I'm so Fancy, but You Already Know!

Hello my fancy friends!

<<<----- Me being gangsta in my fat pants!

I hope you are all doing wonderful! I was just thinking the other day how I haven't done a blog post in a while but my Facebook news feed has been filled with wonderful things like engagements, new babies, pictures of baking and summer activities. Its been so happy, encouraging and positive. I know there is so much negativity on social media these days and lately with certain pages I'm scared to look at someone wrong or park wrong at the super market or take the turn wrong because guess what, a picture of you and your vehicle could end up on a social media sight depicting you as a moron... With that said I LOVE the positivity of social media. With the babies, baking, weddings, love and just plain encouragement. I get so much encouragement and support from social media that I try and stick with only seeing the positive. Its amazing how social media can bring people together, reconnecting with old friends or getting encouragement from someone you haven't talked to in 8-10 years. Its been amazing for me over this last year and since I started writing this blog. its nerve wrecking sometimes to open yourself up so personally on social media for the world to see. I did it because I wanted to encourage. I wanted to inspire even just ONE person to live a healthier lifestyle.

I know it's easier said than done believe me. I'll be the first to admit I am not perfect at living a healthy lifestyle but I have learned and adapted so many healthy habits this year that I know I am well on my way to living this way for a lifetime. There's no turning back for me now. With a good year under my belt it's an amazing feeling. This week I was cooking supper one night and I needed a tomato type sauce. I decided to roast out some peppers and cherry tomato's I had in the fridge with a few cloves of garlic and olive oil. After they were roasted I blended them in my Nutri bullet and added them to the red wine vinegar sautéed onions I had just done and VOILA! an amazing red pepper tomato sauce was born. I also added a little bit of honey to sweeten it up. It is a totally amazing sauce and there really is no recipe because you can add whatever you like. I used yellow peppers, red peppers, garlic and cherry tomatoes. Today we made a big batch and added sautéed onions, and mushrooms. It is such a versatile sauce that can be used  with bread or pasta or zucchini pasta or meatballs. Anything really, we love it! Its little things like that you can do to just add a little bit of healthiness to your week. That sauce is low in fat, and loaded with nutrients from the fresh roasted veggies.


I have really started looking at food in a different light. I look at it in the way like what am I getting from this food? What is the nutrient content and health benefit of this food? It really changes the way you look at things you are eating. Like my last months post I added Greek yogurt to everything I eat almost. and I'm still doing it. We had a treat night with some tortilla chips and salsa the other night and I dipped mine in Greek yogurt (sour cream used to be my favorite part of nachos) and its delish and I know its adding protein to my diet and calcium. I don't have to feel guilty about eating some flax seed, baked tortilla chips and salsa with Greek yogurt. Small changes have made the hugest difference in my life.

Enough about me preaching about healthy eating, remember my addiction with Boom Chicka Pop!? Yes, that's still very real. I also know though that there could be worse things to be addicted to! We'll go with that for now. I wanted to fill you all in on my stats! I am still working on my goal of loosing 20-30 more lbs. So now I have 17-27lbs to go! I am down a total of 123lbs & 98 inches from my neck down to my shins! Nick looked at my fat pants and thinks I may have shrunk in height as well. I told him no I haven't gotten shorter it's just that now I don't have a fat ass pulling my pants up! lol I have included some pictures with my "fat pants" something I'm not sure I will ever throw away because it is a very real and fast reminder of a place I once was in that I don't ever want to go back to. Complacency doesn't take long to set in sometimes so its good to have reminders like that. I added some

other comparison photos. I hope you are all doing wonderful and having a great start to summer! I am very much looking forward to enjoying summer in much smaller clothes, not sweating or being uncomfortable at the pool or beach. Just living my life the healthy way!

Hugs & Glitter,


Chanty

A Week in the Life of ME!

Hey everyone! Hope you all are enjoying Spring so far! I know I am! It's the start of BBQ season, which can turn out so many healthy options. Steering away from those comfort casseroles. I always get asked what I eat during the week or how I make suppers healthy. Well here is your answer! I decided to document a few choices from last week and share it with you. How exciting right!? I seriously love cooking and I love food, that has not changed. Who the hell doesn't? I find myself having to be so much more creative in the kitchen. I am constantly reading labels and realized it is so much healthier to make everything from scratch even salad dressings rather than buy things already made.

