I've lost 90 lbs!

I can't believe that I have lost 90 lbs so far. I still have about 65 lbs to lose but wow. Can you believe that I have lost 90 lbs!!! I can't. I have started running -YES, Running!- every day! I am loving it. So much in my life has changed over the last 7 months. I never want to go back to that life again. I love being more active. I want to run races. I want to look back 7 months from now and not be able to believe that I have lost xxx lbs! Yes, I want it to be a 3 digit loss. I want to have lost 1XX lbs. And, I will have. To me and 90 lbs gone forever.

Message from Anonymous---Thank you.

I don't know who you are but thank you. Your kind words came at a time when they were really needed. After a rough day I was feeling like giving up. Your words made me snap out of my stupor and recommit to my weight loss efforts. I wish for you and your dh all the success in the world. It doesn't matter that you have waited til your 40's to do this. What matters is that you are making the changes now. Congratulations to you and your dh for all the weight you have already lost. Stick to it and you will be at goal in no time. Yay. Thank you.

39 weeks til 2009

Crazy thoughts. I was wondering how many weeks were left in this year and how much weight I can lose in that time. I want to be at my goal weight by my 30th birthday. There are 39 weeks left in this year and then 3 weeks of 2009 til my 30th. That means that I have 42 weeks to reach my goal weight of 149 lbs. I have 67 lbs to lose to reach my goal weight. I only have to lose 1.6 lbs a week. I can totally do that! That makes me very happy! I can see the end in sight, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!

5K practice!

We are signing up to run a 5K at the end of this month. I decided this morning to run a 5K (3.1 miles) on the treadmill to see if I could even do it. I DID IT. My pace was 15:39 min/mile. I don't think that is bad at all. My goal for the 5K is to finish it in under 1 hour. With a 15:39 pace I can finish it in under 50 mins!

We lost a little more!

Jon lost 1/2 lb this week. He now weighs 235.5 lbs! I lost 1 lb this week. I now weigh 216 lbs. I haven't weighed this in over 10 years! We are gonna make it. I am so excited. We have now lost a total of 160.25 lbs. We now have 87.75 lbs to lose together. Wow! Got my fingers crossed that we can do it by the end of the year.

Loose Size 18 jeans!

Isn't that insane? When I started this weight loss journey I wore a TIGHT size 28 jeans. I bought me a new pair of jeans this week. I bought a size 18 thinking that I could squeeze into them. I wore them today and they are TO BIG for me. I don't even have to unzip or unbutton them to pull them up or down. I also got a pair of Capris that are size 16. I figured I would be able to wear them this summer. I put them on last night and while they are a little tight they are only a LITTLE tight. I can wear them! I haven't been in a size 16 pants since my freshman year in high school. I was 15 yrs old they last time I could wear a 16. Blows my mind. I have gone down almost 6 pants sizes!!!

I have been struggling all week long. The scale has shown a small gain every morning since Wed morning. I have my official weigh in tomorrow and am hoping for at least a small loss. So far I haven't had a gain and I know it will happen sooner or later I am just hoping for the late. Keep your fingers crossed that the scale is nice to me in the morning.

51%

I want to lose 51% of my starting weight. I feel like I will never be able to acheive that goal. I still have about 23% of my self to lose. I know I didn't get fat over night and I wont get skinny over night but I wish it would hurry up already. I know that this is going to be a life long battle to get the weight off and keep it off but I hate being overweight. Ugh. I am so ready to be able to buy normal size clothes. So ready to be the cute, thin chick. So tired of being fat.

No longer MORBIDLY OBESE!!!!

Wow, what a great feeling. I lost 2 lbs this week bring my weight down to 217lbs. As of this weigh in I am no longer morbidly obese!!!!!!!!! I can't believe I have come this far. I know I have a long way to go but I am well on my way. I haven't weighed this since March 1998. 10 years. Wow.

I am still loving my Nike+ ipod kit. I found out this morning that I can run a mile in under 16 mins. When I first started it took me 24 mins to run a mile. Big improvement.

Last night I noticed that my calves looked smaller so I measured them. One of my big goals is to be able to wear a pair of knee high boots. I have never been able to zip them. My calves were 22" when I started this and now they are 18.5". I need to find out what size they have to be to be able to fit into the boots I want. Something to strive for.

Jon had a rough week scale wise. He stayed the same this week. I tried to tell him that is much better than a gain but I think it discouraged him a little. I am so proud of him. He looks totally different than he used to. He is sexy. He is getting healthier every day. I am proud.