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  • Michigan
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Oh Rachel, I'm so sorry your baby got hurt. I know my heart would be breaking if I were in your shoes, but this is absolutely not your fault. Toddlers all learn to climb out of their cribs at some point. This happens to lots of kids. Please keep u...
11 hours ago
Wow, sounds like a blah day alright! Try not to worry too much about your daughter, just keep an eye on her and trust your gut next time...choose your battles! It's hard to know when sometimes. At two I didn't fight my daughter much on eating. I g...
14 hours ago
I know what you are talking about.... my son was in the kitchen one morning and sliced the back of his ankle on the dishwasher door (yes it was even closed) and had to get seven stitches. I totally felt it was my fault.... please do know it is not...
14 hours ago
So sorry to hear what you went through today. Those stubborn 2 year olds! You do have to pick your battles! But just remember this isn't your fautl...it was an accident and like Emily said..they learn how to get out eventually! Try to do a small w...
14 hours ago
You look fantastic! Way To Go!!!!!!
14 hours ago
It definitely isn't your fault! She would have figured out how to get out of the crib eventually! But I completely understand blaming yourself. When my oldest daughter was 13 months old she had to get stitches in her cheek because of a nasty fall ...
15 hours ago
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My daughter had a horrible accident today. And I feel like it is entirely my fault. It's over something as stupid as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! I made her lunch and she refused to eat her sandwich. I hate food going to waste but I never ...
15 hours ago
I just saw this post! CONGRATS! It has been great to watch your progress over the past months. Definitely need to submit your success story to Roni!!
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About Me:
I am a wife, mother, and full time student. I have now lost over 100 pounds. This is my journey!

My Weight Stats:

Height: 5'4"
Starting weight: 239.3
Current weight: 124.9
Pounds lost: 114.4
Date started the plan: 8/11/08

Weekly Weigh-in Results:

8/11- 236
8/18- 230 (-6)
8/25- 225 (-5)
9/1- 219 (-6)
9/8- 217.5 (-1.5)
9/15- 215.5 (-2)
9/22- 212 (-3.5)
9/29- 210.5 (-1.5)
10/6- 207.5 (-3)
10/13- 207 (-.5)
10/20- 202 (-5)
10/27- 200 (-2)
11/3- 198 (-2)
11/10- 196 (-2)
11/17- 193 (-3)
11/24- 190.5 (-2.5)
12/1- 188 (-2.5)
12/8- 187 (-1)
12/15- 185.5 (-1.5)
12/22- 181 (-4.5)
12/29- 180.5 (-.5)
1/5- 179/182.3 (got a new scale that's 3.3 pounds heavier) (-1.5)
1/12- 178.9 (-3.4)
1/19- 177.4 (-1.5)
1/26- 175.8 (-1.6)
2/2- 175.8 (-0)
2/9- 172.5 (-3.3)
2/16- 168.2 (-4.3)
2/23- 165.6 (-2.6)
3/2- 165.8 (+.2)
3/9- 162.6 (-3.2 )
3/16- 160.9 (-1.7)
3/23- 159.3 (-1.6)
3/30- 156.6 (-2.7)
4/6- 154.4 (-2.2)
4/13- 150.7 (-3.7)
4/20- 148 (-2.7)
4/27- 146.4 (-1.6)
5/4- 144.5 (-1.9)
5/11- 141.4 (-3.1)
5/18- 139.8 (-1.6)
5/25- 137.9 (-1.9)
6/1- 134.2 (-3.7)
6/8- 132.9 (-1.3)
6/15- 131.0 (-1.9)
6/22- 129.7 (-1.3)
6/29- 128.4 (-1.3)
7/6- 124.9 (-3.5)
Plan of Choice:
Weight Watchers
Website/Blog:
http://findingthemiddleground.blogspot.com
Workout Philosophy:
I'm a Running Fanatic, I love lifting weights

My Story

Growing up, I was always a little bit on the chubby side. My freshman year of college I got up to about 170 or 175. Then I started to lose weight in February or March that year (2004). I lost 30 pounds and everyone told me I looked great- and I did. Of course I didn't think so then. My self image has always been horrible and my confidence has always been low. It went up a little with losing the weight but I still thought I looked fat and needed to lose at least 20 pounds (putting myself at 125- the weight I've always wanted to be for some reason). I met the man who is now my husband in June of 2004, right after losing the weight. It was such a whirlwind romance and I wrote in my journal within 2 weeks of meeting him that I knew he was the man I was going to marry. I realize that's kind of a crazy thing to say but I just knew it deep in my heart- and turns out I was right. We got married on August 26, 2006.

