Weighed myself yesterday morning...I knew I'd be up because I ate SPAM. Yes... I broke the rules and ate something pretty fatty and more important...SALTY. I can't help it... I love the stuff. I chop it up like hash and fry the heck out of it so it gets crispy on the outside and put it in a scramble. It was damn good. No regrets.
So I was up again at 151.4 yesterday morning. ALL water weight my friends.... 8 hours later I was down to 148.3! So that's how great Monday and my 31st week on IP began. This felt great....
This morning I knew I'd be up again because I ate hamburger at dinner a little late last night (big mac salad - a big favorite around here) but it will burn off by tomorrow. I weighed in at 148.7 this a.m. so I know that'll come down. No worries.....beef and some fatty pork products (like bacon and SPAM) actually seem to encourage weight loss in me. I am NOT complaining.
Seriously..... I am pretty excited. I'm down to the end and am close to my goal. I know I thought I'd be here 2 months ago....well actually 3 months ago but I'm okay with the struggles I had in January and February. It took me 8 weeks to let go of 8 lbs but I'm fine. We all have plateaus and I hit a long one. Most IP followers don't go more than 3-4 weeks. I always seem to be an over-achiever, LOL.
Again, I'm not after a number on the scale but more for body fat. I know that exercise is going to help me achieve the actual number I'm going for (23% which is considered athletic/fit for my age group) but getting to 27% without full on exercise is pretty dang amazing to me. Can you believe I read almost 41% BF back in July? YES....I speak the truth. I'm at 29% now and it's slowly dinging down with every ounce of body fat I burn. I only need to lose about 3 lbs or so to get rid of 2%!!! I am psyched!
Okay....so I happened to find a pair of jeans that I wore last year in a laundry basket. Been meaning to give them to a friend who lives a couple of blocks away and it slipped my mind. I decided to try them on for shits & giggles and about died! They are HUGE on me! I really should have been wearing another size up but was too ashamed to buy anymore clothes so they were pretty tight around the waist. I can't believe how much room I have. I have lost so many inches it's blowing my mind!!!! I need to get all the actual inches lost for each body part from my coach the next time I weigh in. I'm just flabbergasted by the change. To think that I should have been wearing size 18's (I refused to buy bigger than 16's) and I now wear size 6 and the occasional 8! Woo-hoo!
I was thinking of trying on my wedding dress (got married in 2010) to see the difference there. I don't know exactly what I weighed then because I was avoiding the scale so this will be interesting. I may try to take a pic if it's not too revealing! I'll keep ya posted!
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