This weekend I went bowling with the Weight Watchers ladies (Vancouver Points Club) who live in my area. It was a blast! Check out this first pic...who knew XCalibur bowling would be X-Rated? Bwahahahhhah! MY EYES! MY EYES! It was much worse in person. We saw two full games of this chick flashing her jiggly bits for all to see. LOL!

UP a lb for WI today. Thks TOM, can sure tell you're arriving soon. I think I'll switch back to losing for this week. I liked the lower 140's better than the upper range.

ARGHHHHH!!!!! I'm going to jump off a bridge! ;o) I'm up 6 friggen lbs today! I went from 144.2 to 150.2lbs. How the hell does that happen? I'm so pissed off, you have no idea...

Down ANOTHER 2 lbs today! And here's pics of the 2 birthday cakes I indulged in this weekend for FOUR nights in a row. I still can't believe eating cake made me drop over 5 lbs this weekend. Crazy!

Geesh, I had another piece of cake last night (all within my points) and dropped ANOTHER lb. This is so weird! So I'm 146 lbs now. My weight range for my height is 139-167. I feel good :O)

So I had my first WI on maintenance today and I'm DOWN 2.4 lbs! I had a really, really warped week. The worst I've had on WW so far. I was SO incredibly stressed about switching to maintenace. I can't even begin to explain the mind trip I went through. I was SO resisitant to stopping the losing process. I feel kind of ripped off. Yes I should be happy, I've lost a ton of weight. BUT, this is not what I expected to look like. I am definitely going to need some plastic surgery (tummy tuck and breast lift), and I fully plan on having both procedures done. I think I will maintain my weight for 3/4 - 1yr first though, let my skin snap back as much as it will. I also feel a little sad that my journey is over, I really enjoy losing weight. Heck, I'm good at it! Anyways, because I was so stressed out, there were actually two days this week that I didn't eat all my daily points. I was 12 pts short one day, and 15 the next. I just couldn't eat. I was too upset, and had no appetite. I've only ever shorted myself in points ONCE before, and it was only 2 pts because I accidentally fell asleep early one night. This is not the norm for me, I am very strict about eating ALL my points. I smartened up for the next two days after that and ate the way I should. Then this weekend was my birthday, my anniversary, my sons birthday, and my Dad's birthday. I had 2 different set of company staying at my house. There was ALOT of eating out, and cake. I didn't count points at all, so I have no idea if I went over or not. I for sure used all my flex. I was SHOCKED when I stood on the scale this morning and it showed a loss. I thought for sure all that birthday cake, wine, and restaurant food would make me gain BUT IT DIDN'T! Somehow dropping 2.4 more lbs made me feel a bit more comfortable with my weight. Now when my weight fluctuates it should hopefully stay in the 140's. I'd like to stay right at this weight now. I guess we'll see what happens this week. I'm going to continue with adding the 4 maintenace pts even though I showed a loss. My week was so screwy I think I need to give my body a chance to level out before I go adding or subtracting anymore points.

Surprise, Surprise...I hate maintenance! I know it's only been 2 days, but I've been up 2 lbs on both those days. I hate seeing my numbers out of the 140's. I hate being so friggen full with a tummy ache, and I hate that I won't see a loss on the scale this week. I hope I adjust to this soon. I have a feeling I will see a gain on the scale come Monday. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Celebrating the 140's with a pic :O)

Edited to add, official WI for Monday was 149.6, the loss stuck and I'm switching to maintanence:O)



The infamous scale shot ;o)

I'm 149.6 today! WI should be good on Monday, if I don't screw up tonight with the dinner party I'm hosting. I may switch to maintenance after this WI, if not this week then next week for sure. I can't believe the losing part of my journey is almost done. I feel a little sad :O(

The scale shows me down a pound today (not official WI though). Wow, I'm a little surprised. I kinda had the feeling that my body wouldn't let me lose anymore. Now the question is...how low should I go? I'm 150.4 today. Input you guys! What do you think?

Weigh in Today = Stay the Same, I knew that was comin'... it's TOM.

I got my haircut!



This is a very good friend of mine, I won't let anyone else cut my hair but her. I swear she cuts each hair 20 times, it's perfect!



A really cool shot that she got of the back (love that reflection in the mirror).



Here I am in my workout gear. I took this pic to compare to my "174 lb" pic that I have in the same outfit.



A front and back shot taken on a crappy camera phone.



Punked out to go out ;o)



Enough Orange for you Happychix? LOL!

