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Well Hello friends… I have got a lot of messages from people wanting advice/ wondering where I am so I figured it would be easier to post a blog here so everyone can read. Well I am doing great. The day I hit my weight loss goal 11-17-08 a guy I was dating asked me to be his girlfriend…. Now here I am almost 8 months later and that guy is now my husband and we are expecting a baby Girl in November. Weight loss has very much so taken a back seat to the pregnancy, but I will guarantee come February when I plan on having my dream wedding (we had a small SMALL ceremony at court because I refused to be pregnant in a wedding dress lol) I will back into my size 10 jeans. When you have no choice BUT to gain weight, for example when your pregnant you still maintain key elements as if it was any other healthy time in your life. It’s all about Balance and control. I gets A LOT harder mind you, but now you have EXTRA motivation ( a little angel growing inside you that you don’t want to start of by giving her unhealthy habbits before she is even in this world.)  I hope everyone is still hanging in and doing what they know they need to do. Hey just remember No one, including myself, EVER said it was going to be easy, but once you make it I swear you will wonder why you didn’t start sooner! Best Wishes -Amanda 

Exactly one year ago today I made the decision that would end up moving me down a road which would change the path of my future and life forever. It was on this day 11/17/07 I made the final decision to get the weight off once and for all. Today 11/18/08 I am proud to have the chance to celebrate my success, now 128 pounds lighter and truly blessed with so many new oppertunities. I struggle to this day, but as long as I see the big picture and know who I am inside and what I did and faced to get myself to this point I know I will be ok, I vow to keep my health and well being my number one priority and never give up on myself again, I will take it one step at a time…. I just hope my prayers get answered to find someway to have my excess skin issues addressed. Thank you everyone who have spent countless energy on sending me support and encouragement and seeking advice and help. I hated hearing people say this until I now can give u my personl word of honor…”If I can do it…ANYBODY can!!!”

Still have far to go, but I am well on my way

So I added picture number 4 to the side profile shots I have been documenting. The first picture is the end of December and it was after I had already lost around 18 lbs. So the newest picture I added to the series Is from a few nights ago, and it shows my profile as of now 70 pounds lighter. Its pretty cool to see the changes month to month. So The first picture is December the second is Jan the third is Feb and the fourth is March.

PS WISH me luck, My 20th birthday is tues April 1st……. That means I will be face to face with my some deamons from my past (CHocolate CAKEEEE lol) but I am feeling optimistic!

Great Job everyone, Your doing great!

-Amanda

Finally!!!!! Yes

So saturday I am going to visit two of my friends that I have not seen since pretty much I graduated in 2006 and I am nervous since I know ppl away at college love to party AKA drink beer and alcohol which has SOOOO much calories and after a long night of drinking and partying you get the munchies and I am not sure I am ready to out myself in this position but I have already made the plans and set them in stone, I figure I have a pretty firm grasp on my eating habits now and If I have a couple beers I better make sure I am SUPERDOOPEREXTRA good this week and that on monday when I get home I am gonna have to make my ass pay for it in the gym lol…. Well I need support so Please keep my chunkyness in your thoughts lol. I will need all the extra strength I can get!

-Amanda 

I am sorry to all my wonderful buddyslim friends who are supportive and who I have been neglecting. School has been a tedious full load and I am just starting to get into a routine. The dieting and excersize has been going really good (besides my right foot that has big blisters and has been making excersize especially difficult….) but I am still putting in time at my school gym and personal gym. I actually took a bllod test today to check out how my LIPIDS (chloresterol) and bllod sugar and liver and kidneys are doing so I have nervous but at the same time I am excited since I have never had these checked (except blood sugar which has been good) so I will let ya know how the results come back. Well I hope everyone is doing their very best and keeping up on their wonderful changes and progress and I am going to do my very best to check this more routinly.

Love Amanda

a total of 42 lbs gone since November 2007….. Its kinda surreal, anyways I put an update FULL body pic up… I hope everyone is doing okay, sorry I have been a

suckie buddy, Its been a tough new year so far…. But i am still here for you all and I hope you are all keeping up the amazing work you are doing.

-Amanda

It started out as a cold last week that got bad then better and now for the past three days I have been miserable, Pain and extreme pressure in my sinus areas in my faces and ears and Swollen tonsils and I lost my voice. I have been so ill will these infections for the psast 3 days and they keep getgting worse even with antibiotics instead of better. I feel so depressed because I have been pretty much laid up in bed for the past 2 weeks doing NOTHING but laying down and eating and sleeping, and for the past 2 days I incorperated some fried foods and sweet junk food back into the mix that I have been doing so good by avoiding…. It sarted off last nights by eating some chinese friend rice and spicy beef and eggplant stirfry. Chainese food is supposed to be horrible becuase its high in sugar and fatty oils… so that was bad and this morning I had left over chinese food, Some deep fried prawns, noodles and beef…. and to put the ICING on the cake after telling my mom I wanted a chicken salad from baja fresh, she calls me back 2 mins later asking what I wanted from Cold Stone Ice Cream Parlor… After saying nothing! and feeling like I should have said sorbet she brings me home a piece of spong cake from there with whip cream and sprinkles and chocolate drizzles and a half of a piece of kit kat bar on top…. needless to say I devowered it. and oh I have also been snaking on Egg waffle cereal for the past two days also. WAY TO GO AMANDA….. feel depressed because you cant work out and feel like crap and instead of doing everything you can to stay focused during this suckie time you give into the old deamons and go hog wild…. I seriously dread stepping on the scale when I get to go back to the gym. My body hurts from not moving it and just laying in bed but I am so sick I dont have much of a choice…. I DEFINATLY need My buddyslim support circle to keep me foused and grounded…..

- Amanda 

So I set my mini goal at a weight I  thought was impossible to reach ( I havent been this weight since 10th grade) and Low and behold I am 16 pounds away from that goal, which would bring my total weight loss to 42 pounds gone since November 18th 2007. I  am having some issues getting to the gym today because my mother is freaking out about the storm were having and my gym is over 30 miles away. I just wanted to share my soon to be exciting news with my fellow buddyslimmers