Continued amazement

Sep 15, 2009

I continue to be amazed by this whole process.  Each week I lose about 2.5 pounds and think...hmmm...no big deal.  But today I was talking with my mom and realized that I last saw her a little over a month ago and I've lost almost 25 pounds since then.  She keeps begging for a picture but I don't think that I've changed.  Besides, I want to surprise them all again at Thanksgiving.  I should be relatively close to my goal weight provided that I continue on the path I've been on.

Today, I tried on some pants that I bought a couple weeks ago.  There are a size 18.  And they are too big.  Imagine that.  Me in a 16 comfortably.  I was buying that size when I was 16.  I turn 39 in two days and am wearing the same size that I wore at 16.  By the time I am 40, I will be in a smaller size than I was when I was in high school.  Once again, that is too amazing.  I have lost a total of 79 pounds (including the 5 pounds before surgery).  By the time I turn 39, I want to have lost 80.  I am shocked by that amount.  I was thinking that I might be able to reach that goal by the end of the year in December when I was first thinking about the surgery.  I am shocked that I will be reaching that goal in September.  By the time everyone sees me at Thanksgiving, I think that I will be at 100 pounds lost.

It has been both easy and hard.  There were days over the last few months that I thought, "why did I do this?" because I felt bad from my food.  Now that I know a little better what I tolerate, the quantity, etc. I don't have those days any more.  I don't have cravings.  Well, I do.  But they are no where near what they used to be.  I am still going to the gym every single day.  I don't really mind it except when I am tired.  last night, I did yoga after work.  I didn't want to go because I just wanted to sit on the couch.  But when I came home, i was so glad I went because I felt so much better.  I truly am making changes and sticking to them.  Besides my few days of vacation in July, I think there are probably less than 8 days that I haven't exercised since my surgery in May.  For me, that is amazing.  I have never stuck to anything like that because I would get so discouraged by the food issue. Now that it is not an issue, I can move forward in my areas of progress.  Today's a good day...and life is good.

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