Woohoo!!!

Down to 250!

Day 22 :) 3 weeks!

I must not know how to count or something but today should be three weeks since I've decided to change. As of this AM I'm down to 262.6 (-18 lbs) and I've lost 4 inches off my hips!!!! Only 100 more pounds to go! I'm hoping to make it to at least 250 by the end of the month.

Day 11 Food Diary and Blog

AM weight- 266.2

Day 10 Food Diary and Blog

AM weight- 266.6 (lowest yet :))
PM weight- 265.8



Nothing like waking up in the morning to a scale with a slightly smaller number. Yesterday I took it easy and only did an AM workout because I was so sore but today i'm going to try to do at least my normal two. I really want to hit 260! my goal by the end of the month is to be at least 250 but I'm really hoping it might be less... Heres to staying strong!

Day 9 Food Diary and Blog

AM weight 269.4
PM weight 267.6


long day today.. sorry no real updates.. did a morning workout and homework the rest of the day. Lost a few lbs :)



Well down .6 lbs! Lets hope more weight comes off today

Day 8 Food Diary and Blog

AM weight- 270
PM weight- 270

Hopefully all this working out shows up in tomorrows weight since it didnt show up in todays

Its officially been a week this morning since I started dieting and working out. I'm officially down 10 lbs. It would of been more but I cheated a little bit when i was out of town and didnt get to work out every day. Officially back to the grind today :)

Breakfast- Yogurt and String cheese 160 Cal

Lunch- Chicken Breast and half can of soup 220 Calories
Workouts! Hit it hard today to make up for the last few days :)

Intake- 380 Calories

Burned 565 Calories

Day 7 Food Diary and Blog

No updates from today. It was Monday back at work and I got really busy doing office stuff and had to go out sampling.

Day 6 Food Diary and Blog

AM weight 271



Was really thirsty last night from the heat of the dog show all day. So i drank 3 waters and a large gatorade. So i think I have a bit of fluids back in me. Should be gone by the end of the day i hope :) today is a travel day back from the dog show so we wont have much going on.

Monday starts back to the grind of working out hard!

Day 5 Food Diary and Blog

AM weight 269.4
PM weight 269.4




No weight loss today. we went to lunch/breakfast at the village inn. I did good and got a two egg white omlet with low fat mozzarella cheese and fruit. Apparently it was enough to stunt my weight loss though and I didnt get a chance to work out because we were at the show all day.


but i still feel great and im very motivated to keep going

Day 4 Food Diary and Food Blog

AM Weight 270.4
PM Weight 270


10 lbs lost to date



Didnt sleep much last night. Steph and her friend got in late to the hotel and we stayed up super late talking. I couldnt sleep well anyways because of the medicine! I feel GREAT today and I'm ready to go to the show.

Breakfast- Apple and an Orange

Dinner- no clue how many calories
Well we all went out to dinner last night. Before we left I was under 270, but when we came back i was up to my morning weight. I had some steak. a few bites of potato.. some of my salad, and some onion blossom :) It was really good but i had a hard time eating too much just had a few bites of everything.



Worked out for 20 minutes in hotel room

Day 3 Food Diary and Workout

AM Weight - 272.8
PM Weight - 271.8

TOTAL weight loss to date - 8.2 lbs!


Breakfast- Nutrigrain bar 120 Cal and 3g Fat
Orange 71 Calories
Dinner- Apple 91 Cal Goldfish snack 140 Cal and 5g Fat Orange 71 Calories

Total Calorie Intake 493 Calories 8g Fat



Well its Thursday morning. Been up since 6 am. Looks like on this medicine the most sleep i'll be getting is 6 hours. Which is probably normal but i like eight and a half hours a night :) Cesar Piper and I are at a hotel in Grand Junction, CO for the weekend. We have a dog show here. The struggle is going to be exercising in my hotel room without my workout video and sticking to our diet while not having the comforts of home. Im hoping to be under 270 by the time i get home! Lets hope :) I'll update later with workouts :)

