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I HATE wasting my precious calories!!!

They must be spent wisely on ONLY what I REALLY WANT!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Tricky calories!!!!

Soooooooooo I was at Sprouts recently and I saw these really yummy looking jalepeno-cheese dinner rolls! I was like, mmmmm..those look sooooo good!!! Buuuuuut I bet they are loaded in calories!!!

Weeeeeelllll I looked and much to my surprise they only had 80 calories in them...I was like WOW...cuz these thing are a good size!!!

Then I glanced at the servings per a package, it said 10!!! I was lke, whhhhhaaaaaaaaaaatttt??? Theres ONLY 4 rolls!!!! Sooooooooo that meant that EACH ROLL was really 2and a half servings...that's sooooooooooo LAME!!!! Annnnnd sooooo TRICKY!!!! Be sure to check the serving size when you check the calories out!!! I know that Ramen noodle soups are like that too...Annnnnnnnnd I mean, WHO doesn't eat THE WHOLE package of noodles??? Okaaaaaaaaaay don't tell me if you don't cuz I'm gonna have to slap you then!!! AHAHAHa!! Jk!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Honestly Confessing...

Weeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllll its been over a year since I blogged on here annnnnd I've been knowing for some time now that I've been wanting to be honest with you all annnnnnnnnnnd the time has come for me to admit to you all that...

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OUT OF THE 122 pounds I lost,

 I gained back 62 pounds!

Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!! :,(((((

The lowest I had gotten down to was 286...annnnnd then  it was up from there and I got all the way back up to 348 pounds...that was a hard number for me to swallow!!! I hate the fact that I wasn't able to successfully stay down. I've been hiding the fact from my blog readers for a while, altho, if you looked at me I'm sure you could tell I had gained back weight!!!

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 Thankfully, there are people that care about me and are willing to help me with my struggle. I've been working REALLY hard and have gotten back down to 336...yup 12 pounds down people!!! The reason WHY I am confessing to you all is soooooooooooo that I can be held accountable and CHANGE what I have done. I'm back in the 300's AGAIN...buuuuuuuut I'm NOT STAYING HERE...annnnnnnnnnd I can't wait to tell you all when I'm OUT AGAIN!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

THAT AWESOME MOMENT...

When the shirt that didn't fit you a MONTH AGO...

NOW FITS YOU!!!

SCREAMING!!!

Sooooooooo I had been shopping at a thrift store with my friend Kimmy Kat about a month or so ago, and I really liked this black shirt...buuuuut it like DIDN'T really fit!!! So Kim's like, do you want it? I'm like, naw, it doesn't fit!!! Without even hesitating Kim says, "BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT IT WILL!!!" I was like, you think??? Kim's like MARY, YES!!! Your joining JennY Craig, and thats one thing about you, once you make up your mind you'll do it... I was like TRUE! Soooooooooo I BOUGHT IT annnnnnnnnnd...

KIM WAS RIGHT...

It NOW FITS!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

I MADE IT!!!

Sooooo I decided at my lunch today that I would have a lil thinly sliced piece of the chocolate fudge cake that my sis got for my mom for Mother's day...annnnnnd it was AMAZINGLY GOOD!!! Annnnnnnd I was like thats it I will NOT eat other desserts the rest of the day!!!

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Well after the Filipino service, my brother had cupcakes and cookies to celebrate for all the moms!!! I was like NOOOOOO!!! buuuuuut I made it!!! THEN after the evening service at our church they had MORE CUPCAKES annnnnnd MORE COOKIES to celebrate all the graduates!!! I'm like REALLY??? Like NOOOOOOOO!!!! WHY are you all doing this to ME???

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUT

Thanks to my iPhone, my blog, self-photography ANNNNND THE MIRROR...

I MADE IT!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

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Spaghetti squash!!!

Sooooo I'm trying to explore new things... Any ideas for HOW to cook a spaghetti squash?!?!

♥Mary Frances :)

Thank's God!

Soooooo last night at the gym, as I said in the previous post, I kinda had to give myself a pep talk into going. Buuuuuuuut then even while I was there i'm doing wall ball crouches annnnnnnnd after the first two rounds I was like MAN i'm soooo tired I should just go home!!! Buuuuuuut THEN, I got a text from my friend Lorraine saying that my working out was paying off and that she was really noticing a difference in me at my party and that I was looking good!!! I was like, REALLY??? CuZ honestly, I didn't think I was noticing a difference!!! Soooo I texted her back and said THANKS I really needed to hear that!!! Annnnnnnnnnd I felt motitated to do more and went over and started doing the circuit workout...

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Then when I was almost done with that, this other lady in the gym that had been doing the treadmill came over to me and motioned for me to take out my ear buds (Put Gordon Mote on hold) and she said that she hadn't been to the gym in about a month or so buuuuuuut when she saw me tonight she noticed such a HUGE difference in me!!! I was like AWWWWW!!! She was like, no really, YOU LOOK AMAZING!!! (She said it NOT me!!!;) She was like, yeah i've always noticed you here (Noticed ME??? Wow...stalker!!! HAHA!!!)  but sometimes its when you don't see someone for awhile that you really notice a difference!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! I was like, Oh wow!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!

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Then when she walked away I was like, MAN GOD, you KNEW JUST WHAT I NEEDED TONIGHT!!! Encouragement makes such a big difference and can be soooo motivation annnnnd last night i really NEEDED IT!!! He knows EXACTLEY WHAT WE NEED!!! Isn't God just sooooooooooo AWESOME LIKE THAT!??!?!

THANKS GOD!!! :)

P.S. Lets ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER IN THE LORD!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Pep talk!!!

Just had to talk myself into going to the gym!!! It's after youth service annnnnnd I sooooo did NOT feel like going!!! I was like, Mar Bear, get your fluffy self up and go make your fat cry!!! Then I purrrrrred at myself for doing the right thing!!! (:

♥Mary Frances

That MOMENT!!!

First push up!!!

