It sure is! ♥
Jeans
Category: clothes
Small
Over the weekend, my husband and I did a little shopping. I wandered through the ladies’ department at one store, and a beautiful, emerald green top caught my eye. I checked the tags and sighed, because they only had XL and Small. The XL would be too large, and lord knows I don’t fit into a Small yet.
But I really liked the top. I kept coming back to it. So I decided to try on a Small, and if it didn’t fit, no big deal, right?
I found a fitting room and pulled the top on, expecting it to snag or get caught or feel like a sausage casing. Instead, it slipped on smoothly. I turned every which way in the mirror, and it wasn’t tight anywhere. I was shocked. The Small fit!
I was so excited that I took a picture of the tag:
It probably goes without saying that I most definitely bought that top! I am wearing it at work today, and a co-worker passed by me this morning and said, “You are officially tiny!” It made my day. I am still smiling.
The Best Trips
I adore this quote. I love taking trips and exploring new places with my husband, and long after we get back home, we are still excited and happy, talking about things we did, sharing pictures, kicking around ideas for our next trip…and honestly, just being happy to be home again!
We had a great time at the beach this past weekend. The waves were rougher than our last trip, and it was so much fun! We are not sit-on-our-butts-and-just-look-at-the-ocean people. We like to see, hear, feel, play with, and fully embrace the ocean. As soon as we had our umbrella and chairs set up, we took off for the water. We jumped in the waves until we needed to catch our breath, relaxed in our chairs until we were rested up, then ran back to the water, over and over.
On Saturday night, as we were getting dressed for dinner, my husband smiled and proudly showed me the new clothes he got just for our special dinner night, to surprise me. I had to laugh, because I had packed a special outfit, too, to surprise him!
When I slipped into my dress, though, something was obviously not right. I thought I had worn the dress fairly recently, but apparently it had been much longer than I remembered. I stepped in front of the mirror. The dress looked at least two sizes too big! I guess my newly refreshed love affair with running has eliminated some of my favorites from my closet, but there are certainly worse problems to have. I sure don’t mind having to go shopping soon!
In the meantime, however, that is how it came to be that my husband, in his new clothes, looking so handsome, ended up going out to a beach dinner with his jeans-and-tshirt wife, ha ha. Next time I will try on the dress before I put it in the suitcase!
This morning, not long after I got to work, my husband texted me a video of the sunrise we watched on the beach our first morning of our trip. I have watched it several times already. We weren’t ready for our weekend to be over yet, and I am already watching the clock, waiting to head home to my best buddy and wave-jumping partner!
Slow and Steady
It doesn’t feel like almost a week since I wrote last! Time is zipping by.
At weigh-in this past weekend, I lost another 1.5 pounds. Slow and steady, I suppose. I am just happy to be back to losing each week.
On Sunday, I pulled a pair of capri pants out of the closet that are a size smaller than the ones I have been wearing. Just for giggles and kicks, I pulled them on, and they fit! I ended up wearing them the rest of the day. I don’t feel a lot of difference yet in my other clothes, but I just need to be patient. It will happen.
I hit the treadmill this morning and remembered to check my distance as well as my time! Just over 2.3 miles. Not much, but better than nothing, and it’s a great start. I can’t wait to get back to trail running, but I know my legs (and the rest of my body) are not up it quite yet. But I will get there.
Impatient
I’m in too good a mood to be at work today! So much going on, planning, dreaming…how am I supposed to focus on work?
In yesterday’s mail I got a women’s clothing catalog, one that I typically toss directly into recycling because nothing in it would ever fit me. But last night I curled up on the couch with it (after my workout, of course) and practically salivated over clothes I am definitely going to order once I reach goal weight. One dress in particular is something I would never have dreamed of wearing when I was overweight, and I can’t wait to be able to order it and try it on and see how it looks.
I have also been kicking around ideas for this summer. It’s actually a very busy time for me at work, but I want to take some time off and do something fun. For the first time in many years, I am going to buy a swimsuit for the summer, and it doesn’t do much good if I don’t have somewhere to wear it, now does it?
The most frustrating part for me right now is feeling incredibly impatient. I’ve been overweight for so long, and have failed so many times, that I was starting to lose faith that I would ever lose weight. The prospect of reaching goal weight had become a distant, fading dream. Now that it’s a sharp possibility, and getting so close, I just want to be there already! Now. This minute. Yesterday.
I figure my goal-weight jeans will fit just fine after I lose about 10 more pounds. When they fit again, I will evaluate how I look, how I feel, and if I want to lose more weight or stay right where I am. After losing more than 60 pounds to get where I am now, I feel like the next 10 are going to take absolutely forever!
I’ve also started to fall into the trap of thinking, well, I am not fat anymore, so I should be able to eat this, nibble that, treat myself to this. No! I am not at my goal yet. I will just make it take even longer if I start cutting corners and slacking off.
I am thrilled to have lost the weight that I have. But I am also itching to be at my goal weight and finally work on maintenance instead of losing. So I need to straighten up, keep my nose to the grindstone, and not ease up just yet. I absolutely, positively will reach my goal.
Now…let’s see…get back to work, or shop online for clothes? 🙂
Sweat & Sparkle 