I am getting so annoyed. Why can't people just be happy for me? After my big loss this week I am getting comments from people that are pissing me off. Things like, "you're starting to get that sunken hollow look", "you don't want to go too far", and "you need to stop losing weight if you want to stay healthy". Why is it that people are so bothered that I'm going below my goal weight? I set my goal weight for the very top of the weight range for my height. I am now in the middle of the weight range for my height. What's the issue here? If I wanted to, I could go all the way down to 139 and still be within that range. I don't plan on it, but I could! My body fat % is 22.7, an athlete would have 14-20, someone who is fit would have 21-24. I think that I'm right where I should be. What do you guys think? Am I wrong? I think I look fine. Maybe I should post an updated pic.

Well, the Wendie Plan just broke my 2nd month long plateau. I'm down 7.6 lbs today. YES, I typed that right....lol, 7.6 lbs. Un-freaking-believable. I'm trying to decide...do I stop here, or shave off that last 1.4 to make myself weigh 150 even. I guess that I can stop losing anytime I want now. I had been hoping to get to 153 lbs, but now I just passed that...I'm at 151.4. I can't believe it! I took one of my usual scale pictures, once I figure out how to get it off my new camera phone, I will post it :O)

I LOVE YOU Wendie!!!! Seriously, whoever invented the Wendie plan I love them. This was my 2nd month long plateau (one month as of 2 days ago that my weight hadn't changed). Wendie broke that plateau today! I've worked really hard activity wise and been doing the Wendie Plan and the scale shows me down 2.6 this morning! I can't wait for Monday's WI, this better stick! *jumping up and down* YAY!

I'm noticing there's a new trend between me and the scale. It's the up and down trend. One week up, the next week down. This was my up week. +0.6 lbs sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...My weight has basically stayed the same for the last 3 weeks. I'm getting a little frusterated. Going back on the Wendie Plan again this week, hopefully it works like it did the last time.

I went to a VPC (Vancouver Points Club) Pot Luck last night at Lindsays house. It was so much fun! I always love getting together with those ladies. The food was GREAT! Mmmmmmmm 2 pt fudge, and 1 pt chocolate cheesecake! Yum! Again, click on the pictures if you want to see them biggie sized :O)

Here's the Sun Run Photos. Thanks Dad! Although I still think you're crazy for spending so much money on them :OP

Clock on the photos to biggie size them :O)

My Dad and his SO have just bought me ALL of the Sun Run Photos. I can't believe it! So, I'm just waiting for my order to be filled and to receive them by email, I'll be sure to post them ASAP!

Preview pics from the Sun Run, I'm trying to decide which to buy. Pretty neat to get to see myself crossing the finish line :O)

YAY for weigh in today!!! Back down to the 150's...Woot Woot! Down 2.6 lbs putting me at 158.4 and 24.8% body fat (trying to get that number down to 23).

10K SUN RUN COMPLETED! I just ran my first race. It was the 10k Sun Run in Vancouver. I met both of my personal goals that I set for the race. The first was to run the entire thing (no walking), and I DID! The second goal was to do it in under 70 mins, and I DID THAT TOO! According to my Nike+ training kit I did it in 66 mins 20 seconds :O)

ANDDDDDDDDD, I'm not dying! I feel pretty good. Actually, I'm on top of the world!!! My new orthotics ROCKED the hizouse. I couldn't have done it without them :O)

THANK YOU to HappyChix and Mousearoo for being my running inspirations :O)

YAYYYYYYYY!!! Just got the phone call, my orthotics are IN. I get them tomorrow at 2:15pm and do you know what that means? I'll have them in time for the 10K Sun Run on Sunday! I know you shouldn't get your orthotics and run a race in them right away, but honestly I *know* that I'll be better off WITH the orthotics then without. I was dreading doing this run without them because I know that I would end up injured again. And I'm still not even fully healed. Anyways, that's my first piece of good news for the day. My second piece, I'm 158 today! Looks like it'll be a good weigh in on Monday :O)

GAIN of 1.2 lbs today. No biggie, I'm retaining water and I know it. As long as I stay below goal and within my healthy weight range for my height, I'm happy :O)

Omg! Omg! I'm so excited! Check out this weigh in. I never thought I'd see the 150's, but here I am :O) I seriously don't ever remember weighing in the 150's before. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I guess all my activity this week paid off. My loss for this week was 3.4 lbs.



I am going to post my menu/activity for the week because I am having alot of people ask about it. You will notice I'm not very good at getting my oils. I do however drink 3+L of water a day, and take a multivitamin.

