Sweet Success!

"Between the Winter Challenge and the Spring Challenge I have lost 18.6 lbs to this point.  I have gotten rid of my ever present heartburn and fit into clothes that were in the back of the closet to be given away pile.  I have learned that some of my food allergies that have plagued me for the last 15 years are no longer there and I can eat baby carrots and apples again (most of the time).  I have reached my "goal" weight of 137 which is a number I haven't seen on the scale in the last 10 years, somewhere between Child #4 and Child #5.  Child #5 just turned 6 last Saturday.

I have learned that the habits I had in college ... go running and then eat ice cream, are still possible, I just can't leave out the exercise first part.  The running has been replaced by water aerobics, circuit training with Jillian Michaels, bicycle rides, and walks with my husband.  I have found that if I need a crunchy snack that fresh cauliflower works great.  I have found that 64 ounces really isn't that hard to drink in a day as long as I don't leave it all until 8:45 at night, and that when I don't snack after 9 PM it pays off on the scale immediately the next morning.

The best part is that my husband and I have been doing all this together.   Hugs are better when there's not 40 extra lbs in the way!"

-LeAnn W.