Weight Loss

A new healthy weight loss journey – {Pictures}

June 13, 2012 by Jennifer 21 Comments

Healthy living is what I strive for each and everyday with my family. As you know, I had a huge weight loss and have managed to keep most of it off. I have gained back about 12 – 15 pounds of original weight loss, so to reach my ultimate goal, I would like to lose 40 pounds totally.

I recently applied to the Shaklee Blog Challenge and much to my surprise was one of the 50 bloggers selected.

I am excited to start on this new healthy weight loss journey. It will consist of shakes, meal replacement bars and vitamins. Also, I will continue to eat fresh fruits and vegetables that I love so much. We recently went HFCS free in our household, so we will not have those foods in the house either. It is going to be a super fun journey and one I am absolutely thrilled to begin.

I will be combining my 5K training with my healthy eating journey as well. I want to be healthy but also very toned. My girls look up to me as their role model, and I want to be a healthy role model. I am headed to jaw surgery if all goes well within 9 months, and I really need to be at a good weight and be very healthy in order to have a good recovery. More to come about that soon here on the blog.

There will be bi-monthly updates with pictures so you all can see how well my progress is going. Let’s get started with my beginning photos. (Am I really going to post these? – YES!)

Hope you will show your support and cheer me along on this wonderful journey. I hope I can be an inspiration to many and let you all know… YOU can do this as well!

Let the journey begin….

Disclaimer: Shaklee is providing me with 6 months of product in exchange for my honest review and weight loss journey. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

A look back on life {pictures}

March 26, 2012 by Jennifer 5 Comments

As I was organizing pictures last night from our recent trip to Atlanta, GA courtesy of Moe’s Southwest Grill (more on that very soon) – I came across this picture of my family about 3 years ago. The picture brought back a flood of sad memories. This was a time in our life that my husband had just lost his job, I was drowning in my sorrows with food and not seeking God fully in our lives to get us through the terrible time. One of my bestie’s grabbed my hand and said Jen let’s take care of our health together and join Weight Watchers. It was such a great turning point in my health as well as my husband’s health. Sometimes I get discouraged that I am not miss skinny mini, but after looking at this picture then looking at a picture we took yesterday in Atlanta, GA… I see a whole different me. I see a mom/wife that is enjoying her life and is much more healthier with a family that is in love with Jesus!

BEFORE

NOW

We could have continued to be depressed and said woe is me, but we did not. We decided to move forward, be positive and make changes in our lives. We are proof that positive life changes can make a huge difference. If you are feeling down, smile and talk to a friend. Do not keep things bottled up inside, your friends want to help and be there for you. After all, that is what friends are for.

Have a wonderful week everyone. Don’t forget to smile and hug someone :).

Stress Can Add Weight

March 30, 2011 by Jennifer 10 Comments

Unfortunately, when there is stress in your life and you don’t make the best food choices then that food can add the numbers to your waistline unfortunately. After going through an awesome weight loss journey, my world was turned upside town when my beloved grandmother passed away. That was my best friend. I miss her so much and just would eat this, or that and then the weight began to creep back on. Not a lot of it came back, but 15 pounds did over the course of the last year. I got to thinking, Grandma disliked so much when I was fat, I need to suck it up and make her proud of me.

So, this year, I have been doing just that. I am back to religiously counting my weight watcher points. I have cut out a lot of sugar and soft drinks. Even cut back on the amount of coffee I was drinking. Water is my choice of drink these days.

I am back on track and getting very close to where I was with my weight loss journey. Here is where I left off:

and here is where I am at as of this evening:

I am not quite there yet, but it is a huge step in the right direction. I am just thankful that I realized what was happening and made the change before it is too late. Diets do not work, it is the lifestyle change that works. Walking is definitely what helps as well as also Just Dance on the Wii – just saying!

I am going to add more recipes here as well that I have been cooking up over the last few weeks that are low in points. I will do a weekly update with my weight loss and tips that are helping me along the way. Summer will be here before we know it and we all know what that means – Bathing Suit time!

