Day 2

Today I woke up and actually did breathing exercises before getting out of bed. It was amazing how invigorating that simple act is!! I had time to read and listen to the birds and watch them flitting in… Read More

Day 1

Today I went through a thorough questionnaire and got myself ready for the reset. I woke up early, gave myself an hour of reading time that was interrupted by Baby Boo after only 20 minutes. Breakfast was delicious!… Read More

Shredder Week 2 – On The Wagon, but Hit A Couple Drive Thru’s

This was not my best week. I blame the snow. It made me eat wings, twice. Which also led to an evening incident of eating some chocolates – the bad Valentine’s Day kind. I actually caught myself sneaking… Read More

Closet Motivation = Mall Motivation

I have been doing really well on my 6 Week Shred.  I do have a confession to make.  I ate wings on Tuesday, its BWW’s fault combined with the incoming snowpocalypse, and the one week of every month… Read More

This Fat Kid lost 2.7 in 7 on Week 1

Week 1 and we have GOOD results!  I lost 2.7 pounds and now weigh 167.3!  I actually thought I was going to have a weight gain this week since this diet actually let me eat, and I had… Read More

Thank Goodness Its Over and Nobody Died!

Cabbage Soup Diet ended on Sunday Morning.  I weighed in at 170.0 pounds!!  HOORAY that is 5.4 pounds less than last week!  🙂  Beef and tomato day was just as fantastic as the 4 days preceding.  Beef was… Read More

Cabbage Soup Diet: Day 4…3 more days of this $%!t?!

Banana’s and Skim Milk and all the Cabbage Soup you want to eat.  Yummy!  Day 4 was a COMPLETE let down.  Can you believe I was actually looking forward to bananas and skim milk?  It was the most… Read More

Cabbage Soup Diet: Doughnuts On My Brain

I am on Day 3 of the Cabbage Soup Diet.  I am toughing through this because it is only a 7 day diet – a mantra I keep telling myself.  4 days to go and lordy I can’t… Read More

Exercise ACTUALLY works! Who Knew?!

Lets get the dirt done first…My weight as of this morning is (drumroll) 175.4 pounds!!  That is a 6.6 pound drop from last week! HOORAY! I would love to tell you I credit this HUGE weight drop to… Read More

2014 New Year Clean Slate and Resolutions

Thank goodness for the new year!  It’s almost like you wake up on January 1st and you get a fresh clean slate to start the year.  All of last year’s failures, disappointments, and even the successes and achievements… Read More

Holidays: 4 Courtney: 0

Thanksgiving was a mission fail!  I underate dinner, overate dessert, and drank until I didn’t care! LOL!  AND I LOVED IT! Our command Holiday Party, I mostly drank a bit much, left before embarrassing myself – thank you… Read More

Working on losing 10 and I gained 1.6…

I will not be discouraged because I feel like this ALWAYS happens when I get in gear to lose weight, I end up gaining a little and then losing.  So I am not going to sweat my almost… Read More