So I discovered two nice things this week. First, pants that didn't fit in April fit now. I tried on a pair of suit pants and they fit. I couldn't sit down in them in April. Now they fit! They unfortunately show my panty line in the front, so I still need to lose more weight before I can wear them without feeling self-conscious, but it is a spring/summer suit so that's not a problem. I also wore a pair of pants Monday night to class for a presentation that I don't think I have worn in about a year. It was so nice to put my legs in them and have them comfortably pass my thighs and button!
The other nice thing I found this week was cheek bones. I noticed them when I was in the bathroom combing my wet hair. I turned my face to the side and there they were! I mean I have cheek bones when I smile, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of them without smiling in months.
I have a confession to make. I don't like my driver's license picture. It was taken in February and I look terrible in it. I mean its embarrassing to show this picture when I get carded (yes, I still get carded at 33). I hate seeing it. For a few days recently I had turned it around so the back of it was visible through the clear plastic sleeve in my wallet. But I found that that made me more conscious of it. So I turned it back around. I shouldn't be embarrassed by the picture, but I am. I'm just waiting for someone to comment on it. I lied about my weight when they took the picture. I really didn't know what I weighed, but I could have easily guessed it was over 200. But I said 200 and that's what is on my license now. Oh to be down to 200! That's my 10% goal!
I lost 0.8 lbs. last week, so I'm down 17 lbs. total (I've added a little ticker because I was jealous of everyone else's! :) I'm happy with that considering all the beer I drank last Friday and the cheese and crackers I had on Sunday (snacks at the group meeting for school).
That's all for me. I better get to bed if I want to wake up before noon. Ahh, the life of a grad student.
9 comments:
You know, if you "lose" your license you'll have to go in and have a new one made...!
Congrats on your suit pants fitting better...that's an even bigger thing than the scale going down.
And ya know, I'm 33 and I still get proofed at least half the time. Amazing.
Good going on getting your pants to fit you better! I know what you mean by not liking your driver's lic. picture. I hate mine! I will get a new one next year when I get close to goal. I'm tired of looking at that pic!!
Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm preoccupied w/ school this week but will try to post something soon. Yeah, I swim laps on Friday. I do about 20 laps/40 up and back and it's about a little over 1/2 mile. I find it enjoyable as no one seems to swim on Friday and I can have most of the pool to myself. I like doing it in addition to jogging and elliptical, wts, etc. so I don't get too bored w/ the gym.
Yeah, can't wait for 199! You are close too and it will be awesome to leave the 200's behind. Have a good week!
I don't like my driver's license picture either. It was taken when I weight about 280 and now I am in the 240's... the license says I am 225... LOL.
Way to go on all the new findings like pants that fit and cheekbones. I feel that things like that are SO much more satisfying than numbers (although sometimes they can feel pretty great, too!)
Angelfish,
I think its good you diversify your workouts. That might work for me too.
Christie,
Yeah, I'm honestly a little too attached to numbers these days. I need to focus on the non-number victories too!
Exactly!
Give it time :) It will happen!
Thanks for visiting my blog. You're comments on the half.com post were so right on.
I've moved to my own domain, so please feel free to come back and visit soon.
By the way, I really like your blog. I think it's incredibly helpful.
Ohhhhh, sister -- you are getting SO close to *ONEDERLAND*!!!
Keep on keepin' on. You can do it!
I finally got a new drivers license picture this year, replacing the horrendous 250 pic that I'd been carrying around for years... the difference is... shocking. I keep meaning to scan 'em and post 'em.
~jess
Jess,
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I'd love to see the before and after pics of your license sometime. If I could scan things I would do that with mine in the future.
Thanks!
trixie
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