Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Transformation Tuesday

Been a while since I've done one... 

Then:                        Now
Weight   242              135
Jeans    20                 4
Shirt      2XL               S/XS
Shoes    9                   8
Ring      10                 6
Bra        40DD            36c
BMI        42.5             23.2

Percentage weight loss: 44.21%

Transformed! 

Accomplished

I accomplished something I didn't think I could never do! I finished a 5k 

It was emotional to finish. I didn't have any question I would finish. I was not excited about the rain but I was going to run. And that I did. 

Roland came down to run with me. His support is unwavering. He ran it just for me! 
This is us after. We were messy! It was a color run and fun! 

Me and Cathy. She did such a great job and finished the race! I'm so proud of her! She's a sole sister for sure! 
Checking off the last check mark on my shirt after the race . 
He was there at the finish. I was so glad he could be there. It made the biggest accomplishment even better. 
We all did it! 
These two kept me in the game. We ran together every week. So proud of them. They have lost 68 pounds too, between the two of them. 
Messy me at the end! 





Just some recent stuff

It's a random snap shot. I didn't realize how small I really am. (3/11/14)

I run. Training for a 5k. This was my first day running non stop for 20 minutes. Skinny legs ... 


I lost 102 pounds. And Qyn is 102 pounds. So to carry him on my back. It hurt. Immediately brought pain to my lower back. A familiar pain... I felt it all the time. Crazy how it came right back. 


This is not what I looked like the last time I was at a concert in Phillips arena. I was at my heaviest then and me and Monty had a picture and it became a fav, I didn't look that big in the picture. Now, I don't worry. 


The latest scale pic. In the 130s... And holy freaking moly. A size 4... That's what I buy now. Insane. Like totally insane. Mind blowing. 
I had decided I would be fine with a 10. I was there for so long. It was fine... I ran and that... That did it. I skipped size 8 totally. Completely. Went right into a 6... And then 4. Some things are still 6, but I buy 4s now. I never thought I'd be here. 

That's a Girl with curves, the good kind. 




I never thought

Let's go back 18 years. 
I never thought I'd be a fat girl. I never thought grabbing a snickers bar for lunch would end up being a habit hard to break. 
I never thought I had a struggle ahead of me. 
I never saw it coming. I was skinny. Couldn't be that hard to stay that way. 

Fast forward 14 years. 

I never thought I could get a handle on this struggle. 
I never thought I'd see anything except the fat miserable girl staring at me in the mirror when I had to look.
I never thought I'd wear a number on my shirt for a race. 

Saturday, February 22, 2014

It happened! It finally happened!!!

I hit the 100 pounds G.O.N.E! It took a lot. It was hard to get here but it's worth it I know. I'm so different. I feel good, I don't have a back ache all the time. I feel like I'm normal and I blend in. I forget that people didn't know Fat Kristi. I think that blows my mind that some people think this is normal. Psssh, so far from normal. 
But really it's the new normal. 
I did it. I made it and never thought I'd get here. It was such a long road and it was a long road ahead a year or so ago. 
100! 
I did it!!! 

What I once was

These are my "fat pants". They were loose but comfortable. They were the biggest ones I had... But they fit and didn't need to be unbuttoned by the end of the day. 
I kept one pair to show how far I went. 
I didn't realize how small I really am until I saw this picture. 

Kinda like a kangaroo pouch. Ha. 
The only thing holding them up was me, if I let them go, they fell to my ankles. About a month ago, they would catch on my one roll. Not anymore. 

This is what I once was....

Show me the numbers

Show me the numbers : 
Start                         Now 
242 lbs                     142 lbs
20 jeans                    6 jeans 
XXL shirt                    S & XS
9 shoes                      7.5 shoes
10 ring size                 7 (too big)
40DD bra                   36C bra
Unknown dress          Small dress
41.5 BMI                    24.4 BMI


I've lost 41.32% of my weight. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Came out of no where...

OI've been sitting at 97-98-99 pounds lost for WAY too long. Way tooooooo long. But I've changed things. I've been running for 6 weeks now and thought the pounds would drop off. I just needed a pound or two.. To hit 100. Guess what hasn't happened.... I'm still at 99 pounds. Still...... Two days ago... 143.6
Yesterday 143.2 and today... 143.0! Seriously.... One more ounce would have dipped me down enough to hit 100.... Patience is not my thing, but it's being dealt to me.. 

