My Year Goal. Did I reach it???

When I started to see my weight loss begin I decided to make a 1 year goal. I wanted to be down 60 lbs. I didn't know if I would make it. I had tried to lose weight for 3 years and I did lose 20 lbs in that 3 years but I couldn't seem to lose more than that. So as we all know I tried Hypnotherapy. I had to listen to it longer than I thought I would have to. I listened to the 2nd week for 3 weeks instead of the 1 week. I had to do that with most of the weeks actually. I also had Jonathan do a form of waking hypnosis called NLP. The NLP gave me a total aversion to sugar. I can say a year later it works works works. I haven't had sugar for a year, and I don't plan on having it ever again. I don't miss it at all. My life is so much better for it. My kids don't have it that often and when they do it's not that big of a deal. Some of my kids are starting to not like it. It's going to benefit their lives for the good. Even though I didn't lose all my weight in 7 months like I've seen others do (can you say biggest loser). But I've averaged a little more than 1 lb. a week. I think it's great to do it more slow and steady. It's healthier for one and second I've had time to make my way of eating a life change. I don't look at weight loss as a temporary thing. I can't see myself eating any different as I do now. I've been doing it for so long. It would seem out of the ordinary to eat like I did a year ago. I'm so excited to live my life healthy and lighter. 

Some  things I've learned over this year. 

• I don't need to lose weight every day. 
• It's ok to "stall" for a week and a half. 
• My body knows what it's doing so if I treat it right it will treat me right. 
• I'm stronger than I have given myself credit. 
• I love fitting in smaller clothes. 
• I love that my knees don't hurt going up or down stairs. 

If you want to try it Jonathan is taking clients to do live sessions. I recommend doing it this way. It can be custom fit to your needs. NLP is magic as well. I believe it helped me reach my goals. He can do it via Skype or FaceTime as well. 

Oh yeah I did reach my goal. 60.6 lbs gone gone gone. 

only 8.4 to go.

Is it really totally easy?

Yes.............if you are ready. As explained to me you will lose weight with hypnotherapy if you really want to. Not just I'll give it a try and maybe it will work. Do you have something that is blocking you from wanting it enough to do the "work". Are you at "Threshold"? Threshold is :something needs to change, something needs to change now and I'm the one that has to do it. It can't be done for you. It's not a magic pill. Yes all I did was listen to it at night and things started to happen. But I had to "work" through my blocks. I couldn't over analyze the hypnotherapy sessions. When you do that you may be creating blocks within yourself. I couldn't be embarrassed because it's a taboo thing that has a weird stigma attached to it. I couldn't expect to lose weight right away. I had to expect to go backwards for some of it. When you go backwards it's really a time that you have to be honest with yourself as to why you are over weight. There was a time or times in your life that influenced your weight gain, emotional eating, binge eating habits, or food addiction. You have to change your false beliefs and have faith that you are no longer a slave to food and weight. It's really about letting your guard down enough to let change happen.

With the program it's important to listen to it all the way through. You might not see anything happen until you go through the whole thing. You may need to re listen to it (I had to). You may see it help right way. It depends on you. What is blocking you??? Did someone say something to you long ago that created a belief for the negative. Is your eating habits a family thing. Did you have something traumatic happen to you and food is how you cope. Whatever is the cause you can overcome it and be as healthy as you want to be. It's a choice that only you can make.

It's changing from the inside out.

Milestone Reached

There has been that one moment I've been striving for my whole weightloss journey.… the moment I reached the top of my healthy BMI. I did it this morning. I had to get to 154.9 and I'm 154.3. More motivation to reach my ultimate goal. My 1 year mark is December 9th and I'm hoping to be in the 140's. 

Update!!!

So I've haven't updated allllll summer and then some. Why is that? Well I wasn't losing weight. Good news is that I wasn't gaining either. When I got married I was 160 lbs. and that's where I stayed all summer. I think my personal threshold for weight was 160. The man I love wanted to marry me at that weight. I was at a super happy place at that weight. I still had plenty of fat to get rid of though. At 160 I was 6 lbs over a healthy BMI. BMI is not the best way to measure healthy weight, but I'll use it to set goals. I couldn't get back into the weight loss mode. I knew I had mental blocks that was stunting my progress. So I did more hypnotherapy to get rid of those blocks. It worked so well. I'm doing great with eating and my mind and emotions are healthy. I'm now losing weight again. This morning I was 156.8. Yay!!!!

