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IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMASSSSSSSS! And I can't wait! My hubby and I will be in California for the next week spending time with my family :) That also means there will not be a new post until the new year! I hope you all have an amazing Christmas and Happy New Year as well! I can't wait to see what 2011 has in store for my life, and I'm sure it will be fabulous!

I'm hoping some time soon after 2011 has started, I will be ready to get back on track with actively trying to lose weight! In 2010 I lost 55 pounds and I managed to keep almost 3/4 of that weight off, even with the very trying time of having my second miscarriage!! **My first post of the new year -also post #100!- will say how much I weigh on January 1, 2011. (Remember I was 330 lbs on January 1, 2010)

You all saw how I beat myself up so much after gaining some of that weight back, and struggling with myself to diet again. And you were all there for me through it all, now I can finally see it how you guys saw did. Yes I did gain some weight back, but that's still a LOT of weight off my body, and looking at it that way... I'm so EXCITED! OH OH OH OH!! And get this:: This is the VERY FIRST year in 7 years that I have ended up being lighter, rather than heavier at the end of the year!! Can you believe it?! No matter how the end of this year went for me that's still a huge accomplishment, as any hypothyroid patient knows!

Well I guess that's all for now. I love you all, you mean the world to me! Happy Holidays from Cory and I! Until next time :)

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Half way through the work week! I'm quite excited if you couldn't tell! Tonight I have some people on my Scentsy team coming over to chill for a bit, tomorrow is my hubby's work Christmas party (which I'm really excited about...we all go out all the time, they are the best group of people!) Friday is my hubby's last day of work for over 2 weeks! -jealous...but now he can help with chores hahaha!- and this weekend is last minute shopping for our Cali trip, and I'm getting my hair and nails done! So once I leave work today I'll be busy busy which means the next week will go by fast! Yay!

Weight loss is truckin along...not going very fast but I'm losing small amounts each day so that's good :) I'm actually really sick again :( I started feeling it this weekend, but it wasn't too bad just annoying. But today it hit me like a semi and I look&feel horrible! Because of that this post won't be too long, I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open and I'm at work! Yikes! Well I hope you all have a wonderful day! Until next time :)

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HAPPY MONDAY! How did your weekends go? Ours was wonderful! Spent some time with my cousin and her baby Saturday afternoon, hung out with friends that night and then Sunday was all me and my hubby! We finally put up the Christmas tree! We weren't going to, because we'll be out of state for Christmas, but my hubbs saw how much I wanted to put it up so we did :) It looks BEAUTIFUL!

I didn't lose or gain anything this weekend, but I'm fine with that. Every day I realize more and more how I messed everything up, and how much I need this time to heal and re-think the whole diet situation. I actually ordered the fat flush smoothie shake down and it will probably be coming at the end of this week. Next week I'll start it but I won't continue it on my Christmas vacay. Not that I don't think I could, but our lovely Mary Shomon told me not to. She said "just go be with your family, enjoy it and enjoy the food. Don't eat a plate of cookies, but don't worry about it either. Continue on the smoothie shake down when you get back to give you a jump start and see what happens after." Well...sounds good to me! I will do exactly as she said, I won't go crazy, but I won't worry about it either.

I had so much energy this morning, which was a PERFECT way to start a Monday and a week. I was actually planning on not doing a thing but I needed a pair of jeans washed...next thing you know I have all of our clothes, towels and my hubby's uniforms (4 loads of laundry) done and put away, all the dishes from this weekend cleaned and put away, the dog walked, our wifi fixed...and I'm sitting there waiting to go to work an hour early! I'm still shocked! Well anyway. I hope you all had a great weekend and Monday! Until next time :)

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Happy Friday everyone :) I hope you're excited for this weekend, do you have anything fun going on? I'm going to spend time with the hubbs and some friends hopefully!

Weight loss is going pretty well actually, I've lost a bit of weight this week and I'm quite excited about that. Actually my entire post was going to be my excitement on that subject, but then I got to work and I had a message waiting from a friend...

This friend is going through a lot of what I am currently going through, and every few weeks we see how each other is doing. She was speaking with a friend about her recent miscarriage, and a manager of a bookstore overheard them and recommended a song to her. She said this just happened yesterday, and it's already helping her cope; she hoped it would help me. I got on iTunes and listened to a clip then immediately downloaded it. I pulled up the lyrics and read along until the tears pouring out of my eyes made it impossible to see. This song is so emotional, but it gives me so much hope and I can't help but be happy when I hear it. Does that sound weird? Well now I have that song, and Breathe by Ryan Starr on repeat and I'm having a -now- quiet emotional time in my office. And I can feel things changing. Friend...thank you, a thousand times thank you.

The song is Glory Baby by Watermark. I can't even give you a clip of the song...I need to do the entire thing: 

Glory baby you slipped away as fast as we could say baby…baby..
You were growing, what happened dear?
You disappeared on us baby…baby..
Heaven will hold you before we do
Heaven will keep you safe until we’re home with you…
Until we’re home with you…

Miss you everyday
Miss you in every way
But we know there’s a
day when we will hold you
We will hold you
You’ll kiss our tears away
When we’re home to stay
Can’t wait for the day when we will see you
We will see you
But baby let sweet Jesus hold you
‘till mom and dad can hold you…
You’ll just have heaven before we do
You’ll just have heaven before we do

Sweet little babies, it’s hard to
understand it ‘cause we’re hurting
We are hurting
But there is healing
And we know we’re stronger people through the growing
And in knowing-
That all things work together for our good
And God works His purposes just like He said He would…
Just like He said He would…

BRIDGE:
I can’t imagine heaven’s lullabies
and what they must sound like
But I will rest in knowing, heaven is your home
And it’s all you’ll ever know…all you’ll ever know…

Until next time friends.

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!! This week is half way done! YES! It's not even just to get to the weekend. I'm just ready for this whole week to go away! How are you guys doing? I'm feeling pretty fabulous lately I'm not going to lie! I've actually still continued to weigh daily. But I only did because I wasn't dreading it. It was more of a "Hey I guess I'll step on the scale this morning!" kind of thing. We'll get to how the results were in a bit. But here's my week:

Monday actually went pretty well. I knew I was going to a Mexican restaurant that night for a dinner meeting, and I decided that I really wanted the food. So I chose what I was going to eat that day according to fullness. Not calories. I ate pretty well and when the meeting came I ate my chips and my dinner, though I didn't finish it. I took my time eating it and I only got about half way in before I just couldn't take another bite. But I enjoyed every bit of it!

Tuesday went really well too! I ate my food that I normally would on my diet and was at a friends house when she pulled out pound cake slices. They looked amazing and I was pretty hungry because I hadn't had dinner so I broke off a corner of one slice, ate it and then closed the lid. She opened it again to take more so I went to sit on the couch. Yes I was still hungry, but I knew I was eating dinner later...and I got my taste of it so that was all I needed. And honestly it didn't bug me that I didn't take more. I didn't think of it as..."Oh! I can't have that" Honestly that made all the difference. I let myself know I could have it, I just only needed a little though. Then I ate dinner later which was pretty darn delicious. But an hour later I was still hungry so the hubbs and I had some popcorn!

So then Tuesday morning I stepped on the scale and I had actually lost a little bit of weight on Monday. I was shocked. Normally I gain weight when I eat Mexican food! Then today I step on the scale and I had lost more than 2 pounds yesterday! I just looked at Cory and said "no way!" I got on again to make sure it was correct and it was! So I'm feeling pretty good! I'm still working to not make it a forced diet, but I think I'm doing pretty well so far!

Anyway! I hope you all have a wonderful day! until next time :)

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Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had great weekends! I feel like lately I don't get much of a weekend but it's good to get caught up on stuff! So I actually lost weight this weekend! And I'm pretty surprised because I didn't do the best with eating, nor did I try to focus on the diet. This weekend was so hectic, and spending hours helping friends move out of the house we didn't eat the best! I lost exactly half a pound though so I was actually pretty excited! I was not looking forward to that time on the scale.

With me trying to make this a lifestyle change, first thing that has to go is weighing in every morning. It stresses me out even if I know I did well the day before! And now I'm trying to focus my life on different things, and IT STILL STRESSES ME OUT! So I'll be weighing in every Monday and letting you know how I did for the week, not the day. -I'll still blog three times a week- I'm hoping that will take some of the tension away. If it backfires and I ended up gaining more weight because I'm not stepping on it everyday, then I will definitely go back to doing so!

I can feel my break-through coming. My poor husband has to deal with it though. Haha. I've been quite angry this last week...any little thing has set me off. But I know my anger comes first, then the sadness, and finally the healing. So it's coming and I'm ready for it! Hopefully once that has all finished...that little part of me that wants to actually focus on losing weight will click and I'll get to it. Continue praying for me friends, I definitely need it and thank you again for being there! Until next time :)

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Happy Friday everyone :) I hope this day starts a wonderful weekend! Mine should be pretty good! I might be taking a quick trip to Temple, TX with a friend to help her move stuff back here, and I have a Scentsy party Saturday night that I'm very excited for! Have you guys checked out my Scentsy site? I have a link up top but here it is My Scentsy Site!

