Belinda's WL Diary

-30 LBS
:party:​

Yay! 164.9 this morning; I've finally passed that dreaded 30-lb mark. It's all downhill from here with just 20 pounds left to go. I'm feeling better than I have in two weeks with all the stress of not having a phone and my gym membership being expired. My phone's on the way, the treadmill has been bought, and I'm still losing weight despite all the anxiety I've been battling.

I feel like I can finally take a breather and relax.

So with my spirits lifted, I'll be working on getting the baseboard in the dining room finished and maybe working on the master bathroom. My husband is on vacation next week and he has the ambitious goal of finishing the interior painting in that week. We have the kitchen, master bath, laundry room (my hubby ignores me when I remind him of this room because he doesn't want to move the washer and dryer lol), and half of the dining room left. It'll be one less thing to stress over when it's done.
 
I took my measurements this morning and here are the results since starting back in March of this year:

Neck-0.25"
Bicepno change
Forearm-0.75"
Chest-2.00"
Waist-4.00"
Hips-3.00"
Thigh-0.50"
Calf-1.00"

The biggest losses are in my waist, hips, and chest, with the other areas seeing minuscule or no change.
 
Wow! Those #'s are looking pretty good :) Chest, waist, hips are what I'm trying to lose. Thigh would be nice but I've come to terms with it over the years.
 
Wow, your waist and hip losses are great!!! You must really feel a difference when you think about where you were in March. Job well done!! :D
 
Thanks everyone! Mandy, I do feel different from then. Eating healthier and drinking plenty of water has really helped with my migraines, I haven't had one in several months and it's good to be off the Topamax I was taking for them because that medication always made my fingertips tingle uncomfortably. And my old clothes not fitting is really an eye-opener to how big I was. It's almost surreal to put on a shirt or pair of jeans that used to be tight but now is baggy and loose to the point of me looking like a bum. It'll be nice to get down to my target weight and get clothes that actually fit :)
 
Great progress, Belinda!

It's funny you're saying "miniscule change" on all those measurements, have you looked at percentage change? I think you'll be a little more impressed. No change on the biceps could be muscle replacing fat, too?
 
That's how I felt when I quit soda. I wasn't so sluggish anymore and my headaches, not usually too bad, stopped. I wish I had kept a pair of my big, fat jeans (size 26). Now that I'm in a size 16, I would really like to have a visual just to remind myself of how far I've come.
 
Had the first weigh in for the Offtober Challenge this morning. My goal was 167 pounds. My weight this morning was 164.6, so I met and surpassed not only that goal, but next week's, and the week after that's goals, too. Pretty cool! And it feels awesome to meet a short-term weight loss goal like that. Last night my husband did a little grocery shopping and brought home some honeycrisp apples :eek: and some smoked cheese to go with the summer sausage he got at work. So I ate half of a rather large apple and a slice of cheese and sausage like right before bed. I plan on eating the same today, all of it was just so good tasting.

My daughter had a bad night last night, so she's home from school again today. Here lately she's been having nightmares and not able to sleep well after, she didn't go back to sleep until about 6 AM this morning and it was difficult to wake her up for school. So I took pity on her and let her go back to sleep, she's so exhausted she fell back asleep immediately. My dog is barking and it's not even enough to wake her up!

My phone should be delivered today, in addition to having received notification the treadmill has shipped (I don't know when it'll be here, but the shipping company is supposed to call to make sure someone's home when they deliver it). I've just sorta lost motivation to do anything, but hoping once those two things come in, I'll be back at it. Just twenty pounds left to go and I'm determined to be there soon.
 
Way to go, Belinda!!!!! :) I'm sure you will get your motivation back with the delivery of your phone and treadmill!

I'm jealous of you! I want some honeycrisp apples!! They are very yummy!!!
 
164.8 this morning, which isn't nearly as bad as what I thought I was going to see :) Just 0.2 lbs up from yesterday. I ate all day long yesterday: cheese, summer sausage, apple, banana, burrito, tomatoes, more cheese and sausage.... I did do a lot of cleaning yesterday, though. Maybe that made up for it in a small way. I'm just ready to get back on the treadmill and get back to jogging.

It's strange, not even a year ago I hated exercising in any form and ate the worst foods ever. Honestly, if I hadn't gone to Hawaii and seen all the skinny chicks my husband works with, I probably wouldn't have changed at all. Don't get me wrong, I am doing this for myself, but I'm doing it for my daughter (she deserves a healthy mom who can keep up with her lol!), and my husband as well (he should be proud to have me on his arm at any function, like the President's Club this year).
 
That just reminded me of the work function for my fiance...that's in 2 weeks. ACK! That just lit a bit of a fire under my butt...let's see how productive I can be at work the next few hours and try closing early again (didn't happen yesterday, in fact I left an hour later WITHOUT working out :(). Must...work...out...

You are doing so great! That is a minor increase today and I'm sure it'll be down tomorrow. Just remember, portion control :) You can eat all that yummy stuff, just smaller amounts of it. I try drinking some water when I get cravings or get hungry and feel it's not really time for food. Sometimes it helps, and when it doesn't I know I need to eat.
 
Thanks, icychic :) At least I know why I ate so much yesterday. My birth control has been gradually wearing off the couple of months and I've been heavily spotting--my version of TOM. It was supposed to last until this coming January, though :( I enjoyed not having a period for five years and despite my husband having had a vasectomy, I think I'm going to go with Mirena again so I don't have to deal with those pesky periods for several more years.
 
Ah, yeah that would do it! The joys of being a women.

Birth control and me don't match. At all. I'm sure there is something out there that would work for me, but after 3 bad experiences it just isn't worth it. We have decided we aren't trying, but aren't using condoms or BC and if it happens it happens and that is OK with us :) Also I have PCOS and super irregular periods. Sometimes I'll go a few months fairly regular like beginning of this year I think (I don't both keeping track anymore), and then I'll go months without, like right now I honestly can't remember when I last got it. It's a little annoying not knowing, and I did like when I was on the pill being able to skip a month if it was at a time that was super inconvenient, and now I just never have a clue if/when it will come.

I'm still very weary though about the shot, just heard horror stories. As for Mirena, I've heard good things, but think it'd be weird and unnatural to not get my period for 5 years. Same with the copper iud, but that's just me. If it works for you and you like it with none of the horrible side effects I say go for it :)
 
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