This photo was taken around April 2005. Boy what a focal point.







This photo is the summer of 2005. A very bad angle. But brutally honest. Entering the 300s.







This photo was taken Christmas 2005 at my highest of 314.5

This photo was taken at the loss of 100 pounds around Nov. of 2006. I have been in the program for about 8.5 months. And it is amazing.

This photo was taken at my one year in program. I'm down 130 pounds. I still have about 30-50 more pounds to go. Keep checking back for more progress.

        

I've lost a total of 140.5 pounds as of April 1, 2007. I started program February 12, 2006

As of May 1, 2007 I have dropped another 7 pounds. For a total weight loss of 147.5 pounds and on May 1 I weighed 167. My pant size is 10. And I actually put on a pair of pants (not shown here) that I wore when I met my husband in 1990. Maybe 10 more pounds and I'll put a picture up comparing the two photos. 

As of June 1 I have lost another 4.5 pounds for the month. My total lost is now 152 pounds. I weigh 162.5. I've been in program 15.5 months. AMAZING. Keep checking back. Oh yeah, I turned 40 on June 1. (above pictures)

As of July 1st, I have lost another 7 pounds. Down to 155 pounds. A total weight loss of 159.5 pounds gone. Amazing!!! I have about 10 pounds to go. I'm currently wearing a size 8. I will probably end up a size 6 when I reach goal in about 10 pounds. I wonder what it will be like to not have to worry about losing weight again. As of July 12 I have been in program for 17 months.








This photo was taken at my 18 months in program. I'm now 150 pounds. My jeans are a size 6. I've lost 164.5 pounds. Just 5 more pounds to go and we'll see about going on maintenance.












I feel like a whole new person now. I felt like I needed a whole new look. Me with my new short hair cut.









This is a photo of me when I was 23 and I weighed 145-150 in the same outfit as below. I would have never thought I would be able to go from 314.5 down to 147 without GB surgery in 19 months.









Sept. 7, 2007. I'm down another 2 pounds. Now at 148. I'm right around what I weighed when I was 23 yrs old and met Eric. What a gift. I get to get my life back and Eric gets the woman he fell in love with back. Austin gets a nice mommy. LIFE IS GOOD!! Sept 14 - 147 pounds. This is a photo of me today in my "retro 90's" clothes. This is the outfit I wore when Eric and I went horseback riding the first two weeks we dated. I saved it for 18 years hoping to one day be small enough to fit into it again. That day has arrived and the pants are almost to big for me now.

Sept 18 - 144.5 pounds. I've lost 170 pounds in 19 months and 1 week. What a miracle this program has been to me. Freedom from the obsession over food. No more cravings, no more war in my head, no more compulsion to eat foods that I knew were wrong for me. One day at a time I have peace around the food and other areas in my life.

Oct 1 - 144 pounds. I'm finally on maintenance!!!! I'm wearing a size 6. Sometimes a 4, sometimes an 8 here or there. I'm eating a lot of food to MAINTAIN. Can you believe it??? I'm eating more food so that I don't keep losing. And I thought I got to eat a lot of food in order to lose weight. This program is awesome. I'll post some more photos as soon as I can. Please let your friends know that if they have any issues with food and want to to know more about the program I'm doing, to contact me, I'm more than happy to share my experience with this 12 step program.

May 22, 2008 - My weight has been maintaining all this time around 142-146 pounds. I continue to eat weighed and measured meals that are balanced and very yummy.





















Family Photos and our Kitty Skip

















This is at a Halloween party 2007. I'm a Cleopatra wanna be.










Eric and Austin are my two jail birds. We thought it would be funny since we have the burglar alarm company.








Austin and I in a pair of jeans I used to wear. 26/28 jeans down to a 4/6.










Skip stuck his head in a glass of water. You had to be there. He was so determined to get his whole head in there.





                                                                                                                                                                                           Family ski trip in Bear Valley.


Austin and Heidi's Zip Line Adventure. 5/29/2008 June 6, 2008 - I've been on maintenance now for about 8 months. I weigh in on Fridays. As of June 5th I was 141. My weight has stayed within 140-145 every week. I continue to eat weighed, balanced meals three times a day and no flour or sugar of any kind. It continues to amaze me that the cravings for flour/sugar items has left me since the first week on this program. I don't miss it or need it today. Thank GOD. Freedom from the compulsion to eat foods that were bad for me. One day at a time.