Anyways, I'm getting off track. Basically, after we met we started going out to eat all. the. time. We would hit our favorite mexican place almost every other day! Eventually, by September the next year (2005) I had gotten up to 190. I finally was determined enough to lose the weight and I got down to 148.5 by April the next year. (I have my weight written down by the way, my memory isn't that amazing) But then something came along that made it impossible for me to lose any more weight; I got pregnant.

Boy, was I happy I had lost that weight before I got pregnant! I would have hated to start out a pregnancy at 190. I had my daughter on January 30th, 2007 and she is truly a miracle and a blessing from God. I can hardly even write about her without getting teary-eyed. Anyways, when I gave birth I was about 215 pounds (yeah I gained a lot). A couple days after returning home from a hospital I was 190 again. So I started my weight loss journey all over again. I lost a steady 2 pounds a week (on average) until I was down to 163.5 in the middle of May. (I was breastfeeding basically full time this whole time too) I really just tried to eat a lot of fruits and veggies, whole grains, lean meat, and low fat dairy. You know, just eating healthy. I tried to limit dessert to once a week or so and never really had junk food. We would go out to eat about once a week. But then we moved in the middle of May and for some reason that really messed me up. I think I just got out of my routine, and we probably had to go out to eat more than normal during the couple days that we were moving and I have never recovered from that. Yes, it's been over a year and I've gained weight steadily ever since then. By October 1st of 2007 I was back up to good old 193. For some reason this is so embarrassing for me to write out. I think the worst part is that I lost almost all of my baby weight and then gained it ALL back, plus some. I just wonder why... why would I do this to myself? It's got to be so unhealthy to go up and down in weight so much. So then I decided to try Weight Watchers. I didn't actually pay for it or go to the meetings, but I figured out how many points I needed and my mom had the books so I did it that way. I did it for 2 weeks and lost 7 pounds but I didn't stay on it. So my weight started to climb again. In January of this year, my mom told me she and my grandma would pitch in to pay for me to go to meetings and actually participate in the program. By this time I was at 211 pounds. So I did it and was successful for a while. I ended up losing 13 pounds by February but for some reason I just couldn't (wouldn't) do it anymore. Which leads me to now. I am at my all time highest weight ever, even higher than I was when I was 9 months pregnant. How did I get here? Well, every day I would tell myself "I'll start tomorrow" so I would let myself eat anything I wanted that day. Then the next day I wouldn't start, so I would do the same thing... over and over and over. But I never have given up, not even for one second, on losing weight. I'm one of those people that hates buying big girl clothes, i.e. clothes that fit me now. I lived last winter in sweatshirts. Now I'm living in my husbands t-shirts that make me look even fatter than I am. I want to be a good example for my daughter, and I hate that I'm not. I have to hide the food I'm eating from her because I don't want her to eat it. That's how bad it is. I feel so hypocritical because I always make her eat really healthy yet I eat absolutely terrible.

But thank goodness for weight watchers! A plan that really makes it easy to lose weight... hopefully for the last time.

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My poor daughter!

My daughter had a horrible accident today. And I feel like it is entirely my fault. It's over something as stupid as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!

I made her lunch and she refused to eat her sandwich. I hate food going to waste but I never force my daughter to eat. Today I decided to make her take one bite just to see if she liked it, and if she didn't then she didn't have to eat it. Well she WOULD NOT take a bite, no matter what I said or did. Finally I said if she didn't take one bite s… Continue

Posted on July 9, 2009 at 1:23pm — 6 Comments

Rachel

Feeling good today

THANK YOU to everyone for all the encouragement and comments on my pictures and my post about making it to 125!! You guys are THE BEST!

The past two days I have been feeling great about food, and a lot more in control than last week. My sweets cravings seem to have subsided, and I have been able to stay a lot more full and satisfied all mornings. My night time snacking has been in control as well. And yesterday I did a lot better on having less diet coke/caffeine. But today I've had a lot more… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 1:15pm — 5 Comments

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Progress Pictures

I know I JUST posted pictures when I hit 110 pounds lost, but I couldn't hit 125 and not post pictures! So here they are!


