Tuesday

203.0 this morning.  Basically no change since Saturday, which is fine. 

I was thinking yesterday about how close I am to my probable end point.  The lowest weight I've successfully maintained for any period of time is 185.  Even though I plan to continue losing to get to 169 (no longer overweight!), I don't really expect to be able to maintain at that level.  When I started last fall, I was losing 10 pounds a month.  It's slowed to about 7 pounds a month (because I'm not willing to go below 1340 calories per day target).  It will probably slow even more as I get closer to normal weight.  It could be 3 months to get to 185, and 5+ months to get to 170.   As long as my body is strong and healthy, I'll probably transition to more maintaining over the summer whatever my weight is.

I wrote last fall about how I couldn't envision getting to goal, so I was only going to focus on the next 10 pounds.  It's hard to describe how excited I am to be so close to my actual goal.  I spent SO many years being unsatisfied with myself that it's a HUGE weight off to let that dissatisfaction go.  I can't remember the last time I thought about my life and didn't want to change anything.

I tried on my challenge pants last night and got them zipped!

There's an extreme muffin top going on and I couldn't even bend my legs - but it's progress!  I couldn't even get these things up my legs before this challenge started!!  Levis are like iron.  These things could turn into my long-term fit pants (ie, the ones that tell me whether I've gained), depending on how they fit when I get closer to my goal.  I'm kinda beginning to like my butt!

Good runn-y workout this morning.  10 minutes at 5mph, then 6 min and 5 min for 21 minutes total running.  Yesterday was a weight workout, my arms are feeling' it today.  Yes, I feel good about how things are going!

I put on a pair of 16Ws for work this morning and noticed that they're too big, along with most of my sweaters.   I think I'm going to give myself a shopping trip to the Salvation Army - give them back the size 16s, 3 pairs of too-big jeans and sweaters and shop for size 14 pants!  I'll let myself spend up to $20.  That's my non-food reward for staying on track lately!