Funny pic.....

Did this the other night..... I'm standing in one leg of my old "fat" pants! :)

Oh and I'm down 2 more pounds now.....8 till goal!!! :)

Half the girl I used to be pics......

Wanted to put these on last night, but blogger was down then and this morning as well.
So......here they are....140 pounds lost (also weighing 140 pounds!)!!! It's crazy to me that from here on out, I will weigh LESS than what I've lost! :)



It also just occurred to me that my blog from yesterday is MIA.... hmmmmmm..... Maybe due to the issues Blogger was apparently having? Well, maybe it will show up.

HALF the girl I used to be.........

Oh YEAH!!!!! That is 140 POUNDS gone FOREVER!!!!!! I cannot believe that this day is actually here.....especially since the scale has been teasing me mercilessly as of late. But, yes, it's real, it's true and it's happened to ME!!!! :)
This sounds super weird and I totally don't mean this in an arrogant way.....but some days I'm kind of in awe about myself....about this whole journey I have been on. Almost 13 months ago, when I started this journey, I hated myself. I was miserable.....but honestly didn't realize how miserable I was. Most days I just didn't feel like doing anything. I had lost zest for life and had no motivation. Yes, I wanted to lose weight, but didn't really have the drive to put in the work and the time. Let's face it, when you have A LOT to lose, it is a VERY daunting thought....much less actually doing it. I was really freaked out about the cost. We are a one income family and not well off by any means. But, we decided to go for it....and I'm so very glad and thankful that we did. I am a totally different person now. Or rather I'm the person I USED to be.......before my weight controlled me. I look good, I FEEL good, I'm HEALTHY and I'm HAPPY. :) What is better than that????
I will post pictures later. Of course, being a week day no one is here but me and the dog...and he's not a very good photographer. ;)

I'm NORMAL!!!!!

Actually hit this a few days ago, and haven't taken the time to blog till now. But, I have reached the "normal" range on the BMI Scale!!!! I have all these numbers in my head....the number to "normal," the number till having lost half my starting weight and of course, my "goal" weight. So, I was rushing around the other morning trying to get my younger two out the door to the bus and then was going to take my oldest and drop him off at his school....as it's on the way to the gym. I hurried and jumped on the scale as I changed from my jammies to my gym clothes, wrote the number on my calendar got dressed and ran out the door. I was in warm up mode on the treadmill when I started thinking about the numbers and I was like "WAIT!!! Did I actually become "normal" this morning????" So, I grabbed my phone as I'm briskly walking and pull up a BMI calculator and start plugging my numbers in. Sure enough!!!!! I couldn't believe it!!! THIS is what it's all about....getting to the range that is considered not just "normal" but HEALTHY!!! The looking good is just the icing on the cake. :) I felt like I was flying on the treadmill that morning and it made for a fantastic start to the day and I think I had a smile plastered on my face all day long. :)

I really am regretting my choice to go off plan for Easter right now. The scale is moving again....but I really wonder how much closer I'd be now if I hadn't derailed it. It's not like Easter is like Thanksgiving and Christmas meal wise....though we did have a nice meal. But, I'm just really not sure it was THAT worth it since I'm so close!!! Live and learn, I guess. ;)

So.....where do I stand now? I am 1.4 pounds away from having lost 1/2 my starting weight (140 pounds), and I am 11.4 away from goal. :)