It all started with a Wolf Pack...

...and the movie "The Hangover". I'm sure you've seen it. If not, go watch it, I'll wait.
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OK, so you know the part where Allan is toasting the four guys on the rooftop and he calls himself a one man wolf pack, then proceeds to add the 3 guys to his wolf pack?
Yes?
Well I have that.
Except we're 4 women. And we've never been to Vegas. Or left one of us on a rooftop for 24 hours.
Other than that, we're just like them. We stick together, love each other, support each other and most importantly, laugh at each other. ;-)
It's that love and support that got me started on this journey 6 months ago. Gamma Ray (that's her wolf pack name. there is also Alpha Star, Delta Force and me, Beta Fox) taught us everything she learned at a coupon class, allowing us the means to save anywhere from a few dollar up to 80% off our grocery and drug store purchases.
I took the information and RAN with it, creating a coupon binder and organizing my coupons, shopping savvy and saving myself a nice chunk of change.
After a couple months, I noticed I was putting on even MORE weight and realized it was from all the processed, boxed and canned foods I was eating because I could get them CHEAP. I mean SUPER cheap. For pennies, sometimes even free. How can I turn away from all those fantastic deals though?
Simple.
I want to be healthy. I want to live a long, happy life. Oh, and I want to be healthy. I want to shop in the "normal" size section at a store. Did I also mention that I want to be healthy? Yeah.
So, right on time, Alpha Star decides it's time for us to do a "Biggest Loser" style competition. In August, right before the competition started, I reached my highest weight ever. Now comes the hard part...to tell you what it was...ok, I think I'm ready.
I was 312 pounds.
*gasp*
Seriously?
I couldn't believe I had allowed myself to get so out of control.
Time to fix this.
I competed admirably in the competition, coming in 9th out of 22 initial contestants, losing a total of 20.4 pounds in 8 weeks. I've since lost another 9.6, bringing my current total to 30 pounds lost. And I've done it all feeding 4 adults on a budget of $125/week.
How have I done it?
Follow me and I'll share my successes both on the scale and in the store.
Thanks for reading,
Beta Fox