10% GOAL MET!!!!!!

Wow, what a great 6 weeks this has been! Yesterday I hit my 10% goal, and today I hit my September goal of 190, 10 days early. I am down 22.6 as of today, but technically I just count Friday's weight, so 21.5. I am feeling so good about myself now! I'm focused and I've got a great outlook on everything. I'm fitting into so many more clothes that have been sitting for 1, 2, even 4 years in my dresser/closet/boxes. I'm ready to pull some boxes down from the attic, but I'm afraid to see if the clothes inside them are ruined or not from sitting in a box for over 4 years!!! Guess I'll just have to go shopping and get some more. :) My parents are visiting for the week-end and they took the kids and me over to the coast today to celebrate my birthday. We had a great time. I did indulge a little, but not too much. I couldn't see ruining my weight loss just because it's my birthday. So I had a little treat, but didn't binge like I normally would have. Unfortunately, all the bread and sugar made me feel a little blah, so I had to down about 100 oz. of water in a couple hours tonight. But I'm feeling better now.


I've been working out for 46 days in a row now! I am addicted to it I think. I'm trying to walk still at night, but it's getting dark a little too early now, so I'm gonna have to change my walk times and take the kids now (or get a treadmill whenever we can afford one). It was nice to have that hour to myself, which I guess I can still do on Chris' days off, but I am really enjoying how I feel after working out and walking. Below are a couple pictures from the coast today that my mom took. I can really tell the difference in my weight on the side view. And the shirt I was wearing today, 6 weeks ago was tight around my stomach, so I would stretch it out as far as I could so it wouldn't fit snug around my fat belly. Now I put it on and I don't have to stretch it! It fits loosely around my stomach! What a great feeling!!!


I still have a long ways to go before hitting my ultimate goal, 40 more lbs., but I know that I can do it. I have the motivation, I proved that I can lose 20 lbs, so what's another 40, right???


9-19-08 (191.1) (-3) (Total loss -21.5) (-10.1%) (BMI: 29.1)
9-12-08 (194.1) (-1.6) (Total loss -18.5) (-8.7%) (BMI: 29.5)
9-5-08 (195.7) (-1.3) (Total loss -16.9) (-7.9%) (BMI: 29.8)
8-29-08 (197) (-4.2) (Total loss -15.6) (-7.3%) (BMI: 30)
8-22-08 (201.2) (-2.6) (Total loss -11.4) (-5.4%) (BMI: 30.6)
8-15-08 (203.8) (-5.4) (Total loss -8.8) (-4.1%) (BMI: 31)
8-8-08 (209.2) (-3.4) (Total loss -3.4) (1.6%) (BMI: 31.8)
8-5-08 (212.6) (Start) (BMI: 32.3)

Weigh In

Well, I lost but not as much as I'd hoped. I guess I can't have big losses every week. I lost 1.3, so it's not horrible. I've done pretty good all week, but I have eaten more than I have been lately. I'm not kicking myself too much though, cause I still haven't gone on any binges in the 4 weeks I've been doing this. So I'm still really proud of how far I've come. I worked out every single day, 31 days now! That's a huge accomplishment in itself! So I did 18 miles with my WATP workouts, 10.1 miles walking in the evenings and I did the Jillian Michael's workout one day. She is so brutal!!! I'm only 4.4 pounds away from my 10% goal, so I'm getting excited for that! I've managed to stay under 200 for 2 weeks in a row and I've lost for 4 consecutive weeks. So that's good for me too! And the big thing...I'm no longer considered obese!!! Not that I thought I ever was, but my BMI is 29.8 now! It's under 30!!! Woohoo!!! So we'll see how next week goes. I'll be out walking a lot (in fact, I'm heading out here in a few minutes with Kassie in the stroller). Gotta get it all in before it starts getting nasty outside. Although, at the rate I'm going, who knows, maybe I'll start walking in the rain too!

8-5-08 (212.6) (Start) (BMI: 32.3)
8-8-08 (209.2) (-3.4) (Total loss -3.4) (-1.6%) (BMI: 31.8)
8-15-08 (203.8) (-5.4) (Total loss -8.8) (-4.1%) (BMI: 31)
8-22-08 (201.2) (-2.6) (Total loss -11.4) (-5.4%) (BMI: 30.6)
8-29-08 (197) (-4.2) (Total loss -15.6) (-7.3%) (BMI: 30)
9-5-08 (195.7) (-1.3) (Total loss -16.9) (7.9%) (BMI: 29.8)