Soooooo I was SUPER EXCITED the other day cuz I did MY FIRST everrrr push up at the gym!!! I text all my friends this pic below!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Anywayz, I was soooooo excited about it I showed my personal trainer it, buuuuuut she was like, she was proud of me annnnnnd said that it wasn't QUITE a push up!!! I'm like okaaaaaaay WHATEVERRRR!!!! In the FATTY WORLD...that was soooooo a PUSH UP!!! LOLOL!!!

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She said I got an E for effort tho!!! HAHA!!! She said she she is a total sticker for push ups being EXACTLEY right...like when you go down nose TO THE GROUND!!! I'm like okaaaaaaay cool....buuuuut aparently NO THERE is like no one that says they do there push ups quite that way!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Work out CUUUUUUTNESSS!!! ;)

Soooooooooooo I like HAAAATE going to the gym to work out and I like look all DUMPY!!! If there is one thing I hate is lookin like a FRUMP!!! AHAHA!!! Buuuuuut how does one accomplish cuteness when doing something that is work!?!?! I'm thinkin okaaaaay, how can I combine, sporty, feminine, cute and MODEST all together???

Weeeellll it IS POSSIBLE!!!

First of all, I bough some colorful converse sneakers!!! I'm a huge All Star Converse fans....THEN I needed a new skirt to work out it...SINCE my personal trainer was holding up my skirt from falling down while I was doing mountain climbers...LOL...She was like, UH SHOPPING TIME!!!

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Sooooo I headed to Wal-Mart to buy this long black skirt that I had seen, buuuuuuuut they were all out, I was kinda bummmmmmed buuuuuuut THEN I found this black jumper annnnnd I realized it was perfect cuz even if I lose weight it won't fall off!!! HAHA!!! Then I figured I could wear my different colored shirts and shoes with my accessories and they all match my black jumper!!! Plus, I like the jumper cuz its really lighweighted and very long!!!

 

Soooo between my different colored sneakers...hair accessories...I'll keep you all posted...

More CUTENESS to come!!! :)

 

♥Mary Frances :)

Woot! Woot!!!

20 pounds off since joining Jenny Craig! I've completed 3 full weeks so far and started week 4 today!!!

Obviously I'm very excited!!! Haha! 

Btw: I do hav the My Fitness Pal App on my phone if anyone wants to connect to me! :)

♥Mary Frances :)

Jenny Craig...

Soooooo I KNOW that I had told you all that I was going to join Medifast...buuuuuuut after like researching and talking to different people about it...I wasn't SURE...my mom was like NOT thinkin I was gonna like the food! I was tellin Hanna and she was like, MARY thats like a really big deal that you need to think about because your a REALLY GOOD COOK and your used to GOOD TASTING FOOD!!! I was like Awwwww...THANKS for the compliment...annnnnd YES this is TRUE what if I HATE THE FOOD??? Annnnnd it was all like just add water...ahahahaha soooo hmmmm...

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I was thinkin about it, I was looking up other programs because you see there were TWO things that I was DESPERATLEY looking for with what I wanted in a weight loss program, STRUCTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY!!! I am a person that has NO STRUCTURE in myself buuuuuuut absolutely THRIVES within it from others!!! Annnnnnd I NEED accountability!!! Like ONE ON ONE...face to face...EYE TO EYE...LOL!!! Like I really liked the Weight Watchers program annnnd IF you stick to it works GREAT!!! Buuuuut for a person LIKE ME...theres just to many loop holes...HAHA...annnnnnd the group meetins always kinda ANNOYED ME!!! They weren't personalized for ME and what I NEEDED annnnnnnnnd there was always ONE person that like dominated the group thats like FREAKING out cuz its Halloween and there is CANDY and its Christmas theres cookies...yada, yada, yada...LOL

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Well I was at my mom's and I was talking to her about LOSING WEIGHT and i'm like MOM I really want to do something!!! Like, I do NOT want to be like this, I really, REALLY want to be a healthy person annnnd sooooo my youngest brother Abe was like, well i'm not doing it BUT there is this guy at my work that has lost a lot of weight with Jenny Craig maybe you should find out about that...I was like Oooooo...I've heard they're food is really good to!!! Soooooo I researched it, went in and learned about the program, tried the food and like it  ALOT...
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I mean, IS THE FOOD as good as MY COOKING??? Then answer to THAT question is NO!!! HAHAHAHA...Can't LIE people...Buuuuuuuuuuut... MY COOKIN is WHY I'm AT JENNY CRAIG!!! Well its been almost two weeks now and i'm doing GREAT annnnnnnnnnnd LOVING IT!!! I'll talk more about it to come!!! :)

 

♥Mary Frances :)

Super Excited!!!

Okaaaaaaaaaay you guys...I'm SUPER EXCITED because, TODAY I met with my Personal Trainer annnnnd I haven't met with her in a WHILE...I mean I've been going to the gym FAITHFULLY every night...buuuuuut I go like LATE...cuz thats when I'm free to do it!!! Soooo the kids are on spring break this week and I had a TON (9) of sessions piled up so I made one for every day this week!!!

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Sooooo I knew when I saw her that I was gonna get a HUGE lecture!!! Annnnd she was like, OH YES girrrrrl thats right your GOING to get THE SPEECH from me!!! LOL She is like WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??? Im like Oh jus chillin!!! LOL Then im like, No I"VE been coming to the gym EVERY NIGHT, just NOT whith YOU!!! So she kind of looks at me like, Yeah right...buuuut then she looks at me again and she is like, Well you do look really good! I'm like, oh yea THATS RIGHT WOMAN CHECK ME OUT!!! AHAHAHA!!!