I don't know about the rest of you but I happen to be one of those people who loves the Twilight Saga. To be honest I love the books much more than the movies, in my opinion, I think they could have chosen better actors BUT because I love the books so much, I can't help but love the movies regardless of the acting skill. So the third movie is coming out in stores tonight at midnight and I'm pretty excited - it's definitely the best one so far, acting isn't incredible awful! So all of that to say: my hubby knows how much I love it, and although he's not a fan...we're spending Sunday watching the first three movies on the couch :) hahahaha. poor guy! But he's so wonderful :) I think the only reason he agreed to that is because he's secretly in love with the girl who plays Alice ;) If you've never read or watched them before and are interested: START WITH THE BOOKS!!!! And here is one thing: I'm not into Vampires and stuff like that, never have been. But this isn't the intense Vampireness of say True Blood. It's kind of the back story, the main part of these books is the love story and it is incredible!

Okay enough of Twilight. So I actually wasn't able to weigh this morning, when I woke up there was a text from my boss saying the other lady I work with was sick and they needed me to come in early. I was out of bed and out the door within 12 minutes! Pretty proud of myself :) But obviously couldn't weigh, I did weigh yesterday however and I did lose...but don't get excited it was .1 pound. hahaha. I'm doing well on my diet, obviously it's not my main focus but I'm trying to turn it into a life style other than a diet. I used to think of it as a lifestyle until I wanted to do my crunch time and that changed it all. So that's where I am with the diet, as for my healing time. I'm not there yet...I'm not sure I know how to start the process right now. I know if I would have been normal and started it two months ago I would have been fine. Now? Not so much. And I know I'll never get over this, I'm still not over the first one. But I did move on from the first one. I need to get to the point where I can move on from the second one. Anyway thank you all for your comments and encouragement, it meant SO much to me :) I love you all! Have a great weekend! Until next time

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Warning: This post....is intense and emotional for me. It's not one of my regular posts.

Happy Wednesday everyone :) Sorry I haven't had a post for a week! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, and if you went Black Friday shopping I hope you came home with awesome deals! Friday I was busy spending time with my husband, but I would have told you, I'm not happy with how I did on Thanksgiving, well I am...but I'm not at the same time. I had one spoon full of mashed potatoes -and you guys probably don't know mashed potatoes are my WEAKNESS I could do a whole plate of just that. So one spoon was good for me, and I had one roll, some dressing, a few slices of ham -I don't like Turkey-, and lots of green beans. Then I was doing really well not eating any of the desserts there...until I saw there was a banana pudding thing. I ended up sharing some with my hubby :( I was fine with eating a roll, I bought whole wheat so I could have one. but I didn't want to have dressing, mashed potatoes OR dessert. What I am happy about, is I didn't even have one plate full of food, and half of that food was the green beans. So that's still good for Thanksgiving - but I still ate too much. I didn't gain weight that day, but the next day I did gain. It wasn't a big number at all...but not losing the day before added with that put me back a bit. I didn't do bad on my diet on Friday...but I did have a hot chocolate. A hot chocolate and doing perfect on my diet. Anyway if you couldn't tell I was more than frustrated. It's cold out and I love to be able to have a hot chocolate, not every day of course but sometimes. And yes you could say I can just have tea? But I have tea EVERY DAY. I want a hot chocolate sometimes!!!! :( Anyway that had upset me, so I didn't really pay attention to what I ate the rest of the weekend. -I don't know why I do that, I've always been an emotional eater (i.e. after the miscarriage) but it's frustrating I don't want to be like that- I didn't gain or lose anything this weekend which of course put me back a little bit more. SO that was this weekend...

Then my hubby and I had a very long very emotional talk Monday night. Ever since the miscarriage I'm constantly asking him to help me with my diet, because I've been finding it harder and harder to do it. I know I've talked about this a few times, and then I think....Okay! I got it now and I'm gonna push through this! And I'm sure you've all seen in my posts that I'm still really struggling. Struggling with gaining weight when I do perfect on my diet, struggling with when I gain weight just eating something I shouldn't. Struggling with not being able to say no to bad foods. So he finally just told me, "Either you're on your diet or you're not." that pulled me up short, I hadn't been expecting anything like that from him, and that started a 3 hour talk about what's going on with me. I found out a lot about me that night and I'll tell you, it's funny how much you can lie to yourself.

I've been telling everyone, including myself, that I'm fine with the most recent miscarriage and that I'm getting on with my life. And the truth is I'm not. At all apparently. For some reason -subconsciously- I'm just not letting go. Also, I know this isn't true, but I can't stop thinking that my miscarriages are my fault; and honestly, it's really messing with me. I feel like such a big part of me died when that happened, and I can't find that part of me anymore no matter how hard I try. And in there, is the part of me that gets me to push on, know what I want and go for it. It's like I can't find the me that wants to do something for me to make me happy; and that includes my diet and losing weight. I want to, but I can't find it in me to try to do it. I eat healthy, I don't eat a lot. I still eat anywhere from 900-1200 calories in a day. But if a cookie is in front of me, I can't find a reason not to eat it. Anyway there's a lot more to that story, but I can't figure out the words to put it out there.

So that was Monday and I've been dealing with that ever since. It's been really hard, that realization brought with it a lot of hard emotions and truths I didn't want to admit. I've been waiting for something since then to help me heal and get through this. -I know...it's been two months since the miscarriage and I should already be past this point, but I didn't take time to heal then. I just focused on putting it out of my mind instead of dealing with it- So then The Biggest Loser came on last night, but I didn't watch it until I opened up my computer to write this. I'd already seen the results so I just had it on and was kinda going in and out. Then the part where they put all their weight back on and had to do the step-ups and mile came on. At that point I was writing my post and it had something to do with I'm having a hard time right now, please understand I need some time. There might not be another post until next week...and then I hear this song coming from the TV. So I stopped typing and listened more...next thing I know I have tears streaming down my face. I went and downloaded it on iTunes really fast so I could hear the whole thing and then I started crying harder. It's called "Breathe" by Ryan Star. Here is part of the song:
"Breathe, just breathe, take the world off your shoulders and put it on me. Breathe, just breathe, let the life that you live be all that you need. Let go of the fear, let go of the doubt, let go of the ones that try to put you down. You're gonna be fine, don't hold it inside, if you hurt right now then let it all come out."

I really needed that song to come into my life. Thank you Biggest Loser. After that I deleted everything and started over. You guys need to know my struggles...that's what my whole blog is about! And me not telling you of my struggles is what got me to the place I was at on Monday. Not able to do anything for myself, not able to let go, not able to find the me who could push through this weight issue. So now I'm healing, and I'm praying I can put all of Molly back together. My husband is amazing, and he's been nothing but supportive and there for me. Thank you Cory :) and thank you for that simple sentence that made me learn so much.

I've been putting my difficult times, and struggles aside because I "needed to lose weight before I saw my family again." in the end it did nothing but backfire. So family...I don't know where I'll be at Christmas. I'm still hoping I'll be where I was when Mom came in July. But until I fix myself, I can't conquer this mountain known as my weight.

You know how I knew it just got to be too much? On Monday and yesterday I did perfect on my diet. I MEAN PERFECT. Perfect perfect. I walked 2 miles Monday, and 1 mile yesterday. You know what? I gained 1.5 pounds. I ate 1100 calories both days. 1.5 pounds. There's definitely something wrong there right? I'm still going to be eating healthy and sticking to the Thyroid Diet as much as possible. But I can't be focused on that right now, it can't be my only goal. I have my life, my emotions, and my sanity to focus on. I hope you guys agree that I need to have those in order in order to make my life about losing weight. I WILL CONTINUE my blogging every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. and I will continue to let you know how I'm doing with my weight loss. But my blog will also be about how I'm doing. So let's get this weight off my shoulders so I can lose the weight in my stomach eh? :) I love you all. Thank you for being there.
Until next time :)

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Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone! I hope you all have wonderful time with family and loved ones this week! And don't forget to watch what you eat! If you can, find out all the food that will be there and really think about what you want to eat and make sure to stick to your plan! I'll be rootin for you, please root for me! haha. My goal is to lose weight tomorrow! So let's see if I can do it!

I re-evaluated my weight loss schedule and I'm actually doing pretty darn good this week! Lost a good amount Monday and a pretty okay amount yesterday! Happy about that :) How's T-Tapp going? I'm still in love! It makes me feel good and it's fast LOVE that. How about for you guys? Is it easier now than it was in the beginning?

Well definitely excited about tomorrow, -it's also my hubby's Birthday- and today is my Friday at work! Just gotta make it through today and i have four days of being with him and our family & friends I CAN'T WAIT! If you're traveling, be safe! Until next time :)

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Happy Monday! It's Thanksgiving week! What are you guys thankful for? I'm incredibly thankful for my family. Both my family, and my husband's family are so wonderful and they're always there for us. I'm thankful for all of you for being here for me as well! I'm mostly thankful for everything God has given me in my life. No matter what it is, even if it's dressed as a disease, it's always a blessing in disguise. :)

I lost a bit of weight last week, but this weekend there was absolutely nothing. And the funny thing is, I was surrounded by bad food, that I didn't eat. You know I really am happy that at least I didn't gain weight, but it just puts me that much farther back from being where I want to be. When I first started this "crunch time" I felt like the amount of weight I wanted to lose was definitely do-able. I'm seeing now that I was definitely hoping too high. I'm not saying I'm stopping, but I'm going to kind of take another look at where I'm going to hope to be. I'll give you a hint...I was hoping to be a good chunk lighter than where I was when my mom came to see me in July -if you remember how much I weighed...then you'll get a feel for it- but now...I'm going to have to push to even make it to where I was when my mom came. I have not been lying to you all, I do tell you if I lose, or gain. But of course I can see how it's difficult since I don't say numbers. When I lose a "big number" it means I lost exactly what I needed to lose that day, or more. If I "lost weight" it means I lost, but it wasn't as much as I needed to lose that day. And obviously gain or staying the same, is exactly what it means.

