Ditto. My husband wants to loose a lot of weight and I would like to loose a little. I'm in the normal range but I feel so tired all the time and my hips and knees have been bugging me since my first baby, it would be nice to lose 20 pounds before trying for #4

Congrats on your progress. You did carry your weight well but OMG you look amazing in that last picture!

Thanks guys :grin:.

My daily food intake...well I am on a program called Take Shape For Life. Have you ever heard of Medifast? Take Shape For Life uses Medifast food to help you loose weight fast and safely while teaching you how to change your eating habits and replacing them with what they call Habits of Health. I eat 5 medifast meals and 1 L/G (lean and green) meal a day. A lean and green is like some chicken and a salad. But everything is structured so when you have your lean and green you can only have so much of a lean and so much of a green. Lean is your meat/protein and your green is like I said your veggies.

Say you wanted chicken well you can have 7oz of chicken with a certain amount of greens (you get three portions) so three portions of Romaine lettuce is 4.98oz. Since chicken doesn't have a lot of fat in it you can have 1 fat so I put two tablespoons of Hidden Valley Lite Ranch dressing on my salad. I am not explaining this very well *laughs*. I am actually planning on becoming a health coach at the end of the month for this program. If either of you are more interested you can PM me and I could talk to you more about it.

Here is the TSFL website and I have it linked to the how does it work part of the website :).
http://www.tsfl.com/how_it_works/index.jsp

Justine

Woohoo! Good for you!!
Congrats on the weight loss and even more congrats for feeling good enough to do something you LOVE!!
You look so happy.

Go you on the exercise!! It really makes a difference, especially when you do it long enough for the endorphins to kick in.

Enjoy the lessons! Riding is great for the abs, a wonderful confidence builder and just plain fun

Justine!!! YOU WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT COACH!! Sorry to yell but really! I hope you go for it :) :)

Thanks for the link! I think you would be a great coach! I will PM you if I have some questions. Thanks!

Thanks for the votes of confidence you guys :gaptooth:. I am pretty excited about it, I actually really had to pray about it because I was super scared. God told me yes it was something He wanted me to do, the reason I was scared is because I want to do it full time and quit my retail job.

I am following what God is asking me to do and hopefully with His provision in the next few months I will be making enough being a health coach that I can finally quit my retail job and fully concentrate on being a health coach and getting my small dairy off the ground.

God opened my eyes this year that if I fully want to pursue my dreams with the herd I can't keep one foot at work because I will never fully be able to do the goats. At work they want me to go into management now (huge compliment) but they would rule my entire life. I wouldn't have a say in what store I worked at or anything plus the politics involved and it would mean I would have to give up the goats.

I feel like He placed this program in my life EXACTLY at the right time and has been working with me to give me the courage to fully trust in Him and step out on faith. I have dreamed about being able to work for myself and continue with the goats and this feels like God answering that dream/prayer.

Trnubian and Squeaky McMurdo if either of you gals are interested in trying out the program I would love to be your health coach. The nice thing about this program is you don't have to be in the same state as someone else to be their health coach :). My health coach is the health coach for my best friend and her hubby who live all the way in Massachusetts.

Anyways that is my very long winded reply! I am super excited about all these doors God is opening for me. I am super excited to be getting my life back and my health. I feel like I am finally living and I can't wait to be to my goal weight and following all my passions.

Justine

Okay so I weigh in tomorrow...but I wanted to share this before and after photo with you guys. The before photo is the day I started TSFL. My new photo was taken last night when I was dressed up for my cousin's wedding. I also am adding one I took today...

Justine...you are beautiful!! You have an inner glow that just shines! :) I love it that you love yourself enough to take care of yourself and know you are worth it. You are bringing your light to us all...thank you!

Thank you Michelle :). I lost 2.5lbs this week! I was surprised actually because with the week I had I thought maybe 1lb or 1 1/2lbs is all I would lose. I am not complaining :D.

You guys are one of my reasons I am keeping with this and trying so hard at it. Y'all are like a second family to me and I want to do y'all proud :).

Justine

Look at you!!
It looks like you're feeling great about yourself and I'm so happy for you! It had to feel good getting dressed up for the wedding. Congrats on your wonderful progress.

Great job! So, what's the total now?

80lbs now:D

Justine

Incredible!

That is incredible. That is how much my goat Flossie weighs. Just think...you had been carrying around Flossie all that time and now it's gone! :) You must be floating! Great job! :)

3lbs this week :D.

Justine

Woohoo!

That is GREAT!!!!! :) :)

Awsome! You are doing so good. I am so proud of you. Is it any easier to stick to it now that you have been at it so long?

This is the first time I've seen this thread and I just wanted to say way to go! You look wonderful!
When someone compared your 80 pound weight loss to one of their goats I about spit my water out laughing! But truly - carrying Flossie around before and now you aren't - that's an amazing way to look at it :)
How are your knees feeling now?

