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well my team didn't win, but we lost a total of 65 pounds for all of us within 8 weeks of the challenge!  I'm so proud of my team!  i lost a total of 26 pounds!  I'm only 14 pounds from my surgeons goal!  That feels really great!  My husband finally told me yesterday that I was getting SCRAWNY!! Can U believe that!  He's only known me since last summer.  So when he met me, I weighed about 205-215 pounds.  I was easily fitting into 16's at the time. now I'm down to 10's and 12's and medium tops.  My team really did well, and even though we weren't winners according to the totals between other teams, we all feel really successful.  So successful, in fact, that we'vev continued our weight loss program as a group and we're gonna keep it up.  We all have goal this coming summer to try and lose weight for.  Well, catch up with y'all in a few pounds!
xoxoxo,
nita

so.. here's the deal... Since we started our weightl loss challenge at work on the 26th of february, I've lost a total of 19 pounds.  My team is all women... 6 of us, and we are winnning the challenge at a loss of 42.5 pounds/3.188% of our beginning weight has been lost!  The next closest team is only at 2.848% @ 37 lbs lost, and then 2.823% @ 42.5 lbs lost.  WE'RE DOING AWESOME - considering we have all chicks on our team.  My goal is to reach my goal set by my surgeon and then lose an aditional 10 pounds, that would make my total contest weight loss, 50 pounds/25% of my contest start weight.  I really want this!  I did get slightly off track over Easter weekend.. My Mother-in-law make chocolate covered cherries from scratch!  Darn her!  But I feel like I have another 4 weeks to kick it in the tail and reach my goal... thank goodness it's warming up, I hate to exercise indoors.   Well.. wish me luck, and good luck to you!
xoxoxo,
nita

ok... so here's what's going on in my world.
Last week, Tuesday, we started Waist Away at Work.  I'm the captain of a team of 5 women + me.  My goal was to lose 25 pounds over the 8 week competition.  (that's not a lot considering I had put about 13 pounds on over the past 3-4 weeks.  not eating right, not enough fluids, no vitamins...you know how bad it gets sometimes!)  

anyway... I started the Plateau Buster's diet on Tuesday, I could immediately tell the next day, that my body was so happy to have the right foods, enough water, and exercise.  By Thursday I had lost 3 pounds,  I weighed myyself today... I LOST 13 POUNDS IN 7 Days!   granted, I started my monthly happy time today, so we gotta give credit to water weight.  but 13 pounds!  WOO-HOO!!  I'm so excited... I've changed my goal, to actually reach my GOAL.  I mean, the real goal set by my Doctor and I almost 18 months ago.  If I can get these last 27 pounds off, I will be where my surgeon wanted me to be.  WOW...that's crazy to me. I'm not sure what I'll do.  Well, besides celebrate!  Anyway... wish me luck and take care, don't give up, it's all worth it!

xoxoxo,
nita

WOO-HOO!!!

I am so excited, I weighed myself for the first time in about 3 weeks and yesterday, I was down to 194lbs.  I'm so excited.  Onederland... here I am!  
Oh yeah, and in case you didn't know. I got married 3 weeks ago.  I'm very happy and love the married life, and my husband, he's so stinking handsome!   Anyway, life is good and so am I.

xoxoxo,
nita

So... I'm gonna start on the Plateau Busting Diet on Wednesday... Wish me luck!

My new mini-goals are as follows:

September 23rd Wedding in Minnesota 9 weeks away - I want to be in Onederland by then - that's about 15 pounds away - I really hope to be down another 25-30 pounds in all.

My Birthday 10-19-07  - 13 weeks away - Down 35 pounds hoping to go to Tennesee, pheasant hunting, with my boyfriend!

Thanksgiving 2007 - 18 weeks away -  I want to be  able to get most of it off hopefull at least 45-50 pounds. 

Christmas 2007 - 22 weeks away - all of my weight gone as a gift to myself and to my doctor for my follow-up exam that is going to happen on the 27th of December!

Wow, I've gotta get moving-  I do have a plan.

Last week I started walkiing 2x a day on Mondays and Tuesdays for a total of about 3 miles a day
Wednesdays I walk 2 miles in the evening and then once in the evening for about a mile and a half on thursdays and fridays.

I've got exercise parners in the evennig and in the mornings I ell myself I can't have a cigarette until after I walk my mile -( And I have to walk it in under 15 minutes - Hey it works!)

