Living Clean and Lean in 2013!

Today starts my "Living Clean & Lean in 2013!" I am really excited about this new journey. I have all of my measurements done and meals planned! I am ready to lose this weight! During the 30 day Program, I will be giving up a lot, but also adding a lot. I have to look at this as a life change for not only me, but for my family too. I want my children to be eating healthy and also my husband to stop eating greasy ass burgers! He might be rail thin, but I am sure his BP is sky high. It's time for a healthy change!

I will be giving up:

· Dairy

· Wheat, Rye, Barley

· Gluten

· Peanut Butter

· White rice, pasta, white potatoes

· Basically ALL breads

· Alcohol

· Nitrates

· MSG

· Artificial sweeteners

· Soy (except for edamame & organic tofu)

· Vinegar

· Coffee

· Sodas & diet sodas

· Table sugar, honey, syrups & artificial

sweeteners

· Pork

· Non-organic chicken or beef

· Farm raised fish

· Corn

· Mints and gum

AVOID: (for weight loss)

· Bananas, melons, grapes, pineapple,

watermelon (except in post workout shake)

· Dried fruits

I will be adding:

· Rice, Almond & coconut milk

(unsweetened)

· Brown rice

· Brown rice cakes

· Brown rice tortillas (in moderation)

· Brown rice pasta

· Quinoa and quinoa pasta

· Rice & Shine oatmeal from Whole Foods

· Green tea

· Fizz tablets

· Water with lemon

· Stevia OR Xylitol

· Agave nectar

· Non starchy vegetables

· Sweet potatoes, yams, turnips

· Avocado

· Olive oil, coconut oil, flaxseed oil, walnut oil

· Berries

· Green apples

· Cage Free eggs

· Free-range chicken & turkey

· Grass-fed beef

· Almond butter & sunflower seed butter

· Legumes

· Raw almonds

I will also be using Arbonne Products to help with my healthy weight loss. I have my workouts planned and am so ready for this new year! I never really knew how much allergens and toxic ingredients were in food until I started to really read them all. No wonder my kids fly off the hinges after eating mac & cheese. These products are filled with toxins that I never knew existed. I also want to lose this weight for my Surrogacy Journey! I want to be extra healthy for my family!

If you are interested in the program, just let me know!

So Cheers to a Healthy Year!!

New Diets..

After coming back from my appt in L.A. I was told that I needed to lose 30lbs.. My bmi was too high to start anything for the Surrogacy stuff. So everything is put on hold until I can lose the weight.

I started the Atkins Diet Plan on Friday, November 30th and have worked really hard to stay on top of everything I have been eating. My first Weekly Weigh In, I had lost 10.5lbs!! That is just from cutting out majority of my carbs, sugars and fruits. For those of you who are not familiar with the Atkins Diet, its a Low Carb/High Fat Diet. I say Semi High Fat because I don't really like a lot of fatty foods.

On a typical day, my meals are:

Breakfast:
2 Egg Omelet w/ Cheddar Cheese & Spinach = 4 carbs
Coffee

Snack:
Celery w/ Cream Cheese or an Atkins Bar = 2 carbs

Lunch:
Atkins Shake or Weight Watchers Chicken Patty with Lettuce Wrap = 4-6 carbs

Snack:
Atkins Bar = 1-2 carbs

Dinner:
Salmon & Asparagus on Romaine Lettuce = 4-6 carbs

I am trying to keep my carb intake at 20 carbs a day. A few days ago, I went on a binge and ate a few things I wasn't supposed to... Luckily I didn't do too much damage on the scale and I am back on track!

Today I am down a total of 15lbs! It probably could have been more if it weren't for the little hiccup...

I am hoping to hit my goal by the end of the month! By the way its looking, I am almost positive I can do it!!!

Have a fabulous day!!!

3 weeks...

It has been way too long!!

First off, Thank you for all of  the sweet comments and Hello to my New Readers!!

These past few weeks have been.. eh.

My weight has stayed the same and nothing is making it budge. Starting Monday, I am doing a whole new routine with exercise and eating healthy.. I need to lose at least 30lbs by July. If you don't read my Family Blog, I am a New Scentsy Consultant :) Well the 2012 Scentsy Convention is in Las Vegas this year and I am going!! My Amazing Team and I already have our room booked!! So I want to be able to wear a bathing suit!

Anyways.. Here is what I look like today.. My camera isn't working, so I had to use my webcam. :)

:)

Guest Post!

Hello Ladies & Gents!

I am guest blogging over at Heathers Blog!

I am talking all about my Weight Loss!