But... But while all that waiting was going on... Something else was happening. The scale remained the same. Everyone has been telling me that I am smaller. Spanx does wonders.... I know. It smoothes the rolls. My jeans were getting loose and I've just been too lazy to go get new ones, I know I tried on 8s right after New Years and they didn't fit... 10 it is and I'm fine with that. But... Baggie skinny jeans aren't exactly flattering. 
When I was putting away clothes a few nights ago, I decided to try on the 6s sitting there to see how much more I needed to be able to zip them up. Last time was probably 4 inches... Of flab. This time... Zipped. Holy smokes... They zipped! And I could breathe. 
Apparently I've lost inches and gone from a 10 to a 6! Single digits.... S.i.n.g.l.e.d.i.g.i.t.s

6

It snuck up on me and I had no idea it was coming. Floored me. Straight up floored me. The scale is a tool used to measure but there are other scales. I need to remember that. 


Sunday, February 9, 2014

Hello My Name Is

This ties into my weight loss journey now but wanted a place to just put it all into words.

Run For God 5K program started 4 weeks ago. Tonight we were meeting prior as we do. I soak it all in. I actually talk more than usual in a class room setting at church. Tonight we spoke about running your own race. Fast forward to the run outside. We run based on the running program to train you for a 5k in 12 weeks.
Walk, run, walk, run.... I have learned I am better when both my head phones are in and music cranked up so I cant hear my pathetic breathing....
So last 3 minutes, wore out.... Both headphones in, all by myself Running my own race....

Song comes on and I fought back the tears! It has been an emotional ride to loose what I have... more than I ever imagined emotionally.

"Hello, My Name Is"

Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh

Hello, my name is regret
I’m pretty sure we have met
Every single day of your life
I’m the whisper inside
That won’t let you forget

Regret, yes! Every single day of my life, why did I wait so long to do this, why did I waste so many days in that shell the covered up so much of me? Why didn't I do this sooner? Regret, yes!

Hello, my name is defeat
I know you recognize me
Just when you think you can win
I’ll drag you right back down again
‘Til you’ve lost all belief

Defeat, every time I started to loose weight or do something about it, there was defeat... just when I saw a glimmer of something, there it was, defeat... pulling me right back down again. 
 
Oh, these are the voices. Oh, these are the lies
And I have believed them for the very last time

These were the voices, these were the lies.... and one day I did come to a point I believed them for the very last time. I remember a day, particularly defeated... home alone, face down laying on my bed just crying into the comforter, defeated, praying things would work out like they were supposed to. 
 
Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, I have been set free
"Amazing Grace" is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King

With the words of regret and defeat, slowly that changed, I had been saved, I have {now} changed and have been set free... by His Amazing Grace.... I am the child of the one true King..
 
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh

I am no longer defined
By all the wreckage behind
The one who makes all things new
Has proven it’s true
Just take a look at my life

Insert me here with one more minute of that run... 

I am no longer define, by all the wreckage behind, the one who makes all things new, Has proven its true, just take a look at my life.... All that wreckage and girl of the years before is gone. She is so far from what I am today. She was a wreck, she appeared to have it all together, but she was missing so much. She is NEW..... just take a look at my life.... She is NOT what she once was. 

Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I've been saved, I've been changed, I have been set free
"Amazing Grace" is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King

Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh

What love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called His children
I am a child of the one true King

What love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called His children

Hello, my name is child of the one true King
I've been saved, I've been changed, I have been set free
"Amazing Grace" is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true King

Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh

I am a child of the one true King

Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh (ah oh),
Whoa oh ah oh ah oh oh... 

All this was at the end of a run, out of breath and so far from defeat and regret. I've been saved, I've been changed, I have been set free! 

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

145.... Just a few more to go

I'm at 145... That's 5 pounds from my goal of 102 lost... Probably the hardest 5 to loose but I'm still loosing. It's more work now but I know it's work that's worth it. It's still a daily struggle... Some days are worse than others but I know what to do. I'm 90% comfortable in my own skin now... I'm so far from how I was. 

I'll be sure to post the 100 and 102... Like it's much of a difference but it was goal! 

Runner?

True. I can run. I can run without loosing my breath. I can run... And not decide it's tortue. I can run further every time. I can do it and it's something I never imagined for myself. 
I'm training for a 5k. It's the Run for God 5k program. It's happening. I am doing it and I can see the finish line. This IS happening and I have proved to myself I can do way more than I ever imagined.