August 25, 2008 My weight has been maintaining around 139-142.5. Amazing 175 pounds gone at my lowest weight. Still don't crave the flour/sugar stuff. Don't miss it either. Life is to good to go back to eating the old way. I just arrived at a great place in my life, I don't want to pick up one bite of my old ways and end this journey. Not yet. Not today.




October 2008 I could not believe that I fit into a small costume. I thought I looked "HOT". But when I look at the photos I think, "boy Heidi you need to get off your high horse". "I am one among many, no better than anyone else". I am humbled today. I love my life and my new attitude, that I can see changes in myself and that I am willing to change for the better. I have a wonderful patient husband and a wonderful son. Life is good.





My weight has been staying right around 139-141 for over a year now. WOW!!! How is it possible to go from 314.5 pounds down to 139 in such a short period of time and still to this day not gain any weight back. This is a dream. Actually I keep doing what I did from day 1 in this program. I just keep weighing and measuring my food each day and I do not entertain the idea of eating flour or sugar any more. I get to keep my right size body and enjoy all the benefits of not worrying about my weight any longer.




Eric and I at our 16 year anniversary weekend get-a-way. I always wanted to be a "hot" wife.

Feb 2, 2009 - I weigh in each week between 137-139 pounds. Not that I'm trying to lose any more weight. But I've been a little bit more active these past 6 months and as a result my weight is a bit lower. My friends and my sponsor say not to go below 135. That's my cut off point, don't want to look sick or gaunt. I'm loving my size 4/6 life. I'm living a girly dream come true. Shoes, shoes, shoes the higher the better...cute clothes and makeup..not to mention the jewlery....earings, watches, toe rings...I love them all. I eat the same amount of food each day and it is a lot of food. Can't imagine a day when someone would have to say,"Heidi you're too thin, you need to gain some weight." Whoa, that would blow my mind. I'm loving my life!!!!




Family Ski Trip in Feb 2009 to Bear Valley Ski Resort. I love to ski and I love that my son and husband like it too. So beautiful!!!






Oct 25, 2009 Today I weigh 140 pounds. And I feel wonderful. This month I celebrate my 2 years at being the same weight. I still continue to wear a size 4 pant. I still weigh all my food. I'm doing all the same things I've been doing since Day 1 in this program. And I can not believe how wonderful I continue to feel. It's not like everthing is perfect in my life, because it's not. But it is like I have a whole new calmness, a new peace in the core of my beingness. I feel like this is how life is supposed to be for me. The right size body, the right size life. Business is going well, my son is growing so fast, and my love of my life Eric is busy as ever. Happy Halloween All. Keep checking back for more pictures of my progress in this new way of life.

Merry Christmas to All!!! Dec 22, 2009. The year has been filled with blessings galore. We're still in business! (Phew) Austin is doing great in school, and I'm still working a strong program. My weight today is 145 pounds. My lowest during the year was 137 the highest 145. I maintenanced at 144. The lowest weight was when I was very active cleaning houses during the days a few days a week. The last 6 months I've not done really any extra activities so my weight is around normal. I can't believe that for just over 2 years my weight has been normal!!! I hardly even think about my weight in terms of gaining. I just don't. I eat exactly the same amount of food each day and my weight stays normal. I know to the person who has never had a weight problem would think I was crazy. But for a person who has struggled my entire life around my weight. This is a "miracle"! Freedom!


Dec 11, 2010 - Happy Holidays to Everyone! 2010 was a great year. We're still doing well as a business. Austin is doing well in school and I've taken a part time job at his school to be near him and his education. It's working out well for both of us. My weight has been the same between 133-136 for about 8 months now. I was 146 and my new sponsor thought that I could lose a few more pounds and after 2 years of 144-146 lbs, I was willing to go a little lower. I was amazed that all it took was to give up 4 oz of grain at dinner, that was all. And I lost 10 lbs in about 6 months. Who knew that one day I would know to the exact ounce what would make my weight gain or lose. This is perfection. I know exactly how much food to eat every day to maintain. Never to worry again. That is Freedom! The year of 2010 I found knee boarding and wake boarding to be my new favorite sports. I also went go kart riding and even walked across a beam 30 feet above the ground (harnessed in for safety)!! Very exciting. I also went to my 25 year High School reunion. And I felt Beautiful, healthy and relaxed.