So go head over and check it out!

{I will be back for Tuesday Weigh In Tonight!}

Tuesday Weigh In: Week 19

Good Afternoon...

Wow, what a busy week!

I have been waiting for this day to come for the longest time.. I've been so close I could taste it..

Well this morning, I took a huge ass bite... Weighed in at:

168lbs..

If you have been keeping track, that is a

50lb weight loss!!!


Yes, I have finally hit 50lbs! It is so unbelievably surreal. I never thought I would have made it this far. It has been so worth the blood, sweat & tears. When I look in the mirror, I see a difference but not a 50lb difference. Don't get me wrong, I am so grateful for this weight loss. It's kind of hard to explain, but when you see yourself in the mirror everyday, its hard to notice a huge difference like others have. Sometimes I still see the big girl or just a lot of loose skin. I have been getting depressed lately because my skin is not bouncing back as fast as I would like it to.

I told myself that once I hit my Ultimate Goal, I will give myself one year to tone and get rid of my "Skin Apron." If I couldn't get rid of it, I am going to get a tummy tuck. I am also going to throw in some new boobies. I have noticed a huge difference in my breast size lately and need it fixed. My left breast is probably a Big C and my right is probably a Big B. They also feel deflated :(

Okay, enough whining!

Here is my Week 19 Picture & My S/S Picture!!

Forgot to mention:

This is the same outfit.

Can you see how baggy it is?!

I would like to thank my Family & Friends for being there for me and being such amazing supporters! I am forever in your debt ♥ Also, Every single one of you who follow my blog or just so happened to stumble upon it! Thank you for the kind words and heartfelt comments.

xoxo
Breanna

Tuesday Weigh In: Week 18..

Sheesh, This week has been stressful to say the least..

As the saying goes...

I have burned the candle at both ends..

at least, I think that's how it goes.. haha

My son's first birthday party was on Sunday, so I was running around like crazy and so stressed. You can read about it on my family blog.. But I managed to lose 2lbs while doing it! I ate horribly too.. Triple Double Oreos dipped in both white and milk chocolate, cupcakes, candy and everything else I could get my hands on..

It was rough.

I will start off with my weekly photo..

I actually took this last night. The pooch is finally getting smaller!! Whoo Hoo!!

I am Currently 171lbs

Which means I only have about 40lbs give/take till I reach my main goal!!!

Now for the fun...

These pants were super tight on me in september..

I mean Major Muffin Top tight..

EFF YOU FATTY FAT PANTS!!!!!

And another pair..

A friend of mine said that I should do a side by side of my face..

Well, here ya go!

What a difference!

hahaha don't mind the butterfly!

Have a great week!!!!

xoxo

Breanna

Tuesday Weigh In: Week 16/17

Yes, I will admit that I have been slacking on the blog..

I really don't have an answer, I have just been so busy with sick kids, planning a 1st birthday party and everything in between..

So, things have been okay. I am still at 173 and have not budged. I'll be honest, I'm a little disappointed. I have been exercising, eating healthy and all of the other normal things. The weight just wont come off. Starting monday, I am really going to push myself. Like. Really..

I had my monthly appt yesterday and I had only lost about 5lbs this month. My dr said that he was proud of me since I didn't gain anything. I agree, but its just annoying. I am so close to a 50lb loss, I can taste it. Anyways... Enough with my whining!

Here I am at the mall yesterday with a new pair of jeans!

I can't wear them yet, since the chick at jcp left the ink thingy on them.. Grrr!

I promise next week will be a better post and I will have lost some weight!!

Thanks for all of the support!!


xoxo

Tuesday Weigh In: Week 15

Happy New Year!!!

I hope everyone had a great time! I was asleep by 11p and felt so old lol..

Sorry I have been mia, the family and I were out of state for the holidays. The kids were so spoiled and now I have to get ready for little mans first birthday!

So, here we are!

I made it through the major holidays without gaining any weight!! I might have stalled a little bit, but I am still losing. I can't believe how far I have come. This year is going to be my year! I am going to reach my goal and keep it off! It's a new year!!

For this weeks weigh in, I am down 45lbs!! I am currently 173lbs. It's hard to believe that I am only 5lbs away from a 50lb weight loss!!

Beginning Sizes:

Shirts - 1x-2x 

Pants - 22 or my Maternity Pants XL

Bra - 42D

45lbs Later:

Shirts - Lg

Pants - 15/17

Bra - 38C

It's so hard to believe that I have gone down that many pant sizes!!

Just wanted to say Hello to my new readers! And thank you for all of your kind words!!

