GOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   

     Well.
     I've done it.
     I went into work this morning and got weighed on the scales in my room.
     I went into the nurses' room and got weighed on her scales.
     I got the receptionist to come and make sure I was not hallucinating.

     118.7kg.

     I've done it. I have lost 20kg. Everyone at work was so excited for me. I just cried. Relief. Elation. I have been so close for so long, and I knew I would get there eventually, but finally I have made it!! It's funny because I don't know which emotion is stronger - the relief of losing 20kg, or the the relief of FINALLY making it to 20kg lost. Either way, it is very awesome.
     I have to admit, I have had some stupid and somewhat scary thoughts about ways I could finally push to the 20kg number. I have thought about having only shakes and barely any food (for me that is drastic as I love the taste and process of eating, hence the weight problem) and even thought about getting appetite suppressants or metabolisers to cheat my way there. I felt like a fool thinking of this and talked myself out of it before I even started to consider it. I haven't needed it to get this far, and I convinced myself I wasn't going to need it to get over this "hump". I would hate to cheat like that and then blow out the next time I put any kind of food in my mouth, and although I would be excited to get to the goal, I would do it knowing I had stepped away from what was working for me already and how I had lost the rest of the weight to begin with. So no, I didn't use anything extra, and YAY ME!! I made it!!
     I said I would post some photos once I had lost the weight, I only wish I had taken some side on ones as well, you can see a big difference, but not as much as what I know and feel... I still have a long way to go, but I have also come a long way already.

      November 2012                             April 2013 after 20kg lost

                                            Measurements

         

                                              November 2012                April 2013
1 inch above belly button              143cm                          126cm

To belly button                             150cm                          131cm

1 inch below belly button              152cm                           134cm

That means I have lost about 7.4 inches around to my belly button!! And about 6.6 inches above and 7.0 inches below!

     It feels amazing to see and feel the difference for myself and to recognise the difference in size measurement wise. I was buying clothes sizes 26 and up, I am now buying clothes anywhere a 22-20 (depending on the darn brand of course) and sometimes smaller.

     So, looking forward, it is time to set my next goal! Another 10kg by the end of August - 4.5 months, give myself a little more time this time as it slows up the more you lose apparently.

     My entries may slow a bit as well, but I promise to keep updating and keep dragging you along with me! Imagine if I could get to 35-40kg lost by the end of the year?! I am excited!

    I made it this far, I am so very happy. I know it's a cliche, but if I can do it, anyone can, you just need to get focussed and go for it!

     Anything is possible. xxx

A little more time...?

     So here we are at the beginning or April! My goal, as you know, was to have lost 20kg by the end of March, but for a few reasons, I am going to give myself an extra week to try and get there.
     Firstly, it is around "that time" again, so weight is fluctuating a bit. Secondly, it was Easter last weekend! No I didn't go overboard on the eggs, I had a couple to indulge a little as such, but still...
     I know I have said a million times that I feel good, but I am really starting to notice that I feel lighter as well. I don't know how to describe it, but I do. Clothes I wear around the house feel like they hang in a way that makes me feel a bit slimmer. For the first time in his life, my 7 year old son can get his arms around me when he hugs me!! That made me cry when I realised that!. It was beautiful. My mother-in-law said to me just this morning how much of a difference she could notice. In my face and my neck as well. I even have collarbones!
     Even more exciting, on my most recent trip to Coffs Harbour, I went into "Katies"  and bought clothes! Katies!! Sure they were still off the big racks, but they fit!! I was probably a teenager when I last bought clothes from there! Little things like that are very exciting, and such big changes. I love it!
     It blows my mind looking at photos of myself that were taken just 6 months ago and seeing how much I have changed. And it blows my mind even more that it hasn't been a huge effort to make these changes. I mean, yes, I have worked very hard, and I am continuing to do so, but I am enjoying what I am doing, so it isn't a huge chore that "diets" can be.

                      Just to show the difference in my face and neck...

     Anyway, this was just a brief note to let you know that I haven't forgotten to post results. I may not get there, but they will still be up very soon!!