great time and Pete and I made an amazing gingerbread house! It was crappy we left a bit early because I was sick.. but I really wanted to go to bed.

Next day I felt like I had been hit in the neck with a brick. It hurts so badly to swallow.. Had the chills for 2 days straight.. raging headache.. pain in my neck/back, swollen glands lymph nodes. ughh

Now I am getting the sweats andd I have white spots on my throat and the pain has completely moved over to my left side. It really, really sucks. It's also extremely painful and NOTHING helps. I've tried 4 kinds of lozenges, 2 sprays that numb the throat, advil and aleve.. its just insanely painful. The only thing that kinda helps is putting a cold pack on it and camomile tea :(

Bah.. I hate being sick!

Hopefully I can get in to see my doctor tomorrow. I went for a drop in appointment at my doctors office on Sunday and one of the doctors there took 5 mins with me. She swabbed my throat.. left.. came back with results (no strep) and told me to drink lots of fluids and left..

THANKS!!!! VERY helpful!

*SMH!!!*

Anyways I'm going to try and get some sleep.

Steph

1.5 lbs down!

This has been a GREAT month for me so far in the weight loss department :) I've lost 1.5 lbs every single week of this month! This week was also a biggie as I didn't use any of my 49 extra WW points!

Factors that have helped me lose weight:

1. Friends/Family Support- the support my friends and family have been giving me is HUGE. Do you know how motivational it is for me to hear "WOW you look amazing!!", "look how slim you're looking" or "I can really tell you're losing again!"? Hearing those things makes me want to work harder and push myself even more :).

2. Tracking- Tracking is very, very, very important. If you don't track you might as well not bother. I track EVERY SINGLE thing I eat no matter how scary the number is. Its also really important to keep track of the amount of fruits/veggies, dairy, healthy oils and water I am taking in each day.

3. Not eating out- This is a big one for me as sometimes I feel like I am a fast food ADDICT. I really don't think it's okay to be eating out regularly when you're trying to lose weight. Before I used to go out and get shawarma 2 to 3 times a WEEK. Its not THAT unhealthy for you.. but it's not the best. Now I go about once every 2 to 3 weeks.. I see it as a treat for myself. Putting the extra 5-10 minutes into your morning to plan your lunch/dinner really helps and will keep money in your pocket!

4. Exercise- Although I started the first 30 lbs of my weight loss with absolutely NO exercise it has played a big factor in my weight loss in the last few weeks. I've consistently lost 1.5 lbs every week for the month of November since I started my work out challenge:) I actually enjoy working out now. Nik was right.. once you do something for 30 days it becomes a habit.. I'm only at day 21 but its already a habit to plan what I will be doing for that day.

5. Weighing in weekly- No matter how scared I am of the scale I get my arse on it every Wednesday morning. NO MATTER WHAT. I've had weeks where I've gone up 3-4 lbs and its devastating at first but it pushes me to get my ass in gear and make sure those lbs come off in the following weeks. Sometimes you need the let down to bring you right back up. There have been weeks where I thought I was going to gain and then stared at the scale for a good 2 minutes thinking I needed to get my eyes checked as I had actually lost!

6. Water- Most of my friends already know this but I LOVE water.. it beneficial in sooo many ways. Water is always my drink of choice as I dont drink pop or juice and rarely ever drink alcohol. I also drink A LOT of it.. people are saying my teeth are whiter and are always commenting on how smooth my skin looks too :)

7. Common sense- A lot of it comes down to common sense. If I want to lose weight I don't drink my calories.. I don't eat fatty foods .. I don't eat out. When I do I don't go for the fattening options like say.. waffles or pancakes when I go out for breakfast. I opt for the parfait at coras and ask them to put the granola on the side.. (sooo good by the way!!) or for lunch I don't go for McDonalds or BK or any fried options.. I opt for a salad or a healthy sandwich. These things are in your control.. there are a wide variety of options and you get to CHOOSE what you want! It's okay for me to give in every now and again but the majority of the time it NEEDS to be a healthy choice :)

Anyways thanks for reading. I'll post again later tonight to update you on my workouts!