Day 2 Food Diary and Workout

Well it was a rough night. I went to bed at 9pm because I felt exhausted but woke up at 3am wide awake and unable to sleep. Hopefully this doesnt happen two nights in a row! On the bright side when I weighed myself this am I was -5 lbs! I leave for the dog show for the weekend so i'm going to have to figure out a way to stay on track without being at home to make my meals. I'm going to do an am workout before I leave and than I'll do some walking when we arrive at the hotel


Food Diary Day 2
AM Weight- 275 (-5 lbs already!)
PM Weight- 273
Total weight loss to date -7 lbs


Breakfast- Strawberry yogurt 80 cal 0 g fat
String cheese 70 calories 4 g fat
Lunch- Wheat Thins Snack 140 Cal and 4.5 g Fat
Dinner- Orange 71 Calories and Wheat Thins snack 140 Cal 4.5 g Fat

TOTAL calorie Intake- 501 Calories and 13 g Fat
TOTAL calories Burned- 300





AM Workout

Day 1 Food Diary and Workout

-2 Pounds today!!!!

-2 total pounds lost

Food Diary Day 1
AM Weight- 280
PM Weight- 278

Lunch- 1 Can of Cambells Wedding soup. 320 Cal and 6g Fat

1 Jello Chocolate Mousse (low cal) 60 Cal and 3g Fat

Dinner- 1 orange 71 Cal
Fishes Snack-140 Cal 5g Fat
Fig newton Snack- 130 Cal 3g Fat




Pedometer Readings :



Steps 5560



Miles 2.63



Calories Burned 150







INTAKE TOTAL: Calories- 771 Fat Grams- 17







TOTAL CALORIES BURNED- 495 Calories

AM workout

PM Workout

Day 1. My Fluff has to go

Many overweight people sit there like I did and wonder..

how did I get this way.. when did imy life turn into this.. what can i do about it. Will i do anything about it.. If your anything like me you sit there and keep saying to yourself.. I'll start tomorrow. Or next week. Or after the holidays. The bottom line is there is no better time to start than today. You have to admit your overweight and make a commitment to not anyone else or for anyone else.. but YOURSELF.

About me:

My name is Crystal. I was born and raised in Ohio. I was a letterman all through highschool in basketball and track. I was a state qualifier for track all four years of my highschool career. I was an athlete. I worked out. Ran 5 miles a day and had a great life. I went to college and continued to play ball there my freshman year. Until I slipped on ice outside my dorm and broke my leg. A plate and seven screws later and i was no longer a basketball player. I felt like a cripple. I graduated college in December of 2006. Here is a photo of me from Spring break of 2006 I was about 170 lbs in this photo. (I'm on the right :)

My life was great. I had a lot of friends I was in a sorority and not too long after this photo was taken i found my soulmate. We were engaged in September of 2007. At the same time I got a job offer for the Utah Division of Wildlife. When I moved out to Utah I had started the struggle with my weight. I weighed 208 lbs. It has been three years now and I have gained over 100lbs since 2006.

I am now at 280. Here is a recent photo of me showing my boxer, Piper.

I dont have many recent photos of me other than showing the dogs taken by others. I hide from the camera because I am so embarrased of the way I look. I wish I could just snap my fingers and be skinnier and healthier again.

Why now?

My weight is ruining my life. I have a hard time walking up the stairs in my home without getting out of breath. My fiance' has threated to leave me because I am so overweight and unhealthy and I cant even do the things I love anymore without being so out of breath. Its embarrasing and Im ready to make a change.

I went to the doctor this morning and got back on my thyroid medication and some other ones that go with it. I than went grocery shopping at walmart for some healthier options. I immedietly took all my snack foods and separated them into portion snack size ziploc bags so i know what is going in my mouth. Here is a picture of my spoils :)

The plan is to update this at least once a day with What I've eaten and my screenshots from the workout DVD i've planned to do this with