Shakin' It UP!

Well, first of all, I am going to shake things up a bit:  Here is a "selfie" of me at the department store, merely just trying on new clothes. I chose not to purchase any thing as of yet. My current clothes still fit, at least reasonably well,  and I just don't want to spend money now when I know I will be down another size or two in  a few weeks. I don't think selfies should be on the internet, but this was a huge non-scale victory for me last week, and it deserves a spot in my journey. I also kidnapped Dean into going to Kohls with me on Saturday night, and I tried on the same size there, and was able to fit into those as well, so everyone can rest assured knowing that it just wasn't because it was the same brand as I currently sport. I thought fitting into this size could of been a fluke.


Your job is to guess what size I was able to fit into.... Both shirt and pants. Here is the photo:

As for the exercising thing, it has been determined that the chlorine is NOT what caused my hand to turn red, which is fantastic news. The problem is that we still have no idea what the culprit of the madness is. It turned bright red on days that I didn't go swimming, and just so you know the pool that I utilize is indeed an indoor pool, so I am protected from sun damage. This does mean that I can resume my swimming rituals, as of next week!

I am still eating on plan. Dean is back to eating his "normal people food." For him this translates in to things that nobody should be eating, namely boxed crap. In most countries this items are outlawed. He is addicted to the box crap, but he read the nutritional facts on it, and came to the conclusion that it really isn't very good for you. So.... he attempted to make his version of Rice a Roni... I thought I would be brilliant and purposely  make it so that he wouldn't care  for the taste of it. I dumped a ton of random SPICY  spices and jalapeno's in it he caught me right before I was going sabotage his meal  by dumping pumpkin spice in it.... well, my plan back fired when he announced he liked it! GRRR!!!

Here is some updated information about the challenge: sign ups for coaches is supposed to begin today. Although, due to some technical difficulties which I full expected, will begin tomorrow, for health coaches. Players can sign up under the coaches the following week. It's a $20 buy in. It begins May 5. you earn points for writing on the wall daily, logging food and excerise, inviting friends (they don't have to join, you just have to invite, and there is a limit of 14 points for this) listening to support calls and watching webinars. How to win: lose 6% of your body weight, OR maintain your current weight. AND collect 80 % of the points, The pot of money will then  be split evenly with all the winners, throughout all of the teams. You can invite your friends/family members/ church people, any one you want to join our team. I will be creating a facebook event in the following minutes to get this event rolling. I will be honest, they are advertising this challenge as a way to increase each coach's clientele list, it will be fantastic if my team members become my clients as well, but I am not going to be a salesmen, but my pocketbook will sure give a smiley face if this occurs.

Okay. So some of the blog stalker have specifically requested a side by side photo, I was finally able to create one, this one is taken several weeks ago, as I did not purchase the new sizes I fit in, nor do I think a photo in a dressing room should appear as a before or after photo.

Okay, I know some of you are dying to get to the weight loss announcement for this week. I had hoped to be under 185 this week, even though I know I should not be setting short term goals, I still had a glimmer of hope in me that just wouldn't leave. Today, I weighed in at 184! That means, I  reached my hope!   It really doesn't seem that long ago when I would weigh in at 245. What an incredible journey I have been on! I have been met with criticism of people asking me why I haven't been losing as much per week compared to when I started this journey. The answer to this is two fold: The program's typical results is 1-2 pounds per week, so I am right on target. Also, the company does produce flavor infusers that are calorie burners, that contains tea, and caffeine. Caffeine, they say, increases your metabolism.  However, I can't stand the taste of tea, I did in fact try one when my health coach mailed us some samples, and I had no idea it contained tea,  and I immediately spat it out, and secondly, it has caffeine, a drug that is addictive, and can lead to heart problems, both problems I have very little desire to shake hands with. So, the slow turtle (me) will get to a healthy wait, sooner or later without the assistance of drugs.

Okay, and correct answer for the little game of "Guess T's Current Size is".... Size 14 pants, and a SMALL (men's) shirt!  For the record, I wore size 14, in high school!