So anyway...I'm going to re-evaluate my weight loss for the next month, since knowing that I'm not where I need to be is just making it that much harder. Hopefully I'll be what I was when my Mom came...I know that gives a lot away, but that's what's going on right now, and since I've been saying I'm not where I want to be, I thought you all should get a hint. Thank you all for your support! Until next time :)

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HAPPY FRIDAY! I'm glad the weekend is finally here, but it's not much of a difference I've been home since Wednesday early afternoon! Started getting a fever Wednesday and my cold turned into a flu :( Left work early and thought my fever was done that afternoon cause my temp was pretty normal. But then it got really bad late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning. So I stayed home yesterday cooped up in bed with my loving and loyal puppy. *she's having sick days too :)* I no longer have a fever, but work and the hubbs told me to stay home today as well. Which I guess is good because I can heal more and I doubt anyone could understand me if I picked up the phone! Hopefully I get better because I have my Scentsy launch party tomorrow night! Thankfully my husband has been great already cleaning for it since I've been sick.

Speaking of Scentsy, I officially sell Scentsy now!!! You guys can go check out my website https://mollysscentsations.scentsy.us/Home I'm so excited to finally be selling it, I just love Scentsy and I love being able to share it and introduce it to people! :)

Weight loss is going good but I'm not exactly following the diet these last couple days. It's been soup, orange juice, bananas, sprite and crackers. I'm not eating a lot, but all those have lots of calories/sodium. I actually have lost some weight since Wednesday too but not a lot. Almost a days worth in the last couple days. At least it's going down and not up!!!

Well I hope you are all doing wonderfully and have a great weekend! Thanksgiving is almost here -which is also my hubbys Birthday-!!! Until next time :)

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY! We're halfway through the week! How is everyone doing? I'm fabulous! I can't believe it's already over halfway through November! Where is this year going?  

Not going to lie I almost forgot about this post. It is Thursday in my mind, I was crushed when I found out it wasn't :( But at least it reminded me to get on here! So did not do T-Tapp this morning, I've been sick since Monday and it's gotten progressively worse over the past few days. I'm surprised I got myself dressed and to work! But I have been weighing in! I actually gained weight on Monday and was so shocked! I did so perfect on my diet, T-Tapped and felt like I had a perfect day -regarding weight loss- to get on and gain weight! It pushed me back another couple days! So then yesterday I kept pushing on, did my eating, didn't T-Tapp but come last night I was starving. I had eaten the exact same amount as the day before but it was 6:30p and my stomach wouldn't stop growling! So I ended up eating another 200 calories and guess what...I lost all the weight I gained on Monday PLUS another couple days worth! YAY!

So here's where I'm confused...If you eat too much -which, when you're a Thyroid patient still isn't a lot- your body doesn't burn up enough calories and you gain weight. If you don't eat enough, your body thinks you're starving it so it holds on to your calories and you lose weight. HOW ON EARTH ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO FIND THE HAPPY MIDDLE!? Because this is how my diet is going *no matter what I weigh!*:
Eat 1300 calories - gain weight
Eat 1200 calories - lose weight
Eat 1200 calories - lose weight but not nearly as much
Eat 1200 calories - don't lose or gain at all
Eat 1100 calories - lose weight
Eat 1100 calories - gain weight
Eat 1200 calories - lose weight
Eat 1200 calories - don't lose really anything
Eat 1150 calories - lose weight
Eat 1150 calories - gain weight
Eat 1350 calories - lose a lot of weight

*Oh and I've checked, the days I do T-Tapp doesn't affect this. It's just random days* How am I supposed to know how much to eat?! Because it's not like I starve myself. If my stomach is growling, and water isn't cutting it, I will eat more. But on days where it's not happening, I eat how much I need.

Anyway...I'm confused, but very happy I lost a big number yesterday. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated! Until next time :)

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Hello everyone! It's Monday!! Don't get a case of the Mondays...just be happy that you get to see this day! How did everyone's weekend go? Mine was pretty good! Had fun with friends and the hubbs, and ended up having to buy a new washer/dryer yesterday! We tried to fix ours so many times but it was done :( I actually lost quite a bit of weight this weekend! Pretty dang excited about that! I lost two pretty big numbers both on Saturday and Sunday! LOVE THAT! Unfortunately I'm still a little behind but I am catching up! *by the way...if you don't understand what I mean by -behind- it's that I have a certain weight I want to be at every day (i mapped it all out) and if I'm behind it means I'm losing weight, I'm just not where I should be that day. If I'm ahead, then obviously I'm losing more weight than I had hoped to!*

So here's something that I realized about myself on Friday...I'm an instant pleasure/happiness kind of
person. If I want something, I want it right then. That goes for everything from expensive purses and TVs to food. I'll get a craving for food and even if it's not on my diet I'll want it right then, I just have to have it. So I'll eat it, and I'll be happy that I did, but the next day when the scale doesn;t budge, or I gain weight....I'll be extremely upset that I did in fact eat it. And then there are times when I really want something, but I don't eat it. No joke I will think about it for the rest of the night and how much I want it, the next day however I'm stoked I didn't eat it because I will have lost weight. Unfortunately it is a process to get to the point where I'm not an -instant happiness- kind of person. My husband is helping me though, and hopefully some day I will conquer this! It is important to overcome this in order to control my weight. and I'm doing everything to get there.

Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful day! Until next time :)

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Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing wonderful! Ready for the weekend? I am! This week at work has been CRAZY! It's beautiful outside today :) It's raining right now and it's supposed to storm the rest of the day! Though it's going to be 80 degrees today a cold front is coming in tonight, and the high for the weekend is in the low 60s! Can't wait. What do you all have going on for the weekend? I'm going to a little "Peddler's Fair" tomorrow, the lady I'm going to be selling Scentsy under is having a booth for Scentsy so I'm going to help her and check out the rest of the fair, should be fun! Might do some stuff with friends, but it should be pretty relaxing!

Weight loss and T-Tapp goin good! I told you I was behind, and I still am buuuuut I'm losing the amount of weight I'm supposed to every day, so I'm not getting more behind! T-Tapp is good! I look forward to it because I feel so much better after it's done and I love that! It gives me a little extra bounce in my step and I have so much energy throughout the rest of the day! Can't beat that especially with hypothyroidism, am I right? Well I hope you all have a great next couple days! Until next time :)

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Happy Wednesday everyone! It's cool and foggy here this morning! Love that! How are you all feeling? I haven't heard from a lot of you lately on how your progress is going or how you're feeling I would love to know. I'm doing really well right now! I'm almost caught back up to being exactly where I want to be at this day. I'm just barely behind, but I know I'll catch up! T-Tapp is still going good! I can feel that it's so much easier, but it still kicks my butt every time! I love it!
What do you guys have going on for Thanksgiving? Traveling anywhere? Going to see family? What are you most excited for? I know it's a ways away but even with my diet I have to tell you I'm most excited about the food! Because I already know what we're having and I'm putting in my mind now what I'll be having. I'll be having veggies, some -not much- cranberry sauce and turkey and ham! No dressing no potatoes no dessert! I'm excited to see how I do and excited to not have that "full all day and the next" feeling!
Well I hope you all are doing fabulous have a wonderful day! Until next time :)

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It's Monday! I wish the weekends were longer, but I'm actually excited that it's Monday. It just means it's one week closer to going to California! :) I actually did not lose any weight this weekend! I stayed the exact same as I was on Friday. Kinda confused since I actually did quite well, but that's okay just pushing on through today! So my weekend was fabulous! I had so much fun, how about y'all? Do anything fun? Do anything...not fun? Haha our dryer broke last night, with half of our clothes already through the washer, and the other half still soaked and in the broken dryer. Hahah it was not thrilling, but we're trying to fix it!

So I have some exciting news! I'm going to start selling Scentsy: wickless candles very soon, my launch party is in a little less than 2 weeks, and after that I'll get my own website up and running. So you guys can go to the website once it's up and check out products -and if you want- buy through the website. **Everyone not in North America unfortunately can't buy yet. Scentsy is currently working on products that will fit electrical outlets for everyone not in North America, and they actually have LED light bulbs. It's going to be really cool! I'll let you all know when it comes out** Scentsy is all light bulbs and wax, so there are no fires, soot, smoke or anything bad like that. It makes your entire house smell fabulous and I'm addicted to it! They also have room sprays (one spritz and your room smells wonderful for days, sometimes weeks!), tins for your car, circles for your closets, and much much more!

Anyway that's my news for now :) Love to all! have a great day! Until next time

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I can't believe it's Friday already! I mean...I can but still. HAPPY FRIDAY! Do you guys have anything fun lined up for this weekend? My hubby doesn't have to work off-duty tonight so I think we're going on a date :) Saturday is a "Girl Party" with a good group of friends, and Saturday night is my hubby's best man's Birthday. He's having a little bash at his house 1/2 BDay 1/2 Going away (he's leaving for the military) Sunday we might be doing a late birthday with some friends but not sure yet! Just a weekend full of fun and I LOVE that!

So I've been losing every day, but it did slow down a little bit this whole week. While I was ahead this last weekend, I'm now behind a little over a day. But that's okay :) Losing is still losing right?? And I lost a BIG number yesterday which was a good surprise! Way to kick off the weekend right?

