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Date Posted: 12:38:40 01/19/04 Mon
Finally, after playing around with the scale going up and down since Dec 30th when I first hit 133 1/2 (bringing me to within a half a doggone lb. of being able to say I had lost 80 lbs!)and then after the boing-boing-ing of the scale for 2 and a half weeks, and hovering at the 133 1/2 for the past 2 days......FINALLY!.......I MADE IT TO 133!!! Now, I can officially say I have lost 80 lbs!!!!!
So (just to give you all some visulaization to personalize for yourselves....ie; see yourselves doing this!!)...today I am sitting at the keyboard, here, eating a half a cantelope, in my size 4 land's end jeans (the Levis are an 8...lol!), with a size small soft white cardigan sweater, with a white stretch lace camisole peeking out.
I went and bought a new weighloss journal (this is my 5th in a year and a half!!!!) and have begun setting it up to change over when my current one is out of room on Friday. I have the poem from the opening page of this site, some other poems and quotes, a picture of a dancer on the front, and room to add things like that in the front over time. Then I transferred all the things that were still pertinent in terms of motivational thoughts and clothes and events over.(one of my early goals was to be able to wear my wedding and engagement rings!!! now they are loose and I have a ring guard on them until I have them re-sized when i am all the way to goal!) Then I combined all the calendars of my weightloss journey into one long one in this new journal, with room to take me another year (I keep telling myself...no matter how long it takes I am in this for the long haul and NEVER AGAIN!) I figure if it takes me more than half a month to lose a measley half a lb. I could be at this for a long time to get another 10 to 15 lbs off!!!!
Some of the things on my motivational thoughts page are;
*a narrow, smooth, slim, sleek back (thats because i still have some bulges there...I tend to carry a good percentage of my weight there)
*going on a cruise (I have never been on one and would love to some time)
*never having to wonder if something makes me look fat!
Some of the things on my motivational clothes page are;
*my black velvet little dress with the rhinestone straps
*all the size 7 and 8 clothes in my closet
*a pair of faded denim overalls that were always one of my favorite things of all time (still won't close on the waist)
*sweater dresses!
I am allowing some room at the back for sort of journal/diary writings ( I don't write those every day, but at least a few times a month anyways) but I do still log in everything I eat every single day, so most of the journal pages are taken up with that. I wonder if this new journal will be that one that sees me reaching my goal....or if I will be into my 6th or even 7th by then! This is a really nice journal....it would be nice if it was in this one, hehe.
OK, so new landmark reached....and on to the next....do I hear 85? Too bad I don't have more to lose, so I can eventually say a cool 100 lbs...LOL! But it might be 90 to 95 by the time I'm done. Of course my main objective isn't the numbers on the scale but how i look and feel. As part of that objective I want to increase muscle, which weighs more, so we will see what that means in terms of weight. That part (the numbers on the scale) is not the most important.
I was teaching a new voice student the other day and realized that for the first time when demonstrating how when breathing correctly your belly pushes out, I was not self-conscious about my belly. I still think it is very flabby and poofy, but with pantyhose and pants on it doesn't stick out much anymore. It was a very new experience to feel very matter-of-fact during the breathing demonstation and not embarrassed. All the little moments and victories are so big.
Stay with me girls...I need you. I can do this. You can do this. We ARE doing it...together!
hugs,
Dreemy
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