I've been slacking off in the blogging, but I'm still working on shrinking my ass. And I'm happy to say it is working.
After putting on a few pounds over the holidays, I can now say I am just .6 pounds over my all-time low back in October before I had some health issues that slowed me down. So what does that mean? Time to celebrate! Woohoo!
This morning I weighed in at 183 pounds even!
I'm so pleased.
And I'm going on vacation next week (Vegas, here we come!), so you know what that means, right? Yep. Vacation clothes shopping! It's something I have never enjoyed before, but when I went into the dressing room armed with a cute shirt (size XL, my boobs have NOT shrunk, so my shirt size remains the same) and a pair of size 13/14 jeans, I got the surprise of my life to find the jeans TOO BIG!
Woohoo!
So yeah, I'm the proud new owner of a sexy new shirt that makes my boobs look awesome without showing too much. And a pair of size 11/12 jeans. Umm, hello? I haven't worn an 11/12 since, uh. I don't remember when.
I've turned up again, just like a bad penny. LOL! Not sure exactly what that means, but it's something my dad always used to say. Not about me, but more of a "Oh, looked who turned up again, just like a bad penny".
Ok, whatever. It's dumb, I know.
N-eeee-how, I'm back to blogging and weighing. I took a break over the holidays as I was way too busy to do much of anything other than holiday-stuff, work and run around to school programs, etc. I have put on a few pounds since I last weighed myself back in, what...October? Early November? Eh. Whatever. I'm not going to cry over 5 pounds gained during the winter and three holidays that are synonymous with consumption and over-indulgence.
But, it's time to get back at it before I start feeling negative about it and have to bust out the big clothes again. I can't really afford to do that, I went ahead and got rid of them because I do not again want to be in a size 18. Well, bottoms anyway, I still need a 16 or 18 in tops just to get over the girls.
BTW, I can't remember if I blogged about this or not, but the girls have not shrunk. I had to buy new bras, but while the band size shrunk, the cup size did not. Technically it looks like I went bigger because I went from a 38D to a 36DD, but they are the same size.
This time of the year our weather sucks. I've only been able to get out and walk about 10 miles a week on a good week, and biking is out of the question. The roads are way too icy.
But, Paul has been a dear about this road I'm on with my weight. For Christmas he bought me this bitchin' pedometer. As well at a tea pot (yay for entire pots of tea, no more making it by the cup) and yes...I got some diamonds.
But I'm going to focus on this bitchin' pedometer. It tracks everything...total steps, aerobic steps, miles, cals burned...like I said, bitchin'!
Now, to just get the weather to cooperate enough for me to get out and walk!
Eh. I'm up just a little bit this week, but fortunately I'm sure it is just water. My damn body is jumping a week ahead. It seems to do this once or twice a year, so I am used to it, but what a pain in the arse.
Anyway, I hope to see it and then some gone next week.
Yeah baby! The scale she be showing me a lower number again this morning. So happy about that. So happy. Life has really gotten in the way this week as far as exercise goes (I haven't been out walking all week), but I've been watching my food more closely because of the lack of exercise.
And can I say how happy I am to see that watching the food more closely even though I'm not exercising much still helps me drop. I'm down to 182.4 now. This makes it a total of just over 24 pounds gone since I really started in June, and about 30 pounds gone since March.
Rock on!
I hope everyone else has a wonderful weigh in this week!
I know, I know. I've missed blogging for several weeks. I've continued to stay on track though with eating and exercise, but there just wasn't much to talk about other than for me to bitch about being stuck at the same weight for 4 weeks straight! Damn plateaus!
But I dropped another couple pounds and am now down over 22 from my first weigh in and 28 from the start of my journey. Yay me!
I worry now, though, about the exercise. Our weather has seriously turned and it's going to be much harder to get out and walk/bike. It rained most of the week and I only got out twice this past week. Both for walks, no biking with the 30 mph winds we were having.
So, I know what I need to do, and it's going to be watch my eating much more closely. Less exercise is going to have to mean less of the fun foods. Hey, if that is what I need to do to get the remaining half of my weight off, then so be it.
I'm so pleased with the way I look now, I'm anxious to stay on track and kick the rest of ass I don't need off my body.
Well, this week has been difficult on the exercise front. The weather has turned and although I've been good about getting up and out of bed no matter how cold the house is, it's also been rainy three days this week. That has forced me to miss either one or both rounds of daily exercise that I have been doing for the past couple months.
This worried me. I wasn't expecting much from my weigh in this morning. I figured if I dropped the water weight that was on me last week, returning to the previous weeks 188, I'd be happy.
Much to my surprise the scale revealed an even better number. I'm now down to 186.4 and I'm so pleased to see that. It definitely put a spring in my step on this morning's walk (though the beautiful starry sky and 45 degree temps didn't hurt either).
So, I'm 20.2 pounds down from when I started exercising and 25 pounds down from my awful beginning picture in March. I'm quite pleased.
I hope everyone else has a good weigh in this week. Keep up the good work!
This morning, on a whim, I tried on a pair of jeans I have had squirreled away in my closet but never worn.
They are size 14 Levi's. Levi's have always seemed to run small for me. When I was wearing a size 16 in most jeans, I'd need an 18 in Levi's. Frankly, I'm not sure why I had this pair in size 14, I must have gotten them as a gift. They never did fit well, so they've been sitting in my closet for a few years.
Anyway, since I've had a serious case of baggy ass for the last couple weeks, I thought I'd pull out some clothes I haven't worn in a while and try them on.
Yo! They fit! And they aren't tight. No sucking in to zip/button them, no roll of fat bulging out over the waistband, no pockets trying to turn themselves inside out from the material being stretched too far, nothing! They fit perfectly!
So. I'm guessing that means I can start trying on size 12 pants. Rock on!
Now, to just decide if I buy some work pants now or try holding out a little longer. I wonder if I can make my current size 16 work pants limp along until I fit into a size 10?
Or rather, do I want to? I'm really beginning to hate baggy-ass syndrome. LOL!
***** Reason #5 to drop 50 pounds...
All of Kat Von D's clothing line is in Juniors sizes! Ugh. And I so want this shirt.
Ok, sorry, I thought I posted this last week. Emi thanks for asking for an update as I thought I'd done it. My life has been quite off-kilter for a couple weeks now and I'm not sure if I'm coming or going some days.
Anyway, last Friday I did weigh in #10 and logged it for my graph. Yes. I'm in the 180's....188.6 to be exact.
Tomorrow is weigh in #11 and I'm kind of dreading it. Holiday weekend messing up my schedule, camping w/not as excellent food choices, alcohol, hormones, and all the other crap. Eeesh. Well, we'll see how it all turns out tomorrow at 6:30 a.m., huh?