Let's start with my favorite meal of the day, BREAKFAST! I think I could eat breakfast for all three meals in my day, I love it so much. During the week I try and keep it simple because let's be honest I just would rather hit my snooze a couple more times. I have been all about smoothies lately! I  bought a NutriBullet and I LOVE IT! I honestly have to say since I switched over to nutrient packed smoothies I feel fantastic and I don't even want to go to bed at night the last couple of days I just feel rested and I have tons of energy. Here is what I have put in my smoothies:

Spinach Berry Smoothie
1/3-1/2 cup of Frozen Mixed Berries
1/4 cup of 0% Plain Greek Yogurt
1/4-1/2 cup of Frozen Spinach
1/4 cup of water or whatever consistency you prefer
1.5 TBLS of Hemp Hearts
1 Scoop of Kazien Vanilla Ice Cream Protein Powder

Now you can mix this up and add whatever you like. I have been doing berries because they are high in dietary fibre and good for the gallbladder. Also with the Hemp Hearts you could use Chia Seeds as well. Anything that is a booster like nuts, seeds, acai berries, chia seeds & hemp hearts would work.

Now when I have a little more time on the weekends I like to spice up our breakfasts. I really love making eggie cups.

Eggie Cups
Line muffin tin with a slice of Ham or Turkey luncheon meat
fill up muffin tin 3/4 of the way with egg whites or you can use a whole egg
Add chopped red pepper, green onion or any veggie you like with your eggs.
I usually add seasonings like my epicure seasonings (BLT Dip, Red Garlic Sansel) then I usually put a little bit of shredded cheese on the top of Nicks and a spoon of salsa.
Bake them for about 20-25 minutes on 375 and serve with a few baked hash browns as a treat, because why the hell not it's the freakin' weekend and some fruit! They are really high in protein and lower in the fat department, everything you need to have a great start to you day!


So last week it was Cinco de Mayo and I thought well that sounds fun! I had leftover Turkey Chili and so I picked up some whole wheat medium tortilla's, lined them in my muffin tins, added some cooked quinoa, chili and then topped with shredded cheese and baked them for about 20 on 360. When they came out I served them with some shredded lettuce, bruschetta tomatoes and a scoop of plain Greek yogurt on the top! They were delicious. I made the lower carb version for myself and went with a stuffed turkey chili quinoa pepper. I topped it with the same things as the taco cups. Arrriba!!



For lunches I usually take leftovers. If there aren't many left I will make something out of them like a chicken salad from leftover chicken, or I'll make a tuna salad because I always have cans of tuna laying around the house. This lunch to the left was a tuna salad with feta cheese, pumpkin seeds, craisins and yellow peppers. For snacks I took strawberries, leftover angel food cake and some veggie chips. Yesterday I had a leftover chicken salad and my dressing was a Greek yogurt BBQ dressing. I just mixed a couple tbls of plain Greek yogurt with a couple tbls of BBQ sauce and some ranch seasoning. It was really delicious and was like a BBQ chicken salad, ultra low fat! Sometimes I just take carrots, cucumbers, dip, a fruit and a protein. Nick & I were at the farm for a couple of days and his mom makes delicious buns! So for lunch the one day I had half a chicken bun with Greek yogurt instead of Mayo, added a little BBQ sauce and mustard with some lettuce and my lunch was born! It was so delicious and I didn't miss the mayo.

Tuna Quinoa Patties
1/2 cup of quinoa, cooked
2 cans of Tuna
1 Cup of Broccoli steamed
1/2 Cup frozen Spinach steamed
Half a clove of garlic
(I pulsed the garlic, steamed broccoli and spinach in my food processor to make smaller pieces)
Seasonings of your choice (I used Dill, garlic powder, onion powder)
1/4 Cup of Egg Whites


I baked them for about 30 minutes on 360 on parchment paper lined sheets and we had those for a few lunches and snacks with some Greek yogurt on the top.

As you can tell I add Greek yogurt to everything. I was always a big sauce eater, I loved it so now I substitute Greek yogurt into everything. I use it on potatoes, wraps, sandwiches, salads and chilli's. It acts as a great substitute for mayo, sour cream, butter and cream cheese. I even made a couple dips with it and no one could tell it wasn't cream cheese.

I dont' even want to get started on my Veggetti and how much in love with it I am! It's amazing, and I can whip up some zucchini pasta in a matter of 5 minutes total time seriously. Everyone should have one. Unless your not into veggies, then that's cool to.

Bruschetta Zucchini Pasta
1 Zucchini made into noodles
1/2 cup of prepared bruschetta with 2-3 tbls of Light Feta Cheese
1 Clove of Garlic minced

Saute garlic in a pan with a splash of olive oil. Add zucchini pasta and tomatoes and saute until liquid has steamed out. You can add a little grated Parmesan if you wish and serve!

