Today I gave in, and I weighed myself. It's been a few weeks since I have done it and I thought that I should check in and see where things stood. I was actually thinking that I had gained a few pounds. But to my surprise, I have lost. I'm almost to my last 10 pound mark. I have 3 more pounds to go before I hit that mark. So I guess that means I have only 13 more pound to go. I have been kinda bad though lately. I know that I have slowed down my progress by drinking the pop again. I know I have. I also know that by cutting out the amount of water that I have cut out, I've not only slowed down my progress but my energy level has slowed down a little bit. The past few days I have cut back on the pop and upped my water intake, just a few days and I can tell the difference.
I listen to people talk about how they can never loose weight. I honestly use to be like that. But one day looking a picture from a friends wedding back a year this past May, kicked me in the face... it was a huge wake up call. I looked disgusting. I was, for my height over weight. It was a very slow process. I started walking. Lots of walking. Not much happened that I could see. Over time I had to really educate myself on how to loose. It's made out to be so complicated when really it isn't. Smaller portions, cut out the seconds, do wheat instead of white, skim instead of vit d or 2%. Low this and low that, fat free here and fat free there really does help. I still eat fast food. Don't think for a second that I gave that up... but I cut back. I eat smaller and I never ever finish my fries.
Being active does help. But I never thought that I could ever do it. And now I can't believe that I have lost 40 pounds.... Determination and not giving up is so important. I learned the hard way that walking just isn't enough, but it's better than nothing. Hardest thing was giving up my iced coffees, milk shakes, and frappes. Every time Jason gets one, I want one so bad.... the other day though I did get a fruit smoothie...super good. I guess my problem was that I expected it to go faster than it was. But, I also want it to stay off. I'm more of a loose slowly but keep it off kinda person now. What sucks though, is that I haven't rewarded myself with any thing yet.... I'm a few over due but oh well. They'll come later some time. I'm just glad that I got to the point that I'm at now. You know you have lost weight when your bra size has gone down two inches and a whole cup size....