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So we're doing all of the old excercises and she is like, Whoa you've moved up on EVERYTHING!!! Like she said my planks need to be moved further down and she was moving my weights up higher...she was like ok I can see 30 pounds is like NOTHING for you so she moves it up ten pounds more and when I'm done she was like I can tell that needs to be moved up to 50 pounds...she is like you are sooooo STRONG!!! Then she says, seriousley your strong as ~*&%#@  which i thought was pretty funny!!! Oooo and she knew when the weight was ENOUGH for me cuz she said I couldn't TALK cuz I was concentrating!!! LOL If I could talk she was like, yup, you NEED MORE WEIGHT!!!

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THen she says, okay lets go do the ball slams! So we're doing them and she is like, okaaaaaay you need the heaviest medicine ball and then when we were done she was like, MARY you play sports don't you?!?! I was like, uh NOOOOOOOOOO!!! She is like, well you are REALLY athletic!!! You just did 40 ball slams and then you just like look up like, Heeeeey!!! No big deal! She says, I have clients that arent as overweight as you and could NOT do what you just did!!! She's like, what that means is that your actually HEALTHY and in really good shape...we JUST gotta get the EXTRA WEIGHT off you!!!

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Annnnnnd I know she wasn't just saying that cuz she is NOT all flattery like that!!! Sooooo THEN she says, this just means that I'm gonna be making your workouts a lil more intense for you!!! I'm like duuuuuuuuude!!! She's like, THATS RIGHT!!! Soooooooo who knows, maybe by this summer time EVERYONE will be begging for ME to be on their VOLLY BALL TEAM!!! AHAHAHA!!! you NEVER KNOW!!! Of course, I still have to get my COORDINATION down...LOL...buuuuut that would be soooo fun to be all over the court and then SPIKE it, heh, heh...I would NEVERRR SHUT UP if that happened!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

My GOAL WEIGHT!!!

Guess WHAT everyone!?!?! I FINALLY found out WHAT my goal weight is!!! I am soooooooo EXCITED!!! Sooooooo i've kinda been stuck in a rut with the whole weight loss thing for a while now!!! I've been working out like BIG time...I mean I FAITHFULLY work out at the gym 5-6 days a week annnnnnd I mean like I really like WORK OUT!!! Like dripping sweat...buuuuuuut I'm just feeling like I NEED extra help with the whole FOOD PART of it all!!! I mean, I really need A LOT of structure AND accountability in my life!!! Soooooooo I went to check out Medifast today...I mean i've heard really great things about them and you meet ONE ON ONE with a dieticitan that counsels you on weight loss, eating right etc!!! Annnnnd I'm like YES...I need this because OBVIOUSLEY I HAVE ISSUES AND NEED HELP!!! AHAHA!!! Okaaaaay they say the first part is admitting and realizing you have a problem and the second part is that you ACTUALLY do something about it!!!

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Okaaaaaaaay soooo back to my goal weight!!! They asked me WHAT I would like to see myself weighing annnnnnd I thought about it really long and hard...and I honestly thought in my mind that that I would like to weigh 208, because that would mean i've lost 200 pounds since my highest weight!!! Now when MOST people hear 208 they think thats still like A LOT... buuuuuut I don't know...WHENEVER I would read the charts they would say like 165 for my height and for a woman with big bones annnnnd i'm just like OKAAAAAY I weighted 175 in 4th grade....I mean I was TEN and  yes I was chubby...buuuuuut that was a LOOOOOONG TIME AGO!!!

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Soooooooo they put me on this thing and you hold onto it and it only takes like a minute but it measures your fat, your height, your mucsle mass, and your bone structure annnnnnnd it turns out THAT to be healthy I NEED TO WEIGH...

 205!!!

Soooo I was basically RIGHT ON!!! The lady was like kinda surprised herself cuz thats NOT what most girls would think of as their goal weight!!! Buuuuuuuuut I'm NOT most girls!!! Heh, heh!!! Sooooooooooo she is reading the chart and she is like, OH, you have an abnormally large bone structure...turns out I have a 40% larger skeletal structure than the NORMAL female!!! Go ME!!! (: Buuuuut then again we already knew that if you read THIS POST!!! LOLOLOL!!!

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Sooooo yes i'll always be a BIG girl...but I'm cool with that...I mean God made me BIG...he coulda made me like my Irish grandma Rita (Mary) Ginty, that I was named after...who was a petite little thing, that STRUGGLED her whole life to keep at 100 pounds ...buuuuut NO he chose to make me with the structure of my Italian grandfather, Joe Mangino, with big bones, broad shoulders, I don't know WHY he chose ME to have that frame buuuuut HE DID...so long as i'm HEALTHY...I'll just rock my big frame!!!

 

OF COURSE...this does mean that I'll have to put aside my life-long dream...

 of being a ballerina...

Buuuuuut I THINK i'll make it!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ooooo annnnnnd I DID decide that I AM gonna do Medifast...I'll let you all know as SOON as its OFFICIAL!!!



♥Mary Frances :)

How much spagetti???

So I was reading this article by Dr. Oz and he was talking about portion control and how you don't always have to measure everything EXACTLEY!!! He said that you can just use your own measuring devices in case your somewhere that you don't have it with you...HE said for example if you want to measure how much UNcooked spagetti you can have, just see how much you can fit between your thumb and the finger next to it making a circle that closes on the first indention of your thumb...he said that the variation will vary slightly from person to person according to their frame and build...he said thats okay though because you can eat according to your body frame and structure and not talking about your actual body weight but you know your structure size...big bones, little bones, medium bones, extra large bones, petite bones...etc...weeeeeeelllll...

APARENTLY Dr. Oz has NEVER met...

ME!!!

Annnnnnd MY HANDS!!!

 

I decided to try this out myself annnnnnnd managed to fit the WHOLE entire package in my circle!!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!! AND it was NOT a tight fit either!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!

 

 

I could be wrong....buuuuuuuuuuuut something tells me that I shouldn't eat the whole entire package of spagetti!!! BAHAHAHA!!! Ima stick with ACTUAL measuring devices Dr. Oz!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

New favorite machine!!!

Sooooo I like loooooove this machine at the gym!!! I don't know what it's called buuuuuut it's pretty funnnn!!! It's like kinda slanted and your like crouched down and then u push yourself all the way up! It's kinda intense but FUNNNN!!!