I am down 120lbs and have been doing well at keeping that number for a bit. I have been trying to get all my nutrients in with an upcoming gallbladder surgery, I'd like to be at my healthiest. I recently bought a bike and I was looking for the weight restriction on the tag before we bought it! I had to be sure I wasn't over the weight restriction as I have been so many years before in my life. Nick looks at me like I'm crazy, you wont be anywhere near the weight restriction Chantelle. Guess what? I wasn't!! Whoop! 
This has turned into a huge blog but I seriously could talk about food and recipes all day. I know I've missed my true calling of being a chef in life. I could spend all day in the kitchen coming up with new and healthy meals to try. I know my poor boyfriend is missing a few comfort foods sometimes. When I told him I bought Lean Turkey Smookie's from superstore with whole wheat flat bread buns his eyes lit up. All he heard was Smookie and so we had those last night. He was so excited! haha. I'll remind him of the lean turkey part later. :)

I hope everyone is enjoying their spring and bbq's! I know I am and it truly feels amazing to be so much lighter this year than last year. When I look back at my spring photos from last year, I had just started my journey and I know I was so happy with every few pounds I kept loosing but seeing where I am now there is no comparison. I am truly a different person and math wise I am 40% less weight than I was a little over a year ago! I couldnt' have done it without all of your support and kind words. Thank you all again! :)

Hugs & Glitter,

Chanty

Try Something New!!

Ok, so last weekend was a good friend of mines stagette. They had a fun weekend planned and one of the events was chair dancing! Sounded interesting and I thought why the hell not! I lost 110 lbs I'm sure I am more than capable to walk around a chair and do some flirty hip moves...

There was so much more to it than flirty hip moves. Stand on the chair she says, squat she says, booty pop she says, lay on the chair and swing your legs up she says. Whattttttt!? I did the moves and in the pictures you will see my terrified face when I am squatting on the chair. Going through my mind is "this chair is going to snap" I'm going to be the fatty that snaps the chair, god dammit I never signed up for this!! Ha ha it's hilarious now that I think of it, now that I came away from it without breaking the chair. 



It was something so new for me, something totally out of my comfort zone, but I had so much fun doing it. I think back to last year at this time and I would have never been able to do something like that. The chair would have for sure broke. Actually it wouldn't have because I would have made up some type of an excuse not to go. It's amazing what loosing weight does to a person's self confidence, social life, relationships and friendships. When you live in that overweight bubble you honestly do not know what you missing. Missing out on love, I never knew before, now I couldn't live without Nick. Missing out on fun activities, missing out on being able to sign up for everything with no fear. I recently signed up to play on a baseball team this summer. That is totally new for me. All I'm asking is please baby Jesus let me still have my pearly whites by the time the season is over. I'm sure I'll come away with a few bruises but it wont be from my weight, it'll be from the fact that I am a very uncoordinated sports person. I'm a klutz. I'm ok with that though, I hope everyone else on the team is. :)

I also have a lot less fat covering my bones and you know I miss that cushion a little. I get really uncomfortable sitting on wooden chairs for too long. Even sitting on a couch my tail bone starts to hurt, I never really had a sore tail bone before. I also get really uncomfortable sleeping on my side because my knee bones crush together and it hurts! I know you skinny people are probably saying, my knee bones have always touched and I'm fine. That's all well and good when you have lived with that your whole life. I always had cushion, now I do not! Felt my ass bone for the first time last month. Never even knew I had an ass bone. I thought it was just all ass cheek. Nope! Collar bones, shoulder bones, neck bones, I've got all those to! These new discoveries have been amazing but an adjustment. It wasn't until the other day I was in a furniture store and I walked by a mirror and I took a second look and then looked at Nick and said "holy shit I've lost a lot of weight hey"?! He looks at me like I'm crazy and says of course you have!! 


Some days its a total mind warp. I can't get it into my head that I have changed. I know I have, I see it in the mirror most days, I see it in the clothes that I buy even the brands that I buy. Brands I would have never fit into before because they were "skinny girl clothes", but I fit into them now!

It's amazing what you can do when you make that change. When you put your mind to it! 110lbs and I don't regret one single one! Find it in yourself to try something different. Summer's coming, the winter blues are over! Get out there even if it's to jump a couple puddles!! :)

Hugs & Glitter,

Chanty

I saved how many calories??