Like I said, I'm gonna start my diet to get things moving on Wednesday and I've also cut out alcohol from my intake for over the past week.  I ahven't been on a scale since last Monday, but lets see what happens here over the next few weeks!

I'm excited!

Ok, so I suck at updating.... I went to my surgeon on Friday, and I am officially down 111.5 pounds (that's a third of my starting weight!)  I have really reached a true platuea.  But I keep losing inches, I am a large to XL on top and a solid 16 on the bottom.  I feel great, I think I look great, and my doctor says I'm doing really well.  I have another 60 pounds to lose and I'll be at goal.  I just love the fact that I have so much energy and stamina!  Well, not much going on here, so take care and good luck!

smooches,
nita

I was sick over the weekend, and I got on a scale this morning, and I have lost 12 pounds since last Tuesday!   I'm so excited!  i have now made it to the Century Club!  I have lost a total of 107 pounds!   I'm so excited!  I haven't been this size since middle school!  Woo Hoo!  What was really exciting, was a friend of mine, I mean we had been really good friends when I lived in Nebraska, well, i got a message the oteher day from her on MySpace, asking if that was my profile.  i was heck yeah that's me Carrie Anne, can't you tell by my pictures?  She called me on the phone after we exchanged info and was like." OMG, you're so little!  She said she thought it was me, but wasn't sure because the pictures seemed like such a small person!"  I can't believe it!  I'm little!  OK, gotta go!  I'm gonna go enjoy being 107 pounds smaller!

xoxoxo,
nita

I went ahead and took my 6 month pics a week early.  I went ahead and posted 'em too.  They're not the greatest quality, but I feel like they get the job done!  At least they do it for me!  I feel great and I'm down 87lbs so far!  Take care...
xoxox,
nita

February 5, 2007

OK, so I'm out here in San Francisco, I'm visiting my daughter who turned 12 last Thursday, (In case you weren't aware, I gave her up for adoption at birth and it's an open arrangement, I try and come out at least 1-2x a year and visit her and her family).  To be precise, I'm in Berkeley, and I flew out on Saturday.  I haven't been on a plane since last May when I came out to see her.  My Gosh, she's gotten tall!  And she's so smart and beautiful!  I'm so blessed her parents have raised an amazing and wonderful young lady!  Oh, OK, enough gushing over Nicole.  Where was I?
  
Wow moment #1
Oh yeah, I fit in the airplane seat!  I mean I really fit!   I didn't have to struggle with the seatbelt, I could see the controls for my headphones, and I didn't pour over into the seat of the poor person next to me!

Number 2 Wow Moment!
I went yesterday to Old Navy and bought my first outfit ever from there!
It is a 2XL... and it is a warm up suit, but I got tanks to go underneath in 1XL!  And gosh, I'm a hottie in it!

Number 3 Wow moment!
Went into Victoria's Secret to help get Nicole some pajama pants, and as I was picking stuff up to take to her to the dressing room, one of the cute little girls on staff actually walk up to me and said, " Would you like to try this on, I can put it in a fitting room for you until you finished shopping?"  i said, "Hell no! I can't wear anyhitng in here!"  The poor thing!  Nicole's mom said, "Please forgive her, she's no trying to be so rude.  She's just lost a lot of weight and she doesn't realize how small she is."
Who's she calling small?!?!  Oh, me i guess!  HEE HEE HEE...
I'm 'small'.  HEE HEE HEE!


Ok, I'm done.  I'm going back to having a good trip!  
smooches,
xoxoxo,
nita

So.... I went to my surgeon today, and had my 20 week check up.  My official weigh in weight is 251 pounds.  That is a total loss of 81.5 pounds!!!  Dr Spier told me today that on average 20 weeks out 60 pounds is the normal weight loss.  I'm very excited that I am where I am at this time.  He said that at 6 months out 50% of a patient's excess weight should be gone.  For me to be at my ideal weight, I should be down to 140 pounds, his goal for me is 160 for a total loss of 172.5 pounds.  Half of that is 86.25 pounds, so I'm right on target I told him, (well, with a few weeks to spare, but this is the honeymoon!  The real work begins here in the next 5 weeks.)  Anyway, things are going really well for me, I 've had lots of energy and I love the way I look, New pics will soon be up, I had a family portrait done with my siblings and parents this past weekend at my dad's retirement party.  I can't wait to have a pic where I'm not so much bigger than the rest of my family!  I actually look like I belong to the group!  OK, I'm not talking about much, so I'm gonna go and get on outta here!  Take care!  much love and happy shrinking!

love, 
nita