Oh man!

It's been a long time since I posted, but I am keeping at it.

I've lost 50 lbs so far in 9 months which doesn't seem like much to me but I have been lifting weights. I hope the muscles I've been building helps me with the skin elasticity. I would hope that I don't have much loose skin.

Anyway, here's a comparison photo.
Here's me at 262? It could have been a lot more.


This is the most recent picture of me, taken in Athens at around 212, 50 lbs loss.


Though it will be impossible for me to lose 13 lbs before graduation in 22 days, it would be nice. I haven't weighed myself in a while, so who knows!

Yowza!

Well the scale isn't budging(I haven't been checking as of lately), but my underpants sure are, as well as my jeans, which means SHOPPING SPREE! Well not really, I just need to buy a few pants and smaller undies.

I've been lifting weights and getting rather strong. I also drink my milk everyday which is helping me not break bones when I excersize and fall/twist legs and knees.

I had a slight accident two weeks ago when I went to step class and we had a substitute instructor. That lady was HARDCORE, and well I ended up twisting my knee and was out for a few days.

I haven't really been counting calories or working out as much since I'm taking the GRE in 4 days! Hopefully if things are in my favor I will be working out and counting calories like I was before.

Anyway, not much to talk about besides that. The fact my favorite jeans fit me really baggy is kind of sad. I'm not sure if I will be tailoring them or buying new ones, I like the way they fit. I'm also going to donate all of my old clothes to La Casa again. I just need time to get all that stuff in my car and ready to go. All the new clothes I've been buying are taking over my room and I feel like it's way too crowded in there.

Take it easy.

Welp

I had been stuck in my little plateau for a while, turns out all I needed to get over it was to get really sick and not eat for 4 days.

I finally got past the 40 pound park and lost the last 6 of the five pounds I needed to get there, totaling 41 pounds lost.

So I'm just going to put this right here:



So looking back I can't believe how gross I looked:

I look like a mess, who can't wear a v-neck.

Now I have less face fat and can actually see my cheekbones coming in.

I was honestly about to write about how I could still not see the difference until I ran into that picture in my other blog.

Anyway, I'm still coughing stuff up and not very hungry, but starting next week (maybe even tomorrow) I'm going back to working out, my muscles have been aching horribly and I can barely ride my bike. But I've been drinking plenty of juice and taking all of my medicine so I can be in tip top shape.

Well, see you in another 5 pounds.

*VICTORY DANCE!*

101 to go.

So I've been a little frustrated because it feels like I've pretty much hit a plateau. I've only lost 3 pounds in the last 3 weeks but I've lost 3 inches and my new clothes are actually getting a little bigger. Pretty soon I will have to take my whole wardrobe to the tailor:)

So I will have been doing this for 4 months as of next Thursday, my longest relationship :)

My face is really changing and I really like dressing up because I feel that I actually look good.

Next week is my birthday and I get a new bike! Yay.

That's pretty much all I have to say, pictures soon. I'm too lazy and busy to take any new ones.

Update

So I haven't been keeping up with this due to a lot of stuff I've been doing lately.

I started going to a step class and my weight lifting class is pretty fun!

I've been frustrated because different scales are telling me different things, but since the only scale I used when I first started this was the wii fit board, I'm sticking to that as far as weight loss is concerned.

Also, I am a few pounds away from being type 1 obese, right now I'm on the border of 1 and 2.

Since I've hit what I think is a plateau, I've been pretty frustrated, but my mom measured me and I found a lot of differences. She first measured me on July 25th, and in a bit over a month I have lost:

1" on each arm (yay!)
3" on my waist
1 3/4" on my hips
1" on my bust

So my nutritionist just thinks it's due to the muscle building, so I may weigh the same but I am a bit thinner.

Anyway, I can see my cheekbones coming in, which is always fun! I can really feel my collar bone which will eventually make an appearance. And my family who haven't seen me in months and some in years are commenting on how great I look (which I felt a bit weird about, haha).

So now I have to go hit the gym, stationary bike, elliptical, weights and then a nice walk back to my place.

Oh and I've also been trying new veggies and recipes.

Another Update

I was scared to weigh myself today, I didn't count calories this weekend and the only exercise I did was walking around stores and trying on clothes.

I ended up losing 2 pounds over the weekend, hooray! So I've lost 21 pounds in 11 weeks keeping my 2 pound a week momentum going. I've lost 33 pounds this year!

On Thursday I start my women's weight lifting class.

My roommate moves in today so I don't get to store all of my healthy food all over the fridge, I've got to be a little more picky about what I buy since the fridge isn't all mine. I had two Healthy Choice meals yesterday since I had a whole bunch in the fridge.

I guess since I lost weight this weekend I did well, I didn't over indulge. We had a catered lunch at work and I filled my plate with salad and a bit of pasta, but I did go all out at Red Lobster.

I guess I'm just learning to eat better and not overindulge.

I haven't been to the gym in over a week so I'm going to get my work out today.

108 to go!

I've done a lot of things since I last posted.

Two days ago, Saturday, my friend and I went on a 3 hour hike (though we spent about 30 minutes having lunch).

Today I went on a bike ride around the university. I haven't ridden my bike for such a long distance in a while and I almost made it completely around the university but the uphill ride made my sides really sore. I was pretty tired but I didn't give up and rode my bike all over until I made it back to my place.

I've been really happy with what I've been doing. It's like I feel weird if I don't work out. I may go for another ride tomorrow if I don't make it to the gym. Since summer school is over the gym closes at 6 which means I have an hour after work to work out and I kind of want to relax before I go to the gym.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy that in the past 9 weeks I've lost almost 20 pounds! If I lose 1 more pound I'll have lost 30 pounds this year.

It's been really hard and I get sleepy due to my low blood sugar but for the first time I feel like I've actually accomplished something. I hope that by next May when I graduate I can look good in my robe and not like I did in my high school picture.

I may also go to Europe during spring break and it would be nice to not be the fat american, haha. Also I want to be comfortable in the plane and not feel like the seat is too small.

I feel good.