T-Tapp is my new love -Shh! Don't tell Cory!- I woke up this morning and my back was bothering me so much. Actually, it hurt so bad i almost didn't do T-Tapp, but I knew I had to so I started anyway and guess what. NO back pain now. I feel amazing. That Primary Back Stretch was exactly what I needed. Anyway I hope you all have an amazing weekend! Until next time :) 

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Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday! How are you all doing? Thanks for the Birthday wishes I had a wonderful day! First of all, a cold front came in late Monday night so it was in the 50s/low 60s all day and it rained! It was wonderful :) That alone would have made my day wonderful, but I also got a lot of love from friends, family and co-workers. I am very blessed to have every one of you in my life and again thank you for being there for me! My hubby got me a gorgeous pair of diamond heart earrings, and when I walked into my office there were flowers! I didn't even know they knew it was my birthday! I went to work with a big smile on my face and a tea in a red starbucks cup! (yay! That means Winter!) After I met up with the in-laws to vote (good job TX!), and a little while later went out to dinner with them and the hubbs! It was really just a nice day :)

I also did VERY well on my diet last night, I am very proud of myself because it was hard! But seeing the next morning that you lost weight is all worth it! T-Tapp today! As soon as I get off here I'm going to do it and I'm excited! I now look forward to my work out days-I'm pretty sure that's not how it normally is :) What's new with all of you? How are you all doing? You are all wonderful! Guess what! I get to wear a jacket today! I love Fall/Winter! :) Until next time!

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HAPPY NOVEMBER & HAPPY MONDAY! Once Halloween hits there is always a big smile on my face. November and December are by far my favorite months of the year! You have some wonderful holidays, amazing weather, fun decorations and Christmas music! Love it! :) How did everyone's weekend go? Was everyone safe? Mine was pretty nice! The hubby and I ran some errands early Saturday morning, and pretty much stayed in bed until Sunday afternoon! It was wonderful! Sunday night was spent with the in-laws and it was very nice!

So weight loss is going good still! didn't lose a ton over the weekend but still lost! Today is my first day of T-Tapping every other day. Felt weird not doing it on Sunday so it was nice to get back to it today! Did very well on my diet this weekend and it was so encouraging to have my husband tell me how proud of me he is :) Tomorrow is my 22nd Birthday, so the in-laws are taking us out for dinner! I made sure I got to pick the restaurant and I told them, along with my hubby, what I'm ordering so they'll hold me to it and I won't be tempted to cheat on my diet. I feel very in control right now and I love that, just knowing I'm in control makes me already feel so much better about myself!

I hope you all have a wonderful next couple days! Until next time :)

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HAPPY FRIDAY! I am so excited today is Friday! The last few weekends haven't been real weekends, and although we are doing stuff this weekend, we still have more time to relax! :) So how are all of you? What do you have going on for Halloween? We're just going to the in-laws to help pass out candy! (and I will be staying away from it!)

The weight loss is going wonderfully! On Wednesday, I was right where I needed to be, Thursday I was where I needed to be today, and today I'm where I need to be tomorrow! I was getting rather confused because I was putting up big numbers and today, although I still lost it was quite a small amount. I didn't let it get me down, I just went and did my 5th day of T-Tapp (which happened to be the hardest!) and got a surprise after, mother nature decided today was the day to visit. It makes a LOT of sense: weight slowed and I was starting to get worried about this weekend because yesterday I was craving chocolate, though I didn't allow myself any I was scared I wouldn't be able to hold that together this weekend! But I've started, and there are no cravings today so my hopes are high for Sunday!

I only have ONE more day of T-Tapp before I get to go to every other day! I'm so excited I've made it! I've tried to do the "6 days straight" three times before and failed by the third/fourth day. Not this time!

One last thing, and it's kind of a BIG thing. I know a lot of people that are just not happy with their lives in general, and in the now. Whatever it is, "I have a cold" (you'd be surprised how many people without diseases think colds are the end of the world), "I'm fat", "I hate my job", "I'm never going to find someone, so I'm just going to stop looking", "He broke up with me and I'm refusing to move on". We all know at least one person like that right? It's sad, I just shake my head and send a little prayer their way. Not that whatever they're complaining about will get better, but that they can see how much good there is in their lives. I get a lot of people telling me how bubbly and positive I always am, and I love hearing that because that's what I strive for and I'll tell you why!
-Yes! I have a disease that makes me feel like crap
-Yes! Because of another problem my ligaments blow out
-Yes! I have stomach problems Doctors can't figure out but you know what...there are tons of people out there that have it way worse than me. So I don't like to complain to others (yes my husband hears my struggles but that's what he's there for) great friends are there for that too, but I know they don't always want to hear what I'm dealing with. So this is how I live my life -and no, I'm not being fake to everyone, I am actually like this on the inside too because trust me it's so much better to live this way, than the other.
-Yes! I have an incredible husband
-Yes! I have wonderful friends to count on and make me laugh
-Yes! My family is amazing and they're always there for me
-Yes! I have a job and because of it I can live a life I LOVE
-Yes! I have diseases and problems but they've made me such a better person, and I've met some incredible people because of them!

Anyway, I'm not saying that I'm talking about any of you in particular, but I hope you all live your lives that way too. No one wants to live in a world where everything is against them. I'm also not saying you can never have a hard time. Every now and then I'll have a day where I just need to deal with what's going on and cry, but those days are rare, and when they're done they're done. :)

If you all could take a minute to PLEASE watch this video clip (the link is below titled Nick Vujicic), I would appreciate it. Here is a guy who has a lot to be mad about, but he is incredibly happy and he loves his life. I've actually met him twice before, I've cried every time I've heard him speak and he's just great. Hope you enjoy! Love you all! Until next time!


Nick Vujicic

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HEY EVERYONE! How are y'all doing? It's day 3/61 and I'm doing fantastic! Weight loss is goin GREAT (actually, it's right where I wanted to be so thats awesome)! Very excited about that! I'm having fun on my little crunch time adventure! haha

Also T-Tapp is going strong! It's my 3rd day in a row and I was actually worried about it! The third day is supposed to be the hardest, and the fourth is when it begins to get easier. (actually, they say the third day is when people quit haha) So I was expecting today to be difficult, but it was actually much easier! I had to count in my head a couple times how many days I'd done it haha!

Anyway, so far so good and I'm quite excited! Thanks all for the support! You guys are wonderful.

OH! Completely unrelated, have you guys heard the new Taylor Swift album? It's seriously so good! I've always loved her, but this latest one is ten times better than her other stuff. You guys should check it out!

Okay well have a great couple days! Until next time!

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Well well well, Happy Monday everyone! How did your weekend go? Mine was fabulous! Loved seeing my friend, and my husband spoiled us all weekend long! He cooked, made our margaritas, drove us wherever we wanted, did grocery runs for us, and he's just wonderful!

So today starts Day 1 of Crunch Time! I'm so excited, and I'm ready to go! I feel like the hardest part is doing T-Tapp 6 days in a row though! So encouragement would definitely help! After these first 6 days, I only have to do it every other day, (how nice is that?!) As you know I'm no longer telling you my weight, but I do need to say I'm exactly where I wanted to be today! So that's good! Anyway hope you all have a wonderful day! until next time! :)

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IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY, I'M FREE AGAIN!!! Well hello everyone! hope you all enjoyed your weeks, because it's the weekenddd :) Okay lots going on in the blog today, things are about to change with the blogging. But first of all let me say that today I am 296.1, kinda going slowly but I've been pretty stressed this week and not focusing on my diet. Thankfully all the craziness of this week is done as of this morning when I left for work, and this weekend will be WONDERFUL! My best friend is flying in today and I can't wait to see her, she was my maid of honor at my wedding, and sadly that's the last time I saw her! (she's in California) so this is a much needed weekend for us, so much has happened to both of us since we last saw each other and it just got to the point where we needed each others company. So she's coming today, I'm picking her up from the airport after work and we're going to relax, get our nails done, have some margaritas (thanks to my hubby!) and I'll tell ya, I can't wait! She is leaving on Monday, and Monday is when EVERYTHING changes.

Monday -Sunday technically- is exactly two months before the honey and I go to Cali for Christmas, and so this means it's crunch time! I'm going to give 150% to the Thyroid Diet and T-Tapp work out over the next two months, and I'm HOPING things will kick off like they did when I first started the diet! My mom came to visit me at the beginning of July, and that's when I was at 280-ish (43 lbs lighter than the last time she'd seen me) and when she was coming down that escalator her jaw dropped -literally-. Well the rest of my family hasn't seen me since I was 323, and I know I'll still wow them, but I want to "wow" my mom again too! As all you know though, I've gained some weight back since then. So I need to get PAST 280 (and yes I have a certain weight I'm shooting for, but I'm not going to say) in 2 months. I'm really really hoping I can do this, because I want to see that look on their faces!

So about not telling you the weight, and here's the "blog change" I will not be telling you all how much I weigh, or how much I've lost over the next two months. I will still be blogging, but all I will say in terms of my weight loss is I'm doing good, or doing bad. My family reads my blog, and I don't want them to have any idea of what I weigh when I show up, I want it to be a surprise, I hope you can all understand that. If I see that I am doing horrible at this, and am staying the same or gaining, then I will go back to my regular blogness.Hopefully that won't happen though! SO after my family sees me I will let all of you know exactly how I did, and I promise to post a picture! Thanks to all for your support.

