I was in “no more screwing around” mode last week, and it paid off! When I weighed in Saturday morning, I was thrilled to see I had lost four pounds.
I have now lost over 60 pounds, and I am at the lowest weight I have been in a year and a half. I am 7 pounds from my next mini goal (and weight loss reward). And that reward will be my last weight loss reward before my ultimate, goal-weight reward!
It was a good weekend all around. My stepkids were home, and we had a good time. They mentioned my weight loss a couple times, and I love that they are excited about it too, and obviously proud of me, which feels wonderful.
I am obsessed with clothes shopping right now. I have waited a long time to actually look good in new clothes! But I don’t see a point to wasting money on new clothes when I will reach my goal weight in about 17 pounds, and anything I buy right now will likely be a little too big by the time I reach my goal. So I’m in a holding pattern on clothes buying. Instead, I will keep an ongoing list of items I will need to buy, like my white jeans, which I adore, but I noticed this morning are getting loose in the waist.
I figure after I reach my next mini goal, when I have 10 pounds to go, I will get serious about developing a solid plan for maintenance. It’s where I have screwed up in the past: having no plan for keeping the weight off. I lost weight, felt like I was “finished”, and went right back to old habits and eating patterns that quickly resulted in gaining all of it back. That’s not going to happen this time! I need to make sure of it.
I’m not at my goal yet, so it’s too soon for celebrating, but I am getting sooooo close. It’s exciting and even a little bit scary. I don’t want to blow it now. I don’t want to disappoint myself. I want to finally allow myself to enjoy the exhilaration of reaching my goal.
Sweat & Sparkle 