Eradicating FAT, One Person at a Time

Shortly after losing my job, March or April - I can't remember, I stepped onto the scale and weighed in at my heaviest weight ever (pregnant or not): 204 pounds. I was miserable at that moment in time and my weight was the best evidence around to prove it.

A month or so after that in mid-May, I attended a watercolor workshop and spent four days on a boat touring the Channel Islands. That trip cemented in my mind the need to finally win the war I'd been waging my entire life with "weight" and shortly thereafter, I created this blog and began what I was determined to be the very last time I set out to lose weight.

I'm happy to say that from that top weight of 204 pounds, I'm now 27.5 pounds lighter and to say I feel better about myself would be a terrible understatement of the truth - I'M THRILLED!

What's fascinating this time around is that I haven't ONCE felt like I was "dieting", obvious proof that my mantra from the beginning has worked! And though I'm not quite to my target of 26% body fat, I'm sure I'm well on my way to attaining that goal. Note: I'll be scheduling another body fat test asap!

But it's not enough to just attain this goal for myself. America is full of obesity. You don't have to travel far at all to see it. In fact, while staying in Tennessee, I read a newspaper article written by a woman from Knoxville that had tried out for the television show, The Biggest Loser. It was heartbreaking to read her story and even more heartbreaking knowing there are so many like her, both men and women, suffering just the same.

So - I'm stepping up my efforts to work with people - men, women, young, old, whatever - that want to lose FAT! I know what I've done can be repeated and the exciting news is that I have my first client.  Her name is Linda and she's going to be my first success story. Stay tuned as we get her up and on her way to losing FAT as we'll be following her progress here on the blog, too.

What about you?  Do you need to lose some FAT? It's okay to admit it... most of us do. Contact me via email and you can be up and on your way to losing FAT, too!

Are you with me? ... because I'm gonna eradicate FAT, one person at a time... stayed tuned!

 

-- Kristin

Another Weigh In

I'm trying to get back on some sort of schedule with my weigh ins...

This morning I stepped onto the scale expecting to log my first gain since I started this journey and, much to my delight, I was down another pound, weighing in at 176.5 pounds.

Delighted, you say? Well, let me just give a run down on some of the food I've eaten since my last weigh in:

1. Dinner out (alone) at O'Charley's Steak House, I put down an 8 oz filet mignon, baked potato with butter and sour cream, cheese and potato soup, strawberries, chocolate sauce and whipped cream and THREE glasses of wine!

2. Shoney's Breakfast Buffet - at least four times since my last weigh in... french toast sticks with syrup, eggs, bacon, blueberry muffins, etc, etc

3. BEER - I've had at least one beer (sometimes two) each night I was in the camper.

4. Chips and dip - leftover from when the boys were with me in the camper.

5. CASHEWS! My father and I used to go out together just to get warm cashews. Been snacking a bunch on those lately..

and the list goes on and on....

So, yes, I'm DELIGHTED I've lost yet another pound.

Pool side at big brother Mark's house.... ahhhhhhhhh..

-- Kristin

Finally, A Weigh In

It's been more than two weeks since I last weighed myself and to say my life has changed since then is a BIG understatement. I've left my home in CA and am now living in a camper in TN to be close to my ill father.

My eating habits have been sub-par, but I've been able to at least maintain the small meals ensuring that I'm not overeating during this incredibly stressful time in my life.

And you know what? I've been successful. My weight today is 177.5 pounds, which is seven pounds less from my last weigh in on July 19th. This brings my total weight loss to 20.5 pounds over the past 8 1/2 weeks for an average weight loss of 2.4 pounds per week. Right on target of my goal of losing 2 pounds of fat a week.

Even though I haven't weighed myself, I knew I was getting smaller. Over the past couple weeks, my clothes have been getting looser and looser and today's weigh in confirms this.

I'm really happy about this success. It shows me (and hopefully you, too) that even when our lives take a nose dive and everything seems to fall apart, we don't have to give in to emotional eating, sabotaging our efforts to lose FAT. I've also been able to maintain a level of activity with walking each day.

Life is stressful right now, but I don't have to let that cause me to overeat... and neither do you.

Are you hanging in there with me? I hope so..

Until next time..



-- Kristin