So as I said I am 296.1 right now and I have XX lbs to lose in two months! Let's go ME!

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Half way through the weeeeeek! :) Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all well! I have lost .4 pounds since Monday, I am 196.6! As I said this week is crazy, but this morning was absolutely wonderful! My Dad sent me an email about some of his grapes (from his company) that are in Austin! I was freaking out because my Dad has the BEST grapes in the world, and I haven't had them in years because I don't live near them anymore (he used to bring cases home all the time) so I went on a hunt to look for the store I had never even seen! and I found them! It may sound dumb, but I was so excited and I seriously wanted to cry! They made me feel closer to home, and to have something of my Dad's near me was just so exciting for me. Oh if you don't know, my family is in California, I'm in Texas. So anyway I bought some grapes, they've been on my desk and we've been eating them :) I've been smiling ever since I walked into the store!

Anyway just wanted to share that with you, it made my whole week! haha Have a great day! Until next time :)

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HAPPY MONDAY! I hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was good, crazy and busy but good! Before I forget, in case you've never heard about T-Tapp, or don't know enough about it here's the link! T-Tapp Website! Hope that helps and definitely check it out! There are lots of DVDs to choose from, but as long as the Basic Workout is in the DVD then that's what you need! I did gain a little bit of weight this weekend, and honestly I'm not sure why because I ate great! But I went up .6 pounds back to 297.0 this morning. I didn't have a "sweet treat" at all this weekend, but I did have a little thing of nachos Friday night (those $.89 ones from Taco Bell) so I don't know what happened. Oh well just going to keep pushing through!

This week my posts might not be as long as usual, I am incredibly busy this week, next week they'll be back to normal! Have a great day! Until next time :)

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HAPPY FRIDAYYYY! I'm so excited for this weekend! My husband usually works Friday nights but tonight he isn't so I get to spend it with him! And then this weekend will be a mix of hanging with friends, hanging with my husband, and then hanging with them at the same time :) It should be fun! What do all of you have going on?
So I had lost 4 pounds by Wednesday, and since then I've lost another .6 pounds, so 4.6 pounds since Monday! That's pretty fun! (I weigh 296.4 now!) Please pray for me with my control during my "treat" this weekend. I'm already craving a lot and my husband is helping me say no to things so I hope I do well when treat comes!
As you remember I tore a lateral ligament in my knee during the T-Tapp retreat last weekend, I was told to do the rehab moves for a week or so before I go back to working out (don't worry I haven't been a total couch potato, I've been doing intense cleaning in our apartment every day this week for about 3 hours a day - our apartment isn't really dirty, we're doing a "spring cleaning" type of thing haha) BUT on Sunday I'm starting T-Tapp again! I'm going to do 6 days straight, and then every other day after that. Anyone else going to start too? I'm excited to get back into it, it was so fun last weekend! Anyway I hope you all have a great next few days! Until next time :)

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IT'S WEDNESDAY!!! We're halfway through the work week and I can't wait for this weekend because I didn't get to spend last weekend with my hubby! How are all of you doing? I hope well! So I started the thyroid diet last week when I went to T-Tapp, but they had us eating more carbs and starchy foods along with desserts because of all the calories we were burning. So technically I started the Thyroid Diet on Monday morning. As I said on Monday I weighed 301.0 pounds. This morning I weighed 297.0 pounds! I've lost 4 pounds in 2 days and I am thrilled! I LOVE the Thyroid Diet, I LOVE the way I feel on it, and I LOVE looking at that scale and seeing it go down.

You know what's crazy? When I was at my lowest so far on the Thyroid Diet (277) I was standing straighter, smiling bigger, and loving myself more. Gaining 24 pounds really showed me how weight makes me feel. I wanted to hide behind my husband when we were out, I didn't want people looking at me and I definitely didn't love myself. The T-Tapp Retreat helped me love myself no matter what, but I can still tell I'm not standing as straight as I used to. So I'm going to be working on that, because even if I am morbidly obese, people don't need to see me looking frumpy, I don't need to see my looking frumpy! So that will be something I'm working on, showing my best at all times :) Anyway! I hope you all have a great next couple days, until next time!

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OH MY GOODNESS! That had to have been the longest post I have ever written and it just got completely deleted! NNNOOOOOO! Okay this one won't be nearly as long or awesome but here we go ;-)

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE!!! I hope you all had fabulous weekends! I sure did! The retreat was more than amazing. Having Teresa break down the work outs move by move, the trainers helping you with your stance, and the huge family of T-Tappers all supporting you was incredible! The speakers were great, and I learned a lot! I ended up tearing a lateral ligament in my left knee so I was only able to do the first day of work outs but I still lost 11.3 inches! I was so shocked especially because I thought I felt heavier! Which brings up another point, Teresa says the inches are what matter, not the pounds; so measure, don't weigh. And we met so many women who have lost so many inches and dress sizes that haven't budged on their weight and they look fantastic! But since I am on the Thyroid Diet as well as T-Tapping, I will continue to do both! Also, you should see these women who have been T-Tapping for any amount of time. Their breasts LITERALLY go UP (no more sagging), their butts go up and out (in a good way) and their faces get 10-15 years younger. I met a 40 year old woman I still think is 25. T-Tapp is incredible, and you don't have to work out for however long in a day. 15 minutes every other day is what works! You all should try it! I've added the DVD I have as well as Teresa's book, which I am in the process of reading! When I hurt my knee Teresa gave me a rehab move (you can hardly call it a move, I'm just standing there) and I started doing it immediately. NO JOKE: I tore the ligament Friday night, Sunday morning I was pain free. Incredible! I even did a few work out moves this morning!

As for the Thyroid Diet, I am SO HAPPY to be back on it. I feel better about myself, and it just feels good! A big thanks to Diane who said she was starting back up with me on Thursday! (And of course everyone else who started up too!) It's not too late to start (or re-start) on your journey, start today! Thank you everyone for the encouragement and support, you and Mary have helped me so much! OH YEAH! I got to meet our fabulous Mary Shomon! She's amazing and we had a blast! I hadn't weighed myself but I told her that I thought I had gained 20 pounds since I found out I was pregnant and she says, "Why are you embarrassed? you shouldn't be!" She helped me be okay with what I had done in my healing process of the miscarriage, and actually I hadn't gained 20 pounds, I gained 24. I weigh 301, which is a little upsetting being back in the 300s but I'm going to do this! I'm IN the process of doing this! So it's not letting me get really down. I want to thank ALL of you for being there for me! You are all amazing! Have a wonderful day, until next time :)

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HELLO EVERYONE! We're half way through the work week! Thankfully it's my Friday since I am leaving early tomorrow morning for the TTapp retreat! I'm very excited for this weekend, I need it so badly! I can't wait to learn new things about TTapp and get my act together with the Thyroid Diet.

Okay so as you know I was gaining weight while I was pregnant, not a shocker, I had to eat about 600 extra calories a day and I had to stop working out completely, the morning of my D&C they weighed me of course and I was 286. So I ended up gaining almost 10 pounds in just those two short weeks! I had still been eating things that were Thyroid Diet friendly, but unfortunately pregnancy and me equals weight gain apparently! (actually...it kinda makes sense now, the women in my family start gaining weight really fast when they're preggo, and they don't have thyroid problems...)

So here's my problem...after the D&C I just let myself go. I have been eating whatever I wanted the last week and a half and of course I'm still not working out. I finally got the okay on Friday, but I haven't yet. I'm very embarrassed and ashamed to say this (seriously my body is shaking as I'm typing this because I'm so frustrated with myself, and I would really rather not tell you all this. I'd rather you think I'm amazing and kept myself in control.). But I need to be honest with you guys. I actually haven't weighed myself since the D&C, but they are weighing and measuring me tomorrow at TTapp.

I honestly can't wait to start getting my life back on track, back on the Thyroid Diet and back to working out. My husband even told me that I'm happier when I'm on the Thyroid Diet, and he's right I am. So anyway. I'm very sorry if I have disappointed any of you, I hope you can all forgive me, I'm still in the process of trying to forgive myself! Well tomorrow starts my first day back on everything...HERE WE GO! Does anyone want to start with me tomorrow? I would love it if someone else did this with me. Start tomorrow! You can do it and so can I! Even if you aren't doing the Thyroid Diet, but you're doing another diet you love...DO IT! We can all do it together! Keep me posted. When I get back from my trip I will have another post, and I will tell you how everything went (including how much I weighed) :( Love you all! Have a wonderful weekend!

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Thank you everyone for the love and prayers :) You are all truly wonderful. I realized this morning that I am finally okay and at peace with the miscarriage. I am in no way over what happened, there is no way to ever get over something like that. But I'm okay. I actually got my butt up and cleaned the house this morning and am in the process of doing laundry. I need to give a big thank you to my husband. He is so amazing and took such good care of me, he did more than I would have ever asked for. And thank you to you guys for being so patient with me while I get my life back together!

SO it's Thursday yay for almost Friday! This weekend should be good for me! I'm getting my hair trimmed and prettied up for the first time since the beginning of this year! (yikes!) and I'm going to get my hair dyed for the first time in almost a year and a half! (no bueno, I have so much gray and I'm usually good about hiding it, but there's no hiding it now haha) I believe we're doing something with the in-laws and I have a little bit of shopping to do!

