Goodbye 100! I don't need you anymore!

May 03, 2014

I went to my doctor this week, and was actually looking forward to stepping on the scale as I've been on a verrrry slow journey losing weight, but have kinda gotten in a groove of losing. Two months ago when I went in, I had lost a total of 87 lbs in 4 years! See what I mean about it being the slowwwww journey? Well, the scale showed 248. Exactly 100 pounds lost!  Looking at my history, I weighed 301 a year ago. So the majority of weight loss has been in the last 12 months. 

I know now that a slow loss can be beneficial in keeping it off, but the down side is that no one really notices as my family, work, etc see me every day. I've been able to wear clothes that were in the back of the closet because they hadn't fit, so that feels good.

I had forgotten that I took body measurements at the beginning of this journey and logged them here. So I measured again today (I haven't done that on 4 years either). I've lost 6 inches off my chest and the same off if my hips, thighs and 2 inches off my biceps.  Now the part that I'm confused about, I've only lost 2 inches off of my waist. What the heck is that about? I know I carry my weight in my stomach, but still..... Sheesh.  I do lots of core exercises, but obviously not enough. Any words of wisdom or advice?

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