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Saturday, October 22, 2016
Goal Of a Lifetime Kind of Magnitude
Goal Of a Lifetime Kind of Magnitude
I did it yall! I met my weight loss goal and I maintained it for the last six weeks, achieving Weight Watchers "Lifetime" status.
Say WHAT?! Yes. Thats right.
Say WHAT?! Yes. Thats right.
For the first time in my entire adult life, I am not obese. I am not overweight. I am in my healthy BMI range. I never dreamed I would be able to say that. Not in a million years.
So heres the skinny (!) on the data.....Ive clearly had my ups and my downs over the last 15.5 months. But every time I had an up, I got right back on the wagon and followed it up with some downs. I never had two up weeks in a row.
Are you ready for this? Are you? I cant stop being impressed with myself - yes, it sounds like Im bragging a bit. And I am. But I earned it. See?
By the way, thighs and arms.... thats per EACH thigh and EACH arm. Just to be clear.
On average, I lost 1.4 lbs/week. No "Biggest Loser" style weight loss here. Slow (sometimes achingly slow) progress, but hopefully that makes it sustainable and manageable going forward. A real "lifestyle change" as they call it.
It feels so strange to be "done" - I think its going to be a rough road for a bit as I continue to make the mental adjustment into maintain mode. Being ok with tiny upticks and tiny downticks - allowing myself a few more luxuries now and again, but watching that slippery slope and not over doing it. I have to keep myself accountable which is why I will still be counting my points.
I have dreamed about posting these pictures for a long, long time. These are the pants Im wearing in those before pictures. HO-LY HELL. You can almost fit two of me in those things. I swear I never saw how big those pants were at the time. I truthfully didnt. Denial is an amazing thing.
But, seeing as how Ill be celebrating my success by eating myself stupid at the Evansville Fall Festival over the next several days, I may need those pants again before the weekend is over! Monster Ears, corn dogs, catfish sandwiches and deep fried EVERYTHING - HERE. I. COME!
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Turns Out Muscle Relaxers Are Kind of Awesome
Turns Out Muscle Relaxers Are Kind of Awesome
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I had a long day at work today doing financial things. Many times I wished I was back on the deck at Bass Lake. How gorgeous was the view?
As soon as I got home I started working on our personal finances which is always fun. Do money stuff all day and then come home and do money stuff all night! Woo. Ive finally assumed all responsibility of our financial future and I had a lot to sort through to get us on track. Gotta cut some things out and build our savings back up after the hit it took paying for part of my schooling.
Im still trying to figure out the best system for us. Its challenging because Bryan has a very irregular income, being a musician and all. Its hard to figure out what kind of flow will work for us. I received my new Plum Paper planner but it doesnt start until March. I filled out a few things that I didnt want to forget. For instance, we just paid our Amazon Prime renewal, so I made sure to note that in January of 2016. We also paid our registration in November so I jotted that down as well.
I dont really have the brain power to full on blog. I took a muscle relaxer. Have I mentioned I jacked up my shoulder? I cant remember. Anyways, I jacked up my shoulder. I dont know how I did it but the muscle is totally messed up. It hurts to rotate my head. However, it hurts a lot less today. I only took three doses of three Advil and not four Advil every four hours. Progress. The muscle relaxer helps me sleep. Before I was prescribed it, I was so tense because I was scared to hurt that I would wake up stiff and sore. It was horrible. But the muscle relaxers have done wonders for my rest and Im asking myself why I havent tried them earlier. Maybe because I didnt need them. But still.
I havent even touched editing videos (I have so many just waiting there) and I hope to get that accomplished this weekend. In all honesty, things have been so crazy I havent even unpacked my TWO suitcases. One I took to Sacramento and one we took to the mountains. Its super fun in the morning to need something and realize I have to dig in one of two suitcases.
But tomorrow is Friday and who cares. Ill save it for the weekend, along with all the other things on my to-do list. Looks like a fun, relaxing weekend is on the horizon! Haha.
Hope you guys have had a great week!
xo,
Meg
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