Daily Points Target is 24

WEEK SUMMARY
19.5 Flex Eaten
41 AP’s Earned, 37.5 of them Eaten

MONDAY
Breakfast:
Oatmeal (2pt)

Lunch:
104 gm cooked pasta (2.5pt)
½ cup vegetarian pasta sauce (2pt)
HUGE greek salad with feta cheese (3 pt)

Evening:
Pizza Pita with Turkey, Cheese n Veggies (6 pt)

Snacks:
154 gm strawberries (.5pt)
34 gm Cool Whip Fat Free (1pt)
Oatmeal (2pt)
SlimFast P’nut Butter Crunch Bar (2pt)
Cottage Cheese (2pt)
WW Bread Grill Cheese Sandwich (2pt)
Strawberries with ½ cup Frozen Ice Milk (3.5pt)
Popcorn (2.5 pt)

ACTIVITY
25min Ab Work and Free Weights (1AP)
40 min high intensity cardio (5AP)

Total Pts Eaten 31

TUESDAY
Breaky:
Oatmeal (2pt)

Lunch:
Popcorn, Pizza Pita, and huge greek salad (9.5 pt)

Evening:
64gm cooked white rice (1.5pt)
chicken (6pt)
sticky chicky sauce (.5pt)

Snacks:
50gm cooked beef steak (2pt)
½ cup dry gravy (1pt)
100gm mashed potatoes (2pt)
176 gm strawberries (.5pt)
68 gm FF Cool Whip (2.5 pt)
reese snack bar (3pt)
Slim Fast Pnut Butter Crunch Bar (2pt)

ACTIVITY
30min Yoga (1 AP)
65 min high intensity cardio (45 stairclimber and 20 mins bike) (9AP)
Yard Work (at least 10 AP’s worth, but didn’t count it)

TOTAL POINTS EATEN – 32.5

WEDNESDAY
Breaky:

Oatmeal (2pt)

Lunch:
Pita Sandwich Ham and Cheese (6pt)
Huge Greek Salad (2.5 pt)

Dinner:
½ cup yellow corn (1pt)
¾ cup white rice (3pt)
130 gm salmon (5.5 pt)
TarTarSauce (1pt)

Snacks:
120gm Banana (1.5pt)
50gm FF Cool Whip (1.5pt)
Thinsensations ShortBread (2pt)
Oatmeal (2pt)
Popcorn (1pt)
Grilled Cheese with Turkey (2.5pt)
½ Reese Snack Bar (1.5 pt)

ACTIVITY
30 min abworkout and weights (1AP)
30 min high intensity cardio (recumbant bike) (4AP)
Yard Work (at least 10 AP’s worth, but didn’t count it)

TOTAL POINTS EATEN – 33

THURSDAY
39pt eaten
30 mins high intensity cardio (Elliptical) (4AP)

FRIDAY
31.5 Points Eaten
Yoga (1AP)

SATURDAY
33 Pts Eaten
30 mins abworkout and weights (1AP)
60 mins high intensity cardio (Elliptical, Stairclimber, Bike) (8AP)

SUNDAY
25 Pts Eaten
Yoga (1AP)

Just for fun because my 4 yr old wanted to take a pic. I thought that I'd share since I'm actually wearing colour today rather than my usual black attire :O)

So, I went for a fitting today for Custom Made Orthotics. For those who don't know, I've been getting some major shin splints when I run and the doctor told me that I need orthotics if I want to continue. Well, I was hoping to still be able to run my 10K race April 15th, but I found out today that it isn't even an option. He said MAYBE I'll be able to do a bit of running with my walking, but I definitely won't be able to run it all as I had planned. It's been 9 days and my shins aren't getting any better, so I'm only allowed to do low impact exercises for awhile. *sigh*....this sucks. But ANYWAYS, a bit of happy news too. My WONDERFUL Dh decided to get me a "goal gift" from him. I guess he figures I bought my own Ipod as my goal gift, so he wanted to get me something special from him. He knows that I have NEVER EVER had a purse worth more than 20-30 dollars (I'm so cheap), so he went and bought me a fancy shmancy new GUESS purse and wallet. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it so I thought that I'd share a pic :O)



He also got me a nice tanktop with wide lace around the bottom to wear under my tshirts so that I won't be so self consious about my belly. Layering works to hide the bulge. He's the BEST :O)

Weigh in this week....GAIN 0.8 lbs. It's all right. I'm not worried in the least. Body Fat percentage went down to 25.5%. I'm quitting the Wendie Plan, six weeks was enough. I'll use it again if I need to, I love Wendie. I think my shins are finally starting to heal up. I had to take 4 days off from activity this week! That sucked! I never realized how much exercise effects my mood! I was a total grouch those 4 days. This will be a better week :O)

I didn't do Wendie this week, and I still lost 2 lbs :O)

Just a fun little comparison shot....

I'm going to a house party tonight. Here's a pic of what I'm wearing. These are my "goal" pants. I bought these pants when I was thin, and they never did fit. They were always a bit too small. Now I can wear them, and I even have room! Yippee! Anyways, some of my friends from highschool found me on myspace and invited me to their house for a party. It's going to be so much fun, and best of all I get a night off. NO KIDS! YAYYYYYY!

Today I applied to become a Weight Watchers Success Story, and I already heard back from them. Here's their response...

