New measurements, new wardrobe

You know the funny thing about losing weight is that you invest money into it when you first get started, whether it be buying a gym membership, paying for fitness class or new workout clothes.  Then, once you’ve achieved your goal (or almost), you have to spend more money on a new wardrobe!  The thought of it is frustrating (financially), but emotionally it’s a wonderful feeling!  I’m not so preoccupied with thoughts of, ‘Do my thighs look huge in these pants?  Does this top make me look fat?  If I pose this way in pictures, will I look pudgy?’  Actually, since I’ve lost the last bit of weight, I hardly have any of these thoughts.  It’s a nice feeling – a freeing one.  I’m not trapped anymore by negative self image thoughts.  I feel better physically and I feel more confident in my everyday life.  I feel more energetic and strong.  The other night at boxing, we had to do “Mad Minutes”.  Our trainer tell us which exercise to do and we have to do as many as we can during a whole minute.  We had to do sit ups on Monday.  I was able to do 53in one minute.  Being competitive (against myself as well), I was disappointed that I didn’t beat last week’s 55 sit ups in a minute!  LOL!  Competition is what drives me.  I want to be the best, the fastest, the strongest.  A little healthy competition never hurt anyone, especially when the one you’re competing with is yourself!

So, I went back to the periodontist today…  He took the rest of my stitches out.  He couldn’t believe how fast and how well my gum graft is healing.  I think it’s because I’m in a lot better shape than I was back in November.  So now, I have to wait 3 months before getting my physical and trying out sparring for the first time.  I’ll probably try it out in September.  We’ll see how that goes!

New measurements this week:

Bust: 35” (3 inches lost total)

Waist: 26.5” (5 inches lost total)

Hips: 35” (4.5 inches lost total)

Total of 12.5 inches lost since December 2008!

I’m not sure about my weight though.  Will have to weigh myself again, but not late at night, like last week!

Reaping the rewards

I have to say that back in December, I couldn’t even begin to imagine getting to the “end” of my journey.  Now, it’s clear that I’m nearing the end of my weight loss journey (not the end of my blog though) and I’m reaping the rewards of all of my hard work.  It’s been difficult and took a lot of motivation, but I’m almost there.  A friend of mine asked me what my goal was; a certain size number or pounds.  I have to say that neither of those things were ever part of my goal.  Sizes vary from store to store and are unreliable.  And pounds doesn’t really say much about the way you look – muscle weighs more than fat and people’s weight is distributed differently.  I told him that my goal was to see my abs.  That is my goal.  I’ve never seen them and that’s one thing I want to experience in life – a visible 6-pack of abs.  I have to say that I’m proud of the definition of my arms, so that’s one thing crossed off my list.  But I’m still aiming for well-toned and defined abs.

So, I stepped on a scale last Wednesday night and to my surprise, I’m down to 124 lbs!  They say you weigh more at night, so I wonder what it would be like in the morning!  I feel so proud of myself and my accomplishment.  My brother told me this weekend that he’s never seen me this small!  One of my coworkers was telling him about how they call me “skinny minnie” at work.  She was going on and on about it – it was hilarious!  I had a great shopping experience this weekend, being out of town and all.  I bought myself a pair of size 4 (yes, 4!) jeans at American Eagle.  Most of the clothes I bought were a size 4/6 and tops were extra small!  It’s so exciting!!!