Starting weight

12-08-12 209

Today's 156.8

Goal weight 140

Healthy BMI (top range) 154 

Weight update

I've lost 45 lbs in less than 5 months. I exercise 6 days a week. I feel great!!

Update

Lbs lost 42
Inches lost 44.25

Not just looking healthy.

I just got my yearly blood work done and I'm healthy on the inside as well. The last time I got my blood drawn my cholesterol was high, but now it's all perfect!! Yay!!

Weight Loss Program is Officially Launched

Well after lots of hard work it's finished. It's available for direct download or you can purchase a preloaded mp3 player. MP3 player with have some wait time. All info is on the website.

www.effortlessweightlossnow.com

Progress pictures

Start

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-40

This is how I did it.

40 in 4

I hit my 40 lbs milestone today. I started dropping this weight 4 months ago and I plan on never ever putting it on again. I feel so much better about myself.

70% nutrition 30% exercise.

So I've got the nutrition part down to a point that I don't even have to think about it. I never go off plan. If I did there would be no guilt. Hypnotherapy helped me realize that it's a change from the inside out. I have changed my inside so I'm able to change my physical appearance. I'm just a happy person that can do anything. I'm not limited by false beliefs. I'm not burdened down by what others think of me. I'm my own person that has unlimited potential.

I can confidentially say I have mastered the exercise part as well. This is huge!!!! I lost 84 lbs with no exercise 8ish years ago and I was just a smaller version of the fat me. I was still all giggly and out of shape. Now I'm in the same size clothes as I was before and 20 lbs heavier. It's amazing!!!
The program is almost done so if you want to be notified just sign up at www.effortlessweightlossnow.com

Inches: 41.75
Pounds: 37.2

Just 2.8 until my 40 lb goal.

Jonathan Did It!!!

He reached his goal of 25 lbs. He did it in less than 3 months. He did it without a diet. He's in the 100's. Way to go Jonathan. Want to know how he did it?
Go to www.effortlessweightlossnow.com.

Weight loss update

I'm down 35.4 lbs. I lost about a pound on vacation during Easter.  Pretty amazing if do say myself. I also exercised while I was gone. I'm officially in size 8 pants.

Jonathan is working a lot and trying really hard to get the weight loss program finished. If you go to the website and sign up for the newsletter you get the program for 30$ off. All you have to do is enter in your email address. There really is no commitment. The link to the website is on the right side bar.

Inches update

38.25 inches smaller!!!
Since starting callanetics I've lost another inch off my waist. 3/4 inch off my right thigh. 1/2 inch off my left thigh. 1/4 inch off my hips.

15 week weigh in

I'm down a total of 34.3 lbs.

I lost 1.1 lbs this week.

Callanetics

I've been very consistent with working out. I do my sit-up, squat, and push up app along with running a mile. I've enjoyed it so much. It's amazing as I've had a complete attitude switch regarding exercise. I'm so excited about this.

Yesterday and today I did Callanetics. I LOVE IT!!!!!!! I'm way sore afterwards. If you google it there are so many amazing results with it. I've been doing 300-400 sit-ups lately and I get sort of sore after. Just 2 days of Callanetics my stomach is on fire and it's a great feeling. I'm so excited to make it a consistent thing and shrink some more. We will see next Friday if I have a increased amount of inches lost because of it.

Inches update

36 inches.

I'm out of 2 more pairs of pants.
I think my weight is going to slow down first of all I'm exercising more and I don't have as much to lose.

14 week weigh in

33.3 lbs. just 6.7 lbs until my next 10 lbs goal. That's 3 lbs this week.

Inches Update

32.50.
I finally bought another tape measure.

Updated progress pictures.

32.3 lbs make a big difference

12.3 lbs difference between pic 2 and pic 3. I added exercise and its made a huge impact.

