Almost 8 weeks...progress pics

June 22, 2010 to August 15th 2010

Catching up

Ok, let's see - weigh in was 289.8. Here are pics:



And belly shot (first one and then more recent):


6/22/10 - 7/15/10

Look-it that - my boobs officially stick out farther than my belly now!

Here's front shot:


So, 14.4 lbs gone, and 2-3 inches everywhere.

And I still feel - and am - fat. It's disheartening.

The up side is my endurance, my stamina, has really increased. My health is way better. I have to see that as a positive.

Comparison...

I was goofing around last night, and decided to see if the tank top I took my first pic in fit any better (it does) and then to take a comparison photo.

The first one is 6/22/10

The second is 7/12/10 (three weeks later)

I really hate coming up with these blog entry titles...

So, I weighed in on the Wii Fit today and it said I went up since yesterday - now I know the Wii Fit is an asshole, but still - and I was so frustrated I started crying. My 8 year old son said "Don't worry Mom, it'll be slow but you'll lose weight." I have a couple of great kids.

So I started looking at comparison pics to try and see the difference, and damn, I think I do. The amazing thing is I think I see it between Thursday's pics and the ones I took this morning!

6/24/10 7/1/10 7/8/10 7/11/10

Yes, that last one is only 3 days after the one before it. Amazing to me!

Front view:

6/24/10 7/1/10 7/8/10 7/11/10

And face:

6/24/10 7/11/10

So, no matter what that "little asshole voice" on the Wii Fit tells me, I feel slightly better.

This is just SO SLOW.

Let's see - things that are frustrating:

I took the day off today to take the kids to the pool and it's thunderstorming all day.
I was retaining water at my WW weigh-in yesterday so only registered .6 lb weight loss by their scale.
My meeting w/ the Y "trainer" wasn't so much a "trainer" as some 20-something bimbo giving a memorized speech.

Things that are good:
We can go to the Y and go swimming.
My scale at home says 287 (that's a 4-5 lb weight loss from last week) and the Wii Fit says 290 (4-5 lb weight loss from last week) so I'm sure that the WW scale will show it next week, will just have to drink lots of water all week.
Trainer....on that I got nothin'.

BUT, I can finally start to see a difference in my photo tracking:


This is 6/22/10 approx 299 ? // This is 7/8/10 293.6 lbs by WW scale

'Course, I could be on crack.

I've lost inches though - in each in waist, hips and thighs, and 1.5 in arms.

Ok, I'm taking the kids to the Y now. Yippee.

Almost forgot!

Went to see Weird Al last night (btw, if you ever get the chance to see Weird Al, DO IT. I cannot stress this enough. Seriously.)

Anyway, they didn't have an extra large in the shirt I wanted, so I got the large, and had hubby take a pic of me in it so that I can see the progress later when it actually fits - so here that is:



I have no idea why I was looking so pissed off, other than that I was way tired (I walked 2.25 miles at lunch yesterday and then another .5 to and from parking to the venue, so I was all done by the time we got home.)

Anyway, this will still serve as a good comparison pic for when I can wear this tank and not look like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man...

;)

Baby, it's HOT outside

My 5 year old daughter - we'll call her Flipperbiscuit (looooong story) - kept me honest and held me to the promise to take her for a walk in the neighborhood. We've got a route that is just about a mile (thanks to mapmyride.com) and we just went and did that. Now hubby and Flipper are running to Subway to get dinner. Mmmm....

So, at my WW meeting this past Thursday I hit my first 10 lbs lost! Got my ribbon and everything! Lost 4 lbs in the past week. My scale and my Wii Fit here at home are both "lighter" than the WW scale, so I can't go by them for "official" results, but according to the bathroom scale this morning I hit 289 (and it DID say I was over 300 three weeks ago - 301 I believe - so I can still chart the trend) - I can't wait (weight? Yeah, I'm a dork.) until the 'official' scale says the 280s.

My mini-goal is to be at my 10% weight loss by August 19th, when I'm going to Put-In-Bay with my Mom and my Aunt and my kids. That's a very do-able goal - my 10% puts me at 273.8 lbs and I should just about hit that by Aug 19th if I keep up like I have been. I'm really hoping that starting strength training at the Y will yield some results as well.

My next mini-goal is to hit 253.4 by Halloween, which would be just over 50 lbs lost. I have lots of friends that I see once a year at my annual Halloween party, and I want to "wow" them :)

Anywho, here's a pic from this past Thursday:

Here's me at 294.2

Here's my ribbon :) :


How weird it is (for me, and to me) that I'm looking forward to starting strength training at the gym. I can't wait to watch myself change. I can't wait to be on the outside who I am on the inside - for the image in the mirror to look right.

Some things that have occurred to me lately:

Small changes are still changes

It's ok to leave food on my plate - my dogs appreciate it!

I am WORTH this.