Mamavation Monday: "Move It or Lose It" Challenge

 I've decided to join in on Mamavation's

"Move It or Lose It" Challenge. Today is

the first day of the challenge and those 

who are entering are required to do the 

following: 

1. Create a Mamavation Monday post each week of the
campaign and update us on your weekly weight loss.
2. Include a picture in each post of your toes on the scale.
We need to be able to see how much you weigh in that
picture in order to verify your weight loss.
3. Measure yourself and post your measurements
on your first Mamavation Monday post with week
one of the campaign. Then measure at week 5 and
week 7. Include bust, waist, hips, thighs, & arms.
4. Take pictures of yourself, front and back. Post
them on your first post and then take additional
pictures to post on week 7.
5. Continue to support the Mamavation Sistahood
on twitter and engage with them daily
6. Link your weekly post up on Bookieboo.com
in the Mamavation Group, so others can encourage
you

Here are the updates for my 

first day..yes, scary. But an  

eye opener for me. 

 Don't mind my stubby toes..I had my 6 yo

take the picture so I wouldn't weigh more holding

the camera. Goal weight: 190 at least.

Measurements:

Measurements for Maopa L. aka MPuanani

Weight = 299 pounds

Right Arm = 18 1/2" in.

Left Arm = 17 1/2" in.

 Waist = 45 1/2" in.

Right Thigh = 30 1/2"in.

L Thigh = 30 1/2" in.

Bust = 49" in.

Hips = 55 1/2" in.

uggh..here's my front view.This will change

soon enough! Lei took this while I wasn't look

ing..

My Story

Now that you've seen my pic. and measurements let

me tell you about my story. I've never been skinny &

the closest I've gotten to thin was size 12 after my 

second child, Tia. During my teen years I had reached

size 16 at 5 ft. 9" and wanted to be thin like my friends

but thought that I was just big boned and was meant to

be a thick girl. 

After my 2nd child I was always watching what I

was eating and made sure I stayed at my new size. 

I then found out I was pregnant with #3 (Lei) and 

gained 40 something pounds after her and tried 

to shed the weight. I was currently going through

a divorce after I got out of the hospital and went 

through depression that I tried hard to shake off. 

I stayed at size 18 for a couple of years, then 

got married for the second time and lost it again.

This time going down to 14 for a year. I was 

taking weight loss pills to lose it quickly, but then

it came back and then some. After my fourth 

child I ballooned to a size 20 and stayed there

for 5 years. This year is the heaviest I've ever

been, 300 lbs and size 22 jeans. 

I need help and positive motivation to help me

on my journey to weight loss. I don't receive 

that from my husband at home and feel that 

with the help of the Mamavation moms, I won't

feel alone in my journey. I want to prove to him

that I'm not a fat lump sitting at home doing 

nothing. I take care of our children, clean the 

home, cook his meals, wash his clothes, take 

out the garbage,etc.

I'm pledging to become a part of the Mamavation

Sistahood and hope that I'm doing things 

right so that I may be a Mamavation Sister.

I've created goals to accomplish along the

way, as well as following in Pete Cohen's 28

day program through Mamavation. 

 1. Drink Plenty of H2o daily. I've started 

drinking up to a gallon a day and notice 

that my energy has gone up and my tummy

is starting to go down a tiny bit. 

2. Make sure that the kitchen is well stocked

with fruits and vegetables. Our favorites are 

oranges and bananas. 

Tip: I just learned that a bit of banana can 

help you get rid of bloating!

3. Go back to sleeping early, so when I put

the kids to bed..go to sleep too. Which has 

resulted in my waking up early to get the 

kids to the bus stop on time and more things

getting done earlier during the day. 

4. No more eating after 6pm. This is working

for me. I'll admit it's really hard to keep to 

it in the beginning. But I'm getting used to it

and starting to see the results. Like no more

chest burns in the middle of the night, becau

se I'm up blogging until 3 or 4 in the morning 

and still munching on cookies or sweets. 

That's done away with and I'm feeling really

great so far. 

If you'd like to join in, Visit Mamavation through 

Bookie Boo to learn more. I'm putting up a 

Mamavation page soon to keep track of all 

my activites and weight loss journal. I'll let 

you know once it's up!! Thanks for reading 

and I look forward to meeting you through 

Mamavation!