Long time no see! :)

Hello stranger!

I haven't posted an update in a while! As most of you know i was in Tennessee for 2 weeks so i didn't have much time to update ya'll then. Since i have been back home i have started school and have been meeting new people and having a blast :)

I don't know how this happened but while i was in Tennessee i lost 2 pounds. Usually when your on vacation you gain weight right? Wrong in this case! Pretty awesome if you ask me. Then, when i got home i lost 4 more pounds for a grand total of...34 POUNDS DOWN! :)

Thanks for being patient with me while i try to get my life back in order so i can post! Missed you guys!

Love, Amy

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

IT'S 2014! Woo hoo!

The holidays are finally over! No more temptations with amazing food and deserts! haha. However, I am proud to announce that throughout this holiday season i did not gain an OUNCE :) As a matter of fact...i went in to Lindora yesterday and i had lost a pound! Who does that during the holiday season? Me! I'm really proud of myself for this accomplishment.

I'm not saying that i never had a piece of oreo mint ice cream pie at Christmas because Jim and Susie and the girls were witnesses to that and how amazing it was for me. But i planned everything out so well that i could enjoy myself and what i was eating at the same time not overindulging. Such an awesome experience testing out my ability to say no to things when i need to and make good choices for myself health wise.

Also, my birthday is on Saturday! YAY! I'm going to be old. For some reason 23 sounds so old to me because it is so much more closer to 25 then i want to be. We are going to Red Robin because i have a free meal card for my birthday! Luckily they can make my favorite burger protein style and it still counts as the free meal! I'm looking forward to it.

I hope you all have a wonderful first day of the year and that you make it count. Spend time with your family and show them how much you appreciate them. I have a feeling this year is going to be GREAT!

....and hopefully skinny. HAHA!

Love you,
Amy :)

P.S. Phoebe says she loves you and happy sleepy New Year!

Joy To The World!

Success! I went in for my weigh-in yesterday and i have lost the 1.5 pounds that i had gained plus another 1/2 pound! :) I'm back at being 23 pounds down and happy about it!

My nurse at the Lindora clinic talked to me about doing a metabolic menu plan starting the week after next. I am on my 8th week and at around the 9th or 10th week they want you to stay within (loosing and gaining) 1.5 pounds. It's just a phase where they want to trick your body into a plateau so that when you start the next program they can start all over by shocking the system and loosing like crazy again.

Unfortunately, the programs are SUPER expensive so i don't think i will be doing another program. HOWEVER! I am crafty and sneaky with my ways and found out how i can keep doing what i am doing and still be able to come into the clinic for weigh-ins and such FOR FREE!

This is how it will work... Everyone who has ever been a Lindora member has free access to their scales for life even without purchasing a program. Although it will not come with the B-12 shots, which i'm not getting anyways because they give me severe heartburn. You also won't be able to use the keto sticks (the ones that you pee on to see if you are in fat burning mode) but you can buy a pack of them for like $5 and bring them in yourself. This saves a TON of money and i will still be able to go in and have the accountability that i was having before. I also will still have full access on the Lindora products and food that they have to offer whenever i would need to purchase anything if i needed to.

The nice ladies at Lindora of course warned me that they see a lot of people try to do this without having a program and they don't succeed as well as they did when they had the program. I think it is because you are then not REQUIRED to come in twice a week but it is on your own will. I assured them that i know i can do it and i have strong faith in myself that i never have really had before when it comes to eating right and knowing whats best for myself health-wise. After they had heard my soppy speech they agreed that they think i would still do just as well if not BETTER than what i have done while being on this program. i have only 3 full weeks left of my program and i am determined to hit the 25 mark before it ends.

YEEHAW!

-Amy

Uh oh...

So after my weigh in on Tuesday i was 23 pounds down! Good news right? And there there was Amber's birthday party...i had a cupcake. I totally did not think that it was going to make a drastic change because i was gunna go exercise it off and everything was going to be fine. Then i got sick...total rumbling stomach and i barely wanted to even go outside. So the exercise was put off and i gained back 1.5 pounds as of today's weigh-in. This is the first time i've gained anything since the program started so i'm going to look at that as an accomplishment on it's own.

But as for right now, I'm kicking it into high gear again and i'm doing a protein day today even though i already did one this week. I feel like it will make up for the dang cupcake and i can get back to doing what i was doing.

Hope you all are having a great day. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER!

<3 Amy

I'm back!

Sorry i haven't posted in a while. I know a few of you were wondering where i went! Well i got super busy with collar orders and 150 cinnamon spice cupcakes for my mom's friend Lara's company Christmas party tonight! Here is some pictures:

Now that we are done looking at delicious, very bad for you, cupcakes let's get to the good stuff. haha...

For the past week i have been stuck at 21 pounds. I have been ordered to do 2 protein days this week to boost it back up. That was as of Thursday. TODAY, i weighed myself and the scale says i have lost 7 pounds since then and it's only Saturday. I am totally at a loss at how this could have happened because i haven't even done my protein days yet.

I usually don't even like posting about the weigh-in's i do myself because its not the "legit" scale and measurement that is recorded at the clinic. I will be able to give you the EXACT number by Tuesday (12/10). I'm going to do all i can do to keep myself on target (like i have been) until the next weigh-in because, if that 7 pounds is correct, i would LOVE to say that i've lost 28 pounds. But like the Lindora people always tell me, i can't get ahead of myself because no matter what is going on either a plateau or just a small stuck period they will help me figure it out.

I'm on my 7th week of my 10 week program so things are going well!

Thanks again for reading as a jabber on about all of this. Check back Tuesday and i will FOR SURE post again :)

-Amy

My goal before Thanksgiving...

My goal before Thanksgiving was to lose 20 pounds. I just got back from my weigh in and it was 19.8 pounds! Can we just say that's 20? haha. SO CLOSE!

But...It's Thanksgiving! Eat some turkey and be happy and thankful for the ones you love!

I am thankful for all of you who support me. my family, friends, and my wonderful boyfriend, Forrest, who i love with all of my heart and would do anything for. Thank you all for giving me the chance to show you that i really can do something special! :)

Love,
Amy

p.s. GOBBLE GOBBLE!

YESSSS!!

Crazy morning! I went into Lindora for my weigh in not thinking that there was going to be a big difference. I am now down 18 pounds! That is 6 pounds since just Thursday! I looked at the scale and literally said to the lady that it's got to be a joke. She rang her little bell and cheered for me :)

All i have been doing is making the changes that they wanted me to make and i guess it helped me get out of that stuck spot i was in! It's amazing to see that not only am i out of the 280 range but i only have 4 pounds to go to get me into the 260. And only 2 of those will get me to be down 20 pounds!

I'm seeing some great progress! Today and tomorrow i am doing protein days in preparation for Thanksgiving. I plan on having a very small portion of some mashed potatoes and since i've done so well i can treat myself a little. I go back in on Wednesday. If all goes according to plan i should be down 2 more pounds by then and i will have reached my goal of 20 pounds before Thanksgiving!

Thanks again to all of my cheerleaders out there! I appreciate it greatly and need it very much to keep me moving forward!

Love, Amy