on to ace again

So this moring I decided that I wanted to try Ace again.  my weight 272lbs I have gained 2 lbs but that's not unusual!!  my measure ments are waist 52" as well my hips 55.5" ( not sure if I'm doing them one in the right spot!!)  but thoes have decreased since I have started on this journey!!  I will keep trying to update but as before its more difficult with 2 very active toddlers!!

10 lbs down!!

So I'm officially down 10lbs from when I started trying to lose weight.  I have stopped everything from ACE to Herbalife, and am currently just trying to eat properly. 

I have changed my eating habits a bit.  I don't drink pop on a regular basis anymore, or drinks from Timmie's!!  It's usually just water or 2% milk.  But in saying that I still drink the odd pop, and Timmie's tea (double, double). 

I still don't eat breakfast, but I have decided that I needed to do something so I stated to drink the carnation breakfast essentials in the morning and that seems to have helped.  I try to eat more protein through the day but I love my carbs and I do try to be reasonable with them!!  I have a book called carb lovers diet and if I follow that I'm usually ok and it works if you follow it close enough.

I eat as many fruits and veggies as I want, they are mostly free calories (according to what I have learned from looking at weight watchers points system)  but think this is the key!!  I have also been making sure that I have something to eat when I'm working nights as your body needs different nutrition when working all night!

So I hope this continues!!

New Attempt

Well I'm Thinking ACE wasn't my thing, didn't really do anything for me!!!  So now I'm trying Herbal Life!  I'm scepticle but, Coincidince or not I'm down 2.5 lbs this morning and I'm kinda floored!!! 

I started at 276.6lbs yesterday morning, and now this morning 274lbs I'm leary but excited, this may acctually help!!

Down with the inches and the weight!!

Well tonight just out of curiosity I measured myself again.  My weight hit 275lbs last week (down a total of 5lbs since I first started ACE), and I was so happy about that but now my measurements are going in the right direction too!!

My waist is at 54"  and my hips at 57.5".  So the fact that my hips aren't down that much doesn't mean that much to me yet, they are still going down.  It's in my genes to have wide hips!!  but my waist is down 3" and I couldn't be happier.

I was looking in the mirror and though, hey you look skinnier, then I did the measurements!!  I have been feeling really good lately, aside from the odd day of being extremely tired and the odd migraine, stress and sleep deprivation related, still feel great!!  I'm not sure what happened whether it was just that I was depresses because I was missing my mom over mother's day, being the first one with out her, or if something else was weighing in but it seems that the start of June has turned me around!!  ACE is slowly helping me, maybe I'll soon see the results others are seeing!!

That is one pound I hope never to see again!!

So This morning I'm 1 week in after starting on ACE again and I have been using the calorie counter suggested by Sherry, my ACE representative, were I'm not sure it has helped me make my decisions on food but it has really confirmed to me that I"m not over consuming calories.  This does help to remind me that I need to drink my water, just because that little reminder is at the bottom of the page, just waiting for you to fill it up!!

So I'm officially down at least a pound this morning, but Monday afternoon I was at 275.5lbs but my official day to weigh in was today and I'm 276lbs.  I'm on the fence about my inches I think I'm only down about an inch but I'll weigh in on that one at another time I'm gonna wait a few more weeks before I look at those again.  Some of my cloths are falling off and some still don't fit quite right!!  But either way I'm still trying to stay positive and think I'm going in the right direction!!

Well until I have another thought I'll leave it here for now, and I'll check in again in about a weeks time!!

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.
~Doris Day~

New Beginnings

Well Today is the day, that I will be starting again!!

I weighed myself this morning and I was 277lbs so not too bad!!  I measured my waist last night at 57" and my hips at 58"  I'm totally disappointed in myself but this is why I started on ACE in the first place.

Hope today goes okay as I woke up again with a headache!!!  I must say that this time of year sucks, and I thought I was done with this headache crap, oh well, deal and move on!!

    “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”

Starting Again

Okay, now that I've gotten through my little spell, I think I'm going to start back with the ACE!!  I have taken a week off and I'm feeling better and I'm feeling more like I want to continue, but I still may see a doctor, have a few things on my mind!! 

I'm again not thinking this will be a magic pill to melt fat away, just something to give me the boost I was looking for.  I need to think about me and I need to see if this is what I need!! 

So I guess the next question I have is, Is this now considered week 5 or do I start back at day 1??  either way, I'll do a weigh in and I may actually measure myself at that time!!!

I'll get back on that horse!!  Eventually!!  I'm a firm believer that if you fall off no matter what you have to get back on!!  and trust me that is the hardest thing you will ever have to do in life, Get Back ON!!!

Wish me luck!!

“Set backs are bumps in the road, they are not the end of the roads.”
― Bob Greene, Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover

Set back!