So recently I have been trying to find alternatives to ice cream. I am a HUGE ice cream lover. It is quite possibly my favorite food group. I know it's not something I should be eating, especially with these beautiful f**k*** gallstones that have inhibited my gallbladder. It's so rich and high in fat, it immediately gives me an attack. So last night I had a major craving for an Oreo blizzard. Seems all I have to do is drive by DQ on hwy 16 and I have a craving or hear someone utter the word blizzard and it sets off that craving in my mind. I know it's silly because it's just a blizzard but once somethings on my mind, its hard to get out of it. I can be quite stubborn, and if I want something I want it right now. I think that's an only child thing. :)

I always have these thinsation cookies at home in case I get a craving for something bad, I can have a few of those without breaking my fitness pal calculator. Last night I decided to whip up a little something that I thought would taste the most like a blizzard or milkshake. I was right! I mixed up 1/2 cup of unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, 3 ice cubes and half a pack of Oreo thinsations. Blended it all up in my magic bullet and it was so refreshing!!

Once I actually did the comparison to a small Oreo blizzard I actually wanted to vomit. It's something I definitely took for granted before I lost 110lbs. Oh sure I'll have a blizzard, I need to treat myself. Well that once a week treat in the summer time turns into a nightly thing and my god when you look at what you are putting in your body its disgusting! I saved myself 480 calories, 16.8 grams of fat, 40mg of cholesterol and 71 carbs by mixing up my little milkshake and avoiding the blizzard. That was only a small blizzard, when I think back to what I used to have a medium probably. It's unreal. I know checking calories on everything before you eat it is not regular practice for everyone. I know I never did. But wow if you just take a minute to look up something and actually see the stats on what you are putting in your body you might think twice. We all deserve a little treat once in a while, life is too short to not enjoy it, I fully believe that. That little shake I made was actually so satisfying I didn't need that blizzard anymore. It hit my craving on its head, tasted refreshing and I never felt like a bag-o-shit after eating it. On this picture below, the left hand side is the nutrition information for a small Oreo blizzard, the right is my nutrition information for my homemade shake. I know this wasn't a genius idea and I'm not the first one to think of it i'm sure but I needed to share it for the fact of seeing the difference between the regular and the slightly modified version of foods.



I am going to make it a point to start posting more recipes that I have altered. I am constantly changing recipes I find on Pinterest or wherever to be healthier, lower in fat especially and lower in carbs.

This summer I am going to keep the almond milk and ice stocked and mix up some meal replacement shakes by adding my protein powder.





Hugs & Glitter,

Chanty

Easier you say? Cheaper you say? Speaking out on the Misconceptions of WLS!

With this recent article that CBC Edmonton posted about out of country weight loss surgery, I felt compelled to give my opinion on the other side of the story. While I don’t have any affiliations with the company mentioned or understand the patient in the articles complications, as I had none, I can understand the need for a regulatory screening of out of country weight loss clinics. Many people are going to fly by the night surgeons in Mexico and they are not doing their research.

My choice to get surgery out of the country was not due to it being cheaper or easier. It is actually quite the opposite. The cost of sleeve surgery in Alberta can essentially be free if you are willing to follow the doctors recommendations, be put on a monitoring period of approximately 2 years, then after that is complete and they decide to do your surgery (there’s still the chance they will deny you) you are then put on a waiting list for approximately 2 years. It was potentially going to be 5 or more years for me to wait and maybe get the surgery done in Canada. I of course spent a year researching places to get out of country surgery. I discovered Weight Loss Forever and Dr. Pompa who practices at an International Center of Excellence Hospital that has been accredited by the Surgical Review Corporation. There was no doubt in my mind when a friend of mine had had surgery there and after researching the surgeon’s credentials that I would get Dr. Pompa to do my surgery. The decision became easier when I could save my life in the next couple of months instead of waiting for 5 years.

Research is so important when choosing to have out of country surgery. I was put through a very intense medical screening before I was even approved for surgery. The Medical screening was done with the help of my Lloydminster family doctor and also by my surgeon and a team of highly trained doctors. There were certain protocols in place for before and after my surgery and a list of strict guidelines to follow to avoid complications.

What this article left out was the medical complications of someone being over 300lbs. I was headed towards diabetes, heart disease, immobility, depression and a few other things that being severely overweight would have caused. What about the years of being diabetic or having heart failure, what does that cost the Alberta government? What about the repeated diets I have been on, that completely ruined my metabolism? What about all the costs of failed gym memberships? It all added up to a number I couldn’t fathom not to mention the further damage to my body. I now go the doctor every 6 months and my blood levels have always been normal, everything came back with a clean bill of health, besides developing gallstones, which women have a high percentage of developing over the course of their lives.

