Dreaded post

This is a post I have dreaded to write! This week has been the worst yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel horrible, my eating has been horrible, my water intake has been horrible and my exercise has been horrible. Its been a tough week and I feel so bad about it. But tomorrow is a new day and a new week and I will do better!!!!

New Adventures!

Where to begin on this week!!!!Monday morning bright and early I started cleaning the gym I am doing bootcamp at. I spent the majority of my morning before work doing that and let me tell you that is a huge workout!!! Tuesday morning I walked with my good friend Claudia around the park and then began bootcamp that evening! I weighed in and had lost more weight!!! I was excited about being able to mark that weight off the list!!! Eating and getting my water in this week has been so much easier than last week!!! I am getting into a routine on my exercise. Except Monday gotta figure that day out. But I will get it figured out!!! So my schedule is Monday: clean gym Tuesday: Walk in the morning and bootcamp in the evening. Wednesday: clean gym Thursday: Walk in the morning, bootcamp and clean gym after that. Friday: Walk in the morning. So I need to work on a couple of days. But I have faith I will figure it all out.
I have dabbled with the bootcamp idea for awhile and I told Stuart that I would start when school started. I signed up on the first day of school!! I am so glad I took the plunge!!! I have been in two classes and man is it hard work but I will get it and it will soon pay off. I love the encouragement of the girls in the class as well!!!
Last Sunday while visiting a church in town a sweet lady stood and was talking about a Temple Challenge that she was starting at the church. And I was thinking wow what a good idea. My husband signed me up so I will be doing that on Monday evenings!!!
Grocery shopping!!! I really watched everything that went into my cart this week while shopping. I made sure to read most of the nutrition labels. I made sure to throw a lot of fresh fruits and veggies in my cart!!! Grocery shopping took a while longer but that is ok with me for sure!!!! I feel so much better now that I eat healthy and I am trying new things as well!!!
I am so excited about my walk today. I love being out in nature and enjoying it. Today Shane and I were going to walk at first we were just going to walk around Baker Park and Shane said lets walk all around Memorial Park at first I was ok with that and then we were getting ready to pull in and I was like hey lets walk the Wilbur Wright Trail. I am soo glad we did what a great trail that is and it is beautiful!!!! I would recommend it to anyone.
Around here the Mooreland Fair is a big thing and tonight we went out there. I have always gotten a elephant ear since I can remember. I did so tonight and enjoyed my little splurge!!! I will be back to working out tomorrow.
Last but not least I signed up for a 5K that I will walk!!!! I am so excited to do it and need as much encouragement I can get. I would love to have people walk with me that day!!! August 30th is that day!!!
I just want to thank everyone that is encouraging through this journey. I am so thankful for all that have supported me!!! I am also thankful for the people that have came up to me and said I see a difference and you are looking good!!! It really helps me stay on track!!!!

Walking, Walking, and more walking!!!

Today I met with my friend Claudia to walk around that park. It is a mile around our park which is awesome!!!! Looking back to when I really started this journey almost 4 weeks ago I could barely get in a half mile before my legs, lungs, and back were screaming at me in pain....... Today it was like a light bulb went off or I was paying attention to my body but I made it around one time and I was like I feel good lets go for another. I walked two miles today and that is a huge accomplishment for this girl!!!! I am going to push myself to walk as much as possible. One of my goals is to walk a 5K!!!! Hopefully I will accomplish that goal before winter!!

Another Week in the Books!

I really thought this past week would be better............. Boy was I wrong.................. I had struggles upon struggles........ I had been drinking 80 ounces of water daily before this week. Yep that has been a huge struggle this week. Everything has been a struggle from making sure I get my exercise to eating right. Tuesday and Wednesday I had some dental work done. I went in for a routine cleaning and come to find out I had to have all of my previous fillings redone. I have a small mouth (I know right you think I am lying). So any work in my mouth is horrible........ Tuesday and Wednesday I didn't get any work out in and food was the farthest from my thoughts. Thursday was the first day of school and Shane and I were able to walk after we took the kids to school and that evening I signed up for a women's only boot camp which I start on Tuesday (pray for me)!!! I also weighed and lost another 4 pounds!!!! Down 11 pounds now!!!Friday we were able to walk twice!!!!! I love it!!! Saturday was a busy, busy did I say busy day!!!! I started my day off with my walk then went straight to help my OF Tommie at Miracle League working the concession stand... Do you know how hard it was to work in there?!? Then I WALKED from there to meet Shane at a block party. I would have never walked there before but I didn't think twice. Then to end the day we went to a family reunion and I didn't eat a thing!!!! Life is changing once again this coming week but I will embrace it!!!!
This week I am making small goals for myself!!!!
I will drink my water all of it daily!
I will log everything I eat and my exercise!
I will eat a snack or meal every 2-3 hours!
Ok last but not least this week I let Shane take pictures of me and post them on facebook!

