Hello!! Long time no see! I didn't post anything cause nothing was happening but weight loss and working out...and summer of course!
I am now at 71 lbs lost as of last Wednesday's weigh-in.
I have dropped down to at size 1X now!! Woo hoo!!
I think I still have another 100lbs to go.
I have cheated 3 times now. I didn't have any food one day, was out and forgot my packets and was unable to go home to get it so I ordered the Asian Salad Wrap w/chicken from Togo's - their lowest calorie/carb menu item - and had half of that. It was AWESOME! hahaha!!
I had 2 bites of garlic bread that I made for friends and even swallowed it! lol! (remember in the beginning I would chew and spit something from time to time)
I had 3 almonds one night.
I feel horrible for having cheated but at the same time I don't hate myself for it, kind of proud that I've done so well.
I've started riding roller-coasters!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so exciting! We have gone to the boardwalk twice now since I thought I could ride the rides again, it's been great!
Saw friends I hadn't seen in forever and they were floored!
I am less upset at pictures of myself but I still have a large mount of weight to lose. I'm enjoying the results of my current loss, but need to keep focused. I'm not "skinny" yet, never will be really, and even though people are applying that term to me, it's only relative to where I was to where I am now, not an accurate description of me compared to most people.
I am really happy with what I've done but now am going to step up my gym time. Today I am graduating from working out in the pool to working out on the machines. I'm ready for the higher impact/harder work outs. Yea!!
I am completing my 15th week on the diet, my current weightleos is 4.7 lbs per week. I'd like to raise that average by 1 lb and to do that I need to step it up these next few months. I want to lose my next 100 in 20 weeks lol!
That's most of it for now, exciting things like I got to buy a souvenir sweatshirt that fit - hadn't been able to do that for years! My legs are looking skinnier, I can fit a seat-belt all the way to the latch and still have room! I can move so much easier and doing work stuff is so much better now that I can move more freely - have to build furniture all the time, or carry stuff for meetings or deal with the HVAC and movement is so much better. I have more energy and am excited to do things and not mortified to go out in public!
I look forward to doing things that keep me moving, that's the most exciting part - how much fun I'm having moving and burning calories. Knowing that it's fun and healthy really is great, it's so new for me!