Well, I think I'm gonna give it a break for a while, I'm not losing anything despite my change in diet and exercise, and I'm gaining again!!   And being on week 4 I thought that there may be a little more change.

I'm really getting frustrated, I may just say enough for a week and try again or I may got get a few things checked at the doctors what ever I do and When I do it I'll write it but I'm not sure what is happening!!  My frustration is starting to get the better of me.

I didn't think this was a "miracle Pill" that would take away the fat and the lbs, but I thought that it would assist with some of that.  Biggest reason for changing my diet and exercise!!  My life is upside down right now I just need something really good to happen!!

Could also be the fact that it is mother's day, and I wasn't looking forward to that!!  1st with out mine and it really bothered me!!  I'll take a week to re-evaluate and try to get back on that horse!!

well, I hope to be seeing y'all again soon!!

Wii fit and zumba!!

So, I have just recently bought both Wii zumba and Wii fit.  I have a feeling that the combination of these to what I am already doing, will help!!  I have done both now, and the Wii fit is definitely kicking my butt with yoga but that is what I want.  But I'm not doing too bad!!  On the Wii fit it has a function about Wii body age and the tests that they do I come in at 30.  I guess I can't complain, I am 29 so really 30 ain't that bad!! 

With the Wii zumba I haven't done this one that much just for a tester.  This is one that I will have to do on the days that my little guys are at day care or when they are napping.  The only reason I say that is because when I did try to do this, My Lucas was trying to climb between my legs, and Nicholas was constantly trying to climb up on me.  That what I get with 2 toddlers in the house!! 

I haven't weighed in this week yet but today was really my day off so I just want to see how I feel tomorrow morning when I get up before I decide that I'm gonna stand on that scale!! 

Well that's it for me tonight, making too many spelling mistakes!!  I'll wright again soon!!

2 Weeks in, Down 4lbs!!!

So here I am, 2 weeks in Down 4lbs!!  Now from what I have been seeing of others this is a slow decline but honestly how quickly do you think you are gonna lose weight??!!  I totally believe 2 lbs a week is great!!

I noticed that on my day off I'm not drinking as much, but also that I'm not thirsty!!  So I know I'll struggle on those days to drink all that I need!!  Not really any side effects that I have noticed.  I guess the biggest thing is that today is the second big head ache that I have had since starting, but not convinced its from the ACE as it has been raining pretty good this afternoon and on the other day I had it!!  Low pressure systems wreak havoc on my body!!

The biggest thing I think I'm noticing is my energy levels are back, I can do a night shift again with out napping!!  and that is something that I have had a hard time doing since I have returned from maternity leave!!  Before I never laid down, only if I wasn't feeling well!!  and now I'm feeling great!!  I have only worked 2 day shifts since starting on ACE so I'm not completely sure how I feel with those, other then completely parched!!  can't drink enough on days!! 2.5+ liters defiantly get that on those days!!!

Well until next time!!  Here's hoping I lose a couple more lbs!!  Oh yeah I'm starting to notice slight changes in how my clothing is fitting now too!!

My Start On ACE!!

I'm just starting this to chronicle my little life journey that I have recently started to hopefully help myself and others see if and how the A.C.E. (appetite, control and energy) supplements work.

I started on ACE 11 days ago on April 17, 2012.  my weight that morning was, a disgusting, 280lbs!!  how I ever let myself gain that much weight is un-real!!

So this afternoon (April 28, 2012) when I got up, for my night shift I stood on the scale and I'm actually down 3lbs!! It may only be 3lbs but at least I'm not moving in the other direction anymore.  The one thing that I did notice was yesterday, at the beginning of my shift, one of the girls I work with asked me how much weight I had lost, well I had only lost about 1.5lbs at that time and she almost didn't believe me.  Now I didn't measure myself but I did take photos and I may post them later!!!

ACE has been making me very thirsty, especially when I work day shift!!  I haven't really noticed a difference in my appetite, or if I'm feeling more full with meals.  I have noticed an increase in my energy, more in the way like I feel more like continuing an activity rather then wanting to stop half way through.  For example last weekend, after starting on ACE, my husband, kids and I, oh and the dog, can't forget the dog, walked to the marina and back in our town and I felt amazing, haven't felt that good in a long time.  To think doing that walk a couple weeks earlier I was basically dragging my butt not even half way there!!  The energy I have also help with motivation when trying to do more and more activities around the house and so on!! 

I never really was a fan of water before I started on ACE but I have been able to cut out all pop and a lot of juice just due to being thirsty!!  And before I started taking ACE looking at the information and directions the amount that you need to drink was a little daunting but 1 bottle of water is really only 16oz and then 8 more cups a day is 4 bottles of water 2.5 liters of water a day.  Possibly a little excessive but I'm at 1.5 to 2 litres per day, and occasionally I have been getting the 2.5 per day!!

Well I will try to update as I can, but with 2 toddlers at home only God knows when I'll update again!!!