Makeover Week

Wow! The last three weeks have flown by! Make over week was a blur! I'm not going to lie. I was a tad disappointed that it wasn't the grand hullabaloo I had pictured in my head. You know, like on The Biggest Loser complete with fancy stylists and a big reveal. I almost didn't write this or any future blog entries because it felt kinda anticlimactic and I didn't know where to stat.

You see I originally wanted to be below 200 before my makeover, but since you have to do that whole scheduling thing in real life, guessing when your going to hit that mark is tricky. I was weighing myself obsessively leading up to my Tuesday hair appointment. So when I got to 200.7 I had to cut myself a little slack on the less than a pound it would have taken to get below 200. But I still felt like I was cheating a little.

Deciding to go for it, first on the agenda was my hair. Lucky for me, my super awesome sister-in-law, Leann, is a hair stylist and color specialist at A Look off the Boulevard, and she hooked me up with a new do. Usually she cuts my hair in my dining room so going in to her salon was a treat.

Oooh lala! 

The next day I finally got below 200 pounds!!! When I saw that number pop up on the screen my mouth dropped open, I chuckled a little to myself and cried for a moment. I literally looked up at myself in the mirror as a different person. One who is starting to see some of her strength and determination for herself. One who is finally starting to see some of her value and beauty. Should all my self worth be tied up in that number? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! This is about deciding I want to be happy, healthy and strong and making that happen. But that number held so much power over me for so long. I allowed it to control me and my identity in a negative way and now I feel like I'm finally getting free from all of that. 

I need to mention at this point that Josh has lost 70 pounds!! Wooohoo! Go babe!!!! So he also cut off some hair.

Mmmm....so handsome! <3

Then it was time for new clothes. Unfortunately the time I have free for shopping is in the middle of the day and everyone else is busy then. For the most part it was just Manny and me. And if you have ever been shopping with a 2 year old you know that you have limited time before they get too impatient and you have to leave. So most of my shopping felt rushed and I didn't get to browse and bargain shop as much as I would have liked. It was still a good experience. My pant size went from a 22 to an 16 and my shirt size went from a 2x to a large. I was able to shop in the regular sizes and not in the plus size section!! Now that was exciting!

Pant legs up or down?

I found some good stuff, and oh man it is nice to have clothes that fit! I was feeling really good at this point and ready for a road trip with my best lady friend, Ashley.

We headed to Walla Walla for some birthday celebrating/ wine tasting with our friend, Edra.

I had a GREAT time! I sang real loud, met new people, went on a crazy jeep ride through a river and up a steep hill, laughed a TON, danced around the fire, and drank lots of wine with two ladies who mean the world to me!!

Mmmmm, wine! :)

While makeover week was still fun, I didn't work out at all and I was skipping a lot of meals since I was out shopping and away from home. I weighed in when we got home at 197.7 and decide it was time to switch my focus from weight to abilities; running faster and farther, doing more reps, trying more challenging workouts, etc. 

Now for the really mortifying part, some before and afters. I am so ashamed to admit I ever let it get this bad. I look at the before pictures and think how uncomfortable in my skin I was. I never want to forget that.

Fall 2009                                                                Spring 2013

Late Spring 2013

Summer 2012

February 2013 (top)-May 2013 (bottom)

Cheers! :)




*I had a lot of problems getting pictures to upload and positioning them the way I wanted. I finally had to say this is good enough. Something I have a REALLY hard time saying.