Hope everyone has a fabulous week!!

Vacay!!

I am on vacation until the 30th!

See you next week!!

{over 125lbs lost between us!!}

Yeah Buddy!!!

XOXO

Weigh In: Week Eleven & Twelve...

Yes.. I have been slacking :(

Things have been so busy.. Sheesh!

Anyways..

I hit my Second Mini Goal and am FOURTY pounds, Yes you read that correctly! Fourty Pounds have been evicted from my body!! These past two weeks have been rough because I haven't lost a single pound. I am blaming it on bloat and my christmas party I threw saturday night.. {you can see the pics on my other blog}. It's kind of depressing but I know things will get better, I just have to up my calorie intake and work out a little harder!

I am currently 178lbs and feel great!!!

Here are a few pictures of me at my party on saturday night :)

Feeling pretty good!!!

Can you believe it?? I'm a day early!!

xoxo

Mini Goal #2

Yesterday I reached my 2nd mini goal!!!!

I weighed in at 180lbs yesterday morning! I was so shocked and happy to have come this far. I can't believe that I am 2lbs away from a total loss of 40 Pounds!

I will save the pictures for tuesday!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Weigh In: Week Ten!

Wow...

I can't believe I have been doing this for ten weeks!

Seems like just yesterday that I was sitting in my car, anxiously waiting to take my first pill.. Since then, things have been great!

This past week has been pretty good! Kids are back in school and I can exercise in peace! A-Man has been sick since friday and has been sleeping a lot, so I have been able to get a lot done!

So lets get started before he wakes up and clings to me....


Weight: 182lbs

Lost this week: 3lbs

Total: 36lbs

I thought it would be fun to see how far I have come in ten weeks!!!

I can't wait till Christmas!! All of my clothes are way too big on me and I need new ones!!!

Have a great week!!

Surviving Thanksgiving!!

I actually did it!!!

I survived Thanksgiving!!

AND...

I didn't gain one single ounce!!

That my friends, is something to be proud of!


I made a plan and stuck with it. I was going to eat small portions and not worry about the pies/desserts. I had Turkey, 1/4c green bean casserole, 1/4c mashed potatoes, 1/4c stuffing and 1 roll w/o butter. Even though that doesn't seem like a lot of food, I could only finish half of it.

I did splurge on what I was drinking though.. I had about 4 Mimosas. The rest of the day was water.

I was looking through pictures and compiled a few from the past few years around the holidays...

 {Winter 2008/2009}

 {Pregnant Last Year, Nov. 2010}

 {Early 2009}

{Summer 2009}

And Now...

I am down 35lbs and feel great!!!

I can't wait to reach my next goal!!!

xoxo

Tuesday Weigh In: Week Nine..

Sheesh...

I can't believe how bad I am slacking on my weigh ins. Things have been so busy lately with the kids and the fast approaching holidays. This past week went pretty well. I was Bach to eating healthy and I tossed out all of the Halloween candy! The kids stopped asking for candy two weeks ago, so there was no reason for it to be in the house!! I was at a stand still last week. I blame it on my period showing up a week early and was so bloated, it hurt.

My 2 month check up was on friday and my dr is very proud of my weight loss and said that she could see a difference, especially in my face :) Hearing stuff like that makes this journey so much sweeter!! So, let's get on with the stats!

Month One: 198lbs {-20lbs}

Month Two: 188lbs {-30lbs}

Week Nine: 185lbs {-33lbs}

This past week I have lost 3lbs :) I really hope to be at 50lbs lost by Christmas :) I need to really buckle down because I have been seriously slacking on workouts.. After thanksgiving I'm going to down and get back into my routine. The kids have been out of school this past week, so it's been a hectic week..

I will be posting my pictures tomorrow :)

I hope you have a fabulous thanksgiving!!!



Xoxo

My Story {shortened}

So not everyone knows how big and how unhappy I was, until now cause you are reading my blog. I was always the shortest and biggest girl in my group of friends, and I absolutely hated it. I wasn't fat in high school, even though I thought I was. I fluctuated between a size 7 and a size 9. A lot of my friends were sizes 0's, 3's and 5's.. My height is what messes me up, since I am 5'1.

With my first pregnancy, I gained 57lbs. I was able to lose about 30lbs, but gained it right back four months later when I was pregnant again. 2010 was supposed to be the year I lost all of the weight, but got pregnant with our 3rd child. Thank goodness I only gained like 5lbs, after losing 20-30lbs from morning sickness. After having our baby in January, I had some health issues and basically took a break.

