A Journey in Pictures

Join me on this journey through pictures as I remind myself where I was at my heaviest, where I was when I was happy, and how I CAN get back there with a lot of hard work and dedication!

June 14, 2008 at my heaviest of 215.  This is when I knew I needed to do something and make a change.

September 28, 2008

November 8, 2008

 January 16, 2009

April 24, 2009

June 26, 2009

September 5, 2009--165ish.  This is the lowest that I got until life got in the way.  I HAD to fit in this dress for my best friend's wedding.  I did it and then sort of lost motivation.  I sure did look good that day though!

February 16, 2010--I was so skinny!  I KNOW I can get back there.  I look at these pictures as motivation and remind myself that I did it once and I CAN do it again!

This was the weekend before I gave birth.  I think I weighed around 235 (Eeeekkk!).

And FINALLY, here I am today with my sweet baby boy.  Weighing in at about 206 (minus the baby!  Hehe!!)

We can do this y'all!  I am hoping to get back to where I was, but have to take it 1 day at a time, and not beat myself up over it.  I had a baby for goodness sake!  I got this!  :)

-Suzanne-

Beached Whale

I so feel like a beached whale today.  Several days of not working out and bad food choices and the result I get is feeling like a fat cow!!!  Thanksgiving binging ended up being more than just Thanksgiving, but I'm back on it now.  I have done well the last 2 days.  I haven't weighed myself because quite frankly, I am afraid of what the number is.  I have decided to stop counting calories on My Fitness Pal because I am becoming entirely too obsessed with it and feel like if I have the calories for it, then I can still eat crap.  So I am back to paleo and am feeling so much better already.  I will weigh, probably on Friday.  Do any of you have problems with obsessive weighing?  Like, I will weigh every day, multiple times a day because I feel like if I don't I will get too off track.  I weigh after using the restroom in the morning and then pretty much everytime after I use the restroom until I eat breakfast to see if I am any lower.  I wish I wasn't so worried about a number on a scale and just was worried about feeling good and being comfortable with myself, but I guess I'm just not wired that way.  I am not doing so great on the Slimmer by December challenge that the fit camp that I am a part of is doing...in fact, I am sucking it up!!!  Anyway, just wanted to do a short blurb.  If we all get a head start on our "New Years' Resolutions", think about how much further along we will be than everyone else!!  Keep on keepin' on!!

Suzanne

PaleOMG's Baked Apple Pie Apples

Holy Cow! Y'all have to try this recipe! They are delish!  Baked Apple Pie Apples  I changed it just a smidge because I didn't have access to Gluten Free Lasagna and didn't have time to order them from the website so I made my own pie crust/crumble stuff from here: Paleo Pie Crust but instead of almonds, I did pecans and it was amazing! I just kind of globbed it on top of the apples and it turned out AHHHHMAZING!!!  Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure!!

Holly and Erin's Turkey Trot Linkup!!

This is first time I've done a Vlog so bear with me!  It was kind of fun though but took me 3 tries to get it right and it still isn't perfect!  Oh well!  Hope y'all enjoy!  Sorry for the video not being centered and being so shaky (I was recording from my iPhone and was having to hold it--sue me!!)  Also sorry for my son squealing in the background (He was watching Yo Gabba Gabba and is in his jumperoo!!)  Hehe!  Hope y'all have a fabulous Thanksgiving!

1. What do you look forward to more: the food, football or parades?
2. What is your favorite non-traditional Thanksgiving Day dish?
3. After dinner, is it football or a nap?
4. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Which is your favorite float?
5. Where do you go to celebrate and eat your big meal? Who is there (family, friends)?
6. What is your favorite turkey day dessert?

Blah blah blah

After awful food choices yesterday AND not working out I am back at it today.  I just finished Day 2 Week 2 of Couch to 5K and again, felt awful.  I stopped at 14:30 and sat on the couch sobbing uncontrollably because my leg was hurting so bad and I just wanted to quit and throw in the towel.  My husband consoled me and allowed me to sob on his shoulder and during that time I am pretty sure my baby boy said "Ma-ma" or is trying really really hard to get it out!!!  That warmed my heart, I sucked it up, and I got back on the treadmill and finished it out.  I want to BE a runner.  I want to ENJOY running!  I know that some days I am going to be in pain and I need to change my mentality and not be such a wuss when the going gets tough and just suck it up and deal.  I have to do this for me, for my husband and my son, and for my immediate family.  It seems like the bad days these days are outweighing the good ones and I want that to change but I know that I am the only one that can control it and I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that I have good days!!  Thanks for reading y'all!  Feel free to comment!

-Suzanne-

Debbie Downer

It is funny how yesterday's post was so upbeat and I was feeling good and now today I am having such a down day....I think I might have some sort of seasonal depression when it is overcast and dreary in the fall/winter.  Then I got to looking at pictures of me back in 2009 when I was at my lowest weight and was loving life.  A LOT has changed since then!!  I am struggling to love myself no matter what weight I am at and also finding that the weight isn't coming off nearly as quick as it did 3-4 years ago.

I attempted Week 2 Day 2 of Couch to 5K and did awful!!  A) I stopped about 27 times to stretch out my right calf and B) I didn't even finish. So I will definitely at least be repeating that day, if not the entire week.  My right leg has been bothering me when I am jogging, but only when I am jogging.  I don't know if I just need to push through it or if there is something I can do to make it stop while I am jogging.  Any advice would be amazing!  I hope y'all are having a better Wednesday than I am!

-Suzanne-

Keepin' on!

Hey y'all!  Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  Been busy and have been limiting my computer time to get stuff done around the house.  I am still sticking with my lifestlye change and am making terrific progress.  I am now down 11.2 lbs total and am feeling fabulous!  I have been doing the Couch to 5K program and will be doing Week 2, Day 2 tomorrow and I am also doing the 30 Day at Home Crossfit Challenge.  I am pretty much using it as a guide but I feel that I am a little more advanced with some of the exercises so I add some to it and change it up just a smidge.  Overall I think I am doing pretty good with it and am so proud of myself for sticking with it this long!!  I love seeing the scale move in the right direction and that is what keeps me motivated!  Thanks for reading y'all!  Have a good week!

-Suzanne-