I have a question for y'all, is anyone here going to the TTapp Retreat next week? Let me know I'll be there and I can't wait. I've been out of working out ever since I found out I was pregnant (and I'm still not allowed to yet, will find out more from Dr tomorrow.) and I'm ready to get back on track with my weight loss. Love all of you! Have a great weekend :) Until next time

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Hey everyone, I just found out I've had a miscarriage, I'm having a DNC tomorrow. Please keep my husband and I in your prayers. After everything is done with the surgery and I'm back up and around I will continue on my Thyroid Diet journey. but for right now I need some time. Expect a new post next week sometime. Love you all. until then.

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HAPPY MONDAY! I now look forward to Monday's because it means I'm in a new week of my pregnancy! I'm now 6 weeks pregnant and incredibly excited!!! The heartbeat starts appearing today, and the embryo starts appearing on Thursday (or is it Wednesday.....?) anyway just in time for the sonogram on Thursday morning!

This week a lot happens, the chin, jaw, eyes and ears start to take form (well the ears are just little holes and the eyes are little black dots right now but still.) Plus lots more! So exciting and so dang fun! Right now I feel great, going to the bathroom all the time but I feel really good :)

On a completely other note, Biggest Loser starts tomorrow night! WOO! I cry pretty much every episode...I'm kinda nervous to see how much I'll cry with all these crazy hormones going through me! haha!

How are all of you doing? Hope you're well and I hope you have an amazing week! Until next time :)

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So I'm kinda bummed...I just wrote this whole long post...and accidentally deleted it when I was trying to save it...it's no where, I tried to bring it back....LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN! haha (this one will probably be shorter)

I got my books yesterday! I was so excited I already read everything I can read so far! (We aren't going farther than where I am in the pregnancy, that way it can all be as it's happening) The books are great! There were parts that I already knew, and others that answered questions I'd been saving up until I see my Dr again so that was fun!

So I haven't been weighing since I found out I was pregnant, but my mom said it was a good idea to keep track of where I am so I did and I've gained 2 pounds I weigh 279.5. Honestly I'm not surprised, I was hardly losing any weight if you all remember, and now I've added an additional 400 calories a day, I knew it would happen. The baby books say to eat 2200 calories a day during the first trimester, and right now I'm only eating 1600 but I think that's okay for right now, since it is more than I was eating before, and I'm definitely not letting myself starve or anything like that. I'm still eating everything that I was eating before on the diet, just obviously adding in some more.

The books also give some light exercises you can do, but I'm not doing anything right now for exercise. I was going to go bowling last weekend and I called my Dr to see if that was okay. She said because of my thyroid problems, being overweight, and having my last pregnancy end in a miscarriage she didn't want me to exercise or strain myself for now, until she gives the okay. (so obviously no...don't go bowling) She said to take it easy, and even don't go up and down the stairs at my apartment unless it's completely necessary. (I live on the third floor, and at work my office is on the second floor, no elevators either place) But I'm not being a total couch potato either, my bladder wouldn't exactly allow it anyway. I go to the bathroom about every half hour, but when I'm at home if we're watching TV, I get up and walk around the apartment during every commercial, and at work I get up and walk around the top floor every time after I go to the bathroom.

So I'm 5 weeks and 3 days pregnant, which means the yolk sac starts appearing today! Sounds gross but that's okay because things are happening, and on Monday the heartbeat starts appearing! SO excited! My Sonogram is a week from today and I can't wait I'm practically bouncing! OH OH ALSO! The day of the Sonogram is the first day of Fall my FAVORITE season, and my friend just told me a Fall Front is coming in on that day :) How perfect for the sonogram!!! Anyway totally thrilled! That's all for now, hope you all are doing well! Until next time :)

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Happy Monday everyone! I am now 5 weeks pregnant! YAY! I'm incredibly excited I can't even tell you guys! We have our first Sonogram 10 days from now, and I feel like that is forever away! I'm so excited I want to have it now, which of course, I know we won't be able to see anything right now, but still. I have so many friends that have gone through pregnancies and have children now. I remember how they were always so anxious for their next appointment, or for their due date. Now, I've only known for 6 days and I'm practically bouncing waiting for the 23rd to come! Guess I'm going to have to learn some patience. Haha! I can't remember if I told y'all last week, but my oldest sister is pregnant as well! I'm so excited to be pregnant with one of my sisters, it is so fun! :)

I also just bought some baby books! They should be here any day now and I can't wait to start reading them! My sister strongly recommended "Your Pregnancy Week by Week." She said "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is a great book but since it's Month by Month you need something else to read and fill your mind with, which is why the first book is so great!

I'm doing really well with eating, still eating very healthy, just adding more food to my diet so I can get some more calories in. I'm eating a ton of protein and making sure I get everything the baby needs! Anyway, that's all I have for now! Hope you all have a wonderful day! Until next time :)

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Hello everyone! Okay so I have some major news! First of all, I decided this week that I wasn't going to weigh myself. I could tell that every time I got on the scale and it was barely lower I would get frustrated. I had to realize that my body is amazing, and she is doing the best she can. I knew I wouldn't be able to get on the scale this week and maintain my loving outlook towards my body so I decided NO scale this week.

THEN, just last night I took a test and guess what....I'm pregnant! I'm so thrilled, and even though the hubby is in shock he's excited too :) We weren't planning on it, and I took my birth control every day, it's just what God wanted for us. The craziest part is, I got pregnant exactly one year after my miscarriage...isn't God funny? So this is my second time being pregnant and we're praying for the absolute best! Please keep all three of us in your prayers :)

So now since I'm pregnant, I'm not going to try to lose anymore weight, I'm just going to try not to gain very much weight since I'm already big enough for the baby. I'm not going off the Thyroid Diet, but I am eating a few more calories here and there (since my OBGYN said I wasn't eating nearly enough) but they will be good snacks filled with protein (i.e. String cheese wrapped in a slice of ham...yum!)

I will keep up my blog, but it is going to expand to my pregnancy and other things as well. Hope you all have a great week! Until next time :)

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YAY FRIDAY! I'm so so so so happy that you're here finally :) AND! It's a three day weekend! Can't get much better than that, I usually don't get the holidays off, but this time I DO! One of the other girls wanted to work so yay, I get the day with my wonderful husband! What do all of you have planned this weekend?

Okay, so I don't know if I forgot to weigh yesterday, or if I did weigh and I just didn't lose weight on Wednesday; but today I weigh 277.4! YAY! So either I lost .2 pounds yesterday, or over the last two days. Either way I'm happy! Slowly getting to the 277.0 mark and hopefully going past it!

So Wednesday, I don't know why I forgot to put this in my post but oh well, I got hurt working out! Oh no! I was doing TTapp, and there was this part where you do plies (sp?) and my left knee just went CRACK! It was so painful and my husband had to help me back onto the couch. I'm doing better now, I can walk mostly but I live on the third floor, and my office is on the second floor (and some of my things I have to do are on the first floor) there are no elevators at either place. When I go up or down the stairs my knee really starts killing me again, but I think I'm getting better. So I didn't do TTapp today (I do it every other day) but yesterday and today I've been lifting light weights and working out my arms.

Okay it's FABULOUS FRIDAY. This morning I couldn't have woken up any better way. The hubbs and I woke up, we laid in bed cuddling and talking for a few minutes before getting up and that's always my favorite. Then I look out the window to find it's pouring rain! Another favorite! I think the world looks the most beautiful when there are dark clouds in the sky and it is raining :) It is also exactly three months and three weeks until I get to see my entire family! I can't wait. Nothing can put me in a bad mood today...um...*knock on wood* ahem. HOPEFULLY nothing bad happens today ;-) What's so fabulous about your day?

Well I hope you have an amazing weekend! I will try my hardest to remember to post on Monday! (it's so hard when I don't have to go to work to remember it's a week day!) Until next time :)

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY! Once again, I must say sorry for not writing on Monday. Once again I wasn't at work, but I was practically in the car from 6.45a-2.30p when I got home and fell asleep. So I'm so sorry! I hope you are all amazing, how were your weekends? Mine was nice, but kind of crazy! My hubby and his work partner were working off duty at a football game, so his work partner's girl and I decided to go watch the game; I didn't get home until midnight. (Okay just so you all know...I may be 21, but my husband (22) and I are almost always in bed by 9:30p...) Then Saturday morning I had to get up bright and early to help a friend get somewhere and baby sit for her, I didn't get home until about 4p. Then I took a shower and got ready for date night with the hubbs, and might I say it was the best one we've had in a while. Food was good (fajitas-no tortillas, rice or beans, and shared his fries) and conversation was so nice :) After, we went and bought a few movies came home got on the couch and proceeded to watch two of them. We were trying to pull an all nighter, but at midnight we kinda looked at each other and yawned "Bed?" so that didn't work out so well! Sunday we slept in til 10.30a (yay! we're normally up by 7:15a) did laundry, grocery shopping and such but I wasn't feeling well. I just had NO energy, I know you all know how that feels, so I took it easy the rest of the day.
That was my weekend :) OH! AND GUESS WHAT! I lost .1 pounds over the weekend!!! WOOO! Since Monday, I've lost an addition .2 pounds! I'm at 277.6 (darn that 277....) but I know my time is coming. I'm working extra hard, and one of these days my body is going to be like WHOA! Hey guess we're actually supposed to be doing something here! Then I'll have big news and numbers to put up here. Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day! Until next time :)

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Happy Friday! The work week is over...in a few hours :) and I'm so excited! Do you all have any special plans this weekend? We don't, well not that I know of. I know we'll have our date but other than that it should be pretty relaxing :) I did not lose any weight on Wednesday, but I did lose .2 pounds yesterday! I am 277.9! I'm really hoping to lose, or at least not gain, any weight this weekend. I'm ready to be done with these numbers , come on body! Let's get to 275 and below!
I am still doing TTapp every other day, and just added doing light weights for my arms. I know some people have said to change up the work outs, but when you're doing TTapp, you're only supposed to do TTapp. It said you may do light walking if you want...but it's 100+ degrees here....no thanks.
How are you doing with your diets? healthy eating? or just living with your thyroid problems? Let me know and have a great weekend!

