My little Bit of Honey

So, this past weekend for my halfway point "reward" I went and got my hair cut and colored. I figured, I have busted my butt to get to this point and I deserved a little treat. It felt great, it made me feel like a "new person" almost.  After I had gotten my haircut and color done, I took a picture of it. I compared it to the last time I had cut my hair (which was probably around Mayish) and wow, what a difference.  I had been waiting for so long to take that photo so when I finally took it and looked at it, I actually almost started to cry. I remember the last time I took my "new haircut" photo and the sadness I felt. Even though I felt like my hair looked cute, I didn't.  This time, you can even see how much happier I am in the photo. It really struck a chord and helped me to actually see myself again.  See below for the pic! :) Next up is my 40 pound reward. The big one.  I am about 19 pounds and hopefully only a few months away from this. I...

I woke up this morning and as today is my "usual" day to weigh in (I've been changing it up to random days lately) I got on the scale. I was actually pretty much asleep when I stepped on the scale, so when I saw the number I stepped off and stepped back on. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me or I was still asleep and I was dreaming. Well, I wasn't. I was awake and I actually was seeing what I thought I was, I actually weigh 149 pounds. Holy crap. I have actually thought about this day for months and months, I honestly didn't believe it would happen, I thought I would be over 150 forever. I tried to be excited about it, however due to my sleep induced half coma I let out a little "yay" and got ready for my day. I don't think it was until I was halfway to work that it actually hit me. By then I was awake and I did a dance in my car and started singing to whatever song was on the radio. I'm sure there were quite a few other drivers that tho...

I'm feeling better today, yesterday was a tough day for me overall. I think being overtired and just feeling overwhelmed got me down. It happens, we all have our days. Today, I'm feeling rejuvenated about everything. I feel good about the weight I lost and I have faith that the weight I need to lose will come off. Some of this I think comes from the fact that I am giving myself a bit of a treat for losing 20 pounds. I am going to get my hair cut and colored, I can't wait! I figure I have worked really hard to get this far, so I deserve a little reward. I'm planning on doing something big for myself when I get to the big 40. I was thinking a spa day of some sorts..and of course some new clothes will be necessary! My wardrobe hasn't really shrunk to much since I started this, because I kept all of my old clothes. Now, I'm fitting into ALL of my clothes and the fat clothes I had bought are way to big. When I'm done though, I will definitely need some new cl...

 I can't remember where I  first heard that, but I love it. It's true, I'm not losing weight. I'm kicking it's ass out of my body and it's never welcome back.  20 pounds. Wow. I've officially lost all of the weight I put on after my wedding. I feel accomplished, but I know I'm not there yet. I guess I have a fear setting in that I'm not going to be satisfied, no matter how much weight I lose. I should look at the positive side of this, I'm not only the same weight I was for my wedding, but I am also smaller than I was at my wedding. I have been losing inches and pounds, which is great and it DOES make me happy. I weighed 150 basically throughout high school, then when I was 20 I dropped down to about 130ish (in a very unhealthy way). I went through a lot of "stuff" that year making it impossible to eat so I lost that weight. Well as it does when you lose weight that way, it came back. I was at 150 again, then a year later I was at m...

Well folks, I have just about lost 20 pounds! So I figured I'd do a progress post, I  haven't done one of these with pictures (other than my face) yet. So here it is! First, there are quite a few things I've learned since I started all this back in August, I've shared most of them but it never hurts to re-share them! 1.) There is no quick fix to losing weight, seriously. All of those fads you see of people who "lost 30 pounds in 3 weeks!" it's all a lie.  Unless you are not eating and are working out 24 hours a day, there is no healthy way to do this. The only way to lose weight is to eat healthier/less and to exercise. That's it. 2.) Everyone loses weight differently. By this I mean in different spots and in different ways, something that works for me might not work for everyone else and everyone loses weight at a different rate. This is something I had to learn the hard way, I see friends that can drop 2 pounds in a week and I can only lose may...

