Mickeyschickie: A Journey from Chunky Monkey to Skinny Minnie

[mickeyschickie]

Starting Weight: 252
Current Weight:212
Goal Weight: anything under 200 will make me so super happy (preferably 175 though)
Leaving for WDW in three weeks (Jan 18, 2008) and I want to be well on my way to my goal by then. I have been slowly losing the weight since my last trip in Jan 2006. But now I need the final push to get over this hump. I got on here today to get some more inspiration after watching several episodes of the biggest loser today. And decided to start a journal. I would love to lose those twelve pounds before we leave for Florida. I've worked so hard over the past week that I have lost seven pounds. I work in a bakery and I just didn't eat any junk at work and worked my butt off trying to get ready for the Christmas rush. So my reward was two-fold. I lost weight and I had the best Christmas Eve sales in the bakeries of the seven stores that our company owns!!! I feel awesome! Tired, but awesome. So now I have to keep up the good work of now eating those cookies at work and walking during my lunch break and eating healthy. Those cookies are so awesome right out of the oven, but skinny feels better than that and I have not been skinny since I started in the bakery in 1995! Veggies are the way to go, I know this! Veggies and lean protein and good grains and fruits. And away we go!

Nicki

 

[pjlla]

You work in a bakery??? That must be so difficult. Do you have a specific "plan"?? (Like two cookies on Friday only, nothing on the other days??) I worked at a Dunkin Donuts in college, but I don't like donuts, so it wasn't a problem. But we did sell some pretty terrific cocoanut macaroons that I ate my fair share of!!

Good luck with your goal of hitting 200 before WDW. I was at my all time high weight when we took our kids to WDW for the first time in 2002. We had a terrific time, but when I look at the pictures and video (the little bit there is of me), I shutter!! When we planned another trip for 2004, I had a full year to lose weight. 40+ pounds off when we went and I was actually presentable looking. And it made all the difference. I don't mind seeing the pictures and actually think that I look pretty good in a few of them. The incentive to be thin (ner) for a WDW is almost as good as wanting to be thin for your wedding day. The only time in my life that my picture was taken more than my wedding/honeymoon, is at Disney!

May I ask what plan you are using to lose the weight? Anyhow, good luck......................P

 

[monymony3471]

Nikki good luck to you. It's so hard, I know. But you sound like you got it together. Losing 40 pounds while working at a bakery.

I find that exercising keeps my metabolism going.

 

[tubachick]

GOOD JOB NICKI!!!

sounds like you have your goal in mind!!!

Good luck for the next three weeks and a life time of healthy eating!!