My Journey to be Healthy & Happy

The 21st Update CW: 176.6

It’s been a rocky couple of weeks. I sat at 177.2 for a number of days at the beginning of the month (starting Nov 3rd). I sat there, then started to inch up a little. During my period, I jumped one day to 181+, and the rest of the week stayed between 178 & 179. It’s been back down for the past couple days, with period gone and things like that, I feel better.

It’s weird that it’s such the same number though, that’s a new thing for me.

At any rate, it’s the 17th, so it’s update time:

October: 183
November: 176.6

Loss: 6.4 lbs

That’s a lot for feeling unsuccessful for the past 2 weeks. It was mostly in two big weird drops. I know I’ve said this before, but it’s hard to see the big things when you’re looking at it daily. But 6 pounds in one month is 6 pounds in one month, and that’s nothing to sneeze out.

Note to Self: 6 pounds in a month is very successful. Don’t hate.

I know weight fluctuates, so I have a hard time calling my goals official until it’s been a couple days…

But 3 of the past 4 days have been under 200. (the 2nd day was like 200.2), so after yesterday’s excitement of being back down and then today at 199.2, I’m calling it for real.

I never want to see that blasted “2” again.

and 11p at night isn’t the best time to take my measurements, but whatever I did them anyway. It’s going to be screwy, because I missed the mid-month last month, so we’re just talking since July 1st, so when things aren’t different, that’s why. I don’t go out to the .25 inch or less, I’m working in .5 inches, rounding down (or even up!!), so maybe it changed a bit, but not enough for me to record.

Anywho, if you’re interested… (click through the chart below, or on my sidebar)-

So it may be far from the 17th of June, but better late than never? So I did my measurements this morning and updated my monthly numbers as you can see here and here. 

Sometimes it’s good to see the weight in monthly progress, because when I weigh myself daily (or almost daily) (or multiple times a day) it can be easy to get caught up in a single pound or that little stuff, which I know changes, etc. So like this week, as I said yesterday, my weigh-in was on the high side of weigh-ins for the week. But put it into the monthly scheme and I’ve still lost over 6 pounds since mid May. 

I know 6 pounds isn’t a great month, but you know what? It’s the right direction. And considering I had college friends in town for 5 days and then I went home/DC for vacation for 9 days, I think a net loss of 6 is pretty damn good.

And I’ve shrunk in most of my measurements. Arms/Neck were the same and some only changed by less than an inch. But I lost multiple inches in my waist & hips. I’ll take that

And the scale hasn’t gone up yet… so I’m going to say it.

I’ve lost 50 pounds!

That’s a lot of extra fat to be gone. [remember this lovely depiction of fat]

And to celebrate I’m wearing a new cute jacket in the disgusting rainy weather that is Colorado today exhausted and overworked. 

Back to work!!

December 8th, 2010

• Neck - 13 (-.25”) 
• Boobs- 39 (-1”)
•  Under Boobs - 34 (-1”)
• Waist - 34.5 (same)
• Belly Button - 41 (-.5”)
• Hips - 42.5 (-.5”)
• Butt - (new) 41
• Arm - 13.5 (- ~.5”)
• Thigh - 23.75 (- ~.25”)
• Calf - 15.5 (same)

October 23rd, 2010

• Neck - 13.25 (-.25”)
• Boobs- 40 (-1”)
• Under Boobs - 35 (-3”)
• Waist - 34.5 (-1.5”)
• Belly Button - 41.5 (-3.5”)
• Hips - 43 (-3”)
• Arm - <14 (-.5”)
• Thigh - <24 (-.75”)
• Calf - >15.5 (-.75”)

August 17th, 2010

• Neck - 13.5 ( - )
• Boobs- 41 (-2”)
• Under Boobs - 38 (-.5”)
• Waist - 36 (-3”)
• Belly Button - 45 (-.5”)
• Hips - 46 (-1”)
• Arm - 14.5 (-.5”)
• Thigh - 24.7 (-.25”)
• Calf - 16.3 (-.75”)

July 19th, 2010

• Neck - 13.5 (-.5”)
• Boobs- 43 ( - )
• Under Boobs - 38.5 (-)
• Waist - 39 (-2”)
• Belly Button - 45.5 (new)
• Hips - 47 ( - )
• Arm - 15 ( - )
• Thigh - 25 (-.5”)
• Calf - 17 (-)

July 1st, 2010

• Neck -14 ( - )
• Boobs - 43 (-1.8”)
• Under Boobs - 38.5 (-2.5”)
• Waist - 41 (-1.5”)
• Hips - 47 (-2.5”)
• Arm - 15 ( - )
• Thigh - 25.5 ( -1.3”)
• Calf - 17 ( -.5”)

May 17th, 2010

• Neck - 14.0
• Boobs - 44.8
• Under Boobs - 41.0
• Waist - 42.5
• Hips - 49.5
• Arm - 15.0
• Thigh - 26.8
• Calf - 17.5

Official WW Weigh-in today: 214.2

Holy crap I’m getting so close to 209 (which is my *fifty* pound marker). I was hoping to be there sometime this week for my invasion this weekend, but I had a rough couple of weeks where I wasn’t doing everything I could, nor did I have a huge drive to. I wasn’t too awful, but I just lost about a half a pound a week instead of multiples. And that happens, and I’m back at it with a good loss (even though my scale at home said 213.6 — shhh).

But I feel good about this and I know I’m going back in the right direction!

But I will have lost these next 5 pounds by the time my plane takes off towards the east coast on June 15th. I am going home for the first time August and seeing my best friend for the first time since Christmas 2008 and other friends I haven’t seen since graduation in May 2008. And I will be past my 50 lb marker.