Havin Diabetes!!!

Sooooo in my mid-20's I was diagnosed with Diabetes, which totally BUMMMMED me out!!! I mean EVERYONE in my family history has it, like BOTH of my mom's parent's, her mom's dad,  my mom's brother, one of my brother's, my sister, my dad's mom had it,  soooo it was pretty much bound to happen sooner or later...buuuuut I was preferring LATER!!! 

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However, due to my extreme overweightness, I got my diabetes EARLY!!! At first It wasn't too bad and was being controlled by just oral pills, but since I wasn't losing weight, excercising and changing my eating habits it was getting worse! My sugars were getting higher, sometimes even in the 4 and 500's! My doctor kept increasing my medicine to a higher and higher dosage and she said that if I didn't get it under control my next step would be taking insulin shots!

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Now, i'm NOT scared of needles...buuuuut I did NOT want to get on insulin...I just DID NOT WANT IT!!! I knew I could get a handle on this if I made up my mind! Weeeeelllll...for the last two years I've kept my diabetes in the low 100's and 90's annnnnd MY FRIENDS, that is WITHOUT taking any kind of medicine at all!!! 

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Yes, THIS March it will be TWO WHOLE YEARS that I have been off of any sort of medicine for my diabetes!!! I'm sooooo happy annnnnd in a humble way...VERY PROUD OF MYSELF!!! ;) How do I do this? I maintain a very, very low carb diet! I mostly eat meat, cheese and veggies with OF COURSE my occasional splurge days...which I like to do about once a week...usually Sundays or I plan it for a day thats like something fun is going on, or a Holiday and I KNOW its gonna be good food.

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I'm NOT saying its EASY!!! I LOOOOOOVE CARBS!!! Especially being ITALIAN...I LOOOOOVE MY PASTA!!! PIZZA!!! BREAD!!! CHOCOLATE!!! CAKE!!! DONUTS...LOL...you get the picture...HAHAHA.... Buuuuuuuut I ALSO LIKE LIVING...ya know???

 I'm also REALLY into vitamins...LOL...Two things that I take that help with diabetes sugar levels is cinnamon capsules, which are also "Supposed" to help curb hunger and garlic capsules which are also good for YOUR HEART!!! Buuuuut yeah...my MOM has been my biggest inspiration...she says that things never really clicked for her till recently about her eating habits either, but she says I can learn NOW, while I'm YOUNG!!! 

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It feels GOOD to me knowing that...

MY DIABETES does NOT control ME!!!

I CONTROL MY DIABETES!!! 

♥Mary Frances :)

FYI... Lol!!!

Soooo a bunch of people were asking me WHO the guy that made fun of me was??? The answer is that I honestly and truley DO NOT KNOW!!! I can't remember annnnnd IF I did, i wouldn't even say annnnnnd I'm not even mad about it nor dwelling on it anymore!! I was just trying to express the way i felt at the time!!! I'm a very forgiving person annnnd we're all human annnnnnd I've made mistakes and mAde fun of people before too without thinkin about it!!! Soooo yeah... It's all GOOD!!! Plus, I mean I hav brothers that make PLENTY OF COMMENTS FOR ME... One of them left an anon comment to me: "Sooooo did you break the bench???" Lololol i knew immediatley it wS him...BROTHERS!!! Anyone else had left it i woulda been mad!!! I tell ya... They are soooo obnoxious buuuuuut kinda funnnnny!!! (Rolls eyes!) God's just preparing me for a husband!!! Haha

Heritage Sadness...

This is the Heritage conference that I went with good self-esteem and LEFT with BAD SELF-ESTEEM! I've ALWAYS thought that I was beautiful...ALWAYS...buuuuuut that all changed in about one minute!!! It was Heritage 2004...eight years ago...I was 21 years old. We were at this youth thing and some guy made fun of me...pretended that the picknik bench I was sitting down at was breaking...the rest of the week...I thought...I'm NOTHING!!!

I specifially remember the last night....wearing this outfit...everyone said I looked sooooo pretty and I PRETENDED to act like I thought I did...buuuuuut I remember looking in the mirror and thinking, YOU LOOK HORRIBLE!!! Your NOTHING BUT A BIG FAT BLOB! No guy will EVER like you!!!

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It really shook me for a while!!! I have heard people say, if people make fun of you, just change it!!! Thats A LOT easier to say, than to do!!! I can remember the feeling of absolute helpless-hopelessness about my situation!!! I was in the 400's!!! I didn't have 20, 50, 80 or EVEN just 100 pounds to lose...OVER 200 pounds!!! That meant that EVEN if I lost 100 pounds... which in itself seemed a miserable and unconcievable task...I would still have ANOTHER 100 pounds to lose! I couldn't even fathom it!!!

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I come from a family of OVER WEIGHT people...buuuuuuuut I was the biggest out of EVERYONE!!! Do you know how that feels??? To know that your the fattest of the fattest...It feels HORRIBLE!!! It feels HOPELESS!!!

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I guess what I'm trying to say is that when you see a really huge fat person, try NOT to make fun of them! You have NO IDEA how your lil comment may effect them!!! I know we're all human and we make mistakes...buuuuut just remember that the fatty that your laughing at is a human too...WITH REAL FEELINGS...JUST LIKE YOU!!! Instead of mocking them...have COMPASSION...you HAVE NO IDEA what they may be feeling inside...pray for them!!! Pray that God will help them and give them the strength to OVERCOME their weakness!!!

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I'm gonna make it you guys...I'm GONNA DO IT...cuz I know God is gonna help me!!! Thank you everyone!!! Love you all and keep me in your prayers!!! :))))

 

♥Mary Frances :)

First Day...

