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)