I went shopping yesterday at Macys.  I have been buying shoes lately because I hate to buy clothing that Im just gonna shrink out of soon.  (I am a self proclaimed shoe and clothes whore.)  I have to have some clothes though.    I had been to Macys just a few months before and the jeans just would not fit.  I was so mad at myself and disgusted and I wanted these cute jeans soooo bad that I bought them with the hopes of losing enough to fit into them.  They were size 24.  When I went yesterday, they had jeans on sale.  I thought, well, I can always cut them off into capris if they fit and look good and they were super cheap.  So I grabbed a 24... too big.  I grabbed a 22.... too big.  I grabbed a 20.... Shut the front door!!!!  Tight fit, but they looked really good!    I bought the jeans, a red Tshirt with a square neckline and an adorable pair of red sandals in an 8 1/2.  I have been a 9 for the last several years.  (This is gonna get really expensive.)  Happy Day and now I have a cute outfit for the 4th of July.   This got me so dang jazzed up about my weightloss that I went over to my Aunts house and weighed in on her new scale.  (I dont keep on at my house or I will obsess.)  It has been surprisingly accurate with staying with the same numbers as my Drs office.  I weighed in today at 249.  Im officially under 250!!!!    Thats over 40 pounds off since I started this whole thing.   I am doing really good.  This is the first time I have ever lost this much.  I had been on other programs and diets but I never was this successful.  Im not hungry, although I do miss food,  but I think that I am hungry sometimes.  Late at night seems to be the worst.  I just get bored and think I need something.  I miss salads so much I think Im gonna die!!!!  All the good homegrown veggies and salads available right now... its killing me!!!!  I got my measuring tape out this evening.  I hadnt measured since before surgery.  Figured it was about time.  I cant believe the inches I have lost.  I dont want to get up and find my original measurements right now, but I remember my waist was a 54 and my arms were a 17.  I remember because I freaked about my arms.  lol  Its funny to think about now, but I cried because my arms were almost the measurement that someones waist should be.  When I measured this evening, my waist was 47 and my arms were 14.  Although sometimes I think the weight is coming off too slow, I really think Im doing good.  I cant expect it just to melt off.  It took years to put the weight on and I know it will take a long time to take it off.   Ive had alot of compliments lately.  People really can tell Ive lost.    I couldnt be more tickled about it.  Im getting ready to go on vacation in a week.  Im going to PA.  I cant wait!!  I am so effin ready to get out of this house.  I hope there is a pool at the hotels I stay at.  I want to get in and exercise with my son while we are gone.  Im having trouble exercising.  Not because its too hard, but because I find a hard time making it a priority.  I hate doing it and can easily talk myself out of it.  Im trying to surround myself with people who will work out with me and keep me focused.  Well, I will shut up now and watch my movie I got to watch this evening.  I will blog in a couple weeks and tell u how my vacation went.  I might even post a few pics.   Until then, xoxo  ~Tipsy