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Feeling extremely good..... there is a determination inside that I haven't felt in a long time.

Sugar is the devil and I can't induldge ; but in trying to detox my body, I have to know and accept my weaknesses...plus...I STILL DUMP.  how silly am I?  i dump, yet eat sugar.  Sigh!  this journey never ends...life long commitment.

I really want to see a reduction in my body fat %.  I bought a pedometer/body fat monitor and my body fat % is high.  anyone know how to realistically reduce body fat?  i want to add that as part of my goal, but i want to be realistic in what i commit to.  I've never thought about body fat before...but it's relevent overall.

HELP me figure that out PLEASE!

peace

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION?  NOPE....COMMITMENT TO MYSELF TO GET BACK ON TRACK....YUP

Did my weight, measurements and daily menu.

152 lbs
thighs  23"
hips     38"
tummy 36"
bust      37"
arms    12"
neck     14"

These numbers are horrible, but it's up to me to make a change and see a difference.  No one can do it for me and unless I face the reality of these numbers; the only change will be a negitive one...which I will not allow.

Roz, Nikki and I have made a commitment to blogging everyday for 6 weeks; to both encourage one another as well as be accountable to ourselves.

I feel pretty good today, although it's only mid-day.

I need to get my exercise in and stay focused on my over all goal and healthier outlook.

I've gotten alot of headaches lately and I'm hoping my detoxing my body of so much sugar and carbs will be the answer to that.  we shall see.


PEACE!

New attitude, new goals and new outlook.

Guns ablazing for 2012.  Gotta get those lean arms and smaller belly on deck.

be safe and talk to you in the new year.

(1 month exactly until my 4 year anniversary.  how time flies.......)

Working on a meal plan i know I can stick to as well as a workout routine.

I will be participating in a 1/2 marathon in March and must build up to that 13 miles.

More to follow.

I've read alot of entries over the past day and feel the excitement that i felt when i first joined OH.

Looking forward to the much needed support as well as hopefully can be an inspiration to someone else just starting this journey.

peace!

Almost 2 whole years to be exact.  many ups and downs, disappointments and things that put me on a high.  None the less, here I am again....realizing that this journey is ever lasting.

My friend Nikki and i decided it's time to come back 'home', where we started; here in OH.  Excited and ready to take on the world.

We are in the process of setting our goals and plans to meet those goals.   More to follow, along with up to date pictures.

i hope you all are doing well.

peace,

Harriet

Two years ago TODAY?  Where has time gone.  On 1/31/08 I was already at the hospital in the waiting area and my "feel good" medicine had kicked in.  I can remember feeling anxious, excited, overwhelmed and nervous...but mostly EXCITED.  I was an unhealthy 234 pounds with high blood pressure, sleep apnea, knees that could hardly take me up and down my stairs and self esteem was through the floor (I didn't really realize that about my self esteem until I started to lose the weight.  I thought I had self confidence/esteem, but realize NOW that I didn't.  There was alot I didn't do due to my weight, but I didn't know it at time).

Today I am 145.2 pounds.  4.8 lbs below my overall goal.  WHAT A MIGHTY GOD I SERVE.  Never in a million years did I ever think I'd get to this weight when the goal was set.  The NUT told me I wouldn't get below 160 due to my body makeup and muscles.  WRONG NUT!!!!!

I find today I am a much more confident, outgoing and fun person.  This journey has been about finding me...self discovery. Some people say I've changed...and I mostly agree with that.  I'm not the same person.  Weight has a way of confining and suffocating the real you.  The lack of confidence, embarrasment and all the other adjectives that go along with obesity is what I carried for so many years and the real me was trapped under there.  I'm still the same loving, caring person that I was back then, but now I have so much FUN.  I take no prisoners, make no excuses and DO ME quite often.

I realize that I LOVE to dance...when I was heavy I was pretty shy about dancing. I have taken up Chicago Style Steppin (urban ballroom of sorts)...I simply LOVE it.  This dance and the treadmill is what broke my year plus long plateau and has taken me beyond my weight goal. This is a dance I want to perfect and get great at...in the meantime, I'm just having a ball.

What are the things that make me giggle?  1) When I've been sitting with my leg crossed comfortably.  2) When I put on those sexxy underwear and they actually look nice.  3) When I have to go back to a store to buy jeans cause the last pair I bought sag off my butt (size 28 or size 6 at this point).  4) When people don't recognize me  5) When I look in the mirror and don't recognize the person looking back.  6) When I'm dancing and someone 'dips' me and I don't drop to the floor 7) when my husband stares at me and says I am so sexxy and tiny (tiny really????) 8) When I randomly go in my daughters closet and picks and outfit and it fits ME 9) When I run out to the store or whereever and it's not a big todo about clothes...throw on some jeans and a T and I still look GREAT 10) My coworker touching my belly and telling me its so flat (my, what those tummy control leggings will hide)  11) Just being me

What are things that make me cringe?  1) My SAGGING boobs...NOT CUTE  2) my flat ass.  SOOOO not cute for a black girl

So you see my cringe list is pretty short and with padded bras (yes, I got one cause I needed a lift) I'm alright...my pants are tight enough to give an illusion of a butt so I"m good.  I can't complain family.  It's been a great two years of unknowns but here I am today saying....I'D DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT.  Never suffering any bad side effects, no illnesses, no true weight gain, etc.  It's been good.  I must give all praises to my Lord because without Him, success in ANYTHING is impossible.

I will have new pics posted this week.  I posed one, but I think it's really small.