There are also so many misconceptions of weight loss surgery. The first being that it’s taking the easy way out. I don’t think anyone without a weight issue will truly understand the commitment it takes to loosing weight. It definitely has not been the easy way out for me. I got surgery to aid in my weight loss as I was severely obese. I also got surgery so that once I lost the weight; I would keep it off and stay healthy. I wouldn’t go back to being overweight. It takes work to loose the weight and maintain it. I have to be active, I have to eat right, choose the healthier option all the time. I no longer put garbage in my body. The psychological toll being overweight takes on your mind is also something that is not easy to deal with. I still see the fat girl in the mirror. Try as I might it is hard sometimes to wrap my mind around the fact I am a different person now. The happiness I feel day to day sometimes doesn’t seem real. The years of teasing and being made fun, being the butt of someone’s fat joke, you still feel like that person. I think people are quick to forget what an overweight person goes through and while I wouldn’t want anyone’s pity, its important for people to understand that no part of a weight loss journey is easy. Going into stores is still not easy, I still want to try on the biggest size they have and I still avoid certain stores in fear I will feel like shit after leaving them because nothing will fit me in there. I didn’t have 50-80lbs to loose when I applied for surgery I have more along the lines of 150lbs to loose if I want to be in a somewhat healthy weight range according to statistics set up by the Canadian government. Another misconception of weight loss surgery is that you don’t eat after you get it done. I actually had a lady say that to me the other day, I said I had sleeve surgery and she said “oh, is that where you don’t eat?” Ahh nope! I do eat. A typical day for me would be:

Breakfast:

¼-1/2 cup of cereal with unsweetened Almond Milk or a protein shake with fruit mixed in.

I also like to have a greek yogurt (full) with some Special K granola the odd time for breakfast.

Lunch:

I usually have whatever is leftover from supper. A 4oz piece of meat and some veggies and a bit of brown rice. Sometimes I’ll make half an English muffin with some tuna salad on top.

Today I have a half of a low fat ham sandwich!

Supper:

Everything I cook my boyfriend also eats. I usually cook on the healthier side of things but I make regulars like chicken cauliflower fried rice (a fav of mine), chili, tuna casserole, taco’s, enchiladas, stews & breakfast for supper.

Snacks:

I have not given up my snacks. I choose healthy snacks but I still do snack between meals when I am at work.

I will have fruit or a fat free cheese slice with some triscuits or sometimes I have a packet of 100 calorie snacks like bits and bites or chocolate pretzels.

I find my life to be very normal day to day. Yes there are sometimes I wish I could eat more when something is really good, but my relationship with food has changed completely. For a lot of people this is the biggest problem after weight loss surgery. It’s something you have to be prepared with before hand. You will never eat a full fast food meal again, but do you need to be doing that anyways?

Without out of country weight loss surgery I don’t know where I would be right now. It’s not something I want to think about. I am so very glad I made the decision I did to do it, and there is not a day that I regret it. It saved my life.

As always,

Hugs & Glitter,

Chanty

Sky Drippin' Rhinestones, Baby Get Your Shine On!

So for my birthday, my boyfriend said to me, the best gift I can give you right now is to take you to the Weight Loss Forever Gala, buy you a new dress and let you show your hard work off. He was so right! Everything from buying a non-black dress, something I’ve never done before to walking on stage in front of a bunch of people was the best gift I could receive at this point in my journey. It was amazing to see all of the unreal transformations, hear the stories of the other sleevers and their journey’s. It was such an inspiring night. It’s amazing what you can do when you are given a gift. My first gift to myself was of course my sleeve. Without it I could not have achieved what I have so far since that day in April.

I was able to see my surgeon this weekend and she said something that summed up my journey. She said she loves seeing the light inside of us go back on. She is so right. I have a new light in my eyes, my cheeks and my smile. My smile even looks whiter! Maybe that’s from my cleaning and checkup last week but still, its there. That light inside of me is illuminated so bright, there’s no way I could hide it. I know part of my light is from my wonderful boyfriend. He is certainly responsible for part of my genuine smile and the light in my eyes. There are a few other people out there that are responsible for my renewed smile. Everyone who has been apart of my journey. Everyone who gives me constant encouragement and everyone that tells me I am an inspiration. It’s something I never aspired to be. I’ve always tried to blend into the background. Wear black so my thighs or stomach would look smaller. I know now there will be no more blending into the background, no more hiding behind black. Just put me in the front row and let me shine! It’s silly but sometimes when I smile, I feel so happy that I feel like I have high beams coming out of my teeth! Haha. I hope everyone can dig deep and find their own light, if its recently gone out. There are so many things that can turn your light back on, eating healthy, doing better at your job, rekindling or repairing relationships, getting a little more active or simply by enjoying the things you have in your life. It’s so easy to automatically think of the negative first but I encourage you to think of the positives first. The negatives will always be there but you don’t have to let them dim your light.

