Today, I reached my first milestone: I have lost 5% of my starting weight by weighing in at an even 296 pounds. I also reached a mini-milestone by being under 300 pounds for the first time in a long time (I think it's been around eight years). Good news all around!
Obviously, I'm happy with my progress thus far, but I know I still have a very long way to go. I can't let myself get too giddy. In the past, I would celebrate a good weigh-in with a day and night of not tracking points. Naturally, I would eat like a pig and feel OK about it since I was celebrating. But the celebration would continue into the next day...and then for the rest of the week. Before I knew it, I had gained the weight back and would have to get to the same milestone again. Usually, I wouldn't get to it again, because I had gone too far. I had eaten too much the week before, so I usually decided that I had fallen off the weight loss bandwagon and that I would need to start all over again...after a few weeks of binge eating, of course. Yo-yo dieting, indeed.
Today, I "celebrated" by continuing the same routine of dieting and exercise I have been following. And I feel great about it. Granted, I ate a slightly larger dinner than normal, but certainly nothing too extreme. I'm still very much on the weight loss bandwagon.
People may be wondering if I notice any change in appearance. At the moment, I don't see a difference, but I can feel it in somewhat subtle ways. I wore a polo shirt today that used to feel rather tight, but it feels a lot more comfortable on me now. My jeans and khakis are getting loose, but they aren't too big to wear yet. Instead of having -50 muscles, I feel like I have -10 muscles. These are all small things, but they definitely help raise my confidence in the weight loss program that I am following.
Here's to reaching many more milestones. Thank you everyone for your constant support!
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9 comments:
congratulations! keep it up scott!!!!
CONGRATS! I'm still waiting on my 5%, I'll let ya know when I hit it. :)
Yay you!
~Grace
I love you and I'm so happy for you. Keep up the good work!!
Laura
can i blog stalk you? do you know how much i love your guts? i remember in college when you went all back street boy on me and weigh watchers really worked for you. you can do it, scotty. you are awesome. promise me, go for the frosted tips again someday. :)
Staci: you can absolutely blog stalk me. I blog stalk you on a regular basis. :-)
Ahh, the Backstreet Boy days...them days were good. I will CONSIDER the frosted tips if I reach my goal, lol. Thanks so much for the support!
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