It Can be Done
Weigh less than 300 pounds
Fit into Old Navy jeans
Fit into my old clothes
Lose 100 pounds - COMPLETED!
Weigh less than my husband - *sigh* this one is taking FOREVER.
Weigh less than 200 pounds - Now we are close to this, and I predict maybe August/September.
Transition from obesity to overweightiness - Around the same time as the above (do your math folks, you can figure out where I started!)
Goal A ways away... maybe at my birthday at this rate? However, I know things will slow down...
Normally when it comes to scale victories, I tend to creep towards the finish line. This certainly held true for the 5% goal, the 25 pound goal, the 50 pound goal, and all the little goals in between. When I beat the 100 pound goal (officially by Weight Watchers just the other day), I barreled past (from being 2 pounds away the week before to being 2 pounds past it). Unbelievable.
Of course, this has had me re-examining my intake (which from what I can see, I am eating all of my points and usually exceeding), so perhaps it is the exercise. I've been running (read trying to run but failing on most accounts because oh I get so tired so quickly), I'd imagine that is the key factor. I need to eat more points so the weight loss isn't quite so rapid... as much as I would love it to be rapid, yes...
There is also the health scare you may or may have not heard about (but I think anyone who reads this probably has). The likely source of my issues may be an already resolving fatty liver issue, apparently not diagnosed before because there haven't been any liver tests done on me before. All other tests for most likely causes, second most likely causes and third most likely causes came back clear, and aside from one strange ache that comes and goes (and reported to all doctors ever, so they know), I'm feeling perfectly healthy. You know, for me, always the sickly one. Generally less sickly if I compare to who I usually felt a year ago.
In any case, one more blood test for me (to rule out the truly exotic causes... is it the malaria?), and then I go back in two months. Of course, the very little alcohol I drink currently (read old age and weight watchers) must be eliminated entirely during this time. Yay for upcoming tropical trips, holidays and friend visits that will be utterly dry! Not that I don't mind not drinking... just tends to be no fun to hang around others who do, from personal experience at least. ;)
Well, must dash (or try to), much to get done today and goals to move towards yet!
Fit into Old Navy jeans
Fit into my old clothes
Lose 100 pounds - COMPLETED!
Weigh less than my husband - *sigh* this one is taking FOREVER.
Weigh less than 200 pounds - Now we are close to this, and I predict maybe August/September.
Transition from obesity to overweightiness - Around the same time as the above (do your math folks, you can figure out where I started!)
Goal A ways away... maybe at my birthday at this rate? However, I know things will slow down...
Normally when it comes to scale victories, I tend to creep towards the finish line. This certainly held true for the 5% goal, the 25 pound goal, the 50 pound goal, and all the little goals in between. When I beat the 100 pound goal (officially by Weight Watchers just the other day), I barreled past (from being 2 pounds away the week before to being 2 pounds past it). Unbelievable.
Of course, this has had me re-examining my intake (which from what I can see, I am eating all of my points and usually exceeding), so perhaps it is the exercise. I've been running (read trying to run but failing on most accounts because oh I get so tired so quickly), I'd imagine that is the key factor. I need to eat more points so the weight loss isn't quite so rapid... as much as I would love it to be rapid, yes...
There is also the health scare you may or may have not heard about (but I think anyone who reads this probably has). The likely source of my issues may be an already resolving fatty liver issue, apparently not diagnosed before because there haven't been any liver tests done on me before. All other tests for most likely causes, second most likely causes and third most likely causes came back clear, and aside from one strange ache that comes and goes (and reported to all doctors ever, so they know), I'm feeling perfectly healthy. You know, for me, always the sickly one. Generally less sickly if I compare to who I usually felt a year ago.
In any case, one more blood test for me (to rule out the truly exotic causes... is it the malaria?), and then I go back in two months. Of course, the very little alcohol I drink currently (read old age and weight watchers) must be eliminated entirely during this time. Yay for upcoming tropical trips, holidays and friend visits that will be utterly dry! Not that I don't mind not drinking... just tends to be no fun to hang around others who do, from personal experience at least. ;)
Well, must dash (or try to), much to get done today and goals to move towards yet!