First goal: lose 5% of my current body weight
Overall goal: lose 40 pounds
Current status: lost 8.6 pounds total so far
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So today is day 1 of week 5 and I just had my weigh-in at home. I lost another 1.6 pounds and I feel great.
At this point I can FEEL the difference. Not to be all TMI, but I can feel like I have less fluff and jigglies on me. And it feels good. I'm in no way near where I want to be in the end, but I'm getting there.
At this point, I can also feel that my clothing is looser. Anthony notices too. I have several jeans that are loose on me and close to baggy on me at the end of the day. Last night I took my jeans off without unbuttoning them. Can't remember when - if ever - that's happened.
Yesterday, I put my new belt on and found out I had to go one hole more to make it tight. And that's not TIGHT tight...that's so my pants don't fall down tight!
Good feeling.
This morning I put on a button down blouse on that I last wore over the summer. Its a thin fabric - very airy and very summery - and I stopped wearing it because it was tight around my stomach. And tight and airy (read: slightly see through) is just a bad bad combination! Today, since its Fall and chilly out, I put on a cami under it (also as a buffer just in case), and when I put the shirt on....ITS LOOSE. I mean LOOSE. LOVING IT!!
Little things like that are totally pumping me up every day. I've been starting to wear shirts that I've STOPPED wearing because they were too tight on me....and now they either fit or are starting to be loose!! Great motivation if you ask me!!!
I just can't wait for the day I walk into my closet and realize nothing fits because its too big!! I KNOW that will happen....but its up to ME how soon that happens!!
Wednesday, November 10
Wednesday, November 3
Week 4 - Day 1
First goal: lose 5% of my current body weight
Overall goal: lose 40 pounds
Current status: lost 7 pounds total so far
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Well, this morning was my weigh in. After the free-for-all of food that was my weekend (wedding reception, rehearsal dinner, Anthony's birthday and ensuing cake and Halloween), I figured I'd be toting around a couple extra pounds.
Getting on the scale this morning involved me closing my eyes and thinking skinny thoughts. Guess that worked because I lost another 1.3 pounds this week for a total so far of 7 pounds lost!
HOLY COW!
How could that be? I didn't feel like I denied myself much at the wedding reception. I was the designated driver, so I didn't drink (and slightly wished I had so I could avoid the family's incessant questions of when we'd be the next to marry) but other than that, I ate what I wanted and stopped when I started to feel full.
Maybe that was the key - I started to feel full and didn't keep eating. I then proceeded to record as much as I could remember and overestimated the rest that I couldn't in points. But in the end, my stomach said "enough" and I said "ok" while the rest of my wedding-goer-compadrés continued to gorge on the goodies flowing freely from the kitchen to the reception room.
Either way, whatever I did this week worked....and I survived!
This newest revelation has given me hope. No....motivation.
There are only 3 weeks until Thanksgiving and I WILL hit my first 10 pounds lost before then (or by then at the latest).
Each tenth of a pound I loose makes me wonder what else I can do differently this coming week to add another tenth and another half pound and another pound lost to next week's scale. What can I eat less of? What can I eat differently? What can I do this week to make myself even better next week??
Its almost becoming a game. Is weight loss fun? Not so much my friend....but its a puzzle that I'm slowly putting together, and the more I get into it, the more I HAVE to reach my goal....and the farther I get, the more I KNOW I WILL REACH IT!
Overall goal: lose 40 pounds
Current status: lost 7 pounds total so far
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Well, this morning was my weigh in. After the free-for-all of food that was my weekend (wedding reception, rehearsal dinner, Anthony's birthday and ensuing cake and Halloween), I figured I'd be toting around a couple extra pounds.
Getting on the scale this morning involved me closing my eyes and thinking skinny thoughts. Guess that worked because I lost another 1.3 pounds this week for a total so far of 7 pounds lost!
HOLY COW!
How could that be? I didn't feel like I denied myself much at the wedding reception. I was the designated driver, so I didn't drink (and slightly wished I had so I could avoid the family's incessant questions of when we'd be the next to marry) but other than that, I ate what I wanted and stopped when I started to feel full.
Maybe that was the key - I started to feel full and didn't keep eating. I then proceeded to record as much as I could remember and overestimated the rest that I couldn't in points. But in the end, my stomach said "enough" and I said "ok" while the rest of my wedding-goer-compadrés continued to gorge on the goodies flowing freely from the kitchen to the reception room.
Either way, whatever I did this week worked....and I survived!
This newest revelation has given me hope. No....motivation.
There are only 3 weeks until Thanksgiving and I WILL hit my first 10 pounds lost before then (or by then at the latest).
Each tenth of a pound I loose makes me wonder what else I can do differently this coming week to add another tenth and another half pound and another pound lost to next week's scale. What can I eat less of? What can I eat differently? What can I do this week to make myself even better next week??
Its almost becoming a game. Is weight loss fun? Not so much my friend....but its a puzzle that I'm slowly putting together, and the more I get into it, the more I HAVE to reach my goal....and the farther I get, the more I KNOW I WILL REACH IT!
Tuesday, November 2
Last Day - Week 3
First goal: lose 5% of my current body weight
Overall goal: lose 40 pounds
Current status: unknown
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This past weekend was a perfect storm of food for me. It was Anthony's birthday (which required dinner and a cake of course), we had a wedding to go to (waaaay too much food), a rehearsal dinner, and Halloween.
REALLY?
So I really don't know what my weigh-in tomorrow will bring. I'm bracing myself for little to NO loss this week, but I tried to be good over the weekend, so I'm hoping for no gain.
We'll see tomorrow.
The one GOOD thing (great even) is that last week, I under-grew my old belt. I say "under-grew" because I don't fit it anymore, but that's because its too big.
So I got the same exact belt one size smaller (I really really like the belt).
Today I put it on for the first time, and guess what?
IT BUCKLES ON THE SECOND NOTCH!!!!!
WOO HOO!!!
Talk about great news!!
So really for ME, that's progress....no matter what the scale says tomorrow!!
Though, I'll be happy if it goes down! :)
Overall goal: lose 40 pounds
Current status: unknown
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This past weekend was a perfect storm of food for me. It was Anthony's birthday (which required dinner and a cake of course), we had a wedding to go to (waaaay too much food), a rehearsal dinner, and Halloween.
REALLY?
So I really don't know what my weigh-in tomorrow will bring. I'm bracing myself for little to NO loss this week, but I tried to be good over the weekend, so I'm hoping for no gain.
We'll see tomorrow.
The one GOOD thing (great even) is that last week, I under-grew my old belt. I say "under-grew" because I don't fit it anymore, but that's because its too big.
So I got the same exact belt one size smaller (I really really like the belt).
Today I put it on for the first time, and guess what?
IT BUCKLES ON THE SECOND NOTCH!!!!!
WOO HOO!!!
Talk about great news!!
So really for ME, that's progress....no matter what the scale says tomorrow!!
Though, I'll be happy if it goes down! :)
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