You'll be seeing a bit of a change in this blog. I'd thought that , well the hell with it - if no one else is interested in posting, why should I? But you know what? This blog was very therapeutic to me, so if they want to dump it, that's their choice, but it's not mine. Angel assures me that she's still flying, and trying to eat right, so her & I are back. We're here to celebrate our successes and strategize over our not-so-successes.
So, here I am. I've lost a total of 67-66-65 lbs - I say that becuase I've been waffling between 213 and 215 for weeks now. It's driving me CRAZY! I have been slowing adding the carbs back - not in the usual amounts, not by a LONG shot. But I will have a slice of bread every once in a while, which I've figured out to slice in half the hard way and make a sandwich with! It's amazing what that does to your head, not feeling like you're missing out quite so often.
I admit I don't get much exercise now. It's just too damned cold here to go walking. But I will be happy to just maintain through these darned holidays and feel like I've achieved something on the other side. And hey, 65 lbs is nothing to sneeze at, right?
I love the fact that my clothes are too big LOL I haven't had as dramatic a size drop as angel had, but hey, I bought a size 20 pair of "stretch" jeans for myself the day after thanksgiving and they fit! I thought "Well, I'll save these until I can fit into them" - hubby said "Try them on" so I did and HEY!!! They fit! They're fitted, so you can see my legs, and it makes me feel better than the other jeans that I was so psyched to finally get into! Those aren't stretch, so when I did fit into them, I was really excited. I hadn't worn them in 10 years! I haven't been below 220 lbs in 10 years. I really am proud of myself, even if I do cheat every once in a while. But I'm not going to go back to the way I/we used to eat, and I think that's the most important thing of all.
Even though Subway and Quiznos is calling me BIG TIME lately. lol
Last night, I was putting on some eye liner, getting ready to go out to my munch and realized that my face had changed. I can see my cheekbones. I can see my jaw bone! My glasses don't rest on my face anymore - just on my nose. "This is COOL!" I thought.
As for flying, I'm still doing pretty good. I do have my days when I just don't have the energy to do anything. I think that had something to do with the health problems and whatnot, and I'm trying to take care of those too. I've stopped taking the Pill, and am hoping that will help. I've started taking my St. John's Wort again, in hopes that that'll help too. It always used to. But my house isn't in CHAOS, so that's something. I washed the floors yesterday, which did take a toll on my back, but it was sorely needed. I cleaned our downstairs bathroom, which honestly was disgusting. I never clean it because it's disgusting LOL Well, now it's manageable and I'll try to remember to swish & swipe whenever I go in there. The tree is up, most of the presents are bought and I'm actually impatient with the markets because they don't have their Christmas hams on sale yet LOL Then I stopped and thought...w ait, this is only dec. 7th LOL
So, I love the Flylady and I'm so grateful for having found her. I am glad that the routines are sticking with angel, who is having a really rough time with her potty-training son, so I hope when she has a free moment to post here, she'll update us on her work too.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll be back :)
