My Weight Loss

NOTE: I Continue to update this About Me section. See the WRITTEN date for most current (near the bottom) Go to the very bottom to see my week-by-week weight loss progression.

WRITTEN JULY 2009:

Ok I put off writing this cause I’m just not sure what to say. I guess Ill start from the beginning:

My name is Morgan Melim, I’m 24 and I grew up in Bellingham Washington with my mom, my brother Forrest (26), and sister Taylor (19). I guess I would say I have been kind of chubby my whole life, maybe not when I was five, but definitely from about 10 on. In high school I probably watched/obsessed about my weight more and was probably a good 50lbs lighter than I am today (not to say I was super thin or anything. Id say after high school when I moved in with my first boyfriend that my weight went up (damn those boyfriends always taking you out to eat!) and then in 2006 when I moved to Boulder Colorado I dropped a good 30lbs (working at home depot and being too poor to eat much) but then of course I got a new boyfriend and my weight went up again, to my highest about 3 months ago.

On May 4th 2009 I joined Weight Watchers with my boyfriend Mr. Gaunt and my good friend Pro. So far Ive been losing an average of 2.1lbs per week. Im hoping to continue to shed the weight with healthy eating and portion control. Id love to get to a size 10/12 but would even be happy at a 14. For my height my weight range is 137-160…160 sounds amazing! Ha! Anyways Id love to reach that in 12-18 months.

Mr. Gaunt is 28 (29 November 28th) was born and raised in Colorado and started WW to make me happy (= Ha! His starting weight was around 310 (he is 6’4″) and his goal weight is 225-250. Together we are making this happen one day at a time.

I will also probably be blogging about some of my other interest: Cooking, Photography, Craft projects, working on my home, my cat Hula Bean, vacations, friends, clothing, parties, holidays…the list goes on.

Feel free to leave comments, Id love to know who my readers are!

xoxo

Morgan

UPDATE OCTOBER 2009:

I am now down 50lbs and am about the size I was in High School. I feel ok with how I look, but would still like to loose another 50-75 pounds. While I do still go to Weight Watcher meetings I do not follow the plan as religiously. WW is based on a points system where you get x amount of points per week. I found that I was consuming a lot of diet foods and artificial products and this worried me. In August I went vegetarian (almost vegan as I wasnt doing cheese) for about a month, but have since introduced some cheese and chicken and eggs back into my diet because I wasnt getting enough protein. I focus mostly on Clean Eating (organic, healthy natural, whole Grains, lots of vegetables) as opposed to actual points counting. I continue to carefully monitor my portions and am learning more and more about how food affects my body. I have a current goal set for January 1st 2010 to hit my 75lbs lost and would then like to hit 100lbs lost by May 4th (my one year). You may notice that I talk in how much I have lost and not what I weigh, I have future plans to disclose this information, just not today.

UPDATED FEBRUARY 2010:

Well I have hit 75 pounds lost and announced my weight here. I am still attending Weight Watchers meetings, but continue on my quest to eat clean and feed my soul rather than drop major poundage with “diet foods”. Working out is a continual struggle and Im really hoping that I can conquer this in the new year. My weight loss has definatly slowed down as I get closer to my goal weight of 160 (40 more pounds) but I feel happy with where Im at. Oh and to share my other boring stats:

HEIGHT: 5′ 7″

WEIGHT: 199

PANTS SIZE: 14/16

SHIRT SIZE: Medium/Large

BMI: 31.2

Mr. Gaunt is currently floating around 245 with a BMI of 29.8 (YAY NOT OBESE!) Down about 67 lbs in 10 months. He has taken up golf which he gets lots of walking exercise in. He would like to drop down to about 230 in the next few months.

UPDATE MARCH 2010

I have officially parted ways with Weight Watchers and am now focusing on Clean Eating / Organic Eating only. I have future plans to move this blog to a new site where the focus is health and not weight loss. My weight loss has stalled at 75lbs lost and I am happy with this. Although I still have about 40lbs to lose to get to my goal weight of 160, I will be letting this happen naturally with healthy foods and not dieting.

UDATE MAY 2011

After a good year of maintenance/plateau I am back in gear and working harder than ever to lose 40 pounds by my September wedding. I actually gained back around 30 pounds in the last 6 months, which was a wake up call. I have now added working out to my routine. I am starting with walking (fast) for at least an hour (usually 3+ miles) 6 days a week. I am also very slowly working in some at home strength training with some mini dumbbells. As for food I’m not really cooking much these days, and I’m trying to focus on eating for fuel instead of entertainment. This may not be the case forever, but it is working right now.  I am 15 pounds away from my lowest weight, and 40 pounds away from losing 100 pounds!

