So  a weird thing happened on the way to Madison’s First Communion this weekend.  I had a stressful long week.  I skipped Zumba, so I could get my house ready.  I didn’t even mow the lawn to help Bill out (he did it himself!).  I ate some “real” food instead of all Nutrisystem food.  I was terrified of weighing in this morning.

That all being said, since I paid good money for the stuff I had at the party, I did indulge.  Some of my most favorite foods were served.  I stuck to my Nutrisystem plan for breakfast and lunch.  Supper, and my extra smartfuels and powerfuels were used for dinner and snacking.  I just chose to make smart choices.

With that all said and done, I was a little worried.  I shouldn’t have been!  Instead of gaining (which was my fear), I ended up with a fairly big weight loss this week!  We are looking at 2.8 lbs!!!  It just goes to show you that real life can get in the way, and you can still lose weight.  As always, this coming up weekend, we’ll be heading to Green Bay for another party.  I will just have to use everything I’ve learned to this point and again, make smart choices about what I am putting into my mouth.

I can barely believe that a 40 lb weight loss is right around the corner.  I could seriously accomplish that by the end of this month!  When I started this, I didn’t know if I could actually do this.  I’m amazed at what I have accomplished so far, and I thank you all for joining me in this journey.  You have all kept me both accountable and motivated!

THIS WEEKS WEIGHT LOSS: 2.8
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS:  36.6

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When you are heavier, shopping is a nightmare.  The majority of my wardrobe was black clothes.  Why?  Because they don’t make clothes if you are larger that are stylish and most of them have huge floral patterns that wouldn’t look good on anyone!  Now, I still hate shopping, but it is soooo nice to walk into a store and actually find things on a rack.

As many of you may know, Madison’s first communion is in less than a month, and since my weight loss, I’ve got nothing to wear!    While I was in Green Bay this weekend, we went clothes shopping.  Again.  This time it was to find a dress.  I will also need a dress for Bill’s brothers wedding in September.

Since we were looking for dresses, we headed over to Dress Barn.  We were there about 2 hours and I swear I tried on at least 50 dresses.  However, we scored!  I found 2 dresses that I bought there!  This is the dress I got for Madison’s first communion:

This is the dress that I got for Bill’s brother’s wedding:

It was so nice to find things that looked good on me in a size 16! I couldn’t tell you the last time I wore a size 16, and I can only thank Nutrisystem for this!  Now, over the weekend, I ate out on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  I was a little worried about what I was going to weigh in this morning at.  I watched what I ate and made smart choices.  That being said, I lost an additional 2 pounds!  Nutrisystem has taught me to make good food choices when I am out (now, they are going to recommend that you don’t eat out but sometimes you can’t help it.  Like when you are out of state like we were).

THIS WEEKS WEIGHT LOSS: 2.0
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 29

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Okay, corny title, I know. However, we love our minivan. It was one of the best purchases we ever made. It is especially nice for trips like we are doing this weekend up to Green Bay. We have plenty of room to haul all of our stuff, the stuff I’m bringing for my sister (Will’s clothes that he has outgrown), and on the way home, we are picking up a new bed for Will. Now, you can’t haul a bed in a little bitty car, can you? I think not!

Our next van may be a Toyota Sienna. We already have a Prius (yes, we have averaged 60 mpg in that baby at times), so we know what a quality brand Toyota is. Best of all, there are toyota sienna special offers happening right now. Who doesn’t like to save a couple of bucks? I know I do! I also love that you can get moonroofs in the minivans now. I love a stylish ride! Plus, who doesn’t want a back-up camera. Bill has that on his car, and it is pretty sweet.

What do you drive? Is it a minivan? A Prius? A *gasp* station wagon? What do you look for in your vehicles?

