Far From What I Once Was...

... But Not Yet What I Am Going To Be.

1. My friend told me I am looking good. I'll take it!

2. There's a garbage bag of clothes in the bedroom that I have been meaning to donate for years and never have. I wanted to go through it one more time and make sure there wasn't anything I wanted in there. When I put them in the bag, they were all mostly too small. You know... Size 30/32 and 28/26. Just for giggles, I tried them all on and guess what... They are either too big or just right. It's seriously like going shopping for free!

3. Years ago I bought a pair of jeans and was NEVER able to fit into them. I bought them because I hoped, someday, they would fit and they haven't. I could not get them up over my thighs... How sad... but today I was able to get them up and on and even buttoned! They were snug but holy moley! Talk about a game changer right there!

4. I haven't been able to do many big walks lately because of the weather so I started C25K. It's only a half hour a day and I do it in the house, so it's like running in place. But still... It's better than nothing and it's better than sitting around doing nothing. Plus... I'm getting my sweat on. I bought these 3lbs hand weight for walking and I try to use them while I do the routine. Sometimes, I'll hold them over my head... anything to get rid of the arm jiggle.

I feel so good about myself it's ridiculous. I am so motivated to keep going and this was totally the boost I needed to keep going. Not that I'm not motivated, but when I look int he mirror, I don't see anything or anyone different. I just see... Me. I notice that my favorite clothes are getting too big. I can kind of see that my stomach is getting less lumpy. I guess I just needed to have some kind of validation that I'm doing a good job and I'm getting somewhere.

Got a long way to go but I am getting there. Going to have to visit the Doctor's office and get a new goal weight from them since I'm so close to my goal right now. Can't wait to see what the scale says this week.