On October 9, 2001, I gave up refined sugars and sweets.
This picture was taken December 2006, after losing almost 90 pounds.
Then, while I was in school (from fall of 2007 to fall of 2010) I started eating "on the run" and eating processed foods, I gained over 30 pounds back!
Here I am last summer (June 2010). I think I gained another 10 pounds the months following this photo, but this is the closet I can find for a "before" picture for starting My Healthy Eating Challenge (January 2011). If I find a picture taken closer to January, I will post it later.
Weight changes since starting My Healthy Eating Challenge:
January 1 weigh-in: Want to lose 35 pounds.
January 15 weigh-in: 8.5 pounds lost. 26.5 pounds to go. (8.5 pounds lost so far!)
January 31 weigh-in: 2.5 pounds lost. 24.0 pounds to go. (11 pounds lost so far!)
February 14 weigh-in: 4.5 pounds lost. 19.5 pounds to go. (15.5 pounds lost so far!)
March 1 weigh-in: 3 pounds lost. 16.5 pounds to go. (18.5 pounds lost so far!)
April 1 weigh-in: 3 pounds lost. 13.5 pounds to go. (21.5 pounds lost so far!)
May 2 weigh-in: 2 pounds lost. 11.5 pounds to go. (23.5 pounds lost so far!)
June 2 weigh-in: 1 pound gained. 12.5 pounds to go. (22.5 pounds lost so far!)
July 4 weigh-in: 3 pounds lost. 9.5 pounds to go. (25.5 pounds lost so far!)
Sep 30 weigh-in: 2.5 pounds gained. 12 pounds to go. (23 pounds lost so far!)
Oct. 15 weigh-in: 4.5 pounds lost. 7.5 pounds to go. (27.5 pounds lost so far!)
