3.5 down 86.5 to go!!!!

Wow it has been a few months since I posted anything! Life sure has been one big adventure, especially with Christmas coming up!!!

Christmas is in just a few weeks! As we all know, but maybe don't acknowledge...most of the weight we put on in a year is around the holidays. Eighty percent of the weight americans gain throughout the year occurs in the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's!!! (per the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development). This means that if someone gained weight gradually over several years, they've put the bulk of their weight on during this time!!!! More than half of American adults are overweight!!!! Well with this news I decided to do something about it!!

My mother-in-law joined the Metabolic Research Center (MRC) in Columbus, IN. She started a week or so before Thanksgiving day. As I started to notice a difference in her I became curious. On Black Friday we went and got me signed up at the MRC!!! Since starting two weeks ago I have lost 3.5 pounds (that I know of)!!! I have weighed in two times and will go again on Monday. Not only am I losing pounds and hopefully inches, I have noticed my engery levels have changed. For once I feel like I can tackle this weight problem and desire to eat whatever I want!!! For any of you that know me, I LOVE to bake!! Which on a diet could really become a problem. I love the smell of brownies in the oven, of all the ingredients when making homemade buttercream icing for a cake! It is a simple joy of mine!!! Since starting this diet I have noticed that my cravings have almost completely disappeared!!! I don't feel like I have to munch all day long, and I feel like I am putting my own physical needs first for a change. Along with this my husband has been very supportive and is eating only the things that I am allowed to have!! It also helps that he is doing a Biggest Loser contest at work and wants to win! Since the beginning of November B has lost roughly 25 pounds and keeps losing!!! I am VERY proud of him!!! It has also helped J to eat better as well!!! With me not munching all day, J doesn't either! What a huge change this has already made in my family in just the two weeks we have been doing it!!!

I am looking forward to being able to wear super cute clothes again and never be this size for the rest of my life!!! By September I have a feeling I won't even recognize myself!!! It makes me VERY excited!!!!

If you decide this is something for you, go look into it!! If you do, let them know that you are a friend of mine! They like to know how people came to hear about them!!!