Well, my body is still coming out of hormone hell but the numbers are decreasing every day so I know things are improving internally! It still is a slow ticking of the clock kind of shift though and I am one of the most impatient people I know!
Oh well, my body will do what it has to do in its time. Just the fact that this program works is a miracle in and of itself. Why this lifestyle hasn't truly taken hold is beyond me. I know that there are lots of coaches out there that are working with wealthy clients that lose weight rapidly (i.e., Beyonce being pregnant and then in a tight dress 4 weeks later). These people have chefs, personal trainers, doctors on speed dial, etc., etc., and they're basically doing this 24/7. All I have to say is wouldn't it just be easier to go to IP? Just sayin....
The pounds aren't coming off as rapidly as the first 5 weeks but I have noticed I'm getting smaller. I have started putting my foot into the pool of Size 12 depending on the designer. I've even noticed my measurements meet up to some size 10 and 8 on top! The lower half still has a long way to go but isn't that usually the case? Still, I'm smaller than I was yesterday, a week and a month ago! Can't let anything get me down because a loss is a loss whether it's weight, fat, or inches.
According to the morning weigh-in I am another 2 lbs down since Saturday. I've been fluctuating a lot this week (again, hormones I'm sure) and daily weighing is actually discouraged for this very reason. I am mostly doing it to track it on a diet/exercise application so I can see my overall progress. It's actually okay for me to see the ups and downs on the graph. The cool thing is that even if I go up, I come down even further about 2 days later.
I have a closet full of size 14's that finally now fit. I just realized that I was a size 14 since around 2002. I was a loose 14, but a 14 nonetheless. I have done some yoyo-ing since then until about 4-5 years ago when I slowly starting going up without any reprieve until last summer when we did Nutrisystem. Last year, I finally had to start buying size 16's. I had swore I would never wear a size 16 years ago when I was battling everything to stay a size 10/12. And yet, there I was.....and this year all my clothing purchases were 16's. I hated myself but could not do anything about it at the time. I was practically paralyzed.
I have started giving away all my size 16's and now some 14's are too big and I'm giving those things away, especially the nice dresses and suits. I have no intention of coming back to this size again. I am not sure where I'm going to land but my hope is that I'm never a double digit again. I am actually going to be pants 'less' once I lose about 2 in my waist. I can belt up and cover up for a little while but I am literally going to need to get all new pants, skirts and dresses (minus the sweaters and tops that will still work for awhile). I actually couldn't figure out why I had no 12's in my closet and it's because it's been 11 years! I am treading into a true no-man's land in that I hardly have any recollection of what it was like to be a 12! The crazy thing is that I was a 12 when I was a serious gym rat and working out all the time. I had some serious muscle and shape then but I also think I had a huge amount of body fat on top of the muscle.... I think I'm actually going to end up being smaller this go round because IP is helping me get rid of that awful unneeded body fat!
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