WEIGH IN DAY #19

Hello friends! Today was weigh in day, and as you know I hate weighing in, in the afternoon! I bloat up like a fish! However, today I was rather pleased! I weighed in at 203.2 which is a loss of 2.5 pounds! WOWZERS! I am very happy and so glad that I continue to work hard on this journey! Thanks again for your support!
YAY!

WEIGH IN DAY #18

Good Morning to you all! Well I am approaching under 200 pounds, and I so SO excited! I weighed in yesterday at 205.7 which is a loss this week of 2.4 pounds! I can't believe it! I am feel so great! I am fully in a size 14 and I can wear some 12's! It is so exciting~!

WEIGH IN DAY#17

Today is my 118th day on this program! YEAH! I lost 4.1 pounds this week which makes me 208.1!!! I am so happy! I actually cried while weighing in just because I thought this was impossible for so long, and I had told myself that I couldn't do it! I lied to myself! I can do it, It is tonight that I am announcing that I have decided to continue this program and change my goal from 180 to 160lbs. Monarch is keeping my goal at 180 but they believe and so do I that since I love the program and I am not struggling with it why not try to get there! WISH ME LUCK :D

WEIGH IN DAY #16

TODAY IS A HAPPY DAY! YEAH! I weighed in yesterday and LOST 3.3 pounds! WHICH was my afternoon weight, so I am 212.2 yeah! But this morning when I weighed I was 210! It is going so FAST I can't believe it. I am posting a pic I took today to update! The side view one wouldn't paste but the front view worked in my panoramic maker so here it is my 65 pound loss!

WEIGH IN DAY #15!!!

YAY! YAY! YAY! I just got back from my weigh in and my 4 week appointment. I am freaking out! I LOST 4.5 pounds! I am NOW 215.5 yeah! Last week was hard, I couldn't understand loosing only .8 pounds when I hadn't gone off program at all but I was determined to continue with the program and it totally paid off! I am thrilled at this weeks loss and it goes to show you can't predict the loss. That's for sure! As I continue on this journey I realize that the only thing that was standing in my way before was me. I was making choices that sabatoged myself and I was eating to find comfort! Now I eat for fuel and I take joy and comfort from my friends and family. I feel great although I must say that my friends are so sweet, but their spoiling me with all this attention and I think while my butt is getting smaller, my head is getting bigger LOL! Thank goodness, I got a zit last week! LOL!

WEIGH IN DAY #14

So I forgot to post on Friday! I weighed in at 220.0 which is a loss of .8 pounds. Not the best, but today when I weighed I was 218 pounds so I know this week will be a great number! I can't believe how fast this is going and I still love the program. I am more committed than ever and have completely surprised myself that I haven't gone over 1200 calories ONCE! WOW! That is not the Kim I'm used to! Today is a fitting day to post as well because it is my 100th day! YAY! Celebrate yourselves today, I know I am for exactly where I am, and excited to share where I'm going!

WEIGH IN DAY #13

GOOD MORNING!!!! I AM SO EXCITED TODAY I AM 220.8 pounds I lost another 2.0 POUNDS! I am so close to being out of the 200's!!!!! WOW, such an amazing journey so far. With each pound I am losing I am learning so much about myself. I am really coming to an understanding that food is just fuel and that all the right foods make a HUGE difference. The last few weeks I have increased my vegetable consumption which increased my carbs slightly but they are COMPLEX carbs and I am still at a 1:1 proteun to carb ratio. I have also increased my fiber intake which is helping so much! I am finally living a well balanced life! HOORAY!

WEIGH IN DAY#12

I am SO excited to post today! Sorry I didn't post yesterday, my husband had a very serious oral surgery. He is well though and recovering nicely!

Ok, so onto the WEIGH IN! I lost this week 4.0 lbs!!!! I am now 222.8! YEAH! I weighed in yesterday on the way to the surgeon's office, now that is DEDICATION! LOL! I can't believe I have lost 53 pounds!!!! WOWZERS!! I am more committed than ever to seeing this through! I am only 42 pounds away from my goal weight! YAY!!!

WEIGH IN DAY #11

TODAY IS WEIGH IN DAY! I am so proud of myself! I have worked so diligently to lose weight and this week I lost another 1.6 pounds! I weighed in at 226.8!! OH MY GOSH! I haven't seen this number since I was pregnant with my first child!

Ok so her are my stats!

January 8th March 26th
BODY Weight 267.3 226.8

Total Body Fat 46.3% 41.3%
121lbs 91.8 lbs

Fat free Mass 53.7% 58.7%
141.1 lbs 130.5 lbs

Body Mass index 44.5 37

AS OF TODAY I AM OFFICALLY NOT morbidly OBESE! YEAH!!!!

When I started this journey I had a resting Energy Expenditure of 1961 Calories per day

Now it is 1786 WOWSERS! I feel amazing! Thank you all for encouraging me and most of accepting me all those years. Not everyone is nice to you when you are heavy, the real friends are the ones who love you NO MATTER what! I love you all back!

Week #1 and Week # 10 pictures!

