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I’m an after!

Posted on May 9, 2013 | 43 Comments

I woke up yesterday knowing that it was THE DAY. I made sure I looked my best because there would be pictures. ;)

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Yesterday at work dragged! I could not wait to get out of there and get to my meeting because I just KNEW I was hitting goal. I knew even though I haven’t being weighing daily. A little doubt would creep up, but I’d tell it to shut its mouth, that I TOTALLY had this.

Finally I was out of work and rushed home to grab Mr. B. Who then kindly informed me that my in-laws would be coming to my meeting too. I already knew my mom was coming, but had no idea that my own personal posse would be there to cheer me on at the scale.

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We sat waiting for what seemed like FOREVER, but was in all reality less than 5 minutes. Haha. I corralled everyone into the building and waited for Becky’s scale to be open.

Then I stepped on the scale. And it said 151, then my dress and jewelry came off. Then it said 150.2. So, I did what any woman UTTERLY determined to hit goal would do.

I took off my bra.

So, I stood there on the scale in just a tank top and leggings and the scale read this:

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And my reaction was this:

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I freaking did it!! I hit goal!! I quickly went and put back on my clothing and pictures happened.

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My amazing leader, Becky! She's been with me pretty much through it all! I love her!

My amazing leader, Becky! She’s been with me pretty much through it all! I love her!

Then I made Mr. B hop on the scale with me. I have lost pretty much him in weight. My starting weight was 327.6. I love this picture! I used to be the size of a grown woman AND man!

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After pictures, it was time for my meeting to start. I spent time in the front row (where I always sit) and silently cried. I couldn’t believe that I had hit my goal. After 4 years I had finally done it. Becky made me speak and show off my before picture. Then my mom and mother-in-law came up to give me something.

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They have been holding on to this for a couple of months now waiting for me to hit my goal. And last night they finally got to give it to me!

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My posse left and the meeting continued. After the meeting, Mr. B was waiting in the parking lot with a gift for me. When I was getting closer to goal I told him that all I wanted was a Kate Spade purse. I would hit up Von Maur and just ogle over the purses. Well, last night, he gave me this:

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I have literally worked my ass off for this! I cannot wait to carry it and look at it knowing that I earned it! Isn’t it so pretty? ;)

The rest of the night was spent at Mr. B’s dek hockey game which I could hardly pay attention to because my phone was just blowing up with all sorts of love from everyone. When I went to bed last night I had the hardest time falling asleep because I just didn’t want all the excitement to end. But, I woke up this morning and Mr. B promised me that I’m still awesome. ;)

I’m still in shock a bit and have had moments of sporadic crying after an overwhelming feeling of emotion. I’m sure it’ll be that way for today for a bit. This is so awesome.

I want you all to know that I cannot thank you guys enough for all your support throughout my journey over the years. You’ve been with me for ups, downs, and all sorts of amazing things. If I could give each and every one of you a hug, I would. You all deserve it!

I freaking love you guys!!

I’m a fucking AFTER!!!! AHHHH!!

Brooke: Not On A Diet: Hitting GOAL!!

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2013, I’m going to rock you!

Posted on January 2, 2013 | 11 Comments

If you could spare some time a go vote for me on Reduced Fat Girl’s blog, I would greatly appreciate it! You can vote as often as you like and I’m warning you now, I’ll probably hound you some more to vote for me. ;) Thank you!!

Hello 2013! Hard to believe it’s a new year already! 2012 was awesome and I’m rather excited to see what this year has in store! Mine and Mr. B’s New Year’s Eve was low-key, but nothing short of fun. We ate some delicious sushi, then when to my parent’s house where we played board games, enjoyed a few beverages, and rang in 2013 with my dad using his horn as a duck call. It was great!

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Mr. B and I & My brother's girlfriend, me, and my sister!

Mr. B and I & My brother’s girlfriend, me, and my sister!

Yesterday we spend the day putting together our new kitchen island! I’m so excited to have this piece of furniture in our kitchen! More storage and counter space for me to pile things on to cook delicious meals!

Before I filled it and topped it with things!

Before I filled it and topped it with things!

Since it is the beginning of a new year, it’s only logical that I make out some goals I want to accomplish this year. I honestly have been feeling a little overwhelmed with it and have really been putting it off. There’s so much I want to do, but don’t know where to start. So, I’ve gotten an idea from Emily and Melissa about doing a word for the year.

