My Overhaul!!

I have written a lot on my FB page regarding my recent weightloss and lots of you really want to know what I am doing. I think this was the best place for me to keep you updated and to let you know what I eat and I am doing daily. Here is my story on how I got to where I HAD to loose weight.
I have had a issue with my weight my whole life, it has been the one content that has always been there to alter my mood on even the best occasions. The smallest I have been was before I got pregnant and I was a size 6 before I got pregnant please also take into consideration I am 5'8. I gained about 70 lbs when I was pregnant and never got it off and just added to the weight thru eating crap daily. The recent turn around has been the fact that I am just not healthy at all. I was out of breath doing easy things and just thought that I will not live to see my daughter grow up. I was especially stupid of me to have the weight on me since I have heart problems. I finally after MANY times trying really got started on April 18. Since then I have lost about 22 lbs and 3 dress sizes. There are really no secrets but here is what I do daily!

This is my husbands take on the diet, he is the one that is helping me he has more knowledge on the subject then anyone I have ever been around and plus he has lost the weight and done the work himself:

There are no secrets and this diet isn't magic. We create a large calorie deficit, we try the best to subdue hunger via a craptastic (haha) amount of protein / fibrous veges and we pushed the time she has her first meal back to later in day. Throw in a couple of normal meals/free meals a week and that's pretty much it.

Pretty simple. The only... See More magic is that she is doing it. She deserves the credit. Not me.

If there is anything special about this approach it is that she isn't hungry which makes her adherence much better. That and I work on fixing her association and relationship with food. That is done normally by destroying every myth she "thought" she knew was true about dieting and nutrition.

and here is what I do daily:
My typical day is I wake up around 7:30 and take my daughter to school. I don't eat breakfast. I will drink water. Then around 3 I will either have some kind of protein, meaning like fish or chicken or a protein shake. We go and work out around 5:30 for about an hour to an hour and a half depending on how much I am complaining and how ... See ... See MoreMoremuch Kris and I are arguing,lol. I will say that one of the keys I think is I do not really do any cardio, I know it sounds crazy but it has really changed my body. I have lost weight before a bit and did lots of cardio and get that saggy skin that is about as gross as the fat I was carrying. I do squats with weight and then if it is arm day we do curls, bench presses and other arm exercise. Leg day is usually squats, dead lifts, and more legs. We also do dips and pull ups I do everything my husband does but with less weight. After that I will eat dinner and it will be protein and a vegetable. So no sugar, carbs, or anything. I have two "free" meals a week after I work out. The free meals are not gorge yourself meals they are normal proportions of something that I crave. I have tried MANY diets before and really wanted something that worked fast for me, since I am ADD and want to see change quick or i will be over it. It is also a BIG mental game for me that I really think I am winning now. I have long way to go say about 55 lbs, but I finally know I will do it. Any other questions just ask!

I also want to say my weight has been a HUGE part of my life, to much so. It was always the last thing I thought of before I went to bed and the first thing I thought of when I woke up. As most of you know I own a childrens clothing company so I LOVE clothes. Not being able to wear what I want was horrible for me. I just stopped caring I would just... See More wear a t shirt and gym shorts everywhere and just stopped taking pride in myself. That was not good for me or for my daughter to see me not taking care of myself. I constantly got the you are gorgeous but you need to loose weight or "you have a beautiful face "but your fat type thing. I am 30 years old and want to be the prettiest person I can be on the inside and out.Also the thought of someone thinking I was pregnant and not really overwhelmed me, it was just one of my things. I think I have a great inside and really want the outside to match. I want to be a inspiration to others and most of all my daughter!

One more thing if I can loose weight ANYONE can and this diet is great for all people with lots to little to loose. I am not patient so I want it gone as fast as I can and this is it!!

Lauren