BrandNewAmy

I just put a "Goals & Rewards" page up so that I can update it in one place rather than trying to remember to add it to my posts. Keep checking back as I reach my goals!

Starting Weight: 169.4 lbs. Current Weight: 152.8 lbs. Current Week: -4.2 lbs. Total Weight Loss: 16.6 lbs. I am beyond excited about my WI this week! I realize that 4.2 lbs. isn't exactly the "safe" 2 lb. loss that is recommended but after my last two weeks of yucky weigh ins I think the scale and my body have caught up! So, according to Weight Watchers I've been losing at an average rate of 1.4 lbs. per week so I guess I'm still doing okay. :) So, the next cool thing about my 4.2 loss this week? I made 10%! I'm REALLY geeked about that!! I should probably reward myself with a little something but i'm not sure what! I was going to buy a new pair of jeans for myself but unfortunately, I really don't need to change sizes just yet. Makes me a little sad. :( So, I might buy myself a little something-something from my favorite handbag company {Hello Harveys! Here I come!} and buy a new outfit (complete with shoes!) when I hit 25 lbs. Nothing wrong wit...

Starting Weight: 169.4 lbs. Current Weight: 157.0 lbs. Current Week: -0.8 lbs. Total Weight Loss: 12.4 lbs. Not bad for an afternoon weigh in! Can't wait to see what next week brings!!

Starting Weight: 169.4 lbs. Current Weight: 157.8 lbs. Current Week: +2.4 lbs. Total Weight Loss: 11.6 lbs. I hit my first set back. I had a gain this week and it wasn't a little one. I gained 2.4 lbs. I feel absolutely HORRIBLE about it. I'm going to take this post and turn it into a little pity party for myself and then once I publish this post, I'm letting it go and moving on. This week at WW the topic was "Nix Negative Self-Talk: Learn How to Overcome Obstacles, Remain Positive, and Get Back On Track". Pretty funny, eh? Ah the irony. I have to admit that when I stepped on the scale today I wasn't 100% sure that I was going to have a good week. I could just feel it in my bones. I was really "off" this week and still can't figure out why. So it really shouldn't have been too big of a shocker that I didn't lose weight, the shocker came in the form of the 2.4 lbs. I put back on. After all this hard work I slid back almost two weeks. ...

Speaking of photos...I used MVM.com {My Virtual Model} to create a virtual me to show a before and after. I can't wait to see if I actually turn out this way... Before - 169 lbs. After - 125 lbs.

After the thrill of getting my Jillian Michaels Body Revolution DVDs in the mail wore off, I realized that I actually needed to use them in order to determine if they actually worked or not!! LOL I decided that I can't do this on my own so I recruited my friend and co-worker, Candice, to try the first one out with me. Guess what? It didn't entirely suck!! My arms hurt and my legs feel like jell-o but I think that is a good thing, right? So, since she is my biggest supporter, we're trying it again tomorrow!! {Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!} I'm really excited though. If Jillian is right and I can lose some weight and build muscles on her program, then I can dedicate 30 minutes a day to Jillian... Oh, took some updated pictures of me. I'm down 14 lbs. and wanted to see if I could see it myself...not too shabby if you ask me!! Here they are: Before - 1/22/2012 Today - 3/7/2012 Before - 1/22/2012 Today - 3/7/2012  {I think this side view ...

Starting Weight: 169.4 lbs. Current Weight: 155.4 lbs. Current Week: -2.0 lbs. Total Weight Loss: 14.0 lbs. Wow. That's all I really can say, wow. I am in absolute shock today. I cannot believe I am down 14 lbs. overall. I lost 2 lbs. this week. I think I'm in shock. I shouldn't be though. I stay within my daily points plus range, I track EVERYTHING I eat! I do not exercise, yet. It seems like every time I post, I write that I don't exercise and I really need to. So, today is going to be different. I am going to start my Jillian Michaels Body Revolution today. I was going to start this morning but I have so much to do that this afternoon will have to be soon enough. So, today I learned some things about myself. We talked about portion control in my meeting this morning and it got me thinking. I am actually becoming a PRO at portion control, BUT what I am still missing is eating RIGHT. I still eat a lot of microwave foods or quick eats and that bothers me. Yes, I...

Well planned advertising at its best! I heard through the grapevine {or at least that is what I am telling myself} that Jillian Michaels was going to come out with an exercise system designed to help you lose weight and tone up. Ooh! News Flash! That's NEVER been done before!! {Yeah, I know, I'm a bit heavy on the sarcasm here...sorry...kind of.} Anyway, I was perusing a bunch of blogs last weekend when I stumbled across a {well planned} advertisement for her NEW program. I followed the link ~ hopefully some poor blogger made a couple bucks off my click! ~ watched the video, did a search for her workout, found some blogs from her success stories, and proceeded to drop some cash on purchasing it. Fast forward to today and it came in the mail! Woo hoo! I'm really looking forward to trying it out. There are 15 videos divided into 3 phases. Each phase is 4 weeks long for a total of 12 weeks. The thing that really got me? Each video is only about 30 minutes long. Honestly? Tha...