Until next time :)

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AHH HAPPY WEDNESDAY! I hope these next three days FLY by for everyone. Okay I have to apologize, so Monday I didn't go to work and not being at work left me thinking it was Sunday! So I didn't write a post, and decided to skip it all together until today. Sorry if you were wondering where I disappeared to, but I'm back!
I had a wonderful 2nd Anniversary with the hubbs! He is just too sweet, he took me out to lunch at BJ's (I didn't understand until then why he wouldn't let me eat my treat all weekend. haha) and later we went and saw The Other Guys, let me tell you that movie was funny. So thanks to everyone who wished us well, it was wonderful :)
Also! Thanks for all the positive feedback for Thankful Friday (seriously, I'm going to think of a new name) I'm glad you all enjoyed it, and I just want to let you all know I don't think I'm amazing because I was able to find the bright side of things, it took me YEARS to find it. Trust me I love to throw pity parties for myself (and I still do every now and then) but life is so much easier and happier when you have an optimistic view of it. So that's how I live my life...I've kind of always been like that though. You know those bubbly people who smile a lot and get kind of annoying because they're always really happy (that is SO me.)
Okay weight loss news......I didn't gain ANY weight this weekend! WOO! But I didn't lose either haha. Since Friday though I have lost .3 pounds, I am at 278.1, it's still going down, that's all I'm happy about. I got some really good tips on how to jump off the plateau and I just began doing them Tuesday, so hopefully we see some big results soon!
How are all of you doing? Love to hear from you! Hope you're having an amazing day! Until next time :)

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IT'S THANKFUL FRIDAY! okay...so maybe thankful Thursday works so much better; but I don't write posts on Thursday.....so there. Haha! Well happy Friday everyone, we made it through another wonderful week, and it's one week closer to Fall/Winter! Yay :) I am 278.4 pounds right now, so I've lost another .3 pounds since Wednesday...slow...very slow. But I'm okay with that. It's such a relief when you're losing, no matter how much; when all you are familiar with is gaining huge amounts...am I right? My husband and I have our two year Anniversary this coming Monday, so I'm sure we're celebrating it this weekend and some point and I'm very excited :) These last two years have flown by, and I'm excited to see what happens from here! What do you have going on this weekend?

Okay so Thankful Friday: (This is only somewhat blog/weight loss related) Okay, so just a small background on me first: I grew up in California and always said, "I'm not going to end up here!" haha well I'm in Texas now, so I guess I was right! But my family is all in California, and even though we've seen each other a lot the last couple of years; it's really hard sometimes. My parents are the most amazing parents and couple you'll ever meet, and ever since I left for college five years ago my Mom and I have become really close friends. I talk to her every day, sometimes four times a day (I'm amazing at forgetting what I called her to talk about...so I just keep calling. Haha!) and she is the only person I know who understands everything I'm going through. I was really lucky that she was a stay at home Mom, because she was able to take me to every single Dr appointment I had, so she was there for the emotional news and lab results to help me through it all. As for my Dad, nothing can put a smile on my face like he can. I am such a Daddy's girl, and he's always been there to help me understand the good in every situation. Also, thanks to them for changing church's and leading my family to Christ, without that change I would definitely not be where I am today. I also have two older sisters, both have two little kids and the oldest is pregnant again! :) We fought a lot growing up (like all sisters close in age do haha), but I don't know what I'd do without them now, they're amazing and very important in my life. Unfortunately, moving away has led me to not even meet my youngest nephew yet, and he's almost a year old. So as you can tell, my family and I are really close, and I love and miss them dearly. (that was all the background haha)
Today I was driving to work and thinking about the picture of my niece and youngest nephew my sister sent me yesterday, and how I felt like I was missing out; but then it hit me...Texas is where I need to be. First of all, I love it here (take away the heat and it would be perfect haha) second, my husband is here; and I'd follow him anywhere. Also, my Endocrinologist here in Austin, is the best one I've seen in the last 10 years. If my cousin here, who was a size 0 even when she was 9 months pregnant, hadn't wanted to go to the mall; I would have never found the Thyroid diet. Well, maybe I would have eventually somehow. But if I wasn't in Texas, I would have never started my blog so my family could see how I was doing; and none of the things happening in my life through this blog would be happening.

Okay that was really long...but this is basically what I'm getting at.
We all have Thyroid problems, and most of us have weight problems because of it. I left my family to be here in Texas with my amazing husband. But without the thyroid/ weight problems, and without being away from my family, the amazing things going on in my life through this blog wouldn't have ever happened.
A lot of times crappy situations can seem like the biggest and only thing going on in your life. I love when God shows me how even the worst times, are also the best for my life; and it drastically changes my perspective on everything going on.
SO for Thankful Friday:
-I am very thankful for the diseases/illnesses I've had in my life. It has made me a stronger person.
-I am very thankful for gaining so much weight. I was a really mean person growing up, especially to overweight people. Gaining weight changed me for the better.
-I am very thankful for my move to Texas. I miss my family horribly, but Texas was the best decision I could have made.
-I am very thankful for all the support I have. All of you reading my blog, my family in California, and my husband and cousin here in Texas. I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you guys :)


OKAY! That was a long post. Thankful Friday done :) Until next time.

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It's half way to Fridaayyyyy :) How are y'all doing this fine day? It's supposed to storm today so I'm getting all excited! Okay since Monday, I have lost .5 lbs, isn't a lot but at least it's down right? I'm doing extremely well on my diet, and I added up all of my calories yesterday and I'm eating 1100! Yay me! Okay so I've been noticing the last two months that I can eat any amount of food, it doesn't matter if it's a couple bites or a huge meal that leaves me unable to move. I will be incredibly hungry within the next 10-15 minutes. (It is not me wanting more food, my stomach will begin growling and it feels like I haven't eaten in the last day.) So I'm not really eating a lot more, I'm eating my same foods, just smaller and more often. I also added a little more with the foods I'm already eating, making sure I get all my fats in and that's how I've been able to add more calories! So it's worked really well the last two days, and hopefully it will continue to do so! I'm not having any cravings for other foods which is really great since they're covering our kitchen! And I don't know I just feel really great right now :) How are you guys? What's going on with all of you?

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Happy Monday! :) I think we should all decide right now that this week is going to be amazing! How did your weekends go? Mine was a lot of fun! But weird, and EXTREMELY helpful to me with my diet. It's going to be hard to explain, just keep in mind that I'm a little weird with the ways I get ready for certain things and that it was very beneficial for me on the Thyroid Diet. So I got my motivation back two weeks ago, and then I got really sick so I was on soup and bananas only, and then once I was feeling better I started my time of the month again (rolls eyes) and my cravings were through the roof! I mean, worse than I've had in a very long time. Every day I was craving chocolate so much I seriously started to cry, it was ridiculous. As the weekend started getting closer my cravings for other foods started getting worse, I haven't craved foods off the diet this bad at all in the last four months.  Now, there's something you need to know about me... If I want something....I want it now. So here's what I did. Friday night (which I surprisingly still lost weight after) Saturday and Sunday, I let myself eat whatever I wanted. I only ate when I was hungry, but I had fries (Fri), chips, salsa and tortillas with my fajitas (Sat), a cookie (Sat), two slices of pizza (Sun) and split a small piece of cake with my hubby (Sun) this weekend. With eating all of that I had a bunch of different feelings: 1. I do not want those foods anymore, because I don't like the way they make me feel 2. I bet I'm going to have gained 4 pounds when I get on the scale Monday 3. This is exactly what I needed.

See when I started the Thyroid Diet, my "treats" on the weekend was a cup of frozen yogurt, and sharing a plate a french fries with the hubbs; and even when that was it, I still felt like it was too much the majority of the time. Over the last month I have been eating more and more and craving more and more on the weekends. Now after this weekend of careless eating, I know that when the next weekend comes up (and many after that) I'm not going to be wanting those things anymore. I'm -mentally- back where I was at the beginning of the Thyroid Diet, and that's what I've been trying to do! I can feel it, and I'm already seeing it in how I view foods. I baked a cake for the husband yesterday (that was the piece I shared) and of course the rest of it is sitting on the counter. When we were cleaning up last night I was thinking, that's going to be hard having there this next week. But this morning I woke up, worked out, weighed and went to the kitchen to get breakfast and guess what! I gagged when I saw the cake! We also have soups, crackers, pasta and many other things that I love in the house and I can't imagine forcing those foods down my throat. I'm so excited this is what I've been trying to get at for the last three weeks! :) Oh and also, I didn't gain 4 pounds; but from Friday (278.2) I gained exactly 1 pound. This morning I weighed 279.2, normally I would be really annoyed with that, but let me tell you I am THRILLED! Because I can't wait to shake it off, and I can't wait for next weekend to come when I know I won't be worried about gaining weight.