Break through

Yesssssssss!!!! I've made a major break through regarding exercise. I've never really enjoyed it. It was more of a optional evil sort of thing. But today my arms, legs, and stomach ache, and I really like it. I like that I'm getting stronger and firming up. I am getting healthy and I love it. This morning I got this huge desire to do something I never thought I would ever accomplish...... Ever. I want to run a marathon. Of course work myself up to it. I really believe I can and will achieve it. Liking exercise is a HUGE deal for me. The program I'm working through there is a week where you listen to hypnotherapy for exercise. I listened to it longer than a week and my like of exercise was sort of there. It wasn't to the point where I really enjoyed it or was very consistent. Jonathan made a new recording on Saturday and I can't believe how effective it's been. It's pretty amazing!!!

Jonathan is putting together a weightloss program and its getting closer to being done. It will be very affordable to those who want to give it a shot. I'm so glad I did.

13 week slim down

Ok I said I wanted to limit my weigh ins and only update when I hit another 10 lb loss. I was decided on that because I felt not having a big number on the scale was a failure. I don't feel that way anymore. I have a story to tell and let's see how it's told with out gaps. Ok so last week I got to my 30 lb goal. This week I lost .3 lbs. it's not much but it's something. The major thing is my clothes are getting looser. I'm not focused on what I couldn't do. I'm celebrating every victory. I'm not just becoming a smaller me. I'm becoming a better me.

Jonathan's 20 lbs progress pictures

Before

After

WOW what a difference!!!

Jonathan's 20lb goal

He did it. Jonathan lost 20.2 lbs in 51 days. Great job!

Goals!!!

I've decided to set little goals for myself. Every 10 lbs is going to be celebrated.

So today I celebrate I hit 30 lbs lost. Yay!!!!!

I have found something very interesting. After I lost weight when Emma was a baby I was in 8-6 very few 6's pants. I could start to squeeze into 8's when I was about 20lbs lighter than I am now. I have one pair of 8's that fit perfectly right now. The rest will fit great in 10 lbs from now. Even the pants i had 9 years ago. My 10's are getting lose and I'm in the in between stage. Why is it that I'm "smaller" but I weigh more. Maybe I have more muscle. Trust me I'm not complaining.

I'm taking more pictures at 40 lbs lost.

It's More Than Losing Weight.

Going into this I knew my main goal. Take off the weight and hopefully keep it off. What I didn't know is that I was going to heal from the inside out.

I started losing weight right after Miriam turned 9 months old. I first did low carb then I got tired of that and regained all but 20 that I lost. Then I tired counting calories, HCG, counting calories again, and low carb again. Just to lose 15 more feel frustrated quit and regain it back. I was still down at least 20. So what was the problem??? Why couldn't I stick to anything. Why????? I now know what the problem is almost 3 years later. It's not like I lacked will power or determination I believed I was broken. My body was failing on me over and over. I lacked self confidence. I didn't trust myself to truly succeed. What's different now??? All those things I lacked I don't anymore. I've been given tools to change my beliefs. I'm not a broken body that fails. I have the confidence that will help me reach my goals. It hasn't just effected me in relation to weight loss. It's helping me be more "in tune" to many things. I'm able to control my emotions way better than I have ever been able to. I have so much more knowledge I can pass down to my kids. I really don't think I would be where I am emotionally, mentally, or physically without doing the hypnosis. I'm able to pull myself away from the "world" and work on me. I can honestly say this has changed my life and so many parts of me have been healed. I would do it a million times over.

Now I know the weight WILL stay off not HOPEFULLY stay off.

Missing measuring tape

That's why I haven't measured just yet. Miriam took it. It's pink and looks like a yoyo. As soon as I find it I'm taking my measurements.

Jonathan weight loss update

17.6 lbs in 6 weeks. Good job Jonathan.

Pressure

I'm putting way too much pressure on myself. I expect a great number on the scale every Saturday. I want to control what my body does and when it does it. Realistically weight loss is not linear. There are hills and valleys. I'm trying to be ok with that. So I will post a update when I hit my 30 mark and every 10 lbs after. I'm oh so close but I need to trust that my body will do what it needs in order to be healthy. If it takes longer than the 6.5 months I've planned to reach my goal so be it. I'm doing everything right so I'll get there and I know it.

