1 Week Mark

I weighed today.  I've lost 3 pounds in my first week! I probably would have lost more, had I not stuffed my face in the days leading up to my start date.  I'm excited!
I talked to my mom and step dad tonight.  They just finished their own 90 day challenges and my mom lost 20 pounds, my step dad lost 40.  Amazing results!  Click here to see their Before and After photos. And Here
I can't wait to see how much weight I loose in week 2!

Day 6

I just had my shake for breakfast.  I don't have any results to speak of yet.  I haven't weighed myself.  I want to wait a couple of weeks before I weigh.  My stomach has been a little upset this past week.  I think its from the sudden change of nutrition I've been putting inside my body.  My body is like, 'Hey! What is all this stuff?!'  Its used to being fed all kinds of carbs and sugars, and now is being filled with tons of nutrition.  I didn't expect to see any results my first week, but hopefully in about a week I will start noticing some changes in my body.  I've already noticed my stomach isn't protruding as much as it usually is. 
I like adding bananas to my shakes.  It makes them a thicker consistency and tastes oh so yummy!  This morning I was out of bananas so I added frozen raspberries, blueberries and ice.  Very good! 

Day 3

Ok, so my third day... I'm not going to lie.  I'm hungry and I want some food.  My sister says this desire will go away eventually.  I haven't weighed yet.

Second Day

This is my second day of my Body by Vi challenge.  So far its hard to tell anything because I've been sick.  I weighed today and actually gained one and a half pounds.  I know its from all of the splurging I did in the few days leading up to my start date.  I went a little crazy with the ice cream.  That is going to be my hardest challenge... no ice cream in the evenings.  Its one of my husband and I's favorite thing to do:  eat ice cream from Braums at night while watching a favorite show.  My sister gave me an awesome alternative, though.  She said to take:

-frozen blueberries
-a banana
-a little milk

blend it all up, and it tastes a lot like ice cream.  I will have to try this!

I am not discouraged by my weight gain.  I know it'll come off.

My Visalus arrived in the mail today! I'm so excited!

There are different flavor mix in's.  There are endless possibilities when it comes to flavors.  You can add anything you want to your shake.  Banana's, blueberries, peanut butter....  There are a lot of recipes on the Visalus website.

Your kit comes with a bracelet you can wear to show your weight loss.  You can move the little silver dot into different holes corresponding with the amount of weight you loose.  It counts in increments of five, up to 25. 

 

Stay tuned! 

Goals

I want to loose 20 pounds.  Maybe 25, but I'd be happy with 20.

I want to fit into the shorts I fit into on my honeymoon.  They're a size 6.

My goal is to fit in these shorts after my 90 days.   I put the shorts on today and they wouldn't even button. :(

Visalus shakes, please come save me!!!

 

Up for the Challenge

Tonight is the eve of starting my Visalus 90 day challenge.  My husband is about to go to Braums to get me one last Reeses Mix to enjoy before my Visalus arrives on my doorstep tomorrow.  So technically I will start my challenge on Tuesday.  I wanted to start a blog to share my progress along the way.
A little about me... I have gained 30 pounds since meeting my husband four years ago.  Those pounds come from nights upon nights of eating Braums ice cream, pizza, and vegging out in front of the tv. 
Everyone says that after you get married you put on weight.  I hoped that wouldn't happen to me, but it has.  I'm having a hard time dealing with it.  The last ten pounds seemed to have creeped up only in the past couple of months and I'm at my heaviest weight. 
I heard of this challenge through my step-dad, Joe, and my mother.  Joe has lost 39 pounds, my mother 19, and my sister 15.  That was enough to get my attention.
So I'm going to do something that is really hard for me to do, but I really want to put myself out there in hopes of encouraging others to take this challenge with me.  I'm going to post my before photos before I have any progress to show.  I had my husband take these yesterday, so they are very recent.  Gosh, talk about embarassing, but here I go.....

So there you have it.  The only thing giving me confidence to post this horrible picture is my confidence in Visalus.  I've seen my family collectively loose 75 pounds in the past 3 months.  I'm confident I will do the same.  My goals is to loose 25 pounds. I can't wait to get started!