Medium

Skipping weigh-in, no matter the reason, always makes me nervous.  More often than not, it leads to a gain.  So I stepped up to the scale with some apprehension Saturday morning.

I was shocked: I lost 4.8 pounds since my last weigh-in!  I had to weigh in a second time to make sure the scale wasn’t just being goofy.  That means I have already reached my November weight loss goal, and I have hit my next 10-pound goal (and reward).

Snuggling lazily in bed one morning over the weekend, my husband said, “You feel so thin.”  I had to ask him to repeat what he said.  Me?  Thin?  Nope!  I know what he means, though.  I have lost enough weight that I can see and feel the changes in my body, and even if I’m not at my goal yet, I am also nowhere near where I started from.

Yesterday I did some shopping to score some new running shoes, and I stopped into a department store that I like.  I had seen a nice top in there a few months ago, but I had decided not to waste money on a top that would hopefully be too big soon.  Well, they still had a few, and what do you know?  They were on sale!  I hesitated, then decided, fine.  If a size medium fits, I will buy it.  But I won’t waste money on anything larger than that.

I never expected it to fit.  At best, I figured I’d see how close I am to being able to shove myself into a medium.  But when I pulled it over my head, it smoothed right down my body and looked just fine.  I couldn’t believe it.  You better believe I bought that top!

When I first started this journey, I was wearing a size 2XL to hide my body.  The football t-shirt I bought at the beginning of my stepson’s season is now way too big, and I have a bag of clothes sitting in the backseat of my car, waiting to be dropped at Goodwill.  (Not the football shirt, though.  I will save that as a sleep shirt.)

I was thrilled when I was no longer a plus size, just a regular size large.  Now, some mediums fit.  Not all the mediums in my closet fit just yet, but just wait.  They will.  Soon.

Author: Sweat & Sparkle

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