Yes! Yes! I have been titled the Incredible Shrinking Woman! I walked on set for rehearsal for my play "Crimes Of The Heart" I'm playing the role of Lenny, and I was setting up my props and such for the beginning of the play when out of nowhere very loudly the assistant director calls out "AMADA, OH MY GOD!!" I immediatly think that there's a huge roach or rat somewhere and start looking around at the area near me when he says "YOU are the Incredible Shrinking WOMAN!" I said huh? Really??! I of course immediatley looked right at my butt. LOL. Then the female director asked me how I was doing on it and say's ya know where your losing it the most? I said...."Yes I think so"...Then she says "Yup your butt". Then today my co-worker said the same thing as she was sliding past me in the small kitchen nook at our office. I'm just flaborgasted. I mean I keep thinking the pounds are dropping one at a time yes but I hardly notice the change but everyone else seems to be looking right at my butt. I guess it's cause I can't see my butt. Maybe I just need to take one good hard look. What do you think? And no...I will not post any pics. :p

OK. So last weekend I was just telling my family, co-workers, and friends how I was so excited to get to the 25 pound mark and I was weighing in at 23.5 pounds...well before I knew it come Monday the scale totally skipped the 23.5 and went to 27.5! I'm just flabbergasted! This is an incredible journey and I just can’t get over the fact that I am actually doing this! My goal is to lose another 25 pounds before my birthday on May 26^th. So I can say I've lost 50 pounds this year. Making me weigh in @ 270. That's only another 22.5 pounds. Can I do it?? YES I CAN!! *Sings Happy Birthday To Me :)

Back to Blog time:The other day I was at work standing next to one of my supervisors and slipped my hands in my pocket & my hand slipped straight down into the pocket!! Usually I can hardly even get that far…but the pants although size hasn’t dropped that much they are looser and I am just really now wanting to take a good long look and reevaluate my body. Starting with the measuring tape.

I bought some 3 pound weights to work out with when I’m sitting at home watching my netflix movies during the week and have even started walking to the train station in the mornings. Where is this energy coming from? MEEEEE!!

I also had a scary moment that just became clear to me TODAY that kind of scared me but also has opened my eyes to being more healthy, this past weekend I was online with my Fiance Gene and we are long distance till September when he moves here to NY from Florida…. anyways…. we like to drink together sometimes. And it was a long week and I felt like I needed something to help me relax and usually we drink Johnny walker but I couldn’t afford it so I bought the cheap stuff called Grants and had a few shots when I got home with diet soda. I then got online a few hours later and we drank another 3 together…well afterwards I was SICK, I mean vertigo sick…. laid down, couldn’t eat anything, felt like alcohol poisoning and didn’t realize until today that my body mass index has dropped and I am not able to take them back like I used too. Kind of scary thought since I’m used to keeping up with Gene with the drinks but now…my body is changing and I’m just going to have to remember to take things in moderation. Especially when I drink!! (Not part of NS I KNOW)

Anyways, I hope everyone else is doing great and keeping up with the program. It’s wonderful. Isn't it?

I got my first non-nutrisystem fan based email regarding my weight loss wondering if I could show them the way. Maybe I’ll start a live website blog for it.

Also I’m excited cause I think by the time my next shipment comes I’ll have two more bears in it! Wooty WOOT!!

Good Luck everyone. You can do it!!

Sincerely,

Amada Manada Hakuna Matata

Weight = 301.

All last week I was excited because I thought I was going to be getting on the monkey bars this weekend but it turned out that my weight wasn't changing! I quickly realized that my purchase of weight watchers whole grain muffins were not 100% whole grains and that was what was causing me to stay stubborn at 303.5 all week. Plus Saturday I was onstage doing blocking for the new show I'm in and I was walking and sitting and moving around for 3 hours!! I took care of myself and I award myself with lots of pats on the back and endless encouragement from my mom and finace Gene.