My word:

Brooke: Not on A Diet: Word Of The Year: More

I want to:

  • Learn More- How to make my blog better, how to become an RD or Health Coach, a new hobby, recipes, and just how to better myself. Oh, I’d also like to learn how to do things with my hair since I’m hair stupid!
  • Move More- Exercise more, learn new exercises/workouts, and just moving more instead of sitting so much at work.
  • More Challenges- I will run a 5k this year! New fitness challenges, a being vegetarian/vegan for 30 days challenge, giving up pop, and maybe even a juicing challenge. Oh and I’d like to host another challenge since the Skinny Snowman one was so much fun! (Winners announced tomorrow!)
  • Love More- Random acts of kindness. More letters, phone calls, and I love yous. More dates with Mr. B instead of just regular ol’ eating out.
  • More Life- I want this year to be the year I try new things. Running a 5k, joining a book club, doing a mud run, learning how to ski, and just participating in life.
  • More Creativity- More crafting, card making, and scrapbooking. More reading and learning a new skill. Also, designing a new blog look!
  • Save More- Would love nothing more than to have a padded savings account and not having to rely on credit cards for some purchases. Need to work on the petty spending on things we don’t really need.

There you have it! More is the word I’m working on this year! What about you, what’s your word? Or what are your goals?

I'm going to rock 2013

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Getting It Together To Reach Goal!

Posted on December 7, 2012 | 7 Comments

First off, thank you all so incredibly much for the kind and loving words on my post about loose skin. I was worried about posting it, but all the responses made it worth it. I am amazed every single day that my story helps, inspires, and gives a lot of you someone to relate to. Thank you so, so much for sticking this all out with me and being awesome! I puffy heart every single one of you! xoxo

At my Weight Watchers meeting, my leader and I began the ‘goal weight’ talk. To become a Lifetime Member, my weight needs to be between 164 and 132. Beings that I weighed in at 170 this week, I am SUPER close to my healthy weight range.

Let me have that sink in a bit….

Holy crap, after almost 4 years of being on Weight Watchers, I am super close to my healthy weight range. *mind blown*

Alright, my mind is done being blown. Time to get to business! I’ve decided that I need to really get my shit together if I want to get goal. Which means none of this half-assing it stuff. No more tracking half the week, wimpy workouts, and just being lazy with it all.

I really started thinking about this all  earlier this week, when I read a post from Ashley over at Coffee, Cake, and Cardio. She talked about what is keeping her at her current weight. She made a list of different things that are stalling her weight loss and has since posted it on her fridge. Which got me thinking about what is keeping me from hitting my goal weight.

It seems that over the last couple of weeks I have had sort of a mental block or something. I haven’t been giving the plan a full 100%,  my workouts haven’t been as good as they could be, and I just got out of a routine. So, I decided that I needed to make my own list.

Brooke: Not On A Diet: Why I'm Not At Goal

Obviously if I continue to do or not do these things, my goal weight will be further away. Quite frankly, I do not want that! I’ve been working incredibly too hard to not get there now and to get there much quicker because I’m not going to half-ass it anymore.

So, Mission: Goal is now in effect! I’ve set up a plan this week (my weeks with WW start on Thursdays) and I’ve decided to make this week my Simply Filling week. I am also aiming to earn 35 activity PointsPlus this week. Both of these things are taking some planning and extra work on my part.

Making a menu for Simply Filling was probably the most difficult and really made me think about food. It’s worth it though because I really feel like doing Simply Filling is going to help me pay attention to my hunger cues, which is something I haven’t really been doing. There are plenty of times where I’m just snacking because I have the PointsPlus allowance. So, I’m trying my best this week to really focus on those.

Earning 35 activity PointsPlus will be easy too if I start getting up at 5:15 in the morning again and putting in a full hour workout. I also need to make sure I’m moving more at work instead of plopping my butt down and not moving for hours at a time. I was doing good until I hurt my bicep/elbow, then I got too lax because I didn’t want to hurt myself again. Well, now I’m healed and taking the time to stretch what needs to be stretched, so there’s no reason I can’t go full force again!

Those are my plans of action for this week. I will rock it out!

I want to know, what is holding you back from hitting your goal weight?

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