I asked Jonathan to do this waking hypnosis thing on me call NLP. I wanted to be disgusted with sugar and sweet treats. After he did it it didn't start working for like a week and a half. After that I couldn't stomach sugar for anything. I can't stand to even smell it. Ewwwwwwww!!! That was 2.5 months ago. So last week Jonathan was out of town for 2 days and it was a stressful time for me. My instinct before hypnosis was to stress eat something sweet. I really considered doing it but it only lasted like 10 minutes. I couldn't bring myself to do it. I really feel like sweets are out of my life forever and I'm happy about it.

Inches update

31 inches all over.

10 week weigh in

27.1 lbs. not my best week but after seeing this picture I'm not complaining.

Inches update and a bit of the real world.

28 inches!!!!

While seeing the scale go down is sooooo fun when you are losing weight. It's not fun to see it go up. I've had my downs with a few ups mixed in. I know the trend is downward, but I still get very frustrated when I see all the progress I've made in a week go away over night. Do I give up???? No way, hey i weigh less than I did 2 months ago. It's not like I over indulged to cause my gain. Human bodies are complicated things that don't always do as you think they should. But my clothes are getting looser even if the scale isn't my friend right now. (The exact thing happened last month too. The same days)

So if you are trying to get rid of some pesky fat. Don't let the scale discourage you and quit. It's all about perspective.

Jonathan made his first goal, and trend lines.

Jonathan has reached his first goal. He has lost 15 lbs in less than a month. He is now 209 lbs. His next goal is 200. I'm so very happy for him.

I'm adding in our trend lines from our weight tracker apps.

Jonathan's 1 month progress.

Carrie's 2 month progress.

The goal line is my new goal. I'm only 19.9 lbs away. 

9 week weigh in

I did it!!! I reached my first goal. I even surpassed by 3.1 pounds. Yay!!!!!
My total weight loss for 9 weeks or 2 months is ......………26.1 lbs. not to bad if I say so my self.

Inches update

26.13 inches gone forever. Also I weighed in early. Well I always weigh in on Thursdays because I have to for my measurements app. I reached my first goal. YAY!!!!!!! I'm not saying numbers yet. You have to check back on Saturday.

It seems so easy.

Compared to anything else I've done, yes it is. Have there been hard times? Yes there have. Instead of self sabotage I keep going and I haven't messed up at all. One thing I've done is that whenever I start to lose that confidence in myself I re listen to the hypnotherapy. It's really working and I feel free from food. It's fuel and that's it.

Losing weight is expensive.

Jonathan and I both need new pants. Maybe eating less will help balance it out. I'm down to 3 pairs that fit. The next size down I haven't be able to wear in 8 years so they look old. I can't believe I'm almost in a size 8 again.

Eight week weigh in

This is the longest I've been able to stick to a program in the last 18 months. It's the longest I've been able to not slip up. Since I'm not on a diet it makes it easier. Ok so I'll say it differently. Eight weeks since I've had only the desire to eat the best I can. I don't like to eat processed sweet junk. That was a big down fall before. If I "couldn't" eat it I would feel so deprived. Now I don't care for it. It really just grosses me out. Now on to my 8 week weight loss.



22.9 lbs. I'm just .1 lb away from my 1st goal.

Inches update

It's been 5 weeks since I started measuring.

I'm down 20.25 inches.

Yay.

Before and During pictures

Here I go!! I'm posting my before and 20 lbs lost pictures.

I don't know how this is happening!

That's basically what Jonathan has said about his weightloss. He has lost 9 lbs in two weeks. He doesn't diet..... At all! The weight is just coming off. I'm pretty amazed as well.

I'll be putting in my measurements tomorrow. I'll post my 8 week weigh in on Saturday.

Effortless Healing Now

Jonathan started up a Facebook page and needs some likes. If you would please go there and do so that would be great. The hypnosis has really helped our family and not just in the weightloss area. Our kids are going to sleep so much faster. Lily would stay up super late every night and be so tired in the morning. She is now falling asleep at a normal time and has so much more energy. It's really a great thing.Facebook Page

Jonathan is doing it too.

