first post of the SSC

 hello everyone, my name is Octavia but i rather go by Tay.i am 24 years old with 2 kids, i love my children with everything in my being.i am not only doing this for myself but for them as well. this is my third weight loss challenge and i am proud of the results i have received from the support i get from my fellow weight loss sisters' to me sometimes its good to hear " great job" when you think your in a slump or even when you hit a weight loss plateau. i promise to try to send motivation to everyone in this challenge and i know we all will shine in the end.

bathing suit:

I am so excited to start this challenge this will really help me get into my dream bathing suit that i bought last year but never wore. i am currently a size 12 in clothes but i want to be a comfortable 8-10. the bathing suit i picked out is a size 10. (as you can see in the picture above). i am not attempting to have a perfect bathing suit body but a nice looking one will be my goal, i don't want to look lumpy or like a sausage squeezing into it.

 current weight: my current weight for this challenge is 157. i want to lose 20 pounds which would put me in the 130's. this challenge ends right before my birthday so this will be the perfect birthday gift to be 50 pounds lighter and turning 25.

exercise: i plan on on walking up to 4-5 miles a week and riding my stationary bike for 20-25 minutes for 2-4 days a week. My water consumption will consist of 5-9 glasses a day. i do not plan on weighing myself every week i plan on weighing myself every other week so i can achieve a better result; but that's only if it is  ok with Ms Kim.:)

now lets start this week off with a bang and kick some weight loss butt, we are going to be super sexy females in our bathing suit this year!!!

Last week of FDOS challenge

This week is a sad one for me beacause this is the last post for this challenge.I am happy to report I am down 3.8 pounds from last week, the bloating is over and I guess with me walking 4 miles This week helped. I would like to say I now weigh 156.0...my water intake consisted of 10 glasses of water a day. My calorie intake consisted of 1400 calories after working out.I'm hoping everyone had a amazing week and I hope we all keep in touch.

Week 10 of FDOS chalkenge

Wow I just realized today that this is week 10 of the challenge.. I did not weight myself this week so I will say I'm still 159.4; my week has been a roller coaster of food, I craved sweets because of that TOM, no matter how I resisted I had to have them, so I resorted to a bag of sugar free gummy worms. My water intake consisted of 6 cups a day. They could have been more I really didn't feel like drinking water that much I wanted tea and lemonade.. Lol I really so not like the TOM because this is how I get. My calorie intake this week was 1560 all week. I'm sorry to report that it seems like I relasped on my diet. I plan on putting OT this week and because the weather is suppose to be nice that means walking, walking, and more walking :) along with enjoying my wii fit with the kids:).. I am no I will get back on track and I will succeed. Sorry if my update is a negative one I will try next week to have a better result and a weigh-in. I hope everyone else had a great week, 2 more weeks guys!!! We can do it!

Week 9 of FDOS challenge

This week was fun, I hung out with great friends, I did not workout as much as I wanted to. My weight is now 159.4.. I'm up 3.6 pounds thanks to mother nature.. Lol next week I plan on putting in overtime weather permitted that is. My calorie intake did exceed 1300 for a few days but nothing past 1500. My water consumption consisted of 7 glasses a day. It was also hard for me to really walk as much as I usually do thanks to my rheumatoid arthritis flaring up in the worst way. I'm only 24 but I won't let it get me down. I hope everyone had a great week and lose, Lose, lose!