I had to take this picture, because these pants are finally lose in the waist and I couldn't even put them on 2 months ago (they look big, but the waist is small). This shirt, I could never button, I would just wear it over white shirts. I can button it and there is tonz of room. The sleeves used to be tight, now, lots of room! Yay!
I have lost another 4 pounds since I last posted. So, since this is working I will finally tell you my size of jeans when I began this journey :) I WAS a WHOPPING size 18 or so. I am now comfortably wearing 14's. My hope is to be in my 12's by Labor Day. I have lost a total of about 22 pounds. I have 19 to go until I'm at my goal. My goal is to be in a size 10. I've never been below that. I'll be elated to reach that goal and if I continue to lose, it would be beyond my wildest dreams. I am so excited to be in clothes that I have not worn in 3 years! I LOVE the things I'm eating now. It's so simple. I do miss cooking all kinds of things like spaghetti and enchilada's and will do so once I reach my weight and I will do it healthy, but until then, I have to be strict about the amount of carbs, fat, and calories I'm taking in and it's easier to do it with the menu's I've created for myself. I posted some of what I'm doing on my last post. I have hit a sort of plateau, but I'm confident things will begin to change in the next week or so.
I told myself I will have a cheat every 10 pounds, so over the 24th of July, my SIL made the most amazing Pumpkin Cobbler in the dutch oven. Let me tell you, I indulged! It was so amazing! Next month, it's roasting marshmallows with the kiddo's. I can't wait!
The other thing I'm pretty excited about is how my exercising has improved. Running has become so much easier and instead of 11:30 miles, I'm running 10:30 miles and even 10 minute miles on good days! I can't tell you how great it feels! When I see these kinds of improvements, it makes it so much easier to take better care of myself.
I will try to update around Labor Day and tell you my progress!
Do you see that bicep? It's beginning to show. LOL! There is a small bump :)