Soooo I joined the gym back in August and have been pretty faithful with it!!! Buuuuuut basically I hav NO CLUE what I'm doing!!! Lololol soooo today I did my FIRST day with a personal!!! I am soooo excited about it! Not only is she going to work with me excercisebut also nutrition as well!!! She also seems super down to earth but really hard core at the same time!!! She was going over my whole routine with me and was like ok, how are you with remembering stuff??? I'm like ummm well considering you just asked me my age annnnd I had to think about it for like 15 seconds... Lol... She was like oh yeah! Ok! Annnnd she wrote down EXACTLEY EVERYTHING I needed to do, how many times and the weight! I was like niiiice!!! She also asked me what my goal was and I said that for right now, my first goal was to weigh 260 and she that she was going to help me get there... Buuuut at the same time she said she just wanted to let me know that she doesn't actually give a $&@&$?!$&@ about my goal... She cares about me being healthy and she said that your weight isn't actually what determines your health. They have this body fat percentage thing and she said me being healthy could end up me weighing less OR MORE than what I think and we're not going to determine my health off of a set chart!!! Soooo yeah... It went well annnnd I'm super excited!!!! :) everyone keep me in your prayers!!!!

I MADE IT!!!

I DID PEOPLE!!! I made it three whole weeks on the DAINIEL FAST WITH NO COFFEE!!! And only eating fruits, veggies, nuts and whole weat, brown rice!!! Are ya all proud of me or WHAT??? I lost 8 pounds which isn't HUGE...buuuut still a success!!!

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I plan on taking the day off TOMORROW!!! Going to Starbucks and getting Spinatos Pizza...THEN starting on Saturday, I am planning on doing another 21 days and THIS TIME, i'm going to count calories for all the foods I eat that are NOT fruits and veggies!!! I'm EXCITED!!! I like this way of eating and have come up with some great recipies...after the next 21 days, I will access myself and see what I want to do next!!!

EVEN IF the weight loss is slower...I'm learning to make healthy habbits for life...and thats what its ALL ABOUT!!! :)))

♥Mary Frances :)

Stayin STRONG!!!

Soooo my uncle from NYC was here on Tuesday of this past week on a business trip...

 This meant he was coming over for dinner!!!

Which means that my mother cooked up a HUUUUGE Italian feast!!

We have baked ziti...fried Italian chicken...Escerole with garlic and cheese..Iah Oio

Annnnnd allll kinds of other yummy stuff!!!!

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Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd THIS WAS MY PLATE!!!

Whole weat matzta with organic all natural peanut butter, peaches and grapes!!!

ANNNNNNND THIS WAS MY DESSERT!!!!

I made it you guys!!! I withstood major TEMPTATION!!!

Are you guys like SOOOO PROUD OF ME OR WHAT???

ONE WEEK!!!!

I've made it ONE WEEK!!! ONE WHOLE WEEK on the DANIEL FAST and i've lost 6 pounds!!! Wooooohooooo!!!! Btw- you ALL DO REALIZE THAAAAT...ONE WEEK MEANS...

ONE WHOLE WEEK WITHOUT COFFEE!!! I'm SOOOO PROUD OF MYSELF!!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Update on the Daniel Fast!!!

Sooooo I DID join the Daniel Fast last Wednesday and am doing FABULOUS so far!!!! Its pretty easy after doing HCG!!! LOL You wanna know what the HARDEST part so far has been for me??? No artificial sweetners ANNNNND know COFFEE!!! Since living a life of dieting, i've gotten VERY used to incorporating these two things into MY LIFE OF EATING!!!! HAHA!!! Buuuut other than that i'm doing GREAT!!!

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I made this vegetarian chili...its soooo GOOD!!! I made MY OWN tomato juice/sauce from fresh tomatos, then added in four different kinds of beans, carrotts, corn fresh from the cob, carrotts, onion, kale and ALL KINDS of seasonings!!! Know idea of the EXACTS for anything!!! I just add a lil bit of this and a lil bit of that and a pinch of this and scoopful of that annnnnd...

 VIOLA!!!

THEN, i cup up cilantro, red onions, scallions and sprinkle it on top...

MMMMmmmmmm soooooooo GOOOOD!!!!



I'm gonna go have a bowl RIGHT NOW!!! :))))

(Don't be JEALOUS!!!;)

♥Mary Frances :)

Daniel fast!!!!

Sooooooo a group of us are starting the Daniel fast THIS WEDNESDAY, August 1st!!! If anyone is interested in joining feel free...I was going to make an email list for people that want to join and we can support each other and stuff.

The point IS...to cleanse your systen from all the unatural things we put into it ANNNND to draw closer to God!!! (And lose weight too...LOL) This is a way for 21 days to say ok God, i'm just gonna eat the natural things you made and refrain from fillin my body, YOUR TEMPLE, with a buncha junk and chemicals. Also, make a list of things that you want to focus on God doing in your life.

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Basically, the Daniel Fast is an all vegan diet for 21 days...or longer if you like!!! :) So for 21 days you just eat all fruits and veggies and seeds and nuts and WHOLE WEAT products, and NOTHING with leaven!!! (soooo NO BREAD for sure) No sweetners including artificail sweetners and NOTHING buuuut WATER to drink!!! Which isn't  a big deal to me...cuz ALL I drink mostly is WATER...

buuuuuut then I REALIZED...

COFFEE IS NOT WATER!!!!!

AAAUUUGGGHHH!!!

(Excuse me while I go make a pot...Two more days...LOL!)

MORE DETAILS to come BUUUUT if your interested in joining let me know!!!

Check out THE DANIEL FAST BLOG!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

GUESS WHAT???

Guess whaaaaaaaaaat everyone??? I finally broke down and JOINED A GYM!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!! Like every year I start walkin and I do pretty good...UNTIL like April...annnnnd its just like WAAAAAAY TO HOT until like the end of October and THEN it gets to cold for a couple of months and yeah...basically the weather is just NEVER perfect and I know that a LAME excuse buuuut its a pretty good one when your from AZ!!! LOL! Cuz like I was gonna try and save up for a treadmill and then I NEVERRRR do...I end up going on some trip or something...soooo yeah...

