THM (E) & (S) Food Charts

I found this online when I first started THM

I have these taped up in THM Cabinet so it easy to go to and see what food are for E or S meals.

6 Months after THM

OK here they are real life pictures of me when I started Trim Healthy Mama and after 6 months. These are not photo shopped pictures, nothing fancy just me in black work out clothes.  
At the first of the year ,I was at my heaviest weight ever and just needed to do this for myself.  
As I said before I started and was doing very well, but some life altering changes kind of stalled me out. I had lost almost 25 lbs by mid April,and maintained all but 7 lbs after April by just trying to make good meal choices.
It's now end of July and I really need to get focused again so that I can keep moving towards my goal. 
Another thing to keep in mind is I don't exercise much, I need to work on that too...
I hope this helps you see that you can do Trim Healthy Mama too!

Trim Healthy Mama Start Up Guide

Here is a link to A favorite Blogger of mine Gwen's Nest she offer's a THM start up guide it's about 40 pages and can help you get going on your THM journey.

What's inside ?

• a guide to flagging your book sections
• grocery shopping list maker
• a short study guide to get you really digging into your book
• tips
• my favorite recipes
• a handy printable sweeteners chart
• a suggested ‘quick start’ plan for tackling the change a little at at time…you’ll be fully on plan in just under a month.
• and LOTS more! 40 pages of great content and links. 

DON'T HAVE A THE TRIM HEALTHY BOOK MAMA BOOK YET? 

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My Trim Healthy Mama Start

I started my  Trim Healthy Mama journey in February of this year. It took me about a week to read through the book as its 607 pages long. Don't let the length stop you from this journey as a good portion of it is filled with recipes.
The ladies explain a lot of science behind the THM life style and it is really good to understand the hows & whys of this program.
You can dive right in and get started if that's your style. I like to take my time read through everything and get organized.
My thought is you set yourself up for better success when you are organized and understand what it is you are trying to accomplish.

In two months I lost approximately 16 lbs, now that might not sound huge to you but it is for me! I have surgical menopause and thyroid issues, so basically my fat is super stubborn.  On the up side my husband usually looses more weight then me and this time I kept up with him. He always jumps in to diet with me but prefers the Weight Watchers plan.

I haven't been actively doing the plan as life kind of took another direction for a few months. The first and major life changer was  my father suddenly passed on April 10th, he was only 67. It took me almost until the end of May to even start to feel normal again. Grief is hard and food is like comfort to your sole. 

The second life changer is after having an empty nest for 2 years my son moved back home. This was a good change, but it did keep this THM off her normal cooking routine. I wanted to make all his favorite foods, just because it was so fun having him back home again.

The third is our business life got really stressful with lots of work and no workers. My husband and I own a remodeling company and it's not a normal 9-5 job. We eat lunches out everyday, we have appointments after 5pm and with the 40 min commute we often get home late.

I have gain back a few pounds since I went off the THM wagon, but whats important is that I am back doing my THM life! I don't want to gain all the weight back, because it feels to good having it off...

Since I live a pretty busy life style I need to be more organized about my food prep and eating out. This will be my mission and I hope to share the ideas and tips in my following posts. If you have any of your own please share!