waist not want not

I've been having great results in these past two months, from a size 16 to a 12! I like shopping again, i'm not sure if that one is good or bad. I am going to see my trainer this week hopefully she will be satisfied with my progress since she has been on maternity leave. See you soon and thanks so much for all your feed back on my last post.

J

anxiety and an appetite

In years past Ive been known to get unprompted anxiety in the winter maybe its the lack of the sun or all the rain in Portland, or perhaps its just me. I choose not to take medication for this and have found other means and tools to work my way through hard days. In any event with anxiety seems to come a lack of appetite. And while i have been trying to consume a responsible amount of food i fail to get enough most of these past few days. Now while right now this is leading to accelerated weight loss i fear for my new happy metabolism that thrives on 1500 calories a day and at present I'm consuming only about 900. At an astounding 193 pounds I am grateful for such results but at the same time am in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle and unintentional food deprivation was not among the approved course of action. Advice anyone?

right through the 90's

I was at the gym tonight and at my customary weigh in (that hasn't been taking place due to my lack for being at the gym this past week) i stepped onto the scale at 194, bringing my grand total to 49 lbs!! hopefully cruising right through the 190's will become a trend for the 180's! I also this week took an interest in family exercise, i liked this article because it has a handy graph that details what kind of people need what kinds of exercise and how much hope you enjoy!

http://www.babyzone.com/mom_dad/fitness_nutrition/article/family-exercise-guidelines

Thanks for all the support.


J

Sweet sucess

Ive been in the "zone" as my friend calls it, eating less carbohydrates and more lean meats and lots of vegetables and fruits, i feel great and am still loosing weight and gaining muscles. And for the first time in years i am under 200 pounds sitting right at 199! Which meas i am more than half way to my end goal and have lost a total of 44 pounds and 37.75 inches! I am not on a particular diet although I've looked at many i find that learning to build your own long term diet that works is important, some eat clean diet (mostly actually i swear by this diet but retraining your pallate is a big challenge) a bit of the zone diet and a bit of common sense. Fad diets cause people to more often yoyo in weight which to me seems worse than just being heavy to begin with. Nothing works for everyone, there is no magic diet and although it may take extra time to do it the healty way at a few pounds a week i couldn't be more satisfied with the results!

Above are my before and current pictures they inspire me to take my self for walks and frequent the gym and most importantly fuel myself with the right things so that i can thrive. I hope they are some kind of visual of my journey, and of my continued success to come.

See you again soon.

Jillian