Week 35 Update
Jun. 13th, 2010 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eirenicalIt's been a while since I've done a weight update, hasn't it? :-P Mostly because I've been a little disgusted with how I've been yo-yoing: up one week, down the next, back up again. Well, two things happened this week that made me take stock of that. First, even though I'm doing a bit of yo-yoing, my overall total weight is still dropping. The line is steadily moving downward, just not as quickly. You know what? I can live with that. ^_^
I fricking lost 2.8 lbs. this week! 8-O How awesome is that? ^_^ For those of you keeping track, that's a total weight loss of 39.8 lbs.
I'm going to say that again.
39.8 lbs.
That's the size of a 5 year old girl.
That is sobering is what that is. O_O I've been carrying a 5 year old girl around with me for the last 4 years. No wonder I've been so exhausted. ^_^
And no wonder my ankles don't hurt as much. ^_^ In addition to that, I've noticed something else. One of the most interesting things about my weight loss was that I wasn't really seeing a difference in my body. Oh, I noticed that I was fitting into smaller and smaller clothes, but when I looked in the mirror, I thought I looked the same. Now, don't get me wrong -- this isn't because I have a poor body image. It's because I had too good of a body image before. O_O I never saw myself as fat as I was. Now when I look in the mirror, it matches with what I thought I was seeing before. *chuckles* Shot myself in the foot, there. ^_^ That meant that when I looked in a mirror, I was often discouraged because I didn't see the difference that everyone else saw.
That was until this week.
When I started trying on bathing suits.
O_O
Normally, this is a harrowing experience -- all you girls out there, I'm sure you can relate. ^_^ No matter how fabulous a girl's body is, she still dreads trying on bathing suits. It's a fact of life. So no one was more shocked than I when I put the first one on. I noticed something absolutely astounding. My thighs are smaller. 8-0 Holy shit. I mean, they were noticeably smaller. I noticed they were smaller. 8-0 Holy shit, again. Now, don't get me wrong, they're still pretty big. ^_^ But compared to what they were? I almost have showable legs back! I never thought that would happen! *laughs* No wonder I've been more eager to wear shorts lately. ^_~
Why was this such a breakthrough? This was the first time I looked in a mirror and saw an improvement over what was there before. Between that and this week's total? Holy flying monkeys, Batman, I am higher than a kite! :D :D (I guess that means I get to use that icon twice in a row, huh? ^_~)
Thank you. Thank you very much. ^_^
I now return you to your regularly scheduled LJ. *dimples*
I fricking lost 2.8 lbs. this week! 8-O How awesome is that? ^_^ For those of you keeping track, that's a total weight loss of 39.8 lbs.
I'm going to say that again.
39.8 lbs.
That's the size of a 5 year old girl.
That is sobering is what that is. O_O I've been carrying a 5 year old girl around with me for the last 4 years. No wonder I've been so exhausted. ^_^
And no wonder my ankles don't hurt as much. ^_^ In addition to that, I've noticed something else. One of the most interesting things about my weight loss was that I wasn't really seeing a difference in my body. Oh, I noticed that I was fitting into smaller and smaller clothes, but when I looked in the mirror, I thought I looked the same. Now, don't get me wrong -- this isn't because I have a poor body image. It's because I had too good of a body image before. O_O I never saw myself as fat as I was. Now when I look in the mirror, it matches with what I thought I was seeing before. *chuckles* Shot myself in the foot, there. ^_^ That meant that when I looked in a mirror, I was often discouraged because I didn't see the difference that everyone else saw.
That was until this week.
When I started trying on bathing suits.
O_O
Normally, this is a harrowing experience -- all you girls out there, I'm sure you can relate. ^_^ No matter how fabulous a girl's body is, she still dreads trying on bathing suits. It's a fact of life. So no one was more shocked than I when I put the first one on. I noticed something absolutely astounding. My thighs are smaller. 8-0 Holy shit. I mean, they were noticeably smaller. I noticed they were smaller. 8-0 Holy shit, again. Now, don't get me wrong, they're still pretty big. ^_^ But compared to what they were? I almost have showable legs back! I never thought that would happen! *laughs* No wonder I've been more eager to wear shorts lately. ^_~
Why was this such a breakthrough? This was the first time I looked in a mirror and saw an improvement over what was there before. Between that and this week's total? Holy flying monkeys, Batman, I am higher than a kite! :D :D (I guess that means I get to use that icon twice in a row, huh? ^_~)
Thank you. Thank you very much. ^_^
I now return you to your regularly scheduled LJ. *dimples*
