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Slimmer Reflection

I am having eaters remorse. I caved at work and ate a chocolate chip cookie with 500 calories. GRRR. Jun 22

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About Me:

Hi my name is Shanna. I am 31 years old and live in Utah. I have been married for 13 years and have four wonderful children. Growing up I was never skinny but I was not over weight either. When I graduated from high school I was 150lbs. I loved to work out in gym class, walk with friends and was active doing teenage stuff. I got married right after I graduated and had a baby 10 months later. I maintained at 165 for about 3 years. My weight slowly crept up on me starting about 3 or 4 years ago. My husband began to have really bad back problems and was unable to work. I was working 2 part time jobs and trying to take some college classes. I was very stressed and turned to food as my comfort. I did not weigh myself for a very long time and ate whatever I wanted when ever I wanted. I never had the desire to go on a diet. I thought it would be to hard and that I would just give up. My sister started doing weight watchers by herself. She started to lose so much weight. I was jealous I wanted to lose weight too. So I started eating better and watching my calories. It wasn’t as hard as I thought. My start weight was 212 on September 2007. Slowly the weight just started to come off. It was so excited. I feel like the old me again. I feel like I have a second chance to start over. I want to be healthy for my kids. I want to take them swimming and play sports with them. But most of all I want to be a good example to them and teach them to be healthy.

Start Date: September 1, 2007
Start Weight: 212 lbs.
Pre-Pregnancy Weight October 2008: 155

The reason I picked Slimmer Reflection as my blog name is that I have a habit of checking myself out in mirrors and windows of stores. I used to hate what I saw looking back at me. I was embarrassed. I would think to myself I can't believe you would go out in public looking like that. Now that I have lost 45 pounds I actually do something with my hair and have bought some new clothes. I still have more to lose and imperfections that I can't change, but I am starting to like what I see.

In November 2008 I discovered I was pregnant. Not planned. I had just reached my goal of 155 lbs. and was feeling pretty good about the way I looked. It has been hard for me to gain weight but I know that it will be worth it. I hope that after the baby I can lose the weight fast and hopefully focus on toning my body.

Staring Pregnancy weight: 155lb.
10 weeks: 158
12 weeks: 160
16 weeks: 164
20 weeks: 166
28 weeks: 175
40 weeks: 181

2010 Starting Over weight: 170
Jan 16 2010 -167
Aug 16 2010-170

Plan of Choice:

Weight Watchers, Other

Website/Blog:

http://shannaandjasonsblog.blogspot.com/

Workout Philosophy:

I stay active doing everyday activities, I'm new to exercise, I only exercise because I have to

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155 lbs

Added November 15, 2008 at 10:01am 8 Comments
Me and My Sister

Added August 3, 2008 at 6:09pm
Before Pictures

Added August 3, 2008 at 6:03pm

Me

Added May 25, 2008 at 12:53am

Goals

Lose 10%-reached goal Nov. 2007

Be 175 by my Birthday-didn’t reach but I am 4 lbs. away.

Lose 40 lbs.-April 20 2008 Yipee

Lose 50 lbs. -June 29 2008

Size 9 pants- Septeber 1 2008 bought my first 9/10's

Before I had kids weight 160- July 25, 2008

Married weight 155- September 2008

Wear swimsuit without Tank top and shorts over the top- June 9, 2008

Run 5k this summer- July 24, 2008

Lose 60 lbs-

Weigh 145 lbs.-

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New Week New Goals

Well its a new week and I am feeling motivated to set some new goals. My goals are for the week:

1) food journal everyday
2) Jiggle Free Ab video 3 days
3) Run 2-3 days
4) More water
5) At least 1 fruit and veggie a day

I am hoping that setting some goals will help me to stay structured and hopefully result in a loss this week. I would love to see the scale go down.

Posted on August 16, 2010 at 12:05pm — 1 Comment

Getting My MInd Set Back

I am finally getting my mind set straight. I think I have been in maintenance mode and thinking that the pounds are just going to come off but the scale is not going down, luckily it has stayed pretty much the same for awhile now and hasn't gone up to much. I haven't put forth the effort to try and actually lose weight. But as I stare at my closet every morning wishing that all my clothes would just magically look great on me once again. I realize that it is time to get serious and eat better an… Continue

Posted on August 11, 2010 at 4:53pm — 4 Comments

Starting Over Again!

Gosh it seems like ever time I get on here I am starting over. Then I go missing and them come back. I am stuck at 170lb. I want to lose at least 15 lbs. That will put me at what I was before I got pregnant. I just haven't been able to make the scale budge in over a year. It is frustrating. I think about being skinny all the time. I want to feel good about myself, I want to fit in my clothes again. But why can't I stop eating crappy foods and eating just to eat. Life has been so stressful lately… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2010 at 5:37pm — 4 Comments

Frustrated With Myself

Grrrr! That's all I can say. I need to focus NOW. I will run tonight and I will LOVE it! Ok.

Still at 170 lbs the scale is not budging.

Posted on June 22, 2010 at 3:07pm — 1 Comment

It's All Worth It

This week I am starting on week 3 of the Couch to 5k. I am really getting into running again. I love the energy it gives me and for some reason I like the pain it gives me. I love the feeling when you are pushing yourself and you want to quit so bad but you don't, you just keep going. It is just like life sometimes you just want to quit but you know you can't so you just push yourself to get up each morning and move forward because you have to. I know I can run a 5k. I have done it before, I kno… Continue

Posted on April 26, 2010 at 12:09am — 3 Comments

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At 12:55pm on August 5, 2010, Christine said…: Welcome back! Wish I could join the 6 week challenge in the Losing the Baby Bump group, but looking forward to seeing how everyone does. So yeh, I am preggers again. A HUGE surprise, but in the end, a good thing. Hope all is well with you and your family!!

At 5:42pm on April 16, 2010, Lynn said…: Great to see you on here Shanna and thanks for stopping by and commenting! :) How are you doing?

At 5:49pm on January 16, 2010, Christine said…: I thought we were friends already?! thanks for the request!

At 10:42am on September 28, 2009, Christine said…: Hi! How are you? I had my baby on Sept 10th. All is well. I have been thinking about you lately--cause I have been doing some major stress eating. Too much snacking on sugary and fatty things... my head wants to eat whole foods, but my hands grab the cookies and candy!

At 11:20pm on August 13, 2009, Emily Lieser said…: I have such an obsession with the scale and it's driving me nuts not knowing where I am at right now! But I still have13 more days until my weigh in...hopefully I can make it that long without going crazy!
:-)

At 5:52pm on July 26, 2009, Tricia said…: Hi Shanna! We are doing really great. Asher is up every 3 hours at night, but I don't think that is too bad. I just was feeling so exhausted toward the end of my pregnancy..backaches, etc.. So I just feel absolutely fabulous now. I have so much more energy, and haven't even napped during the day. My doctor said to do only walking till my follow-up appt, but I feel so awesome that I just jumped back into my normal exercise routine. How are you feeling?

At 5:44pm on July 14, 2009, Christine said…: Congrats Shanna! Enjoy the little one!

At 1:40pm on July 8, 2009, Christine said…: Hi! How are you? Are you getting ready to "pop?"

At 5:15pm on May 27, 2009, Christine said…: Hi! Hope all is well. :~)

At 3:26pm on May 27, 2009, Tricia said…: Hey Shanna! I think you should post a new bump picture. We are on the downhill. I have 46 days till DUE DATE!!