Vacation week!

Oh my goodness I am so glad to be able to have a week to relax but when I am not in my routine how things can go crazy. We went to Pokagon State Park and camped with my parents! We always have sweets on camping trips to snack on as well as different things to snack on. This is where things get tough for me!!!! I am a grazer and snacker. So Monday was a travelling day and a get organized at the campsite. Monday was a great day for me. Tuesday was a good day as well. Wednesday we went to Shipshewania and an Amish Restaurant and yep I was done for the day but it was good!!! Thursday was another not so good food day. Friday was a good food day as well!!! I was able to get some physical activity in each day this week. I pushed myself to walk trails around the park and they were tough. I feel good the strength I gained this week. I posted this earlier about my hike!!! Today as I was hiking we came to a hill that looked like a mountain from where I was standing at the bottom about to climb it. I thought I there was no way I was going to make it. But I struggled and pushed myself to get up it. And then after I was at the top I realized it really wasn't that hard after all. So much in our lives is like that and we are really a lot stronger than we think! I am pretty sure I can relate this to my Journey I have began!!!! This coming week I will be returning to work and the kids will be returning to school! My goal for the week is 80 ounces of water each day. Get back on a routine! Physical activity every day!!!!!!!!!! 

Weight Loss Goals and Rewards!!!!

Ok so I am going to reward myself for each 20 pounds I lose!!!!! So when I weigh a certain weight I will purchase myself the item!!!
228 lbs~ New Workout outfit
208 lbs~ Purse
188 lbs~ Hair Color
148 lbs~ 5 new outfits

The Journey To A New Stacy!

It all started June 2, 2003. I go to a routine visit with my OB doctor while pregnant with Jared. The nurse takes my blood pressure. Looks at me puzzled then takes it again. She proceeds to tell me to lay down and went to get another nurse who proceeds to do the same thing. Both nurses walk out and my doctor walks in and does almost the same thing but then tells me that I am being admitted to the hospital and that I was at stroke level with my blood pressure. I was 21 at the time and have been on blood pressure medicine since. I have continued to gain weight since and have not taken care of myself for the last 15 years because I have been too busy taking care of my kids and others kids that I have always put myself last. I have been depressed, not taken care of myself and always said yes to whatever others needed from me. 6 months ago our family had a situation arise and our lives turned upside down. I had to find a job and no longer be a stay at home mom. But I then decided to go back to school and will become an elementary teacher when I graduate. But I needed to fix some other things and my world turned upside down on Monday July 14, 2014.
I decided I should make some appointments with eye doctor, dentist, and my primary doctor. I went to my doctor and he looked at my EKG from an earlier visit to the emergency room. It had a questionable episode and it was very concerning. As well as my blood work was alarming. I weighed in at 241 lbs. Not my largest a month ago I weighed in at 248 lbs. So I have lost 7 lbs. But when you look at a report that says you are morbidly obese it hits you things have go to change now!!! I have a fatty liver and high cholesterol as well but the high cholesterol cannot be worked on until the fatty liver is. So weight loss is what I need to do to control that as well as diet change. I am on not one but two blood pressure pills. As well as a pill for acid reflex, a sleeping pill because I cannot sleep, migraine medicine, and CPAP machine. I have severe back pain and joint pain daily as well as depression. Friday July 18, 2014 I will have a stress test.
My journey began as I left the doctors office on Monday. I am making a total transformation!!! I am now adding physical activity to my daily life. As well as taking almost all processed food from my diet as well as adding at least 2 liters of water to my diet daily. I am researching different ways of going about this transformation. I am using this blog as a way to make myself accountable and for my friends and family near and far to see my progress. As well as strangers!!!!!