81 Day Progress Report

Let me start by saying that when you put your mind to something you can achieve greatness!!! I became aware of the fact that i REALLY needed to work on my fitness Around my birthday last year Sept, 2010. I weighed 156 and it was only going up! Ahh!! Around this same time i was introduced to Zumba by my aunt and started going to a class 2 times a week sometimes 3.

At this point in my life i had a 1 1/2 year old son and we were about 9 months until our wedding. I needed to find some major motivation to drop some lbs....i joined the gym in January 2011 ,along with the other gung ho new years resolutioners, and by the time our wedding came around i was about 148. Ok, great so i dropped 8 lbs. I felt wonderful on our wedding day gave up the gym and returned to the 150s!

Here is where it gets interesting!!

September 18th, 2011 i found this awesome site made some great friends who keep me on my toes. When i started using MFP i was 150.2 with a goal to get back to the weight i was when i met my husband, 127. When i set my goal in MFP i moved my goal down to 125 so: #1. would have an even 25 lbs to lose and #2 would have some cushion when it came to a healthy BMI (healthy for me is 128.)

So here i am 81 days later and here are the stats. And i thought i was proud of my November achievements! Here we go:

Weight: 150.2 ~> 138.8 (-11.4 lbs)
Measurements- Total loss of 10.25 inches!!!!!!

Bicep: 12.75 ~> 11.5 (-1.25)
Chest: 36.5 ~> 34 (-2.5)
Waist: 35 ~> 33 (-2)
Hips: 39.5 ~> 36.5 (-3)
Thigh: 24.25 ~> 22.75 (-1.5)

Before now i have always thought that it was impossible to lose the weight and feel good about myself but you really can't argue with results like that!!! Who knew that watching my portions, not ordering out as often, drinking a ton of water and making sure i am active for at least 30 minutes a day would do so much!! :o)))

Here is to having a great December and starting 2012 and not needing to have the resolution to try and get fit! I am already on my way!!! :o))

<3 Meg

No November Nonsense! Challenge Review.

So we made it through the month of November, hopefully a little closer to our ultimate goals and feeling great!! Here is my stats for the entire month of November:

Weight: Currently 138.8 Total loss of 4.5 lbs!!!!!! Yep, pretty proud of that!! :o)
Measurements: Loss of 3.75 inches!!!!!!
Here is the measurement breakdown:

Bicep: 12 ~> 11.5
Chest: 35 ~> 34
Waist: 33.5 ~> 33
Hips: 37.75 ~> 36.5
Thigh: 23.25 ~> 22.75

I had an ultimate weight loss goal for 5% in November and even though i didn't hit it i can be very proud of this accomplishment!!! (would have been 136.3)

I am also proud that despite all that November threw at me i only took 5 rest days the entire month!!! Yep, i think i have moved past being dedicated and and right up there with workout junkie! :o)

So now with The No November Nonsense group as a thing of the past what is there to do now?!

Yep!! Start a new group!!! My Day 1 Post for our Merry Fitness group coming soon! 

<3 Meg