Week #1

Good morning and Happy Halloween!!!  I had a good week!  Here are my stats as of today:

Weight: 136.8 pounds-a 1.3% loss
Waist: 33.5 inches-1/2 inch loss
Neck: 11.5 inches-1/2 inch loss
Hips:  37.5 inches-1/2 inch loss

I'm pretty proud of myself right now.  I've been working out diligently, however I did take yesterday off, but the girls and I went on a walk for about 30 minutes, so I was still moving.  I know I've been working hard, but I do want to give credit where credit is due.  I was doing some research on natural appetite suppressants (because overeating was my main problem).  I found that a lot of people had success with Raspberry Ketones, a product Dr. Oz approves of.  I'm not a Dr. Oz fan, so I had no idea about this until last week.  The reviews were hit and miss. You could tell some were fake reviews, but others you knew they were people who actually bought and used the product.  I like that it's a natural ingredient and not a bunch of chemicals mixed together, so I figured I would give them a shot.  The bottle says to take one capsule daily, which is equivalent to 4 pounds of raspberries...there's no way I'll eat 4 pounds of raspberries every day, let alone have the budget for that, so popping a pill a day seemed reasonable to me.  I however, I take 2 pills a day.  I take them in the morning when I first wake up and I cannot believe how much I DON'T eat now.  Ask Tony...he thinks I'm starving myself and I joke with him that I am, but it's really these pills that are doing it, and I'm okay with that.   

I've also cut out a TON of the crap food I used to eat.  I'm not buying the sugary cereals anymore (Captain Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, etc), eating Little Debbie snack cakes (man I love those swiss cake rolls), eating an entire bag of Doritos in one night (please don't judge me), I switched to skim milk from 2%, AND I think my biggest achievement of all is my Chick-fil-a addiction has been conquered.  I used to eat there probably 3-4 times a week, but I haven't in at least 2, maybe even 3.  I haven't completely cut out soda, but I am working on it.  I don't buy it to keep at the house, so if I have one, it's when we go out to eat.  I had one at dinner on Friday night, but I haven't craved a Dr. Pepper, so I think I'm doing pretty good.  OH! And at our church trunk or treat on Saturday, I only ate 2 pieces of Gabby's candy and that's all I've had!  The "old Lauren" probably would have eaten her entire bucket by now. 

I think I've made some really good progress this week and I'm excited to keep seeing the numbers drop.  See ya next week!