Steph

My Weight Watchers Journey

So as most of you may already know.. I am a member of Weight Watchers. I can honestly say that it has changed my life! I started my journey February 23rd and have since lost 35 lbs! It has been fairly easy but there has also been many struggles.

I started out feeling VERY unhappy with myself. I was at the heaviest I had ever been.. I hated mirrors and anything that reflected my image. All I saw was this fat person who was hurting inside. I will open up about my past a bit. I ended a 4.5 year relationship in late November... looking back now it was the best move I ever made of my life. There was a lot of abuse in that relationship.. mostly emotional. He hurt me very badly and I never thought I would be okay. I never heard positive compliments... it was always negative. I heard SO many times that my opinion didn't matter and he often asked me if I ever thought before I spoke. He'd tell me that he didnt find me attractive or that he didnt know if he loved me anymore. Telling me that he'd brush his teeth everyday if I would go to the gym everyday. Telling me I shouldn't wear certain kinds of underwear because it made my ass look awful. Telling me he'd only give me a ring if I was a size 6. Telling me my smile was "fucked" and that he was the beauty of our relationship and I was the beast. He even looked for other women while we were still dating and didn't even give me an option to decide whether or not I wanted to be with him.

He even told me that he didn't want to get physical with me anymore because having sex with me reminded him of having sex with his mother.. his blond haired, blue eyed, short and chubby mother. I have brown eyes & hair.. am almost 5'9 and am chubby.. made alot of sense.

Here is an excerpt from my other blog to truly describe how I felt after getting out of that mess:

"He ruined me.. he ruined who I was.. I was a confident, happy person who never stopped smiling..and now .. I am the girl who hates her self.. who hates mirrors and is always disguising my emotions because I hurt so bad. Sure, I am always smiling but that's what I have to do to not have to explain why I'm so sad. There are few things that make me happy anymore.. FEW..

I just don't know what to do anymore.. I guess time heals everything.. I just need to move on and focus on the present:).. and future."

This is exactly what I did.. I focused on my friends, my family, my new life... I focused on my own happiness for the first time in so long. It really changed me as a person. Two months later I decided to join weight watchers because I knew if I didn't get help I would be stuck forever.

I can honestly say that I have never been happier in my ENTIRE life. I have a best friend who is always there for me and boosting me up. I can talk to her about ANYTHING and she is always giving me inspiration to continue on my weight loss journey. I have a close relationship with my family and they make me feel great. Also, I am in a relationship with someone who I had been friends with for quite some time before we started dating. He treats me better than any man ever has and I am truly happy.

Getting back to the weight watchers portion of this post.. It really works. The plan is sooo easy to follow! I can literally eat ANYTHING.. the only restrictions I have are portion sizes. If I want to eat that piece of cake.. I need to plan the rest of my day around it.. PLAN PLAN PLAN!! That is the BIG thing for me. If you don't plan ahead you're just planning to fail!

There are also a few good health guidelines I need to follow which lay out how much fruits/veggies, healthy fats, milk, protein and activity I should be getting in a day. It also advices me to fill up on power foods which are nutritious and satisfying foods that work to help me lose weight:) I have recommended this to so many people and they also succeeded (if they stuck to the plan). My mom lost 20 lbs so quickly and whooped my arse!

The weight loss has been slow lately but I know I can get back in gear and work as hard as I can to get the lbs to drop! I also have to realize that I've lost more than 30 lbs and my body needs to adjust! The lbs may not be dropping on the scale but it has been showing in my measurements and so many people are still noticing that I'm losing :).

It's such a fun feeling! Anyways.. I'm writing this on my lunch break and now I need to get back to work! Hope you all have a great friday!

Steph