PS>  Thanks to all who have encouraged me thoughout this process.  Don't wanna start naming names because so many are there for me, encourage me and cheer me on...but a special thank you to Nikki, Stephanie and Rosalind.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

P E A C E

Harriet

OK OH Fam.  Y'all know how dramatic I can be...so imagine your 16 y/o daughter really excited and saying OMG...OMG...OMG....and jumping around....that's me right now (@ 43 lol).

Remember last week I told you I finally broke my plateau after WELL over a year of trying to get below that 168.  Can you imagine over a year and bouncing up and down within 5 pounds and doing everything you thought possible and nothing working?  Well, last week I hit 165 and was like YESSSSSSS.

This morning I weighed in at 161.8.  OMG...OMG...OMG .. Is this a joke?  Please don't be a joke.

Throughout my plateau people would tell me to change things up with my eating, with my exercise, more water, etc.  Well....all that played a huge part as I look back to over the last couple months.

I've been dedicated to the treadmill.  I changed it up by increasing the incline significantly and shortening the time I'm on it.  I walk @ lunch time now about a mile. I also do the sit up ball and now take dance classes and practice my dance everyday; if only for a few minutes.

Talk about blown away you guys.  I can honestly say that although I kept saying I'd reach that 160 mini goal, subconsciencely, sometimes it was hard to convience myself.

I am now 11.2 lbs away from my overall goal.  I will continue to do what I'm doing and pray that Mr. Plateau won't visit me in the near future cause it's not welcomed.

Hopefully this encourages you that are at plateaus that even if you've been in a stall for a year or more (for me it has been well over a year)....it's possible that you're body will finally give in and let go of that weight...it's up to us to stay the course and wait it out.


OMG...OMG...OMG...

Thanks OH Fam.  You truely encourage me to do better and I"m here for you as you've been here for me.

P E A C E,

Harriet

Gosh, has it really been almost 2 months since I was on OH?  I have never gone that long that I can remember...and before surgery I was on this site EVERYDAY, ALL DAY.....I have to do better because my goal was to be an inspiration to if but only one person in this journey and that's still my commitment.

I hope this update finds you in great heath, highly encouraged and doing something each day that helps you attain your goal.

Lots have gone on in the past 2 months.  Have been having a good time and doing things I haven't done in forever.

I have been hitting the treadmill faithfully and the situp ball.  I am also now taking a dance class.

SOOOOOOOO,

Yesterday I weighed in @ 165.8  did you hear me?  I said 165  I have been between 168-173 for the last year plus with this plateau  not budging or giving me any mercy.   It's been frustrating, angering, discouraging and all the emotions you can feel; but yesterday when I got on the scale I was blown away.  165 has been my goal for evry challenge that I've had on OH and never met it.  Today when I got on the scale it was 164.2.  but I"m not going to write that down in my journal.  I'll wait for tomorrow to see if this was just a fluke.   So I'm going to get bold and say my Chrismas goal will be 160. 

That's it for now.  I just wanted to give the I MADE IT Y'ALL update and now on to the next goal.

Peace,

Harriet

Got the Wii Active Trainer last night.

I thought the Wii Fit was fun.  OMGosh, this was awesome and so much fun.  I did day 2 of the 30 day workout challenge and i'm sore.  It's fun, but definately works those muscles.

I give it 2 thumbs up....go out and get it today LOL.  Like I'm getting paid to promote this product.

Still in my plateau zone, but that's OK.  I met with the NUT this week and she gave me some good pointers.  She said as far as my food journal, she things I"m doing everything 95% right (she gave me a few suggestions in things to change)...

I'm stil pushing for my mini goal of 165 and then on to my ultimate of 150.  I'll get there OH Fam...belive me I will.

Take care....P E A C E,

Harriet

Hey Oh Family,

The last time I posted, I told y'all I'd desperately wanted to reach a mini goal of 165 by my birthday, which is this Wednesday, 916.

Well, today I am the EXACT same weight as I've been for a year (today I'n 170).

I've implemented regular exercising, increased my caloric intake and up'd my protein and journaled EVERYTHING.

Nothing has changed the plateau I've experienced.

Am I discouraged?  To be honest......A little..only because I felt like I tried so hard to shake my body up to trick it to let go of the weight.

Do I give up?  NOPE. I look good.  No denying that ROFLOL  (hey, if I don't encourage myself, who will??) and I feel great.  I"ve actually won.  If I don't lose another ounce, I"ve won. 

Is this the end?  NOPE.  I'm gonna keep pushing til I reach my ultimate goal of 150...I'll get there and be healthy doing it.  I will not give up.  I have an appointment with the NUT next week to review what I've been doing.  My cousin is a trainer with the San Francisco Giants (one of Barry Bond former trainers LOL.....no doping for me though LOL) and he's going to send me some information.  He went over what I was doing physically and what I was eating and he saiid I"m doing the right things.  He doesn't think I'm eating enough though, but just trying to get that 1,000-1100 in is hard...so I know I can't get in 2700 calories like he said....shucks, I'm not a Giant...why I need to get in those many calories???  I have to explain to him that I had WLS because he doesn't know (I don't think)  HOW would I do that....Anyway...more to come...

By the way....I BOUGHT SOME SHARP, SEXY BOOTS.  I guess I'll call them a bday present as well as a 'sweater' dress.  OMG, I can fit a sweater dress?  It looks so cute and is a large in juniors.  I think I could have gotten away with a medium if my stomach wasn't so big...but hey, a large in JUNIORS...are you kidding me?  I was an XXL in womens just one and a half years ago.

Having another bday party/bbq today.  I'll post pics cause I have my hello kitty tiara and wanna show it off to my OH family.

More to come.

P E A C E,