So, I have finally broken thru to my first goal! I jumped on the scale this am and to my surprise and my delight I am 228.2LB. That is a total weight lost of 11.8 pounds!
Its funny cause last week I got on the scale it said 229.2lb... I was so excited! But I kept bouncing back into the 30's....It was so disappointing and discouraging.
However, after a wonderful garlic feast at our friends house, I went back to it, more determined to loss and keep off the weight. It does feel great to see this new lower number on the scale!
And for the first time sense I started this... about a month now, somebody noticed and said that I looked like I have lost weight.
It funny, that the validation of somebody else is so powerful... It was my friends husband who noticed... he said something under his breath when I first walked in, but over dinner I told him that I had lost weight... he said he wanted to say something earlier but was worried... but thought that I looked really good and that it looked like I had lost alot of weight....It felt good, and oh so nice that somebody else can see my results.
I look at myself everyday in the mirror and can see a little bit of a difference.... I actually put a shirt on the other day and thought to myself that I "looked" like I have lost weight...
It would be nice for those closest to me to notice and say something every once in a while... It is a good motivator... and even thou I have mentioned that to Ty... and he says I look great, but it is nice to have a person say it on their own... not to always have to fish for it.
Anyways, I played in 5 soccer games last week.... and I will have 4 this week. I love soccer. It is what keeps me going, helps me get my anger out and my frustrations.... my everyday and long term anxieties.... if only for an hour or two at a time.
So here is to moving forward and to keep moving forward. another pound lost is another minute to move forward with.