WEEK -BY-WEEK (May 2009-Feb 2010)

WEEK FOURTY TWO LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 72.2 lbs

WEEK FOURTY ONE LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 72.2 lbs

WEEK FOURTY LOSS: 1.6
TOTAL LOSS: 72.2 lbs

WEEK THIRTY NINE LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 70.6 lbs

WEEK THIRTY EIGHT LOSS: 1.2
TOTAL LOSS: 70.6 lbs

WEEK THIRTY SEVEN LOSS: .4
TOTAL LOSS: 69.4 lbs

WEEK THIRTY SIX LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 69 lbs

WEEK THIRTY FIVE LOSS: 2.4
TOTAL LOSS: 69 lbs

WEEK THIRTY FOUR LOSS: 1
TOTAL LOSS: 66.8 lbs

WEEK THIRTY THREE LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 65.8 lbs

WEEK THIRTY TWO LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 65.8 lbs

WEEK THIRTY ONE LOSS: 2.4
TOTAL LOSS: 65.8 lbs

WEEK THIRTY LOSS: 2.4
TOTAL LOSS: 63.4 lbs

WEEK TWENTY NINE LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 61 lbs

WEEK TWENTY EIGHT LOSS: 1.8
TOTAL LOSS: 61 lbs

WEEK TWENTY SEVEN LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 59.2 lbs

WEEK TWENTY SIX LOSS: 1.4
TOTAL LOSS: 59.2 lbs

WEEK TWENTY FIVE LOSS: 2.8
TOTAL LOSS: 57.8 lbs

WEEK TWENTY FOUR LOSS: 3.8
TOTAL LOSS: 55 lbs

WEEK TWENTY THREE LOSS: .6
TOTAL LOSS: 51.2 lbs

WEEK TWENTY TWO LOSS: 2.4
TOTAL LOSS: 50.6 lbs

WEEK TWENTY ONE LOSS: 1.4
TOTAL LOSS: 48.2 lbs

WEEK TWENTY LOSS: 1.8
TOTAL LOSS: 47 lbs

WEEK NINETEEN LOSS: 2.4
TOTAL LOSS: 45.2 lbs

WEEK EIGHTEEN LOSS: 2.4
TOTAL LOSS: 43 lbs

WEEK SEVENTEED LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 40.6 lbs

WEEK SIXTEEN LOSS: 1.4
TOTAL LOSS: 40.6 lbs

WEEK FIFTEEN LOSS: 4.8
TOTAL LOSS: 39.2 lbs

WEEK FOURTEEN LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 34.4 lbs

WEEK THIRTEEN LOSS: 6.6
TOTAL LOSS: 34.4 lbs

WEEK TWELVE LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 27.8 lbs

WEEK ELEVEN LOSS: 2.8 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 27.8 lbs

WEEK TEN LOSS: 2.2 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 25 lbs

WEEK NINE LOSS: 2.6 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 22.8 lbs

WEEK EIGHT LOSS: 3.8 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 20.2 lbs

WEEK SEVEN LOSS: NA
TOTAL LOSS: 16.4 lbs

WEEK SIX LOSS: 3.8 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 16.4 lbs

WEEK FIVE LOSS: 1.2 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 12.6 lbs

WEEK FOUR LOSS: 2.4 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 11.4 lbs

WEEK THREE LOSS: 2.4 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 9 lbs

WEEK TWO LOSS: 2 lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 6.6 lbs

WEEK ONE LOSS: 4.6lbs
TOTAL LOSS: 4.6

PREVIOUS GOALS:

<br>GOAL #1 – Lose 20lbs by July 20th 2009. ****GOAL REACHED JUNE 29th!****
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GOAL #2 – Lose 27lbs by July 20th 2009. ****GOAL REACHED JULY 20th!****

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GOAL #3 – Lose 50lbs by Halloween 2009. ****GOAL REACHED OCTOBER 12th!

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GOAL #4 – Lose 75lbs by January 1st 2010! (only reached 65lbs by January 1st)

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GOAL #5 – Lose 75lbs by January 16th 2010****GOAL REACHED FEBRUARY 20th)

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GOAL #6 – Lose 80lbs by February 14th 2010

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GOAL #7 – Lose 100lbs by May 4th 2010 (my one year mark)

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GOAL #8 – Wear a size 9/10 by July 4th

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GOAL #9 – Have a BMI of 24.9 by the end of 2010!