Rite Aid Is Helping You Lose Weight

January 5, 2011 by Jennifer Leave a Comment

Losing Weight is one of the many resolutions that lots of individuals made for this New Year. Will those resolutions be kept by everyone? Well, time will only tell but Rite Aid is encouraging you with money. Yes, that is right. It always helps to have an incentive to lose weight and Rite Aid is doing just that with a new sweepstakes. They are teaming up with BL Body, a collection of shape wear available exclusively in stores at Rite Aid, on the sweepstakes with a first prize trip for two to the Biggest Loser Ranch in Los Angeles where the reality show about weight loss is filmed.

Anyone can enter at www.riteaid.com/weight now through Jan. 22 to win the trip, valued at $4,000. Second prize is a year’s membership for two to the Biggest Loser Club online weight loss program, a $479 value.

Rite Aid’s has a comprehensive weight loss program that includes lots of resources for you to stay on your weight loss journey.

– Free 12-page informational guides in stores or online at www.riteaid.com with simple weight loss tips, techniques and topics including how to fight childhood obesity, the importance of counting calories instead of just carbohydrates or fat, and how to exercise on a budget.

– Free access to the Rite Weight program at www.riteaid.com/riteweightplan. The program, created by leading medical weight control program Lindora, aims to help patients lose up to 10 percent of their body weight in 10 weeks with free online seminars, weight tracking tools and daily support e-mails.

– Free access to additional online resources at www.riteaid.com/weight including electronic Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator, tools to decipher food labels, recipes and healthy snack suggestions for children.

– Free counseling on weight loss from Rite Aid pharmacists who are knowledgeable on topics including recent trends in drug therapy for weight management, common dieting myths, and medications used to control weight-related diseases including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, arthritis and stroke.

For members of its free wellness+ customer rewards program, Rite Aid also is offering discounts and rebates on healthy weight products purchased through Jan. 22. Specials include buy one, get one free offers on vitamins and supplements, meal replacements and fat burners. So, what are you waiting for? No excuses that you don’t have any incentives because Rite Aid is enticing you with lots of awesome incentives.

Let the weight loss begin 🙂

Snacking Can Be Healthy Too

September 16, 2010 by Jennifer 6 Comments

I get lots of questions and emails on how I create healthy snacks for my family. Most of you all know, that I started a healthy weight loss journey this time last year. It’s still going strong and I thought I would share with you some of my ideas that I do for my family.

At the beginning of each week, I go to the grocery store or farmers market. It depends on our schedule of the weekend to which location that I go to pick up our weekly produce. I select the veggies and fruits that I know we all will eat. I come home then and begin the big divide. I pack the girls lunch everyday so I use several small containers. Each container will get a serving size of either fruits or veggies. All these containers reside on our bottom shelf all week. I then will fix up four big containers of the fruits and veggies. The big containers are used for snacks here at home and the small serving size containers are used for packed lunches every day.

It does take time on Sunday’s to do this every week, but it is worth it during the week when the girls and I can just go to the fridge open and take out a quick and easy snack. Now, we also have a wooden cabinet that sits in our dining room. This is our dry food cabinet. I will fill that cabinet up with wheat thins, veggie crackers, baked lays, fruit snacks, peanuts, graham crackers and granola bars. The girls are allowed to pick one of these snacks when they get home from school and one before they go to bed. Now notice, they can go into the fridge unlimited to get the fruits and veggies, but we do limit them on the dry snacks. For the dry snacks, they are allowed to fill a bowl half way.

That is the big thing, it is all about portion control and teaching the kids early on. Now, listen up! Do you notice what types of snacks I have? I do not have little debbie cakes, cookies, and etc sitting around. All that carb, and high fat stuff will do is cause your family to be unhealthy, so why even buy it? Do not bring it in the house and you will not be tempted to eat it! It is simple as that. Make sure you have the healthy snacks and just keep doing this process each week. You will feel better about yourself (not sluggish) and you will lose weight in the process.

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