It wasn't until June that I saw how heavy I actually was. I was tipping the scale at 230lbs. When I saw that number, I was completely sick to my stomach. I started eating better and exercising. I made an appt with my new dr for just a regular check up, told her what was going on with my life and body. She asked me if I had ever heard of Phentermine, I said vaguely, she told me about it and gave me an Rx for a month supply. After the appt, I came home and dud a lot of research, good & bad! I filled my Rx and that day, September 20, 2011 will be the day that I took my life back.

So here I am, almost 8 weeks in and 30lbs lighter! I am feeling great and I love when people compliment me on my weight loss. It is such a big self esteem booster! Here are my top reasons for losing weight!


- I want to be healthy! I want to look fabulous in my own skin and not be so self conscious about what I look like, or even worse, what other people are saying.

- I want to be able to chase after my kids for more than 20 minutes at a time. I want to always be there for my kids and watch them grow up into amazing adults. I want to see them get married and make me a gramma {20+ years from now}!

- Being able to walk into a non plus size store and find something within 2 minutes that fits perfectly! I hated wearing my maternity pants/shorts/shirts because nothing fit.

- I want to set a great example for my kids. I want them to be healthy and make good choices when it comes to food and sweets.

- I want to be Happy!


Just want to say hello to my new readers!
Don't be shy, go ahead and comment!!

Have a great weekend!!!

Xoxo,

Breanna

Tuesday Weigh In: Week Seven!

Week Seven is in the books..
After last weeks post, I told myself that I need to get it together. I upped my calories and started working out a little more. I started seeing the numbers going down and kept doing what I was doing. That was until Saturday morning when I woke up with my cheek the size of a baseball {more about that on my family blog}.. So eating and exercising has been minimal, but I am trying.

So when I stepped on the scale this morning after taking all of my meds, I was so excited to see the numbers..

188lbs..

-4lbs

If you are keeping track, that is Thirty Pounds!!

I have not been at this weight since I was two weeks post partum with Allen. I still feel cruddy but I am so happy that I have reached this weight loss goal! I would really like to be at 160lbs by Christmas, but I will take it day by day and see how I do!

{Week Seven, Down 30lbs}

I tried on a pair of Skinny Jeans yesterday morning and they are a few hairs too small. I have a mini muffin top in them, but that is a lot better than a few weeks ago when I tried them on.. :) I can't wait till I can fit into those!!

Hope everyone has a great week! I am going to try and get a workout in while A is napping!

xoxo

My Biggest...

Tonight I was looking through my pictures and started noticing a similarity..

How extremely big I was.

{This was August/September 2009}

{My 25th Birthday - 230lbs}

{On Tuesday for my weigh in - 193lbs}

I am so glad I am taking my life back!!

Weigh In Tuesday... Week Five!

Wow, I can't believe I have been on this for five weeks already. Seems like just yesterday that I started this new journey. I had made a few bad choices this past week and have been working my ass off to fix it. So far, it's working.

My workouts are constantly changing, that way I am confusing my muscles and my body won't get used to the workouts :) It's working because my body is aching, which is a good thing! I am mixing Walking/Running, 30 Day Shred, Back Fat Busters, and a few more that are on demand. I'm also using my weights a lot.

This week was the first time I measured my arms, chest, waist, hips and legs.. So we will see if anything changes :) I sure hope they do!! I've noticed my clothes not really fitting anymore, and to be completely honest, its one of the best feelings ever! To actually see the results with your own eyes is great. A lot of people are telling me that they see a difference, but I didn't really notice it until my tight clothes became loose! Such a great feeling!

So, here we are, week five stats..

193lbs

I lost 5lbs this week!

That is a total of 25lbs so far!!

So Far....

So Happy!!!!

xoxo

Why hello there, weight loss...

Last night I went out for a friends 25th birthday :)

I knew I wasn't going to get trashed since I had to drive home. We all met at her place and I was hesitant to have a drink since I have been in a slump, but she made me a drink. It was Pomegranate Tequila and Sprite. We got to the bar and I had one hefeweizen and was done.

After a few hours, we were headed back to her place. I was starving, so I stopped and got a California Burrito, went home, weighed myself, ate half of it then and thenwent to bed. When I woke up this morning I was so scared to step on the scale cause I didn't want to know what kind of damage I had done.. But when I saw the numbers I was shocked! Yesterday morning, I was 196lbs, at 1am I was 197lbs and at 7am this morning I was 194lbs :)

So happy!!!! This just means I am getting closer and closer to my new mini goal and my big goal!! Plus my period is almost over, so that is belong too :)

See you on Tuesday for the weigh in!

Xoxo