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Tuesday I went and joined a place called YOUFIT!!! It looks pretty cool!!! THe guy was all like trying to sell me with the fact that they are a green company...I was like Okaaaaaay enough about the environment...do you REALLY think I care?!?! I mean just sayin'!! This is about me...lookin GOOOD...I mean being healthy!!! ;) I've worked out both days now soooo yeah...i'm pretty ya know...PROUD!!! HAHA!!! The first day I burned 200 calories and yesturday I burned 247...OH YEAH!!! HAHA!!!

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If anyone has any excercise work out tips or whatever let me know!!! Oh and also, I got the membership that I can bring ANY ONE PERSON with me at anytime to join me in a workout...soooooo WHO WANTS GO TO WITH ME??? :]

♥Mary Frances :)

I'm sooooo good...

I'm like SUCH A GOOD COOK people ACTUALLY STEAL MY DIET FOOD!!! Noooo LIE...thats JUST HOW GOOD I AM!!! I make healthy taste GOOOOOOOOOOD!!! My BFF's in the kitchen are COCONUT OIL AND SPICES!!! I refuse for my food to be bland...ANNNND ITS NOT!!! :) 

♥Mary Frances :)

I LOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

HONEST UPDATE!!!

Have you all NOTICED that I have NOT updated??? Its because I have NOT lost anymore weight!!! For the last two months I have just MAINTAINED my weight...which I know is a good thing BUUUUT not really all that exciting!!! Yup, I've had JUST ENOUGHT self-discipline to NOT gain weight...BUT, NOT enough to cut back enough to lose MORE!!!

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Seeee HERE I am...

TOTALLLLLY LUVIN the way I LOOK!!! ;)

(Looook...I'm wearin a BELT and it ACTUALLLLLY LOOKS GOOD!!! (Holla!;) )

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Sooooo here is HOW I maintain my weight...EVERY MORNING...when I wake up...the FIRST THING I DO is...

 WEIGH MYSELF!!!

I weight myself AND then I write down my weight on a calender. I've learned that the best thing I can do is FACE the truth EVERY MORNING!!! People say that scales lie, blah, blah, blah...me and my scale are TIGHT!!! I refuse to live in denial!!! It lets me know, that HEEEEy, you gained a pound YESTURDAY, TODAY you had better cut back and LOSE that pound...you have to face it RIGHT there!!! If you don't get rid of it...another pound will come sneakin along, then another one and another one!!!

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Sooooo there you all have it...the HONEST truth...I'm NOT wear I want to be YET....buuuut I  am learning HOW to keep off what I have lost...which I have NEVERRRR been able to do before!!! :)
♥Mary Frances :)

HEEEEELLLP!!!!

Heeeeey if anyone can HELP ME...blog keeps coming up with THIS whenever I try to post on my blog...like when I got to blogger.com it comes up with THIS... Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.

Its happening on BOTH of the computers at my house even after restarting them...HELP me people!!! ClassicMaryMoments is on a HALT!!! ugh!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Eeeeeks!!!

I NEEEEED TO UPDATE!!! ugh!!!
♥Mary Frances :)

TREADMILL!!! :)

Does ANYONE in AZ have a treadmill they want to SELL me??? OR I guess you could give it to me if you want...I'll take it for FREE too!!! LOL
♥Mary Frances :)

Yupppers!!!

Made it through my FIRST day back on HCG!!! Woot!!! WOOOOT!!!
♥Mary Frances :)

HCG!!!

I started BACK on HCG TODAY!!! Wooot! WOOOOT!!! I'm sooooo EXCITED!!! One of my friends text me today and was like, "Did you start HCG again?" I was like whaaaaaaaaat??? How did you know??? Like TOTAL STALKER right??? She's like, "I read your BLOG!!!" i'm like OH YEAH...DUH!!! HAHA!!!

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AnywayZ, today and tomorrow are LOADING days soooo yeah...these days are GLORIOUS eat whateverrr you want days...sweeeeeeeeet!!! HAHA!!! Then its 500 calories again...WOOOOT!!! I guess i'm really excited cuz I have this dress that I am just DYING to wear...but its like a lil too tight...BUUUUUUUUUUUT when it fits OMW...I can't wait...AND I want it to fit in time for WHAAAAAAAAAAAT???

ON COURSE!!!

....OF COURSE!!!

HAHAHA!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

GREEEETINGS!!!

Heeeeey!!!! Weeeeelllll its been a while since I updated this thing...mainly cuz I haven't had a WHOLE lot to say!!! LOL! I spent most of the rest of December maintaining my weight and then I just got back from my trip to the PI and have currenlty been working on RE LOSING the pounds that I GAINED...yes GAINED on the trip!!! I gotta be HONEST right???

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Weeeelll...I reallly, really, REALLLLY LOOOOOOOOOOVE trying new food...and there was kinda A LOT of partying with my family and at first I was like TOTALLY having a heart attack about gaining ANY weight on the trip...buuuuuuut then my lil brother...THE GROOM-to-be...told me to just like calm down, relax and enjoy myself...because if I continuousley worried about it I wasn't going to have any funNNN! Sooo i did!!! LOL!!! He was like, "Can't you JUST lose it again?!?!" LOL I was like weeeeel DUH!!! 

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Soooo yeah I tried all kinds of cRaZy weird Filipino and Hawaiian food on the trip!!! And am now losing it!!! Once i've relost the weight I gained on the trip(8 pounds) I'm considering doing another round of HCG!!! Its been a while and I would like to get another big chunk of this weight out of the waY!!! 

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Ooooo on a more exciteing note....I can feel such a HUGE difference in my physical health!!! My sugar is ALWAYS in the 90's now!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!!! I am like NEVERRRR tired either!!! I usually wake up early and go to bed waaaaaay late!!! I walked almost every day on this trip and I was quite fast too!!! I climbed up all 214 steps at Chocolate Hills....I chose to use the stairs a LOT instead of the elevator!!! YUP!!! Its pretty awesome!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

A VISITOR????!?!?!!!!