So like I said, it's weird but so awesome for me. I can't wait to see where this takes me with the thyroid diet and how the weight comes off. Oh also! I'm going to be eating more calories, I was eating around 600 and starting today I will be back between 1000 and 1200 every day. I think the small amount I've been eating has also been really bad for me, and my body has been holding on to every little thing I've put in my mouth. So hopefully eating a little bit more will change everything! Okay, well this is long enough and I'm sure it's a little confusing haha! I hope you guys had a great weekend, and that you have a great day! Until next time :)  

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HAPPY FRIDAY!!! I am so excited it is actually here! I woke up yesterday thinking it was Saturday, and when I finally realized it wasn't, I thought it was Friday all day. Haha I hate those kind of weeks! Okay well it's Friday now and I'm excited :) Thank you all for your feedback, I really needed it :) And I appreciate the suggestions! I've lost an additional .3 lbs since Wednesday so I'm 278.2 now. It's frustrating because it's going SO slow lately, but I'm waiting for something to jump past this point while still using the Thyroid Diet. This diet works really well for me and I want to keep with it. A few people have said that I might not be eating enough each day, and I think they're right. There are some days where I only eat 600 calories, and with TTapp and going up and down stairs at work and home I really don't think that's enough. So I'm slowly trying to incorporate more calories each day, at the beginning of the Thyroid Diet I was eating anywhere from 1000-1200 calories a day, and i want to get back up there without jumping back up there. Does that make sense, or does that seem just weird? Anyway, so I'm going to try to change my food plan again and get some new things, and more things this weekend at the store! We'll see how next week goes, hopefully there is more weight loss than this week. ;-)

What do you have going on this weekend? We have a party tomorrow with my hubby's co-workers so that should be fun and then Sunday is my parent's Anniversary :) They're the best and I hope they have a great weekend  Love you guys! Alright you all have a great weekend, until next time ;-)

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Halfway through the work week, it's all down hill from here! Okay, so I've lost .5 pounds since Monday and I'm at 278.5 right now :) Yay! Things are still going really slow right now, but I'm working hard to get past this point. I've gotten motivated all over again, but there still isn't a lot happening, does anyone have any other ideas? Also, since there isn't a lot going on, I was considering going down to only 1-2 posts a week? Maybe until things start picking up? What do you guys think? I could really use some suggestions and thoughts right now! I hope you are all doing amazing, and I really hope to get past this point soon! I'm not happy staying here...I want to keep moving forward! So with all my motivation and the right foods there, what would you guys suggest to get a jump on things? I just need something, whatever it may be, that pushes me past this point and I know I'll be off again! Anyway, can't wait to hear from you! Have a great day :)

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Happy Happy Monday! I hope you all had amazing weekends! Mine was really busy. I was out with my cousin all day Saturday and then Sunday we did groceries and a little kids Birthday party. Okay now that I'm saying it, it really doesn't seem like I did a lot, but it was intense at the time haha! I'm sorry if this post isn't long or very interesting, I have not been getting any sleep lately and my eyes keep closing while I'm typing this! I'm just a liiiiiittle out of it :) So, I was 278.4 on Friday and I'm 279 this morning, so I gained a little bit of weight this weekend, but I'm ready to shed it off! (As soon as I sleep for more than 2 hours, haha) So I've been trying to do TTapp every day, and of course my muscles start getting tired, but I've been getting really intense pain in my legs. I know this is a symptom of Thyroid problems, so I'm really used to it (and who knows, I might have fibromyalgia) BUT it's as if I just ran up and down stairs for an hour, no matter what I'm doing. My legs are always shaking and it hurts to stand up on them, I feel like they're about to give out! Does anyone have any ideas for how to make it go away? Hope you all have a wonderful day :) Until next time!

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ALRIGHT ALRIGHT IT'S FRIDAY! Yay :) I'm definitely ready for this weekend! Okay so I wrote my blog on Wednesday and you'll never guess. I threw up twice after that! I ended up having to leave work early again, and it just hasn't been fun! So since that started up again I've only been eating a banana and some soup the last couple days. (Obviously not on my diet, but I had to heal my body first...and my diet foods were definitely not helping my stomach!) I've still lost some weight though since Wednesday! :) I weigh 278.4 this morning, so I lost an addition .6 lbs. I'm really afraid to jinx anything...but I'm feeling pretty good this morning haha! And like I said on Wednesday, I'm hoping that now I can really get focused on my diet and losing weight. Hopefully this weekend/next week I'm just feeling amazing and I can blow past this 277-280 plateau! I always tell everyone who gets sick or anything like that to focus on your body and getting yourself better, don't worry if you have to eat things not on your diet for a few days. You'd rather take a few days to heal than just ruin your body right? So I'm taking my own advice and doing just that. Although I'm feeling better today, I'm still on soup. And, God willing, I hope to be back to my diet foods tomorrow! Thank you everyone SO SO much for the sweet words and thoughts about the hard time the hubbs and I just went through. You are all amazing :) I know I say that a lot...but you really are! You guys help me through so much and knowing you are standing there with me on this journey helps so so much!

Okay now this is definitely not thyroid/diet related but I had to give a little shout out to my niece Ava Marie :) My sister entered her in a Shirley Temple look-alike contest last night and she ended up winning! Ever since her hair started growing, we've always said she had that "curly top" and now that's she's almost 5 years old she definitely has that Shirley Temple look to her! Here are just two pictures of both of them, I think they are so dang cute! (And yes, I promise I got permission from my sis to post the pics, haha!)

Well anyway! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I'm looking forward to mine! Until next time :)

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all having a great week! Mine hasn't been the best so far :( I had to leave work early Monday because I felt awful; and I knew if I stayed that extra hour, I would not have been able to make it home! Not even an hour after I got home I was throwing up and had the worst migraine. I didn't sleep much that night and threw up a few times on Tuesday. (I definitely stayed home and on the couch yesterday) Then last night I wasn't able to go to sleep until 3am and had to wake up at 6! Grossssssss. To make yesterday even better it was exactly one year from when I had my miscarriage from my only pregnancy. I threw up again this morning, but am feeling mostly better and I'm going to work.

Wow! Okay, now that that's all out I'm hoping the rest of the week goes well! Hahah. I don't know if you all remember, I said in one of my previous posts about how I gain weight when I throw up, and I was thinking "NO! I just got all my motivation back!" I have lost a pound since Monday though, so that's really good! I can just feel that I'm doing really well, but I know getting sick had to have made it's mark these last couple days. Anyway so I'm now 279.0 again, I've been there so many times and I'm excited to get away from it. Now that I'm feeling better I can't wait to see how this new motivational kick goes :) How are you all doing? I hope well :) Well I gotta get going, so until next time!!

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Happy Monday everyone! Hope you are all doing fabulous and had great weekends! Mine was good but definitely had a lot going on! So over the course of last week and especially this weekend, I found my motivation again :) Yay! But I'm also really weird about being motivated for diets. Once I hit that YEAH! LET'S DO THIS state of mind, I have to take 1-2 days of eating things that definitely will not be on my diet, or eating more than normal. I didn't over-do it this weekend; I just wasn't thinking about my diet at all! And as weird as that might sound, it helped me get so pumped for this morning! So I did gain 1 pound this weekend and am back at 280.0 but I'm not worried about it. I have a feeling this plateau is over starting today; so I'm sure that 280 is gonna peace out soon! I feel like this is the very first day of the Thyroid Diet, and that's really what I needed! I'm so excited!!! Actually, shopping with my size 0 and XS cousin AGAIN was what helped me get motivated. I was thinking, "I've lost over 40 pounds, but I can still only shop in two stores! I want to be able to shop in this store again!" And that's what did it! (For those of you new to my blog, shopping with her was what made me start the Thyroid Diet in the first place! haha) So I made a new menu, made a workout chart; and along with the goals I've always had, I made a bunch of small goals in between now and Christmas. And speaking of my menu, I don't post my menu on here, because I think everyone needs their own. No one has the same body/metabolism and so my menu can't work for everyone. And plus, not everyone likes the same foods. That's why Mary gives a list of foods to choose from. Also, there are three different types of the Thyroid Diet, so I might not be doing the one that is right for you. Anyway, I hope that makes sense. I just feel like the best thing to do, if you want to do the Thyroid Diet, is buy the book and make your own personalized menu off the list of foods Mary gives. Okay well I hope you all have a wonderful day! And I can't wait to see how this week goes and report it back to you guys! Thanks for the encouragement, I definitely needed it so much!! Until next time :)  

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HAPPY FRIDAY! Man I am so ready for this weekend. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I thought it was Thursday; and then today comes and I thought it was Saturday! OH my word it has been insane haha. So yesterday I weighed 279.0, and weighed that exact amount this morning as well. I've lost exactly 1 pound so far this week and I hope to lose weight or stay the same over this weekend. So my brand new pants were feeling a little tight yesterday and ESPECIALLY last night. I was thinking what is going on? I've lost weight since I bought these and I can't wait to get into pajamas. Then last night we got home from a friends house and I had started my period, AGAIN! It's so frustrating that this keeps happening, but at least I knew what was up with me feeling super bloated! I want to thank you all so much for your suggestions and thoughts. You guys are all so amazing and I am going to be putting all of that together. Your encouraging words mean more than you could possibly know and I'm glad to have you all right there with me! I'm writing up a whole new menu (NOT all the same foods every day haha) and going to the store probably tomorrow morning. So we'll see how this weekend goes, and next week especially! I hope you all have an amazing weekend, and thank you again! Until next time :)