Hi Shaunna –



My name is ********* and I’m the editor for WeightWatchers.ca. Congratulations on your weight loss. You’ve lost a tremendous amount and should be extremely proud! The message board petition is very impressive and quite touching too. You’ve clearly been an inspiration to so many others trying to lose weight on the plan. Thank you. We would love to feature your story on the site.



I’m sending you a copy of our success story application as an attached file to this email. If you’re interested, please fill it out, gather the materials requested in the package and then send them back to me. From there, we’ll assemble your file to keep on record. I’m sorry to say we do not have an upcoming success story photo shoot scheduled in Vancouver at this time; however, I will surely notify you as soon as one is in the works!



Looking forward to hearing back from you. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Holy, and did I EVER reach goal this morning. I've lost 4.2 lbs this week on the Wendie Plan. Putting me 2.6 lbs under goal. Wow! I think that's a good indication that I can lose a bit more. I'd like to get my body fat% down to 23% and right now it's 25.9%. I'm not going to worry too much about it though, at this point I don't care how long it takes, I've reached GOAL! I can't believe I did it! Well, yes I can! But God, I'm crying my eyes out :O) I'm actually a healthy weight now! For my goal gift I bought myself a green 4Gb Ipod Nano, and my Mom and her DH were so kind as to buy me the Ipod+Nike Sports Kit to go with it (tracks my running). I'm SO excited. Just waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!!! WOOT WOOOOOOOOT! YEAHHHHHHHHHH BAY-BEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I really want to thank ALL of you for being here for me. You are the BEST support a girl can ask for. You made this journey enjoyable. I had friends with me every step of the way. THANK YOU!

Oh, and here's my proof ;o)

Here's a LINK to a weight loss article in the Toronto Star. It mentions me :O)

Look at what I saw on the scale today. Only .6 away! I *could* make it to goal this week. I guess I'll have to wait and see :O)

I'm finally in the 160's

I'm down 1.6 lbs this week! I'm 169 lbs now, so only 2 lbs from goal. I have decided that I am going to go below that, but first I just want to get there. So total loss to date is 112 lbs, and 89 of that I've lost in the last 38 weeks (about 9 months). Yes I'm BRAGGING, I can't believe I've done that! Here's a pic of me that was taken 6 days ago. Why am I sharing these pics? Because this was a major step for me. I was afraid of the picture taking that would inevitably take place at our get together. Worried about how I would look. I was actually surprised when I saw the results. I don't look fat! Tall...YES, fat...NOPE, not anymore!

Pssssst....It's not my WI today BUT I hit the 160's this morning :OP

Oops! I forgot to update you guys on my weigh in this morning. I was down 2.8 lbs, putting me only 3.6 lbs away from goal!

This is how I eat, I gave a few examples for each meal....


2 pt Breakfast (one of the following, not a huge breaky fan):

-All Bran Bar
-Steel Cut Oats with Cinnamon & Splenda
-All Bran Cereal with Skim Milk
-2 pieces of WW Toast with Lite Cheez Whiz

6 pt Lunch (one of the following):

-1 cup of pasta with 1 cup of Vegetarian Sauce
-Smart Ones Turkey Frozen Dinner with a Salad and oliveoil/balsamic vinegar
-Greek Salad (with olive oil and balsamic vinegar)and Grilled Cheese and Turkey Sandwich
-Pita Pizza made at home

8-10pt Dinner (one of the following):

-Salmon with ½ cup of rice, and a cup of yellow corn
-Veggie Burger with home fries and salad
-Lean beef with baked potato, fat free sourcream and chives, and some stir fry mixed veggies (in olive oil)
-Teriyaki Chicken Breast with mashed potatoes and steamed carrots

1-4pt Snacks (3+ a night):

-strawberries with fat free cool whip and frozen ice milk
-smart pop popcorn
-Cadbury thin bar
-Yogurt
-WW frozen cake
-Rice Krispie Square

I also make sure to take a multivitamin and drink 3+L of water a day, and get my exercise.

Down 1.6 for Weigh In Today. I'm going to quit the Wendie Plan today, and just try staggering my points myself. If it doesn't work, then I'll just go back to Wendie :O)

Well I found a picture of me at my start weight of 281 lbs, so I got my 4 yr old to snap a pic of me today so that I can compare. Wow, what a difference! I forgot how big I really was.

I always envied Mihart (from the WW Message Boards) for being able to put both legs in one pant leg of her "fat pants". Well, now I can do it too!

Wendie works! I lost 5.2 this week. I just broke that plateau in a big way LoL! Thks to everyone who suggested I try Wendie, that's exactly what I needed. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *happy dance* I'm SO relieved. Only 8 lbs to goal :O)

I got a new haircut! Here's some pics :O)