buttercupnectar
Trudging Along
Jul 29, 2013
So yes it has been quite a while. Weightloss has slowed significantly. Why you ask? Well one I tore my miniscus in both knees doing squats. So after resting those and being out of the gym for 3 weeks my motivation and morale was ZIP!! I have been eating whatever I want (of course in smaller quantities) and not doing what I should be doing. I am still losing but should really be at goal by now if I had stuck to things for the past 8 months.
Just went to Sleevegirl's page and saw that she has reached her goal (WAY TO GO!). We started at the same weight and just a month or two apart with our surgeries. So it made something in me click! This week I have family coming from all over the world (literally) for my parents 50th Anniversary party so eating will be off a bit. But come next Tuesday it will be back to the basics!
Despite being 40lbs from my initial goal I am feeling really great! I can fit into a 14 dress and 16 pants. I fit into a ladies large or xlarge top and my shoes have gone from a 10 down to an 8 1/2. It was awesome to go show shopping last weekend with my sister to find that my feet fit into nice heels again and look good (not like sausage trying to escape it's casing). I have a collarbone and you can actually see definition in my shoulders. I take a class called Les Mills Body Pump at my gym 3-5 times a week and it is an hour of weights with fast reps. By the time I am done I have done between 800-900 reps. It kicks my ass some days but I absolutely love the class!
Am I disappointed? Yeah I wish I had the willpower to have stuck to things and be done now, but one positive thing about it is that I have seen some of my loose skin tighten up. I still can take flight with my albatross wings and my thighs look like the Michelins baby and if I bend over I have a pouch like a kangaroo to carry my three year old inside, but I look pretty good in the right clothes and my husband says I look hot in my jeans and figure hugging summer dress (compliments of Spanx of course). My kids and I have passes to Adventure Island this summer and we have been utilizing them ( I would not have been caught there in the past 30 years) and I can walk around Busch Gardens for 12 hours without pain dragging 6 children around with me.
My biggest NSV was to clean out my closet and filled 4 black hefty bags full of clothes that others were able to put to use. Another Sleever near me gave me 3 bags of 14-16 clothes, many with tags, so I have been blessed in that respect. There have been many NSV's but this one was huge for me. My next goal is to be a 14 in pants and close my Lane Bryant charge that has a $0 balance. I shop at places like Marshall's and Ross now and it is so much cheaper and more fun.
I will check in again once I hit "Onederland". I hope to hit it by my birthday in September!
