6 Weeks to a Brand New Body – Proving Holiday Weight Loss For Moms Success!
“When I set out to participate in the 6 week Weight Loss For Moms Holiday Challenge, I knew it would not be easy.
Making big lifestyle changes are hard enough, but during what I typically call the “eating season”? Well, that’s just signing yourself for failure, right?
The final weeks of November coupled with the holidays in December usually have a pretty negative impact on my waistline…and my “fat pants” usually find their way back into regular rotation in my wardrobe.
Not this year.
My goal was to just finish. I wanted to be consistent….and keep moving forward, even if that meant occasionally messing up. (After all, we all know Fit Yummy Mummy is NOT about perfection.)
However, I am absolutely horrible at following through with weight loss programs or diets.
That said, I was just fed up and really did hope to change some bad habits and lose some fat during Weight Loss For Moms Holiday Challenge. Once I started using the KUP accountability system, I quickly saw how off my eating truly was – and how far I really had to go. Each week, for six weeks I sought to keep up and post my daily KUP scores to hold myself accountable. It really worked! In the past, my food journaling would start out really detailed, and then I’d slack, and then I felt if I wasn’t counting every tiny calorie, then I might as well not count anything and I used that as an excuse to eat whatever junk I wanted.
The KUP system was so simple, so quick that I didn’t have an excuse NOT to keep up with it. That said, I knew I was TRYING, really trying to eat better and work out consistently, but I wasn’t sure if my body was reflecting my good intentions.
My scale weight budged a little here and there….and my jeans seemed to be feeling a little looser, but I felt I still wasn’t progressing as well as I wanted. How could I be with the occasional slip-ups, and planned indulgences that seemed to be a tad uncontrolled at times? Each day, I’d try to be a little better – drink a little more water, eat what I had planned, schedule my workout, have some “Jenny time,” etc.
These little changes really added up.
I didn’t take any measurements aside from weight until the challenge ended, and I was blown away. Sure, I still have a long way to go to my 20% bodyfat goal, but I’m so happy with my results! As much as we all hate before photos and measurements, they were really a GREAT gauge of my progress these last six weeks.
I thought I’d be doing well if I just maintained, but I’m so proud to say that I have lost 13.5 inches in total!!!
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful support, and a special thanks to Holly for this great program and this second to none community. Hugs to all of you for your motivation, advice and heart. I am so honored to be a part of the Fit Yummy Mummy family. Thanks to this, I know I’m going to enjoy the holidays and 2009 so much more that I’ve achieved a very big first step in the right direction.
My stats:
Date: 11.5.08…………………………….Date: 12.19.08
Age: 31……………………………………Age: 32
Height: 5′ 9″……………………………..Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 153………………………………Weight: 146 (-6 lbs)
Bodyfat: 28%…………………………….Bodyfat: 25.8 (-2.2%)
Chest: 36″………………………………..Chest: 34″ (-2″)
Waist (narrowest point): 32″………….Waist (narrowest point): 30″ (-2″)
Abs (at naval): 34″……………………..Abs (at naval): 31″ (-3″)
Lower abs (below naval): 37″…………Lower abs (below naval): 34″ (-3″)
Bicep unflexed: 12.5″ (R)……………..Bicep unflexed: 12″ (-.5″)
Hips: 40″…………………………………Hips: 39″ (-1″)
Thigh: 24.5″ (R)………………………..Thigh: 23″ (-1.5″)
Calf: 13.5″ (R)…………………………..Calf: 13″ (-.5″)
CONGRATS TO EVERYONE that participated – this was not an easy time for a challenge, but we did it! WAY TO GO Fit Yummy Mummies!
Merry Christmas and here’s to a FIT and HEALTHY 2009!”
~Jenny, Age 32, Mom of One, St. Louis, MO
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Congratulations Jenny on a job well done. I see the difference and you look great!! I was doing the HTC but slipped off b/c hubby deployed, my two little ones haven’t been sleeping on a good schedule and I no longer have a ME time. I’m hoping in a month things will start becoming a routine and I can concentrate on my goals again. I still haven’t lost anything yet not even inches. But reading your story is inspiring. Thank you and again congratulations!