Week 5: Weigh-In/Progress Report

Well, I have survived another week without cheating on my diet and I am feeling good. I have times when I think I might still be hungry after a meal but I am able to just get through by having a glass of ice water or flavoured water. I lost 2 lbs this week and am down 14 pounds for the 5 weeks.  I am definitely making progress towards my goal!  I also decided to compare my inches to those that I logged the first week of last month and I have lost 7 1/2 total inches. 

I have not yet lost a clothing size. I also don't think anyone can tell, when they look at me, that I've lost an ounce. That part of this journey is SO depressing. When you get to be my size you can lose more weight than a sack of potatoes and people can't even tell ... it hasn't made a dent. The 7 1/2 inches lost is total all over. Only the 1/2 inch has come off my waist. While I realize it is progress and MUCH better for my health, it just isn't noticable.

So, I'm wondering how much weight and inches I do have to lose for my clothing size to go down?  I have an event to go to over Labour Day and I'd love to be down a size for my two months (by then) effort. It's my goal. What do you think?  Do able?

I know this post maybe sounds negative. I don't mean for it to have that connotation. I'm actually REALLY happy that I've lost this much and that I'm progressing towards my goal. I know my heart and my knees have to be SO much better for it and I'm striving towards better yet!

Thanks for reading!

Great Loss!

Congrats!  You have done so well consistently sticking to the program!

I hate to say there's a specific weight where someone would go down in size, because every "body" is different and loss may come from different places first on one person than another.  For me, I just started moving into my size 18's last week, but in pants, I will probably stay in 18's down close to the teens or single digit 200's....I just lose so slowly in my hip/abdomen area(except for my waist).  As far as tops, I've been in XL or 1X even after gaining back some  weight earlier in the year, and then after losing to where I am now.  My back fat and some of the belly rolls are shrinking, but unfortunately "the girls" aren't shrinking like I'd like, so I may still be in XL's even when I go below 200.

Hang in there...it will happen when you least expect it...I never expected those 18's to fit last week!