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Posted on July 6, 2009 at 9:30am — 22 Comments

Rachel

Weigh-in Week 48



Do you see that there? That says 124.9. That number means a whole lot of things to me. It means I lost 3.5 pounds this week. It means I have lost 114.4 pounds all by myself, by working my butt off, in just under 11 months. It means 5 donuts must have been exactly what my… Continue

Posted on July 6, 2009 at 8:57am — 18 Comments

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Donuts will be the END of me!

In my last post I wrote about cutting back on the sauce... Diet Coke that is. Welllll it hasn't been going so good. I just need to keep trying. And I'm a little worried about my weight loss this week. In a normal week I have 2 donuts. Last week I had 4... and then today I had one. So that puts FIVE donuts between my last weigh in and my weigh in tomorrow... yikes. I guess this will really put to test the "a calorie is a calorie" theory... that it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you… Continue

Posted on July 5, 2009 at 2:44pm — 7 Comments

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At 11:01pm on July 7, 2009, Tricia said…
Hey, I just put my labor story in the pregnancy group discussion section. Asher Hayes Whiting arrived at 12:15 p.m. today. 9 lbs, 2 ozs and 22 inches long (no wonder I got so big). ha ha He is absolutely beautiful and I am absolutely exhausted.
At 2:31pm on July 7, 2009, Juniper said…
Hey there Rachel, I know I said this on one of your blogs but I really think you should let Roni in on your success story. I know that you posted a How To kind of blog about your journey and what you've learned about weight loss as you've continued on but only those of us that know you and your blog got to benefit from it and you have such an amazing story to tell! Congrats again and wishing you a great week!
At 11:33am on July 7, 2009, Ashley said…
Thanks for checking in on me. Things have been super busy at home and work. I'm leaving on my Jamaican vacation on Saturday!! I finally just got to read that you made it to goal. CONGRATULATIONS! You amaze me, as always. I'm looking forward to seeing how maintenance goes. I know you'll be as successful at that as you've been at weight loss. You look fabulous in your pictures. The ones in your before pants are hilarious and wonderful!!!
At 10:43am on July 7, 2009, Erica said…
Thanks for all of your comments! I have actually skipped days of counting here & there this week & last. I also was not counting the wheat germ on my oatmeal, & since I'm going over I don't know if there is any point in counting, but on the other hand, I feel like I need something to keep me accountable. So do I just journal, or do I keep counting until I learn how many points I should eat to still lose? I think I'll keep my journal/counting & try to see a pattern, at least for a while. So are you starting maintenance now? Your new pictures are incredible!!!
At 12:35pm on July 6, 2009, Kelly said…
Sounds like a great program for exercising. thanks for the suggestions.
At 11:50am on July 6, 2009, Kelly said…
Hey! I just wanted to see what you found worked for you when you exercised? Did you do the gym, videos (I see you mentioned NO more trouble zones), etc? Any help you can lend would be great. I am at a gym and have a trainer but need to find something else to help boost this losing! Thanks and congrats on less then 125!
At 8:57am on July 5, 2009, Tanya said…
Hey there - what is "no more trouble spots"? I am thinking it might be something I could use. If you could share I would appreciate it...thanks!
At 2:32pm on July 4, 2009, Tricia said…
Thank you for your comment on my picture. I feel like an absolute whale. I can't believe how much weight I have gained. Almost 65 lbs now. I sure hope I lose at least 20 from delivery. I think I should have had enough junk food in the last 5 months to last me years. ha ha Have a great 4th!
At 1:05pm on July 4, 2009, Tricia said…
Hey, you look awesome in your swimsuit picture!! I bet your hubby was picking his floor up off the ground. So I am going in Monday (the 6th) for labor induction. I am really excited, and of course, a bit nervous. I am ready to get this pregnancy over with and meet my little munchkin. I got out all my WW books this weekend, and am ready to jump right back onto the program as soon as we get home from the hospital. :) I know it is going to be hard work to get back down to goal, but seeing your progress motivates me even more.
At 10:57am on July 3, 2009, Erica said…
You look amazing Rachel, very toned! I posted last night what we have been up to, with day trips including pictures. Scott has 2 weeks off so we've been very busy & I have not had much time to post or read. I can't wait to catch up & read what I've missed!! I hope everything is ok with your husband!!!
 
 

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