Here's to a exciting new year of 2011. I look forward to lots of new experiences that I could never do when I was 314.5 lbs, but can now at 133. Keep checking back for my maintenance progress.










October 2011 has been a great year so far. Lots of adventures. Went kayaking in the ocean off of Kona Hawai, we zip lined over the rainforest and over waterfalls in Hawaii. This month my husband and I will be running in the Warrior Dash in Hollister. www.warriordash.com Come join us for an adventure. My weight has maintained around 137. I'm still amazed at how easy it has been to stay the same size. Constant reminders of what my life used to be like are power tools to keep me on the path of Good Orderly Direction. How can I fail when I stay on that path...Such a relief to know that now. I'll post new pictures soon.

Dec 18, 2011. Happy Holidays Everyone!! 2011 was a wonderful year! Business is going great! Yea!! I'm so busy living a dream life. Wouldn't want to change any aspect of the successful actions that are bringing me such peace.
Here is a photo of Eric and I completing the Warrior Dash of 3.5 miles and 13 obstacles, such as cargo nets, jumping over rows of fire, and the last swimming through 10 yards of mud. It was AWESOME!!! We've signed up for another one on April 21 called www.surviormudrun.com our run is at 10am. Register on line and come join us. Today my weight is 137 and I still wear a size 4 jean. Truly life is good and I'm living a blessed, adventurous life.

June 9, 2012. Where has the time gone when you're having a blessed life. Here it is June already. I celebrated my 45 birthday and I feel younger than I've felt ever. My family ran in a 3.5 mile mud run this past April. Very exciting. Lots of friends participated and I am really enjoying pushing my body and watching it get stronger. We are looking forward to two more runs this year. One in Sept and then one in Oct. Business is still going well and I pray all the time to the health and well being of my husband, family and all our customers and to mankind as a whole. For I am blessed with peace joy and happiness today. My weight is at 139 and I'm still wearing a size 4/6 pants and if any one cares to know, 3 different plastic surgeons have said I have about 6 pounds of skin that could be removed throughout my body. So I figure I would be truly 133 for my 5 foot 3 medium sized frame. Have a blessed year and keep checking back.


Survivor Mud Run May 2012.  Awesome friends to exercise with. These women all started their weight loss journeys too.  By their next mud run in Oct they have lost weight and are much stronger women.  I'm so inspired by them.




November 8, 2012- Wow today is my 20 year wedding anniversary to my wonderful husband.  I have been blessed with a wonderfully patient, loving, caring, productive man. He has been supportive of my life and an awesome father and best friend. God has blessed me by giving me Eric as a gift.  This past October my family ran in another mud run.  The Warrior Dash 2012 was a blast with our good friends the Aragons and the Bermudez. These women have both lost a lot of weight and are regaining their lives as well.  Me, I still weigh 137 and I have been in this 12 step program for 6.5 yrs and I continue to work the food program the same as I have since day one and I'm still constantly amazed that I no longer crave food that used to control me.  But more importantly I have really become accustomed to the peace and calmness that I have gained through the 12 step program and through my church teachings.  I am loving my growth and regaining so many strengths that were buried and forgotten for so long.  Here is a new photo of my before and after. I love my new life.

Dec 28, 2012 - It's been a great year.  The last time, I weighed I was 136.  I wear a six 4 or 6p. This picture was taken back in Jan 1, 2005 1 year before I found the program I still work.  I love my way of eating and life.

This was Eric and I skiing at Badger Pass in Yosemite just before Christmas.  What a wonderful gift to give to myself.  Freedom to fly down the slopes.  Freedom to enjoy the beauty of this Earth and the people I get to spend it with. Freedom from self loathing, freedom from food thoughts, freedom to live in the body I had dreamed of for so many years.  A gift that I don't want to give up just yet. No amount of flour or sugar is worth giving up this new life.  I have a choice today - to eat healthy and sugar/flour free or eat sugar/flour products and possibly go back to my before pictures......Just not interested in that life any more.  My choice is to live without it today.  Maybe one day I'll change my mind.  If that day comes, please remind me to look at my before pictures....LOL.