Plump To Pumped: A Weightloss Journey

16/01/2024

It’s been a LONG time since I was active on this page! My goal is to stay active and spread some positivity and help anyone on their healthy weight loss journey! Gonna start sharing more cooking videos and recipes and ways that we can stay active. The older I get they harder I find it to keep the weight off! What motivates you??? What kind of things do you like seeing on pages like this?

22/07/2020

How is everyone doing today?? I'll admit, my eating is gonna be wonky until payday lol. But I'm gonna make the best of it! I have tuna for lunch today and as long as it doesn't rain I'm going to walk on my lunch!

So, I did a live last night while I cooked dinner, those that watched, was it boring? Dumb? Too much? Give me some feedback y'all! Would you like to see more cooking or prepping videos??

21/07/2020

Finished dinner product! Chicken fajita bake!

21/07/2020

21/07/2020

Hey everyone!! How are you all holding up with this COVID19 mess??? It's been a doozy of a year y'all and I am praying that 2021 brings a brighter time for all of us.
If you have followed my page at all, you know that in 2017 I had weight loss surgery after struggling with my weight for my entire life. At my heaviest I weighed 277 lbs. At 5'4" I was morbidly obese. I struggled to do anything active with my kids and I battled infertility for years. I was a type 2 diabetic, had high blood pressure and just felt like straight up garbage for YEARS.
I was originally planning to have thr gastric sleeve and based on recommendations from my surgeon I switched to the SIPS. SIPS is best described as a cross between the gastric bypass and the gastric sleeve. It is better in regards to absorption and hormones and it has been life changing!
In less than 6 months I was down roughly 70 pounds. However, 8 months after my surgery I discovered that I was PREGNANT! After YEARS of struggling with infertility I never imagined I would get pregnant on my own! Our daughter and last baby was born on July 15th, 2018. After I had our daughter I weighed 163 lbs! My lowest weight!
Unfortunately, weight loss surgery is not some miracle fix. You STILL have to eat right and work out and I have ultimately slid back into old, horrible habits. I have had some regain and I feel like absolute crap again.

So here is where this page and you all come in. I need accountability. I need to get this extra weight off. I did not have a major surgery to fail! I really want to make this an encouraging community! I want you all to post recipes (healthy of course!), post your trials, post your NSV (non scale victories), post encouraging words, whatever moves you! Let's be there for each other! Let's get active! Let's make the best of this dang quarantine!

We got this y'all!! I love you all and I can't wait to be able to hug people again!

Pic is a before and after just for some added motivation!!

19/11/2019

I have a raging headache today so no gym. But I've been cleaning house and let me tell you, THAT'S a workout lol. Whatcha got today??

18/11/2019

Here it is guys! Took my little big man to the gym with me! Show me your activity!!

18/11/2019

I am issuing a challenge to you all....there are 44 days left in this year. I challenge you to workout every day until January 1st. Even if its only 15 minutes a day. Even if its only walking. Do something. Be active. I will post every day my workout. If you comment on my post and give me picture proof that you were active, I'll enter you into a drawing for a prize!! So....starting tomorrow, November 18th, comment on my post with my workout info with a picture of your workout. On January 3rd I will select a winner!! Sound good? Let's do it y'all! Lets end 2019 living our best healthy lives!!

07/10/2019

If you've been doing the not weighing yourself challenge with me, how ya doin? I've been strong guys! Its been hard, cause its such a habit to just hop up on that scale, but it's getting easier! Also, I "restarted" keto this morning. It is by far the hardest thing ever. I love all the foods you can eat while on keto, but I also LOVE all the foods you CAN'T have on keto 🙄. I'm making a lemon chicken soup on this rainy day for dinner, what are YOU having to fuel your body today?

03/10/2019

You guys, I already failed. I weighed myself yesterday morning. But I've been strong so far today! I can do this and so can y'all!!

01/10/2019

I don't know about you guys, but I am somewhat of a slave to my scale. I weigh myself every day and sometimes several times a day! I am so fixated on a number and frankly, I'm ready for some change. So for the whole month of October I am not weighing myself. I weighed last night and I will weigh myself November 1st! Anyone wanna join this challenge? Also, what are some other non scale goals we can support each other on??

10/09/2019

Not gonna lie y'all, sick kids have me all outta whack! I haven't found the time to do my workouts the last two days. What do YOU do to hold yourself accountable? I am terrible for saying forget it and giving up! I don't want that anymore. I KNOW how important it is for me to move and be active. I do not want to gain any more weight back. So tell me, what keeps you motivated and what do you do if you slack off?

