Weigh-In #8: May 23, 2014

This week was really great 
and really horrible all at the same time, 
but a good kind of horrible. 
I was on my elimination cleanse 
and my body really has never felt better 
which is evident in how much weight 
has been released from my body! 
But I was an emotional wreck 
without everything that comforts me. 
But I needed it because now 
I know how it feels to treat my body right 
and I want to keep that up!

Weigh In: 05/23/14

Starting Weight (5/9):  329.4 lbs

Ending Weight (5/16):   318.4 lbs

Weight Gone This Week: -11.0 lbs

(My highest weight was 355 in Jan 2013)

Total Weight Lost:  - 36.6 lbs

Weigh-In #7: May 16, 2014

This is my official weekly weigh-in blog post 
The last time I made one of these was on.....
....12/16/13... That was 5 months ago
Yikes!!!
I thought about starting over
but November/December
were a huge part of my overall journey
and even though I struggle with the shame
that came from gaining back the weight
I still don't want to pretend it never happened
because I learned so much that is going to stay with me
and help me through the rest of my journey...
SO, continuing from there
this is Weigh-In #7

However, one thing that will change
My starting weight will come from last week
NOT from December
I weighed myself last Friday (May 9) 


Weigh In: 05/16/14

Starting Weight (5/9):  336.6 lbs

Ending Weight (5/16):   329.4

Weight Gone This Week: -7.2lbs

(My highest weight was 355 in Jan 2013)

Total Weight Lost:  - 25.6 lbs

This week was great for me. 
I got back on track. 
I prepped for my Elimination Cleanse this week. 
I'm hoping for another great week 
as I head into my cleanse!

#LivingPerfectlyImperfect

Reboot

Last post I made the announcement 

that I had a new local health coach

and I'm excited to share with you

a little about what I'm doing this week!

This week I'm focusing on:

#1 Setting Goals - Short Term/Long Term

#2 Rebooting my body by doing an Elimination Cleanse

The Elimination Cleanse basically means

that I will eliminate a bunch of different foods

that are common allergens to people

and eat very simply for a set amount of days

and then I'll slowly bring back different foods

to see how my body reacts to them.

This will give my body a great reboot 

as I eat simply and healthfully.

This will also allow me to find any

food that my body is intolerant to.

I have bad digestive issues and

often get sinus infections during the winter

as well as a slew of other things 

and I suspect a gluten and/or diary intolerance

For a food addict this is going to be tough

The "Avoid List" includes....

Dairy

Gluten

Grains

Sugar

Most Beans

Eggs

Nuts

Soy

Preservatives/Processed Food

Alcohol

and a few other things I can't think of right now

But you get my drift. It's a lot. 

To give a sample of what my next week will look at

Here are just a few items on my meal plan 

Breakfast:

Smoothies

Berries, Banana, Spinach, Coconut Milk, Chia Seeds etc.

Lunch:

German Lentil Soup (Vegetarian)

OR

Simple Turkey Taco Salad w/

Lettuce, Organic ground turkey, Fresh Salsa, Guacamole

Dinner:

Chicken Fajita Salad w/

Lettuce, Organic Chicken Breast Chunks, Grilled Onions/Pepper, Guacamole 

Organic Low Sugar/Gluten-Dairy Free Fajita Seasoning 

OR

Lemon Rosemary Chicken w/ Balsamic Brussels Sprouts or Steamed Artichokes

and a Sweet Potato 

Snack(s):

Raw Veggies w/ Guacamole

Organic Lunch Meat

Pure Coconut Water

Pumpkin/Sunflower Seeds

Fruit

Right now I've been in pre-detox mode for the last four days

preparing for the 7 day detox

that will start tomorrow (Friday May 16)

So why tell you this?

Because right now I have 338 Accountability Partners on LPI

As I'm going through this I will have lots of raw emotions

that I will want to get out

and I need your help to cheer me on and keep my motivated!

Let's do this! 

I'm a Fighter

Hey Ya'all! 

So something has been brewing in the background here at LPI 

As I've told you before, this year has been hard...

like, REALLY hard

I've gained back a lot of the weight I lost in Nov/Dec

At the end of the 2013 I was 311

Yesterday I weighed in at 336... ouch!

I've really felt a lot of shame

and as many times as I've tried to come out of hiding

My food addiction has gotten the best of me

and I've just kept going back to the dark hole

But my page is Living Perfectly Imperfect

I didn't name it that because I'm perfect at living imperfectly

I named it that because that's what how I'm striving to live

I want to be okay with all my imperfections

I want to not be my worst critic

But, I'm not perfect and its a daily struggle to be okay with my imperfections

It's not as if I feel like someday I will be perfect

But I know someday, with a lot of practice and support

I can learn to love myself, imperfections and all, 

and to truly understand that life is a journey

and its not all-or-nothing! Baby steps count! 

I do have to say....

I am proud of myself because 

even in the midst of my darkness...

I was still fighting to come out of the darkness

One thing I DO know about myself...

I'm a Fighter! (Que Christina Aguilera....) 

I will keep fighting for what I want

because I know the only way to truly ever fail 

is to give up

so I refuse to give up!

 I refuse to be a "failure"....

So I did a lot of soul searching

Trying to figure out what I needed the most

and that was someone who could teach me how to live this way

I wanted to find someone that could teach me more about nutrition

Someone who could be my accountability partner on a regular basis

Someone I could count on to always be there for me

I found that person in Caroline Devin!

Caroline is my new nutritionist/health coach/

support system/accountability partner/therapist etc. etc. 

She is my very own transformation specialist!

She owns Serenity of Body and Mind

If you are local to Oregon, check her out...

If your not local to Oregon... check her out anyways...

She has some great information on her blog posts

http://www.serenityofbodyandmind.com

She is going to help me through my entire journey

I will be sharing what I'm working on with her

I will be using my blog as my own personal journal

I hope that I can stay present, even through the bad time

So that hopefully my struggles can help others

Don't worry, I still have Jacqui backing me up

But, for those of you who are living under a rock

and don't know...

Jacqui has a miracle baby growing in her tummy

Plus she lives on the other side of the country

You can never have enough people helping you along your journey

I'm lucky enough to have gotten so much good information from Jacqui

and I continue to learn from her and keep in touch

Caroline is just another great person that I have in my corner

Thanks for sticking with me friends!