4/1/11 - Weigh-In Day! And 3 months progress!

Another Friday is upon us! And another pound has been lost. Well, 1.2 pounds, if we want to be exact (and we do!) I have no been on this journey for 3 months... I have lost 25.8 pounds and am really feeling amazing! The best part about this has been fitting into smaller clothes and having so much more energy to do things! this morning I put on a pair of size 12 pants. Do you know how long it's been since I've seen a size 12?? Probably 2 years, maybe more! Granted, they're a "big" 12, but a 12 none-the-less!!! So, tomorrow is my son's 1st birthday party. There's really only a couple menu items that are healthy. But I feel like I will be too busy to eat anyway, so I'm really not terribly concerned! Anyway, some reflections on the past 3 months.... When I set out on this journey, I told myself that I want to be between 130 and 140 by August 6th, when we leave to go on vacation. At the time, August was a little over 7 months away. Now it is 4 months away, and I am almost half way to my goal. I want to work extra hard over the next 3 months so that I can be to a point of maintance with my weight a good couple to 4 weeks before vacation. That way I will be successful on our trip, being able to enjoy the food, yet not indulging profusely! What have I been doing to lose the pounds? #1 - drinking 9-12 glasses of water EVERY day! I have found that so many times when I "feel" hungry, it's actually because I have been neglecting my body of water! I'm dehydrated (which happens very easily for me). So instead of filling my body with things it doesn't need, I fill it with water. If I still feel hungry 15 minutes later, then I eat. Because I take that as a sign that I'm actually hungry! #2 - continuing to count my calories. Every single bite of sustinance I put in my mouth gets accounted for! And boy oh boy can I tell a difference when I eat crap! Not only do I physically feel crappy, but my weight really reflects that! (A couple of weekends ago I ate junk for 2 days straight... I felt so draggy and tired it was pathetic! then I got on the scale on the 3rd day and I was up almost 2 pounds! So 2 days of eating like a fool set me back a week or more in weight loss!!! NOT cool! And it will NOT happen again!) #3 - exercise! Not only do I continue to train for my first 5k that is in a month and a week, but I do Zumba with my church ladies as well as other workouts to DVDs and things. This helps SO much in the weight loss! For example, I haven't worked out all week, as I've been busy and exhausted from trying to get everything ready for Aiden's party. So my weight loss was down 1.2 pounds. The weeks when I do work out, I tend to have a 2 pound loss! So, I know it makes a difference! So, here is to the next 3 months of this fabulous journey!!! *cheers* (with water, of course!)