Last night after church my pastor's wife said, "You don't know HOW MANY times I have seen you in church and THINK who is that visitor?!?!? Sooooooo I just stared blankly at her like WHAT??? I'm thinkin FOR REALZ??? WHAAAAAT???? I'm dressed like SUPER HOLY, MODEST, APOSTOLIC!!! She is like...you just look SOOOOOOOOOOO DIFFERENT!!!! Your shape is like a different person's!!! I was OOOOOOOOOOOO!!! HAHAHAHA!!! 

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I said...I thought you were thinkin I looked worldly or something!!! SHe is like, NO!!! She just meant that I look sooooo DIFFERENT!!! I'm like sweeeeeeeet!!! :)

♥Mary Frances :)

Guess what I can do now???

I CAN SKIP!!!

 I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!!! I havn't been able to this in a REALLY, really, REEEEAAAALLLLLY long time!!! Like...since I was a kid or something!!! I discovered this TUESDAY night at our ladies cookie exchange at church!!! I was soooo hyper...like SERIOUSLEY OFF THE WALL...HYPER!!! LOLOL I was like bouncing all over the place and without even thinkin about it I started skipping and then I was like OMW!!! OMW!!! OMW!!! I'm like OMW...SKIPPING!!! I couldn't believe it!!! It made me soooo HAPPY to be able to do this again...which...of course made me EVEN MORE HYPER!!!

Soooooo I had Jac take some pics of me SKIPPING!!! She was like...you do realize that you look like a TOTAL DORK...RIGHT??? I was like...You DO REALIZE that I could CARE LESS...RIGHT??? LOL!!! Cuz...i'm SKIPPING...

I CAN SKIP NOW...

don't be JEALOUS!!! ;))) 

♥Mary Frances :)

Oooops UPDATE!!!

I meant to update THIS blog but accidentally posted it HERE!!! Soooo Go HERE if you want to read it!!! LOL!!! :)))
♥Mary Frances :)

Thanksgiving...

Sooooooooooooo I'm sure you all are wondering...

DID MARY go off her diet for THANKSGIVING???

What DO YOU THINK???

weeeeeeeelllllllll DUH...OF COURSE I DID!!! Its THANKSGIVING HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOO!!!

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I go off for ALL MAGOR HOLIDAYS!!! That does NOT include stuff like, Labor day, Hanakuh, Martin Luther King Day, Comumbus day, Memorial day, Presidents Day, Kuwanza, Groundhog day, Verterans Day...lol...I mean I would NEVER be on if I did that!!! HAHA!!! BUUUUUT like Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, MY BIRTHDAY...OH and aparently my brother John's BIRTHDAY, he considers it a NATIONAL HOLIDAY for me cuz he INSISTED that I go off for his day!!! I was like oh i won't be going off on your birthday and was like OH YES YOU ARE!! I was like NOPE!!! I'm not going off till Thanksgiving and he was like NO!!! I WANT YOU TO GO OFF FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!

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Thats part of your present to me!!! Cuz he was making HIS PIZZA which is AMAZIN....soooooooooo i'm like okaaaaaaaay FINE!!! LOL! Sooo I went off FOR HIM...but of course I STILL got him a present...$35 on the Screwtape Letters Audio drama...which is $10 mor bucks then what HE SPENDS on his bday presents...YES...he only spends $25 NO MATTER on bday presents...he is such a cheapscape!!! LOL...but trust me I LEFT the price tag on my present for him!!! AHAHA!!! But I didn't tell him I had a coupon!!!

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AnywayZ, oh yeah, someone was askin me if I go off on Valentine's Day and i'm like WEEEEEEELLLLLL i guess if I like HAD A REASON to go off on Valentine's Day...but thus far I do NOT!!! AHAHAHA....soooo I should probabley STAY on so I can GET A REASON to go off!!! ;)

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Soooooooo anywayZ, I gained like 4 pounds on Thanksgiving!!! Mmmmm it was all sooooo goooooood!!! I didn't even really bother with Turkey...I was like...I can eat Turkey ANY day on my diet...HELLLLLLLLOOOOOO CARBS!!! Its beeeen soooooooo LONG since we've hung out!!! LOL!!! I'm like RICE, STUFFIN, Aly's PUMPKIN ROLLS, BREAD, Double P.B CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAY!!!!

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SO I I had gained two pounds on the Monday before from my brother's bday and then in the two days before Thanksgiving I lost them!!! Then I gained four pounds from THanksgiving and have lost all those plus one more pound sooooo GO ME!!!

283!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Mary update!!!

Heeeeeeey EVERYONE!!!

Just wanted to give a quick update on my weight loss...YES I am still losing weight!!! I weighed in this morning at 284...I looked at Kim...who weighs 165 pounds LESS than me... and said DON'T BE JEALOUS!!! HAHA!!! 

My diabetes is doing GREAT!!! My blood sugar level in the mornings is usually in the high 80's!!! Normal blood sugar for a person without diabetes is between 70-120...soooooo that means mine is doing GREAT!!! 

Health wise I feel WONDERFUL!!! I rarely ever take naps anymore!!! I just don't hardly feel tired even gettin up at 5:30 am and not going to bed till LATE!!! I mean...I'm not really a mornin person...and I ALWAYS feel tired when I wake up...but as soon as I have my coffee....LOL!!!

Oh yeah...I'm NOT doing the HCG diet anymore!!! Mainly because I had come to a standstill on it and I was gainin MORE weight on the loading days then I was really even losin...Sooooo i was just like YOU KNOW WHAT... I lost like 70 pounds on it...thats GOOD...now I gotta figure somthing else out!!! Weeeeeellllll I'll tell you all what I'm doin on my next post AND I'm sure you all are just dyin to see some more FULL shots of me....RIGHT?!?! LOL  Okaaaaaaaaay its coming...I just gotta take some good ones!!! :) 

Sooooooooo i've lost a grand total of 124 pounds now...YES...I know I'm AWESOME...BUT please go ahead and tell me...I still want to hear the encouragin words!!! ;)

♥Mary Frances :)

Healthy snacks!!!

