167 lbs.

down 30 lbs. from start  

27 lbs. to my goal 

I won the DietBet!!! I seriously didn't think it was possible. I successfully weighed in today at 166.2 lbs. I needed 166.8 to win. I am beyond excited. I pushed myself hard this week and it payed off! I worked out for 5 days in a row(2 of those days included 2 hours of working out and over 1,000 calories burned) and had one rest day yesterday and I still made it!

I'm thinking I will take a day or two off and then start another one. There's only about a month left till summer so this is really crunch time. I know it's not going to be easy. These DietBets back to back are quite hard! But I'll tell ya, it does give me some motivation! If I don't do a DietBet, I allow my brain to think... "Melissa, you can't possibly be 160 lbs by next month. It's going to take a lot longer than that." Which isn't a terrible thing. Losing weight slow can be a good thing. It gives your body time to adapt to the changes. But it also makes you think you can't do things that you CAN. I thought it was impossible for me to be 166 lbs by this month. But really, it wasn't! I actually freaking did it.

I find my body and the way I perceive it very interesting. There are some days where I think I look great and I'm pretty content. And then other days, I don't feel like I look any different than when I started. And I look at my friend Jenny who has lost about 40 lbs(we started this weight loss journey around the same time) and you can tell her arms are skinny, her legs are tiny, and her waist is much smaller. I don't feel like anything on my body is much smaller than it used to be. Where are the lbs coming off? I don't even think my boobs have really shrunk. lol. I would love to fit in smaller jeans. My current jeans are a little too big but smaller size jeans don't fit either. Hmph!  But regardless, pounds are coming off somewhere. Perhaps they were hiding somewhere I couldn't even see which is a scary thing. lol.

Also, as of today, I'm over the hump! I have lost more weight than I still need to lose. 27 lbs to go! And the entire way will be a victory! The first 25 lbs or so wasn't quite as exciting because I had lost about that much last year and gained it all back. This year is totally different. I'm actually excercising. And I'm not quitting until I hit my goal. And even after I reach my goal, I can't quit or it'll all come back. Too bad this is a never ending battle. Can't you just be "done" once you reach your goal? :) OK, time to get to work!

My current NSG(Non Scale Goals) include...

-Fitting comfortably in Medium size T-shirts.

-Fitting in size 10 jeans.

See ya!

Melissa