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Slimmer Reflection

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About Me:: Hi my name is Shanna. I am 29 years old and live in Utah. I have been married for 10 years and have three 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 swimmingand 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.
Current weight: 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 boutght 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.

Plan of Choice:: Weight Watchers

Website/Blog:: http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/slimmerreflection

Workout Philiosophy:: I stay active doing everyday activities, I'm a walk-a-holic

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155 lbs

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Me and My Sister

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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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Garbage Gut

I feel like such a garbage gut. I just can't stop myself. I did pass up a donut at school today, only because last night I did take one. Then in Walmart while waiting in line what do I do I grab a Kit Kat. I remember a year ago when I wrote how proud I was that I didn't grab the candy bars in the check out lines anymore. This used to be such a bad habit for me. Bad habits are arising again. I really need to stop. Right now. Why can't I control myself. I have 2 more finals to go. So maybe after t… Continue

Posted on December 3, 2008 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Thankful

Thanksgiving was the start date of my over eating. Now I just can't seem to stop. Ahhh!!!. I don't know why I can't get back on track. Everything just sounds and looks so good. I really need to get a plan before I fall off the wagon completely. So far today I have done better. Scrambled eggs for breakfast,granola bar and veggies for a snack. I hope I can keep it up. Last week a good friend of mine died. He would come into my work everyday and visit with me and tell me how skinny I was. He calle… Continue

Posted on December 2, 2008 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment

I Over Ate!!!

So I know I am probably not the only one that ate too much yesterday. The scale is up 3 pounds. Ahhh. Part of me wanted to do so good and stop when I was full and the other part just wanted to enjoy the food. Well you know which part won. I am glad that Thanksgiving only comes once a year. 3 pounds!!! I hope it will come off within the next week. I did not want to see 160 on the scale again. The 150's have been good to me the past few months.

Posted on November 28, 2008 at 8:23pm — 3 Comments

Reflecting

----Remember---- 'STRESSED' spelled backwards is 'DESSERTS' Lately I have been waking up earlier then everyone else. It has giving me time to reflect on life. It is strange how life can change so much. This past year losing weight, has been a very exciting year for me. But then whe… Continue

Posted on November 16, 2008 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

New Photo

This is a picture of me at 155 lb. It is amazing, I never thought I… Continue

Posted on November 15, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

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At 11:25am on November 17, 2008, Lynn said…: Hi Shanna. Love the new pics! You look great!

At 1:57pm on October 31, 2008, Lynn said…: There you are! I've been wondering about what happened to you! Thank you so much for a sweet comment on my post today. I really need to just do it for myself because that is the decision I made.

What made you actually follow through with it this time?

At 12:49pm on September 25, 2008, Tawnya said…: Just wanted to check in with you and see how things are going. Hope all is going well. How's school? Keep us updated.

At 8:40am on September 17, 2008, Runmom said…: Thanks for your comment! I'm so impressed by your weight-loss, and you gave me the reassurance and motivation I needed.

At 6:11pm on August 14, 2008, Arlene said…: To make the fries on the George Foreman grill, I usually just wash the potato really well, cut it in half and then slice each half into about 8 to 10 slices. I either toss with olive oil (if I still need to get some in for the day) or spray the slices with cooking spray.

It takes about 12-15 minutes to cook them.

At 10:00am on August 14, 2008, Amy said…: I probably could do the 5k. Eric is off work next weekend. Let me know if you decide to do it.

At 10:12pm on August 11, 2008, Azad said…: Thanks you too!! Very inspirational :O)))

At 7:53pm on August 9, 2008, Tammy said…: Ooops! My apologies Shanna! I realize I called you Shannon. So sorry honey!
Tammy

At 7:36pm on August 9, 2008, Tammy said…: Hey Shannon! It was so sweet of you to think of me! It must have been fate, because, that VERY day I marched back in to my WW meeting after having hid away for some time now. I also told myself that I was returning to my blog! I was still reading Roni's stuff, but, hadn't been to the blog site since JUNE!

Congratulations on reaching your goal! You look wonderful in your pictures! Yay Shannon! Your weight loss journey looks to be similar to what I my goal is! I started at 215 and would like to reach a goal of 165. I can't believe your "before" picture is you after having seen the "now!" Your family must be so proud of you. You are an inspiration to me and the fact that you took the time to check up on me...makes me want to succeed that much more. Thank you Shannon. It was just what I needed when I needed it.
Tammy

At 10:00am on July 24, 2008, Lynn said…: Just wanted to answer your question from yesterday...I have an aerobic walking DVD that I use in my living room, so I use the five pound weights when I am doing the DVD.