Thank you all for helping me change my light bulb! :) <--100W smile

Hugs & Glitter,

Chanty

Celebrate good times, come on! Yahoo! This is your celebration!

Ok is anyone else now singing this song in their head to the tune of Ross from Friends playing his bag pipes with Phoebe in the background singing along to it? Haha it made me giggle.

Please forgive me once again for not blogging for so long. Last month I was too busy toasting and celebrating the holiday season with friends and family. Then my boyfriend and I went to Las Vegas for New Years Eve and I went “hog wild” when I was unleashed on the first mall I found. God love the Macy’s fitting room attendant for looking past the 100+ items I took into the change room with me at one time. It was a bad case of loosing 90lbs and not knowing where in the heck to start in the “regular” sizes section. Dear god I can still remember the feeling I had when I walked into that Macy’s and I was looking at the plus sizes section and I was like OMG I can’t fit into any of this stuff!! What will I do?! Oh ya, go to the regular section. I said to my boyfriend please just bare with me while I look at this cute top, “OMG! Another cute top!” “OMG! Look at these skinny jeans!” “OMG! And these super cute boots to go with those skinny jeans!”

Needless to say I was in pure heaven. I’m pretty sure my boyfriend was beginning to think to himself, dear lord please don’t let this be her regular spending habit. Well I can assure him a little that it was an occasion type thing but when you loose 100lbs, which is now what I am celebrating, it’s really hard to walk past that cute top, skinny pair of jeans and boots. They never used to fit like they do now and it’s one of the greatest feelings!

So another reason for the delay I couldn’t bring myself to post it the blog I had written just after New Years. I was not 100% happy with my progress. I should re-phrase that I was happy with it but then I thought I should have been loosing more. I really would have liked to have had my 100lbs gone by December 31^st but it just wasn’t in the cards for me. I was at a major plateau and I also can’t sugar coat it and say the holidays were a breeze or that I followed all the rules. "Protein first" or "sip water all day". Heck no! It was crab dip first and it wasn't water I was sippin' on either. Honestly who can't say they didn't toast a few cocktails and have a few too many chips with dip. I’m no saint that’s for sure, but I still knew what my goal was and I never once forgot it.

With a new year comes a new year’s resolution. 2013 was not without it’s hardships and when I think back to how it started and how I felt during that time, 100lbs heavier I can't believe how far i've come.  All I remember now is the happiness I felt after that day on April 16^th when I had my surgery. Since then I have had a new outlook on life. I thought to myself what kind of New Years Resolutions would I have for 2014? I have already accomplished so much. I knew one was my 100lbs goal. But then I thought to myself I have always had to have these major resolutions that were always unreachable. I always needed to loose more than a few pounds or get more active than just get a little more active. I always had huge resolutions because my life and body needed a major overhaul. Since I am well past my “major overhaul” and am now a little over 1/3 of the girl I used to be I am going to focus on the little things in life. Getting a little more active. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Just little things I can do to sustain all that I have accomplished. I feel like I would like to loose 20-30lbs and if it takes me the whole year to get there, so be it. If not well that’s great to! I am going to be just sitting back in 2014 and enjoying all the little things I never did before and of course go on a few more new adventures.

Celebrating my 100lbs goal yesterday was a feeling I can’t explain. I felt proud of myself before and I felt so good but there’s something to be said for that feeling when you get to that one major goal you have been waiting for your whole life. 100lbs! I never thought I would see it and I know I’ve said that at every major milestone along the way but 100 just literally blows my mind.

I hope this New Year has started out great for all of you and you maybe have already achieved some goals or resolutions or maybe jyou ust started putting them into action. Whether you have a goal or are just sitting back enjoying life I want to thank you all again for supporting me in my journey that is still ongoing. Thank you for your wonderful and uplifting messages and comments. I truly appreciate all the feedback I get from you all and wish you a year full of happiness, laughter and a little glitter.

Hugs & Glitter,

 

Chanty