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I think I need therapy.  I know, you are all laughing right now, but I’ve got some definiate denial issues.  I know how much weight I’ve lost, but I just don’t see it.  And I still think my old clothes fit even if I know better now.  Let me tell you about my weekend.  We went up to Green Bay to see my family this weekend.  I had a great time!  However, my sister and I went clothes shopping.  I do have to start out by thanking Lane Bryant in Green Bay.  I had the most awesome salesperson (I think her name was Amanda!).  We told her why we were there, and she literally turned into my personal shopper.  I hope that woman works on commission, because she definitely deserves it!  We told her what was up (my losing weight and being on Nutrisystem and how I plan on losing more weight).  I went in there for a pair of jeans and some new bras.  I came out with almost a brand new wardrobe!

This is what I looked like going in:

I was comfy.  Now, here’s where I don’t see a difference, because this is the after picture.  This is one of the outfits I bought at Lane Bryant:

And here are the size differences:

In Bra Size, I went from a 44DD to a 38 F.  That’s 6 inches!!!  Though I am not sure how my cup goes up in that, but I’ll take those 6 inches!!!

In Pants, I went from a 24 jean (that’s what I was wearing in that above picture) to a 18 pants!

In Shirts, well, that sweatshirt is a 2x.  The shirt I bought was a 14/16!

I’ll be honest — I don’t remember when I’ve been this small, and this small isn’t actually very small at all.  My sister recommended going through my closet and taking out the clothes that were too big.  The part that makes me sad is that I have 3 garbage bags full of clothes now that will be heading to the attic.  I had shirts ranging from 1x – 4 x!  Why on god’s green earth did I keep them in there?  Needless to say, my closet looks a lot cleaner now!  Though I know how hoarders feel now, because it was hard to get rid of some of those clothes, and I can’t explain why.

Now, somewhere in my head, something is wacked, because everybody told me (including my husband Bill who didn’t even notice when I cut 6 inches off my hair one time) that the new clothes make me look  ton thinner.  Why can’t I see it?  That’s the part of this journey that is driving me bananas.  I mean, I was shocked when I found a pair of black pants in my closet that were a 18, and when I tried them on, they fit.  That shouldn’t surprise me, yet it does.  Though while shopping, I could hear my sister-in-law T in my head telling me that I deserved some new clothes to reward myself for all my hard work.  Hopefully, she’ll read this and approve.  :)

Well, onto this week’s update.  I thought the whole week I wasn’t going to lose anything, and well, I was wrong!  Here are my updates!

THIS WEEKS WEIGHT LOSS: 2.2
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 17.8

I’d love to hear all of your feedback!  I need it!

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I’ve got another crazy weekend planned! You may have all read about the craziness of last weekend and helping my mom paint, plant new plants, and rearrange her living room. We were busy, busy, busy last weekend! (Oh, I forgot to add that going to my moms from my house is a 4 hour drive too!). We took our kids to Bay Beach last weekend too! (For those who don’t know, Bay Beach is an amusement park in Green Bay. Rides cost 1 ticket to get on (each ticket is 25 cents!). There are some two ticket rides too. The new roller coaster they put in, The Zippin Pippin, is $1.00. (We wen’t on it — it’s worth a $1!).

This weekend is shaping up to be busy — just not quite as busy. Tonight, I have to go to a dinner with Bill for work. These things are always nice and well, boring. I’m hoping to get some more of my own yard work done this weekend.  I want to put a border around my front pine trees, and then add the rocks that are around the side of my house under the tree.  It isn’t like we can grow anything under those trees anyway.  However, something I’ve noticed that has happened with all of the yard work I’ve been doing — I want to be more active.  Now, I’m not saying that I am going to run out and get myself a Recumbent exercise bike or a gym quality bikes or even a Keiser indoor bike (though I could if I wanted to). Instead, it just makes me want to get out and exercise.  For me, that is a great thing since I don’t normally have any motivation to do so.  If it doesn’t rain, I’m going to paint my front porch too.  The only problem is that I can’t figure out what color to paint it!  Also, if it doesn’t rain, we are going to take the kids to be Morton Arboretum.  They have an awesome kids section there and I got a great GroupOn for it a couple of months ago.

As you can see, we have a crazy weekend scheduled.  What does your weekend look like?

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