..::In My Mind::..

I'm not as small as others see me. I still feel like 165 and not the 152 that I last saw. Oh how the weight game is fickle! My thighs grew from 23" to 25 in the two weeks that I was entertaining a house guest! I know I ate out and over ate everyday, but two inches?!?! Didn't think that was possible.

For the past seven days though I've been better, no fast food and eating right before bed. I feel tonnes lighter and the measuring tape is slowly but surely shrinking. Good, cause in two weeks I will be in Jamaica, on a beach and I can't be mistaken for Barney in my purple one-piece from H&M!

The above pic is of me planting a shrub I got on earth day!

..::What I Know::..

This weight thing is not about being "slim". It's about obtaining a goal.

Now I've been eating so bad lately...whole bags of chips, fries, costco poutines, etc. But through it all I've been hitting the gym and notice that my body is still overall 2" smaller than it was at the beginning of the year.

Why has losing over 40lbs been so important to me? Because, along with reading the whole bible, it was a goal that I've been chasing since forever. I haven't seen the 150 since around the turn of the century...

So although I don't dwell on losing weight anymore, I do dwell on my achievement to date. I have no desire to weigh in either until I see a decrease in the measurements...maybe just before the first wedding that I'm in, May.

..::KEEP UP WITH THE NEW ME::..

It ain't easy keeping the new me away from the habits the old me had. Case and point: Last night at my weekly field trip to Wal-mart, I bought a bag of Ruffles All Dressed Chips (if you're American, All Dressed is pretty much a cross between BBQ, Sour Cream & Onion and Ketchup flavoured chips...wait y'all don't have ketchup flavour either!). Anywho within 12 minutes of purchase said large bag of chips...they were done! Never even made it on to the train home with me.

What the heck? No one said the new me can't have treats but a whole bag...I've blocked the size of the bag out of my head but I remember calculated it to be about 1400cals in the bag. Just like that at 10pm on a Saturday night. What made it so bad was that I wasn't hungry. And I was willing to wash it down with a big mac combo (supersize fries of course).

If I didn't call my friend I would have ingested closed to 3000cals that night alone!

He urged me to "think it through." He reminded me that I have weddings to look for and that I shouldn't be going overboard.

So what did I do today! After chinese for lunch, a latte, a jumbo carrot muffin...I went for a 75 minute run and 25 minute 15% incline power walk (4mph). Burned 1207cal and did 8.55miles (13.75km). So that was a 100 minutes on the treadmill!

There's one good thing about when I fall off I really compensate for it! 1207cals! Craaaazy!

NEVER MADE IT TO 150

BUT 152 WILL DO!

Wow...

Where to start with my update? Well after a year of being semi serious I've went from the following:

From a post from April 28th-
Fat Stats
Beginning Weight = 194
Beginning Size = a Jacob 13/14
Goal Lbs. = 160Goal #2 = 145Goal Size = 7/8
Current Weight = 172.7 Pounds
Current Size = 11/12-13/14
Weight Loss = 21.3 pounds
Pounds to Go = 12.7Week # = 3 (from 186lbs)

TODAY:

Measurements: 37-28.5-41
Size: 6 & 8's 30'
Goal is still 144 but I've reached my goal size (surpassed it!)
WEIGHT: 152

WEIGHT LOSS: 42LBS

Pounds to Go: NONE

My main goal is to stay under 155 and eventually under 150. For now I'm doing good.

I'm going to get working on my tips and my WHAT FAT PEOPLE LIKE column!

On Sunday I tried on a bunch of H&M clothes....all the size 8's fit! My thighs went from 27 inches (the size of someone waist) to 23! And my stomach from 37 to 28.5!!!! Hips from 45 to 41!

It's been a great journey. Now as I shift into maintenance mode I will no longer be reporting about my weight as much. I will update when I see that I've reached my ultimate goal but other than that I will be shifting from a fatty's quest for success in this weight loss thing to a reformed fatty's look on life.

I used to blog on www.yccto.blogspot.com but now I think I will link these two sites...somehow! or maybe not at all but they will pretty much have the same content!!!