New Goals.

I have never been much of a goal person. This whole weight loss thingy has made a goal maker out of me. Granted, this is the only area in my life I am making goals, it is still good. Maybe it will catch on in other areas of my life.

Here are my next goals. I must also come up with some rewards for myself...any ideas?
1. Be under 200 pounds. That is only 3 pounds away but I think it is a big deal because I can not remember ever being under 200 pounds. I am sure I had to be at one time because I think it would have horribly uncomfortable for my mother to give birth to a 200 pounder.
2. 50 pounds by the end of summer. That doesn't mean I want to lose 50 this summer that means I want 20 pounds more by the end of summer. It is a good goal and completely possible!

So, there are my new goals.

My friend, who has recently joined on the journey to a lighter weight, was talking about being frustrated about only losing .4 last week. I know that a loss is a loss but sometimes it is hard when it slows. I was there a few weeks ago and it wasn't fun. I hope my advice helped her. It is fun to have support on this journey. It is awesome. Sometimes I don't feel like I know enough to help people but then I start talking and realize that I do know quite a bit and can help, even though I still doubt myself because I still feel like a rookie. It is fun to be learning and growing!

Week 17 -3.2 for a total of 30.6 :)

I don't know if I have actually written down what one of my big goals was for my weight loss, but I have reached that goal. I really wanted to lose 30 pounds before graduation or the end of the school year. I didn't think I would make it for another couple of weeks so when I actually weighed in today and I had lost three pounds for a total of thirty, I was very pleased.

For about a month, my church clothes have just not fit well. I have HATED it. I just do not like the skirts that do fit and am really sad when I put on the ones I like and they fall to the floor. It just isn't appropriate to wear your skirt around your ankles at church. Even though this is a frustrating situation, I am not complaining at all. Seriously, this is a great problem to have. Anyway, I wanted to buy a new dress for a friend's wedding that was last Friday, but the one I bought on Thursday just didn't work when I got it home. It was weird. So I had to wear an outfit that wasn't my favorite, but I survived. I went back to Penny's on Saturday and found the rockin' skirt you can see in the photo along with three shirts that go with it. To have the three outfits was only about 3 dollars more than the dress I had bought on Thursday. It was like Christmas. I hope people don't notice that I am wearing the same skirt over and over and over because it is just silly to buy new clothes that you know you will be too small for in a month or so. At least that is my philosophy when it comes to buying clothes right now. I don't want to buy a lot of clothes until I reach my goal weight.

Don't I look rockin' in those pics? I still look at myself in the mirror and often don't believe it is me. I see these pictures and I am just tickled pink to know that is me. No wonder I got a few compliments at church on Sunday. It felt way good. This journey is awesome!

5k

I just posted about my 5k to my running blog. You should click on this and read it!

1.2

That is more like it. I am inching closer to my goal of 30 lbs. before graduation(I have currently lost 27.4 lbs.). I am going to buy a new dress for graduation to celebrate. I am having a little problem with all of my skirts. They basically fall off and that is no way to go to church!! I am having a hard time buying new clothes because I know I can't wear them for long because I am the incredible shrinking woman. I think in this case it will be fine. I tried some dresses on last night but didn't find the right yet. I did like how I can try on normal sizes...that makes me happy. That is very nice. I am going to quit rambling now.

.4 The lowest loss ever....

....but it is still a loss! This is what I have learned...when I am lazy with tracking...my progress slows down. Silly and so very simple.

I am enjoying that many of the people I work with now have begun referring to me as "skinny." They will say things like "Hey Skinny" and I love it. It makes me happy because I have NEVER considered myself skinny. It also motivates me. Thinking about making my goal of thirty pounds before graduation also motivates me. I am going to make it and then guess what? I am totally going to buy a fancy new dress to wear to graduation. (Weird to have Alice excited about buying a fancy new dress, eh?)

Do you want to know how cool it is to have 20 points left for dinner at the Bills? It was way cool. I can even still have dessert when we are watching a movie later!

I think that is it for now. Hopefully, another update on Tuesday!

25 Pounds

Sorry I have not been updating this blog like I should. This week I lost another 1.8 pounds and got a little metal for it. This is going so well. I am enjoying it. I may not be perfect at the plan but each time I get off, I quickly get back on! I haven't been good at tracking lately especially when I tend to overeat. I have decided that I am going to do better at this in the future. Weekends are just so hard!!

Down 1.6...

...will this ever be hard? I should not say that because I will be on vacation this next week. Dangerous. Will be fun though!