POOH bear saved my life! Jaime's Weight Loss Journey!

[Jaime]

Hi...wow it's been a little while snce I posted...I weigh tomorrow and feel I am down a little more...my guess is somewhere around 168...not quiet where I wanted to be by April 30th...not to hung up about it though...I have been very motivated the past week...I am noticing now though a little access skin on my stomach Why I ever allowed myself to become so unhealthy in the first place...I will never know...I just really feel I never realized what being healthy meant when I was getting big! I came from a background where "skinny" was good "fat" was not but never really knew why. If you were big you "dieted"...everyone else who was small did not eat healthy though.

Now with my girls I stress heathly...we do have pizza...cookie etc...but we choose the best healthy choices every day...that way I do not need to diet...when I am still loosing all that weight I eat less of the pizza & cookies though!

Have a great week!

 

[tbstein]

I know what you mean Jamie, I have excess skin on many areas. I have no idea how I got here. I can blame my poor health (thyroid disease and fibromyalgia) but I am still in control of what I do with the health I have. I am on my way, I am way more positive about a long life, and a higher quality of life. I too allow the kids snacks, but as healthy as possible. I bake cookies, DH does homemade brownies, etc. I am hoping that helps, and we stress healthy choices.

Once again, great job to be closer to your goal.

Wendy

 

[tbstein]

HI Jamie!

Hope is all going well!

Wendy

 

[Jaime]

Hi Wendy,

I am falling so behind! It has been so busy latley, mainly because it is getting nicer out side and I am spending more time walking.

My weight is doing well...slowly going...I plan to cut back some cals for the next few weeks to see if I can get a couple good weight losses. I would love to be 166 my Mother's day. I am so close I just want to be 155 and have it all gone!!!! I bet I'll be toning for a while after I reach my goal though!

Thanks for the support!

 

[tbstein]

Jamie, it is good that your weight is going down. And it always seems that the last of whatever you want to do takes the longest.

So, $4.50 a gal for gas. Wow. Today it is down to 3.12. We are taking a short trip in June, and hoping that it isn't much higher that it is now.

Oh...couldn't figure out how to get pics on here, so I added my DS and DGF's prom picture in my siggy. I will remove it in a week, believing all those who want to admire (now I am bragging!) will be able to!

Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy all that you can!

Wendy

 

[Jaime]

Hi,

I have been doing very well with my exercise and food choices! I am back on track and have decided now that the nice weather is here I am going to give it my all until I am at my dream weight! It is so cool buying a size 8 from a 24!!! I think I'll pass out when I buy a size 6!!!

I'll post my journal a little later...I have cut back a little on my starches hoping to speed up the weight loss a little!

Have a great week everyone!

 

[goldcupmom]

Just checking in, Jamie!

You continue to do INCREDIBLY WELL!!!

Size 6 - WOW!!!!!!

 

[tbstein]

Oh yes Jamie! Wonderful shopping. I was so excited when I went from a 24 to an 18! Trying to get to a 12. I can do it, I just want it to happen NOW!

I think that toning is going to be an issue for me as well. I worry that I will have too much to tone and it will be overwhelming. Heck, life can be overwhelming. I will get there. I am so happy of how far I am now, I just get giddy. When I get to my size 12, I will down right slap happy!

Chat with ya later!

Wendy

 

[Jaime]

Hi Wendy...I know you can do it...I did it...so you can too!!! The only thing is don't limit yourself to a size 12 like I did!!!

My BF pointed this out to me yesterday after I tried on a gown I bought for our cruise in Nov. She was amazed on how it looked...so was I!

She said when I started I was so convienced I was going to be a size 12...she said when we went shopping in 2001 I use to always say it was a small make when I bought a size 24 Now she says when I buy a size 6 or 8 I say it is a big make. She wanted me to understand that I worked very hard to change myself into beng the healthiest I can be and when I loose I become 155(my dream weight) I will be a size 6 not a 12! My clothes will not be a big make!

When I went to WDW in 2001 I had my picture taken with POOH...this picture is what motivated me to loose my weight...until I saw that picture I never knew how big I was! When we go in Dec I am planning to get my picture taken with POOH again and have the 2 pictures framed side by side!

I hope everyone has a great week!

 

[tbstein]

True Jamie, I should think about even a smaller size. I was a size 12 when I got married.

A friend of mine brought me some pictures today from a trip in 2003. WOW! I have lots some weight. I can't believe how fat I was. And I mean fat! Being 5' 4" and 252 was fat! I am very proud of where I am and where I know I can get! YEAH for both of us!! Get some great pictures while you are on that cruise. I would love to see the dress! I looked at dresses today. Sure wish I had an event for a semi formal. I know I would look good in one!

Have a great weekend Jamie!

Wendy

 

[Jaime]

I changed my orginal post to talk about my POOH picture!

I am so excited today! I just feel as though I am in full control of my life! This weight is as good as gone!

Hey Wendy,

I love reading your post...you are motivated just like me!

Have a great week!

