The light at the end of a long tunnel! September 11, 2008

I can hardly believe that we are approaching mid September, which means that in just over 1 month, it will have been 1 year since I started my whole weight loss journey…and what a journey it has been!  There were times where I felt it was long and that it would take forever to reach my goal, but now that I am only 8 lbs away from my goal, I feel like it actually went pretty fast.  It’s nice to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Throughout this whole process I’ve gone through so many emotions and I continually discovered some strengths in me that I never knew I had.  Just the discipline and hard work it took to lose all this weight and to stick to my program was such a challenge, but I never backed down, and even though there were times when it was really difficult and i felt a bit discouraged because I had reached a plateau and wasn’t losing any weight or hardly losing any, I persevered and the results are phenomenal to me.  I am extremely proud of everything I have accomplished and even more so after this past weekend.

My boyfriend was folding his laundry and looked at a pair of his jeans and said “you know, I bet these would fit you now”…to which I responded “are you crazy??”  Keep in mind, he is a very thin man and wears a size 30 in pants!  So just for kicks and giggles, I decided to humour him and try the jeans on.  Well! I never thought in a million years that i could even get my legs through there, never mind actually put them on, but low and behold, THEY FIT!!  They were a tiny bit snug, but i could do them up and everything!  I was (and still am) in shock by that.  I always saw him as really thin, and I still see myself through fat girl eyes and still have trouble seeing myself as a thinner person.  But fitting into his size 30 jeans just blew me away and I think this has finally helped me see myself through different eyes and I can actually see myself as a fit person.  I’m sure I’ll still have “fat days”, but now, in general i feel thinner and I see myself as such which is a huge thing for me.

What a Whirlwind! September 4, 2008

Phew, the last couple of weeks have been so busy, I almost feel dizzy!  But it’s all been so worth it.  I have finally moved into my new place with my boyfriend and I couldn’t be happier.  We love our home and so far, being shacked up together is awesome!

My only issue now, is because of all this moving and going back and forth and packing and un-packing, I haven’t been able to do my workout in 2 weeks now and I am starting to feel it.  Thankfully, I’ve still been somewhat active, just going up and down the stairs at my old place and my new place…Who needs a stairmaster, when you can just go up and down a 3rd floor staircase about 50 times….There’s a workout!  But this past weekend, I wasn’t able to stick to my diet as well as I would have liked, and it shows, because I ended up gaining a couple of pounds.  But as of this morning, thankfully I am back down to my 155…Woohoo!

My plan tonight is to either go for a run and find a nice park in my new neighborhood that I can go running in, or go for a nice long bike ride.  I’d prefer the running, because I’ll get a much better cardio workout, but if that doesn’t happen, then I’ll definitely combine my weight training with the bike ride.  I so desperately want to get rid of these last 10 pounds, and I am realising that they really are the hardest to get rid of, but I have faith, I know I can do it, it’s just a matter of time.