175.5

I emailed my husband this morning to inform him of my new weight: 175.5. I got on that scale five times to make sure. lol He replied that it is a magical number and a huge milestone in HIS eyes. It is a "round" number and I see what he's saying.

It's nice to no longer be obese. It's nice to wear size 14. It's nice for that scale to continue moving downward. It's nice to see an end in sight. It's nice that I can fill in my goal chart. It's nice that the legs in my size 14 pants are loose. (Darned tummy, that's not. lol)

I'm just SOOOOOO happy. I've got this.

To infinity and beyond!

Goodbye Obesity, I'm Now Overweight

I hit another major goal. I have gone from being obese to overweight according to the BMI charts.
WOOT! Only 28 pounds until I'm in the normal category! Watch me do it!

Size 14!!!!!!!!!!

I just bought a pair of jeans a couple weeks ago, size 16. They were loose in the leg. Well, they kept getting looser, so today I went to the thrift store and found three looks-like-new jeans. Levi's, Vanderbilts and a generic pair. All size 14.

Went to the fitting room, put them on, and ALL fit.

I cried. I could not help it, I cried.

I have not been a size 14 in more than 18 years.

When I got to the register, I cried. I told the clerks I had lost 103 pounds and how long it had been since I wore this size and they cheered me on.

I am on TOP of the world.

100 Pounds Gone!!!!!!!

101.5 to be exact!!!

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anything is possible. Just keep at it.

180's

I don't blog much anymore. I don't know why! I'm really kicking it right now with weight loss.

Anyway, I hit 189 pounds today. First time since 1993 that I've been in the 180s. I broke my "192" curse. I got to 192 in 2001 and again in January of this year. Both times I gained weight. The first time was stress and I gave up. This year it was the kidney stone surgery/depression/change of diet due to the kidney stones.

Well, since August 1st I've been hot and on the move. I busted that curse and plan on keep going all the way to goal--whatever that is. I updated my goal page, and I'm re-thinking what exactly my goal is. I still say I'll know it when I get there.

Unbelievable to think I'm in the 180s. Me. After all the grief, pain, and hard work: finally. I'm six and a half pounds from losing 100 pounds. I WILL be there soon.

Monday Morning Weigh In

5 pound loss this week. Holy buckets of fat, Batman!

I think stress did me in this past week. It was very scary, something personal happened and then I got a bad reading on a mammogram. Turns out everything was a-okay with the mammogram, Thank you, God, and the other problem is slowly working itself out.

For the first time in my life, I did not crave food when I was stressed. The opposite happened, I did not want to eat. I never understood that before. Food made me nauseous. Strange--when did that happen! By Friday I was eating normally again, though. It's very strange to force oneself to eat, though.

I'll take the loss either way. I'm now 2 pounds away from my weight before my kidney stone surgery, which rocks. Moving in the right direction, back on track, emotionally improving--with room to grow.

Making big mistakes that bite me in the a$$ BUT learning instead of beating myself up, that mistakes make us learn and grow. So no guilt, just lessons learned. Growing. Moving forward.

Skin Burn!

Well, I've been logging tons of steps lately. Today I walked 23 miles, over 50,000 steps.

Word to the wise: Wear pants that fit. I woke up with my thighs throbbing. They were beet red. I have a skin burn!

I took a bath then but some burn lotion on. Feeling a bit better.

Today I wore a pair of really nice sweat pants (my hubby hates them and doesn't think they're nice lol) and they were a size too large. All that walking, rubbing, caused the skin burn.

Oh joy.

Time to go shopping for some relaxed at-home wear that FITS.

Live and learn!