So the other day I started thinking about the spring and how I had set goals for myself to achieve this spring.  My biggest goal was to run a 10k, I have done a few 5ks and I love them. I just want to push it farther, I want to push myself as far as I can. I had heard from a friend about the Run to Home Base, it's a 9k race at Fenway Park. I'm not the biggest baseball fan in the world, but having a chance to run on the field at Fenway  is something anyone from Massachusetts would probably love to do. So I signed up. Then I panicked. How am I going to run 5.5 miles when it's right now a struggle to run 3.10? It hit me though, that this time last year, I was definitely not able to run a single mile. That I every race I have run I have improved on. This will most likely be my first race of the year (unless I decide to do a 5k in April but with life being the way it is, I doubt that's going to happen)  so I'm going to prepare for it, I'm going to train and I'm...

I'm having one of those weeks, I could eat everything in sight. Yesterday I tracked down a co-worker and told her "I need to have chocolate or someone may get hurt". Yes, my craving was that serious.  I got chocolate and no one got hurt. Phew. Some days, I just want to quit. I just want to eat whatever I want and not even think about it, like I did before. I knew what I was eating was awful, I just didn't know how awful. Now, I educated myself and I have such guilt when I eat things that are high in calorie. Damn me. This morning, I was STARVING when I got to work. I knew my English muffin, banana and tea were not going to cut it, I had to have something more.  SO I moseyed on down to the cafeteria and looked around. Hmph. The bacon, homefries, tater tots (yes, they serve tater tots for breakfast at my work, be jealous) looked DELICIOUS. It seemed like they had a glowing aura around them. They were ACTUALLY calling to me "Krystale.......Krystaleeeeee...we are s...

Seriously, it feels like it should be Friday and that we should have another 4 day weekend. Not happening though, sadly.  Today's post is probably going to be just a mishmash of random thoughts. 1.) I hate the gym in January, I really do. I am all for anyone trying to get fit, but when I can't find a single parking spot and there are NO available treadmills, I really get annoyed.  Plus, at my gym they have about 7 treadmills that are broken right now. They have about 25 treadmills. I don't like the elliptical, the stair climber or any of those other cardio machines. I like to get my run in and then do circuit training, it's my routine. Every now and then I switch it up but for right now, that's what I like to do. I know I should have patience and all that but..aint nobody got time for that. 2.) I really want to get into weight lifting but I'm one of those people who is super self conscious in the weight lifting area. I just don't know how to start liftin...

Over the past few weeks, people have really started to notice and to compliment me on my weight loss. Then I usually get the follow up question "What is your secret?" Well folks, I'm going to share it with all of you. Right here, right now. My big weight loss secret! Ready for it......????? Here it is: I don't have one! I really don't, I started this journey (as cheesy as that sounds, it's what it is!) at 170 pounds and my waist was around 40.0 inches, my hips were at about 51.0. Here I am about 4 months later and I  weigh 151, My waist is at 31.0 inches and my hips are at  37.5. I'd say that's pretty impressive, but I really only achieved this by cutting down what I was eating, making smarter choices (egg whites instead of eggs etc.) and as of now, working out. I don't think of these things as a secret, it's what my doctor had been telling me all along. I also was ready for it, I think that previous times I had just felt fat but I was co...

Good Morning and Happy 2013 all! I hope everyone reading had a safe and fun New Years Eve/Day.  Mine was spent working, which is OK, I'm pretty sure the 10 hours I spent on my feet I burned at least 1,000 calories. Being a waitress on NYE is not easy, but it's worth it.  Anywho. I weighed myself on Saturday and I was very pleased to see that I had lost .4 pounds. This was the first time I had actually weighed myself over the holidays. This was a triumph! I had not gained over the holidays and in fact had even lost a small amount! Hooray! I'm so proud that over the past 4 months I have lost 18.4 pounds, it's been quite the struggle but it has been worth it. So what are my goals for 2013? My goals are the same, I want to lose another 20 pounds. I feel rejuvenated and ready to accomplish this goal in less time than the first 20 has taken. I want to work out at least 3 times a week, with a good run in at least 5 days a week. So far this week I'm 0 for 2 but today ...