What a week it has been! There has been STRESS all over the place and I was really feeling worried about the scales this week as I indulged in some extra healthy foods again.
Last night I had some alone time I so decided to clear the closet of bigger clothes that I need to get rid of. Boy was I surprised when half my closet wound up on the floor! Some of it was sad as there were things I had only worn once but that is tempered by the fact that I look better and I had saved some smaller clothes so I don't have to go buy a whole new wardrobe yet!
I lost 3 lbs this week! It was a success and thankfully I am not letting the stress trigger any binges. I am an emotional eater and stress usually would send me to chocolate and other lovely tasting things in large quantities. I grocery shopped after work last night before dinner and I was SOOOO hungry that everything in the store looked good and I wanted to eat it. So I made a deal with myself. I put it in my cart and if at the end before I checked out I still wanted it I would get it. Everything went back because it was just an impulse and not a true hunger.
I have basically gone down a whole size in clothes now. I lose faster on top than I do the bottom which is a frustration to me but there are so many things about my body I am liking better. My booty looks pretty perky right now. Nice waist is getting tinier and my hips are getting curvier in a good way. I have not been this thin since April of 2008! I do have fabulous cheekbones when I am at a good weight and I am starting to see signs of them. I feel just a little more confident than I did before and now at least I have clothes that I would feel good in if I go out.
I have run into the opposite of Sid in that people in my daily life haven't said really that they have noticed I have lost weight. Here's a tip for everyone.. NO ONE gets mad if you say they look like they have lost weight. Don't go overboard and say they look so much better now (cuz I looked like crap before?) but acknowledgement is a tool also.
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I will add a recipe later this week. Apple Braised Chicken!
Curvy Girl
What an awesome photo?? You are looking amazing Sarah! And another 3 lbs this week- you're a weight loss machine!!! I am SO PROUD of you!!! And how awesome that you've lost a whole dress size!! You go girl!! How much weight have you lost to date??
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ReplyDeleteToo true! Although it reminds me of something my friend Swifty once said:
"Someone asked me today if I'd lost weight, although I am currently the heaviest I've ever been. I wonder if they meant 'ever'."
Wow! That is great that you have lost a whole size. Good for you! Stick with it. I do that whole putting things back at the end thing too. Although I usually do it for financial reasons, I almost never put the sweet stuff back. Hmmmm...maybe I should try that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the support guys. Sid I have lost 23.5 lbs to date. Almost half way there!
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