07/09/2019

After I did my Insanity workout this morning, we loaded the littles up and went to our local farmers market. We go every week and some of the vendors even know my kids names lol. I love our farmers market and I have never been disappointed in the produce we've gotten.

So today, I'm going to make stuffed spaghetti squash for lunch and I can't wait to show y'all the finished product! Then later I'll be prepping some goodies for a friend's party tomorrow. Check back later my friends! I'll post some recipes when I'm finished!

25/09/2018

I did a thing today....

I officially and FINALLY lost 100 lbs!!!! Still have a ways to go but I'm so excited!!!

(PS don't mind my toe lol. I sat the baby's car seat on it, with the baby in it!😲😮😭)

18/09/2018

Today is Transformation Tuesday! So grateful that even with all the extra calories I'm eating while nursing the new baby, I'm still losing weight! I am SOOOOOOO close to losing 100 pounds!!

22/08/2018

Made some zoodles for lunch! I'm telling you, you don't have to sacrifice flavor and other indulgences to eat better!! These were delicious and filling! Recipe will be in the comment section!

22/08/2018

I'm thinking about doing a live while a meal prep soon....anyone have a meal they'd like to see prepped? I'm trying to increase my time on this page! I genuinely want to help others and motivate the crap outta y'all!

22/08/2018

I'm so glad tomorrow is a new day. It's so hot in our house, I've eaten terrible all day, and my quads are killing me from doing those squats yesterday.

21/08/2018

Guys...my air conditioning went out last night 😭😭😭 it's cooler outside than it is in my house!! I'm going to restart the challenge on Thursday!! Who's in??!!!

20/08/2018

Y'all know this is true.... It's so hard to eat right some days!!

I’ll try again tomorrow... 🥐🍔🍟🍕

20/08/2018

Video #3

20/08/2018

30 day challenge! Anyone wanna do it with me?? Also, I'd like to hear your favorite 30 day challenges!!

20/08/2018

Video #2

20/08/2018

Hey guys!! I'm trying something new...I decided to start working out again and I made some videos. I'm not great at editing them so they are all separate lol. I will get better I promise! Anyway check out the videos below as well as the challenge I'm gonna attempt!

16/08/2018

I personally feel that the biggest thing people struggle with when it comes to weight loss is portion size. Our country is obsessed with the bigger the better mentality.

When I first started this journey I measured every thing I ate. Now that I've been doing it for some time, I can eyeball the serving size.

I wanna hear from you guys, what do YOU struggle with when it comes to weight loss? Portion control? Exercise? Motivation in general?

Can I help you in any way? I'm not a professional but I feel like my real life experience more than qualifies me to help. Not give medical advice mind you, but help ;)

01/08/2018

Today is WHOA Wednesday....I went to the doctor yesterday for them to check my csection incision and she said I could start low impact exercise!! Whoo hoo! In honor of that, here is a side by side of my progress!!

2011 vs 2018

21/07/2018

Hello everyone!!! I was such a slacker during the last few months and didn't keep up with this page like I had intended!! That being said, in case you don't know, we welcomed our blast Gibson baby into this world on July 15, 2018! Daisy Lynn weighed 8lbs 2oz and was 21 inches long!

I am so excited to get back to my weight loss journey and healthy eating!! I am already back to my pre pregnancy weight as of this morning! Stay tuned in the next few weeks as I get back into a regular routine!!!

21/03/2018

Most people who follow this page are also friends so you probably already know our big news! But, in case you don't....we are expecting a baby girl in July!! I still plan to keep up with this page though. It helps hold me accountable!

That being said, I have been debating on sharing this picture. In the grey shirt I was 270-something pounds. It was at our daughter Cecelia's first birthday party and I thought I looked decent. But I hadn't seen this picture until the other day. I teared up and wanted to throw up honestly. I can't believe I ever let myself get to that point. Now, the picture on the right I am 21 weeks pregnant with this new baby. While I am so proud of how far I've come, it still saddens me that I look better now, at 21 weeks pregnant than I did a year ago.

Take care of yourselves! Don't give up on me! I still want to encourage everyone to be healthy and active!

27/02/2018

Today was back and biceps day at the gym...this picture is clearly before I worked out. I am dead now. That's all. Carry on.