Jonathan started the Hypnosis for weight loss about 4 weeks ago. He started at about 224 lbs and as of this morning he's 217.3 lbs. He saw the scale come down about 2 weeks ago. He's eating so much less. He's not on a diet at all. He's pretty amazed that this is working so well for him.

7 week weigh in

20.1 lbs. yay I'm only 2.9 lbs until I reach my first goal.

Body Image

This is still a struggle of mine. When I lost 84 lbs after I had Emma I still saw myself as big. When shopping for clothes I would still go over to the big sizes. It was a tough thing mentally.

I'm hoping this time it'll be much different. Since with hypnosis you are healing from the inside out. My confidence is stronger and I believe I can do this. I do have my moments and I slip back to thinking maybe I'll get stuck at a certain weight forever. There is a difference this time though. I dont believe I'll ever regain it ever. I know deep inside I'll get to my goals. Just sometimes that stinky thing called doubt comes in. Although this has been the easiest way I have found to burn the fat it is still a process. A process I'm soooooooooo glad Jonathan introduced to me. I'm excited for my journey and the success I will receive.

Short update

16.63 inches in 4 weeks
18.6 lbs in 6.5 weeks

Slacking.

I've been a bad blogger lately. I had a rough week last week. I stayed good with my eating habits. I just gained like 3 lbs and it was so frustrating. But in the last 2 days I lost all that I gained plus a tiny bit more. I think it was the fruit leather I was eating. It's all natural but it's dehydrated fruit and I can imagine your body giving up so much water to re hydrate the fruit. When your body doesn't get enough water it hoards all that it can.

I decided to re listen to all the weeks of the hypnosis. I was starting to doubt in myself so I'm listening to the confidence one again. It's really helping.

Jonathan is also doing it as well. He says his eating habits are changing too.

Inches update week 3

I've lost a total of 13.75 inches.

5 week weigh in

16.9 lbs!!!! Yay. I'm exercising everyday and I think it's really helping me along. Also I'm drinking lots of water. I have 6.1 lbs to get to one of my medium goals. I hope by the beginning of February.

Yay!!!!! Again

I went down in pants size. I have 4 pairs of pants that no longer stay up. I could still use them with a belt but I see that as a punishment. It's like I let myself get like this so I have to wear the big pants until I've learned my lesson. Nope I've earned the pleasure to wear the smaller pants and be reminded of my accomplishments all day.

Inches update

In 2 weeks I have lost 9.63 inches all over. I did not lose that much in pounds. It just shows the scale isn't the only way to measure weightloss success.

Scale stress.

Once again I've put too much importance into the scale. I worry that I won't lose weight the next day. It's really stressing me out. I shouldn't do that so I'm weighing once a week on Saturday. It'll be nice to see a bigger number lost than the little ones I've been getting. I'm still measuring tomorrow.

15.1 lbs

I did it I lost 15.1 lbs in 1 month. Now I have 7.9 lbs to get to my next mini goal. I'm hoping for the first week of February. I'm going to do measurements on Wednesday.

Almost there

Down another .2 lbs. Its a small amount and I'll surely take it. Will I make my goal of 15 lbs this month. I need to lose .2 lbs by Tuesday. Lets see if I make it.

Pretty consistent

Loss as of this morning is 14.6 lbs. I thought after my loss of 1.4 lbs yesterday I might not lose anything today. Still amazed!!!!!! Today marks 4 weeks. I'm hoping for 15 lbs lost during the first month. I just need to lose .4 lbs by the 8th.

Yay!!!

I woke up to a nice drop on the scale. I lost 1.4 lbs and for a total of 14.2 lbs. I'm 8.8 lbs until I reach my first goal. I am still in awe of how well this is working. I'm actually going to be successful. No more yoyo ing. Soooooo excited.

I lost another .6 lbs this morning for a total of 12.8 lbs. My total inches for this week is -5.25 all over.

Slow and steady.

Just a quick post. I've lost a total of 12.2 lbs. not much since Saturday (.2 lbs) but I'll take it.