Soooo i've determined that I want to develop a lifestyle of eating EVEN healthy snacks. As, in mostly fruits and veggies and occasional VERY low calorie, sugar free snacks. I just want it to become my lifestlye, if I feel like munching on something when i'm not even hungry its gonna be an apple or something like that!!! 

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I'm trying to make it a habit that I don't make it a regular occurrence to even eat, healthy-unhealthy snacks...LOL! What I'm talkin about is like nuts or WW snacks and stuff like that because even the these are somewhat healthier snacks...I kinda like tend to not be able to just stop with the serving size...plus most ww snacks are still a lot of carbs and sugar and nuts are high in fat and aren't good for me to go overboard with...AND lets NOT EVEN talk about sugar free chocolate...OMW!!! ITS SOOOOOO GOOD!!! Lol and I still kinda like TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY lose it around CHOCOLATE!!! So I figure I will save these, healthy-unhealthy snacks for when I do feel like indulging every once in a while or whatever!!!

Soooooooo with that thought in mind, I would like to share with you all THE MOST AMAZIN snack everrrr that I just discovered last night from a free sample at Costco!!! (Thank God for Costco samples...Right???

What I discovered IS... 

 

Mrs. Mays Freeze dried fruit chips!!! 100% natureal!!! 39 calories! No fatt!!! No sugar but the natural sugar that is already in fruit!!! If you look at the ingredients, the ONLY ingredient is whatever fruit you are eating!!! (i.e. Pears, starwberries or apples) They are soooo GOOOD!!!  I absolutely LOVE THEM!!! 

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Mrs. Mays also has freeze dried pineapple and peaches that I would LOVE to try!!! 

 

Especially the pineapple but I haven't found those ones anywhere yet...if have...let me know where I can buy them!!! :)

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They, the apples, pears and strawberries, are at Costco for $12 for a box of 20...NOT the cheapest...BUT...eating healthy NEVERRR is!!! HAHA!!! Then again...Doctor bills, presciptions, buying bigger clothes, diabetes and heart attacks aren't exactly CHEAP either...Know what I'm sayin??? ;)

I'll be letting you know MORE of my favorite HEALTHY snacks in the future....Weeeelll heeeeey if you have a favorite healthy snack let me know...I would LOVE to hear about it!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

WOW!!!

 I just got done lookin at NYC pics of myself from our first trip back about 6 or 7 years ago and I am literally in AWWWWWWWWWW of myself!!! I! CAN! NOT! BELEIVE!!! HOW!!! HUGE!!! I!!! WAS!!!!!! OMW!!! Sometimes I look in the mirror and I just can't really seem to fathom that I have even lost a lot of wait!!! Its like people tell me that I look sooooo DIFFERENT but I don't get what they are even saying...BUT I just looked at these pics of myself and I am just like WOW!!! I STILL have a LONG WAYS TO GO...but OMW...

God has brought me soooo FAR!!!

 

I was lookin at this pic the other day, and I just started crying...I can't believe that was me...over 100 pounds ago...I'm NEVER GOING BACK!!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Guess WHAT EVERYONE???

I am NOW fitting into a size 18/20!!!!!!! I can NOT beleive it!!! Seriousley...like WOW!!! God is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo GOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! There is nooooo waaaaaaaay I could have accomplished this without HIS HELP!!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! I mean, when I look in the mirror, I look the same to me...and I thought...OH there is noooo way this will fit me yet....but I'll just save it...then I put it on and OMW it totally did!!! I now have three 18/20 skirts! Like 5 18/20 tops and like a buncha 1x stuff!!!! I know to some of you all these sizes are still HUGE but...we're talkin about a girl that came from a size 34!!!!!!!! SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Hmmmm...

WOW!!! I really, really, REALLLLY need to be updatin this more often!!! I know I can't update on here daily...siince I already do that on my other blog...BUT I need to come up with some sort of routine of consistency!!!!!!! I think maybe 2-3 times a week or something....Hmmmm...Btw...in case anyone is interested...I have been on my matienance phase for the last several weeks...one more week of that and then I start my loadin days this Friday & Saturday...WOOOOT....I figure for my sisters bday it would be a GOOOOOOOOOD to do!!!! Then Next Sunday starts me BACK on the HCG!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Weight loss size/weight goals...

I thought THIS was an interesting article about dress sizes!!! Particularley this section of the article..."Marilyn Monroe’s dressmaker claimed her measurements were 35”-22”-35” when she posed for(...) in 1953, according to MarilynMonroe.com. Despite the oft-cited anecdote that she was a size 12, she would really be more like a size 2 or a 4 by US standards." I always KNEW she wasn't NO size 14...LOL!!!! (Read the whole article HERE)

AnywayZ, as for myself, I have no dress size goal, no specific weight goal. It doesn't matter what the charts say, what matters is how I FEEL, what the mirror says...and when the time gets closer, but I STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS, i am going to pray about it and aske GOD what is the right weight for me...after all... HE IS THE ONE THAT MADE ME soooo it would make sense to get HIS oppinion on the matter!!! RIGHT?!?!?

So anyone else that has lost weight, HOW did you come up with what was the right weight for YOU???

♥Mary Frances :)

289.9!!!!!!

GUESS WHAT EVERYONE???

Thats RIGHT i've made it to my NEXT lil goal on my way to my next BIG GOAL!!! I weighed in this morning at 289.9...OMW...I'm SIKED!!! Okaaaaaaaay I know one more oz and i would be back up to 290 but STILLLLL.... I got OUT OF THE 290's!!! Here I am TODAY...As of about two hours ago...

This shirt didn't fit me just A MONTH AGO when I got it!!!!!

 WOOOOHOOOO!!!

♥Mary Frances :)