Speaking of Gene...he and I have a long distance relationship and so when he comes to see me the end of May I hope he recognizes me!! LOL

So yay or 2 more pounds this week that hopefully will allow me to attempt monkey bars every weekend. Right? I know...crazy goal but something Ive been wanting to do since I was a kid.

Much success to you all!

Amada Manada Hakuna Matata

LOL. Ok that was just kinda a weird title but I have this camel colored pair of pants that say's it's a size 24. I wear them for work sometimes but they were a little too tight in the front and then not wide enough in the back. Hence the name camel toe pants. Anyways..last Sunday I weighed in and I was down to 303.5 it's now Thursday and nothing has changed. BUT! Ha Ha pun on BUTT :) I saw the pants in the bottom of my closet and decided to try them on to wear to work today and OMG they are baggy!! So yay for losing pounds and shrinking body fat. Go Nutrisystem, Go AMADA, Go MEEEEEE :) I'm really hoping to lose these next 3 pounds by Sunday so let's see what happens. Can I be a good girl and eat only required NS foods and veggies/fruits/yogurts?? I think So after results like this one can only accomplish more goals.

As always much success everyone and remember this is all for YOU!

Take care & all the best!

Amada Manada Hakuna Matata

Hi. Ok. Went out on Tuesday night with some coworkers to what was going to be mexican and this restaurant even had fajitas with whole wheat tortillas!! But alas the service was horrible so we left and went for sushi. I ordered a very expensive plate of sashimi and sushi and alas this time no brown rice only white. Well...I had some. It was ok. But I also had some sake and miso soup which of course stalled my progress this week. So..now we know don't we? Yes it was healthy and actually didn't make me gain any more weight but I could have lost a few more pounds otherwise. Yes Yes I had some Sake and at the mexican restaurant I also had a corona light but otherwise I am sticking to my new eating habits and am enjoying the wonderous exhilaration of losing weight.

Sometime this weekend I am going to go buy a measuring tape and measure myself. This is my second month on NS and I'm so excited! I want to see if I am actually losing inches too.

My only concerns are that I have been having slight chest pains (no, my left arm isn't numb) and it happens when I am laying down at night or sometimes walking up the steps near the subways. Walking in New York is brisk, and I am having more energy, but why the sudden chest pains?

I guess I'll be ok. On another note...not sure if this is connected to NS but I also had a period for 2 weeks. The week before I normally do and the week of. My mom says when your body is changing like losing weight this can happen..has anyone heard this before?

Wish everyone the best of luck and much success!

Amada Manada Hakuna Matata

Hola!! What a beautiful day :)

I can't believe it's already been 4 weeks and I've lost 15 pounds!! I mean wow! If every month I lost 15 pounds wouldn't that be something?

So current weight is 305.

I'm telling you right now, I've been at 300 pounds for the last oh i don't know...4-5 years?? I think I seriously will cry when I get past that and am under 300. If I can do that, I know that I can start thinking about doing things I have put off, like monkey bars and shopping in stores other than Lane Bryant and Sears.

I've never been completely skinny, I've always been on the plus size and this whole transition is kinda scary but exciting at the same time. I wanna go ice skating and not worry about falling and breaking the ice or like I said...my biggest goal for myself is to go across monkey bars. Does that sound silly? I never was really able to do it, even when I was a kid.

But I know I'm going to cry when I lose those few more pounds...and then I'm going to go find a set of monkey bars and every month try. How's that sound for a life long fitness goal??

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The Flex plan is still very new to me but I did make a nice dinner casserole with chicken and greenbeans. YUM! It was nice not having to make a salad and fruit and the little box of food, but an actual serving of just casserole. Filling and yummy and to the point! I'll blog more as I continue to figure out more days for my flex days. But weekends are looking to be the days for it since I can cook then.

Ok. Gtg back to work. Take care and as always Much Success to everyone!!!

-Amada Manada Hakuna Matata