WEIGH IN DAY# 10

TODAY was THE best feeling in the whole world. I weighed in at Monarch and I was 228.4 that is a 6.1 pound LOSS!! I was so thrilled! What a great feeling to have accomplished this so far! I am now fully in a size 16 and it feels AMAZING! I haven't been this weight in 9 years! I am so happy and have tons of energy! I can't wait to post pics! I can even see the difference now in my body!

WEIGH IN DAY #9

YAY! This is my 9th weigh in, I have been having such a great time on this plan! I am now fully working out 3 times a week and actually fitting in walks on my off days and loving it! I weighed in today and I am SO SO SO proud to report that I lost another 2.4 pounds!!!! This morning when I got on the scale I was 233.0 ahhhhhhh!!! SO AWESOME!! I have to give all of my friends and you guys on here a BIG THANK YOU! You all have been so SO SO SO SO Supportive and that has just kept me inspired and feeling great which I think is why I LOVE it so much, because I am an attention hound :) LOL! But really, I am so happy my weightloss to date is 42 pounds pics to come this weekend! For those of you on the same journey....keep it up we CAN DO IT!! YEAH!

WEIGH IN DAY #8

I am so happy! I just weighed in after work and I am down another 2.6 pounds!!! 236.9! WOOO HOOO! This morning I was 236.0 so I know I am well on my way out of the 230's!!!! I think I might post pics this week just because I feel like my body is changing so much! They showed me these congealed fat things today I have lost 6 of them since starting in January! GROSSSSS!!!!

WEIGH IN #7

Ok Folks! So I seriously cannot contain my excitement today! I weighed in and I weigh 239 pounds which means I LOST 4 pounds this week! WOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOO!!!!! My BMI is also now 39! HOLY COW! Can this be? I am so happy! I feel so in control, so healthy! I am thrilled at a 4 pound week! I have lost 13% of my body weight and I am over a third of the way to my goal! It's going to be a great day!

Week One and Week 6 picture comparison

WEIGH IN DAY #6

Yesterday was my 6th weigh in day! I am so happy to tell you all that I lost another 2.2 pounds I am now at 243 lbs! WOW I have lost 24 pounds since I started Monarch January 8th and 32 pounds since Dec 15th!!! I also worked out 4 times last week, thanks to Christi! I talked to my nurse practitioner yesterday and went over my new body composition it is amazing! I cannot believe how my body is changing! My BMI has gone from 44.5 to 40, I have lost 3 inches off of my waist for a total of 10 inches off of everything! This program works!

WEIGH IN DAY #5

HELLO MY FRIENDS!! This week was great I LOST 2.6 pounds! Which means I am 245 lbs! WOOT WOOT!! I am very very happy with this and plan to keep working! Over a month now and I am shocked that I haven't cheated or gone off program not EVEN ONCE!! YAY!!!! I am still working towards more exercise and LOVE all the tips I have gotten, this week I worked out 3 days! Next week my goal is 4 days! YAY!!!

Wow One Month!

Hello all! Ok so yesterday was my one month on this journey! What a month it has been! I am so pleased with my progress, but I still really struggle with working out! I NEED helpful ideas from you exercisers! I just have a real lack of motivation in that area and am feeling like every week I am setting a goal to work out more and I am consistently not following through! UGHH!! SO please if you have some practical, gentle ways to get me started BRING THEM ON! I NEED HELP! LOL!

WEIGH IN DAY #4

Here I am at another Friday, and it is a beautiful one at that! I am so excited to report that I weighed in today at 248 lbs. which is a LOSS of 3.6 pounds! WOOOHOOO! I am still so pleased! I kicked off this Friday after weighing in with a 3 mile walk with my husband. I feel great!! I can't believe today is my 28th day! So in my first month in Monarch I have lost 19 lbs. that is a grand total of 29 pounds since December! I now only have 70 pounds to lose to reach my goal!

My biggest contributor to my success this far has really been following my caloric intake precisely. I have not gone over my 1200-1300 calories a day and I am eating all healthy whole foods, no processed food at all.

Today I realized my mind set really had changed when I was out with my husband and we were talking about going out to eat for lunch. At first I was trying to find something that I could eat that would be in my range. Well I found a couple of things, but really I I couldn't find much, and I would have had to go over a little. So the great part was, I told my husband it really wasn't worth it to me and instead we went to the grocery store and I made a FABULOUS Salad for under 200 calories!!! It was the first time that I didn't panic, and CHOSE to eat at home without pouting! YAY me! We had a great day, and I feel great!

Cheers to another successful week ahead, new goal is 10 pounds for this upcoming 4 weeks, I KNOW I can do it!

DAY 25

Oh my goodness! I can't believe it is day 25 of this weightloss journey, I haven't been blooging everyday, because quite frankly I haven't wanted to bore you all! LOL! Things have been going VERY well and I am still plugged in and more committed than ever! I can proudly say that I have not gone off my program not even one time! I have stayed in my allotted calories and I have added exercise into my daily lifestyle. I am very happy and I can't immagine going back to the way I used to live! I love this lifestyle! So this weekend I was super excited I had to go buy new jeans because my old jeans are just WAY too big! AWESOME!!! I am so excited to continue to shrink!