I am sorry I never answered you back Cottagelife! My knees (my whole BODY) feels SO much better, I still have issues with my left knee but that is because of how my knee cap is. Trnubian it is a bit easier but working in a bakery can make it challenging sometimes. I am a BIG stress eater (or when I am bored) so I still am struggling/working with that. I am working on developing what the program calls Habits of Health and focusing on why I started doing this program and where I want to be. That helps me a lot but I still have days where I REALLY want that cookie or a piece of garlic bread.

I am down another 3lbs this week! That puts me at 174lbs now (86lbs gone) with only 24lbs to go before I hit goal. I can't BELIEVE it! I might push my goal down to 145lbs but I shall see how I feel at 150lbs. Thank you again everyone for the amazing support! I can't believe I have lost a Flossie already!

Justine

haha! Good job!! I am so proud of you...especially with all the stress you had this kidding season and you still managed to loose weight. That is amazing!!! :) :)

Woohoo...excellent once again!!!!

Tuesdays are my days for giving Replamin to the goats and getting a Justine update :) It's funny because when I see your post I remember...oh yeah, replamin today. And if I see the tube of replamin I think...oh yeah we should be getting an update from Justine today LOL!! Funny how my mind works sometimes :)

Haha that's funny Michelle :D. My dad informed me that I officially weigh less than him! That hasn't happened in like 10+yrs! I am proud of myself for not giving in during my rough kidding time. I was home alone and that coupled with everything going wrong I am surprised I stayed so strong.

I did have a LOT more pop than I should have :teehee:. I had bought a case of caffeinated pop and that was getting me through the LOOOOONG days and LOOOONG nights :coffee:. Not the healthiest thing but I did make sure I drank all my water through out the day. Thankfully things have FINALLY settled down around the farm.

Justine

3lbs again this week! :gaptooth: I am at 171 lbs, 21 lbs more to go and 89lbs gone! I am now starting to get nervous! Loosing the weight it the easy part...keeping it off is the hard part :eek:.

Justine

woo-hoo! Don't get nervous...just take it one day at a time while keeping your focus on how great you look and feel!!! :) :) You are doing awesome!! :)

Great news yet again! You are on a roll!!!

I only lost 1 1/2lbs this week :(. I know that is still a lot and I am very happy. I also know that I wasn't as careful this week making sure I got ALL my water in as well as a few other things so this week I am being STRICT with myself! I haven't fallen off plan I just was more lax than I should have been. Not this week!

Justine

Well you didn't GAIN 1-1/2 lbs so we can still celebrate! :buds::buds::buds:
You are still doing great in my book!!! :)

That is still excellent!!!!

Thank you ladies! I admit I felt a bit depressed when I saw that and in the irrational part of my mind I felt I gained 1 1/2lbs! I am a weird one....

Justine

This is the first time ive seen this thread and I am sooo excited for you. As someone who needs to lose about that much weight quickly, I am in awe of you and would love to talk to you more about this program you are on. I have to lose about fifty more pounds in order to be eligible for a lung transplant and time is not on my side. My hip must be replaced very soon and so i am not allowed to exercise at all and the high dose steroids have made me gain weight. But in just watching my carbs, sugars, and getting really sick I did manage to lose 15 pounds. But still have the fifty to be eligible. My breathing capacity is 24percent and we don't know how long it will be before it is too late for a transplant. If you get a chance and are comfortable I would love to talk to you about this. I think God put your story in front of me today for a reason. I dont have a computer so you would have to call me. Please don't feel obligated. we can just chat here if youre more comfortable with that. Take care and keep inspiring us. 802 272 5968 lynn

Lynn I would love to talk with you about it! I will call you tomorrow if that is okay? Here is my cell as well #971-269-8824

Justine

4lbs this week :sing:. I am now down 95lbs! I have only 15 1/2lbs to go before I hit my goal weight which is CRAZY! I MIGHT try and push a bit past my goal weight but I am not 100% sure yet. I only weigh 165.5lbs right now which hasn't been possible since I was a young teen!

Justine

Congrats you have done an awesome job

4 lbs! :shocked: Holy cow! You are doing fantastic! I bet you feel just great :)
:goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::good job::goodjob:

So I'm confused. are the kits just spices and stuff and you provide your own meat and veggies or what?

You buy all of your food for the month (medifast food) and then one meal a day you supply yourself (your meat and veggies). If you are interested in more info I can PM you :).

Here is an updated picture of me with my cuddle buddy Bryce! He is my friend's son and I was over there tonight getting in some of my chubby cheek kisses and little boy cuddles :p.

Wow, you are doing amazing! I read this thread this morning because I saw "Take Shape for Life" I have a friend who is a health coach for this program. She lost a lot of weight with it.
Looks and feels amazing, quit a job she didn't like to be a health coach full time. Not sure how long it's been but I'm thinking about 3 years now.
You are rocking it too!!! Way to go!!

That is a beautiful picture of you Justine!