 

[tbstein]

So Jamie, are you a Pooh fan? He has always been my favorite character. In fact, DD, our second child, had a Pooh room. DS had an Aladdin room. He still had his Aladdin pillow case from 1993! Pretty wild! I have so many Pooh bears. I have a Pooh doll (from Sears when it was Sears and Robeck) that is a teddy bear, even tho they called it a doll, that has a removable red sweater with his name embordered on it. He is very special. I should tell you a Pooh story. (Boy, I must love to hear myself 'talk')

I was preg with DD, and went to WDW with my parents and a friend. We were at MGM and going into the Animation show. This female cast memeber comes up to me and says, as serious as can be.....I'm sorry, you can't come into the show today. I asked her why, and she told me I had 'too much Pooh on my shirt'...well, after a brief moment of surprise, I realized she was talking about my shirt with Wiinnie the Pooh's picture on it! It was so funny. And it is those things you remember the most!

Have a great day and the rest of the week! Keep the motivation level going!

Wendy

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Jaime,

You are doing such a great job, you will make your goal weight in no time. I hate having pictures taken, it makes me realize just how big I was and still am. It will come off though, just as your will too!!!!

Keep up the good work!

Have a great day

 

[Jaime]

Hi Wendy

My DD's baby rooms were POOH too. I am a big POOH and MICKEY fan! I waited in a very long line in 2001 to get my picture taken with both Silly I know...especially since we had no kids then. When I finally get all my weight gone there is a POOH watch I want to buy myself as my award.

I think it is so cute your DS likes the princesses It seems as though you have two great kids!

Have a great week...I hope you had a great Mothers Day!

 

[Jaime]

Okay I am so upset with myself ...I have finally been loosing the rest of my weight...but it is just so slow going...I know it is my fault...I just can't get in "diet" mode! In 5 weeks I have lost 1.5 pounds Please help! I really wanted to be a "healthy" BMI by the end of June...I am so close but I feel so far. My BMI is 26.3 and I weigh 168 pounds and wear a size 6/8. I have lost 12.7 points in my BMI and 81.5 pounds. I would LOVE to have a BMI of 23...which would mean a weight of 147...and since my goal size was 12 I have no idea what size I want to be...my smallest weight was 136 at age 16 and I was a size 9/10...so I really don't understand how I am 168 wearing a size 6/8.

When I was 249.5 with a BMI of 39 and a size 24 I just had no idea what to do to loose my weight so I decided to take very small steps...now 6 years later everything come naturally to me...I exercise at least 30 minutes daily...I eat all whole grain products...very little sodium...or processed foods...I bake, broil or grill everything...I drink 2liters of water every day...I drink skim milk...no fat cheese and sour cream...eat lots of veggies and fruit...no butter. I bascially eat and cook and the foods that I use to hate but now love...and most not all of the food I use to love I now hate. I do occasionally eat sweets and pizza ... I am quiet happy eating this way for the rest of my life however right now it just not enough because I am loosing so slowly even though I am to know I am able to maintain. I feel one of my biggest problems is I can not pick a "final" weight. I would like to have a BMI of 23 but 147 seems so small for me. I have a very large frame. My main goal is to have very little belly fat.

I have been so cranky lately and I know it is because I really want this weight gone I feel hopeless & stuck.
I want to feel accomplished...I want to say I lost my weight and kept it off...not that I am loosing my weight and keeping it off. Anyone have any suggestions? Please help!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Jamie you can get off this plateau! You have come so far. Look at this way, being down 1.5 pounds is better than being up that much or more! I think that since you are down to a healthy weight, you can't expect to lose as much as you did when you were heavier. I have no advice about a final weight except maybe just take it in five pound increments and see how you feel after each five pound goal is met. You can do it, heck you already are!

 

[tbstein]

Jamie, you will do it! I know it! Look how far you have come already! Your BMI shows just how hard you have worked! Mine used to be 41 at 252. Now it is 32.7--which is at least out of the extreme danger range. Now I am just obese. I am working to get into the overweight section. I was a size 24, now closer to a 16. I still have lots to loose, but it has been a struggle too. Only 1 pound in over a month. I just go back and forth. Tried to increase my exercise, but work isn't always in compliance with my life schedule. Working on reducing more cals, but afraid to go into stravation mode with metabolism. Yet, I know I will get there. We both will! Don't loose track or focus! We are here for you! I am going to try Monday Goals, a fellow WISHer suggested to do it. A new tactic, which could work! Keep the positive outlook. You have done so well, and will get to where you want to be!

Ok, now, have a great weekend!

I have to hit the road!

Wendy

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for stopping by my journal with your words of encouragement and support. I really appreciate it!

Keep on keeping on! You have been doing such a great job and you are so close to your goal. You CAN do this!

Hope you have a great weekend!

~Tracy

 

[Jaime]

Thank you all for the support! It truely helps to know you are all there. I have achieved my weight loss without being a part of any "group" till now so it really helps to relate to people who have the same goals as me! Which of course is to be healthy & happy! Wendy your BMI is great...you are doing so well. I know I am being silly when I get upset about my current weight but my final goal is so close but at the rate of my current weight loss it is so far away. After my little rant the other night I have decided to step up my exercising... and stay away from the scale until June 5. I also went and bought myself a bikini for my cruise...and my new goal is to fit nicely in it...not that I will wear it...but I want to know I can wear it!

Again thank you all for the support!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Jamie, you might wear that bikini, ya never know! Good job stepping up the exercise, sometimes that really helps bust a platueau. You are dong great!