Comparison photos: https://imgur.com/a/44afEBP
I don't take many pictures, but today was a milestone I'd been waiting for so I wanted some visual record to be proud of right now. Today is day 366 since I hopped on the CICO train. 44.3 lbs down. Which is not a lot compared to some, and I'm incredibly short so the change in photos is perhaps not as striking as it feels to me out in 3D reality, but it's meant a lot to me.
It hasn't been easy. From Feb 2019 to summer 2019 everything was fairly smooth, with the usual skids here and there like we almost all have. Then I was away from home all last July with no food scale, but managed to maintain. Completed C25K, felt like a baller. Then November to mid-January was total chaos, and even despite my best scattered efforts I gained a few pounds, then lost them, then gained them back, then lost them again. Exercise routine fell to the wayside. Wasn't until February that things calmed down and I began making steady progress again. So I'm behind where I'd planned to be by this point, but I have to be okay with that.
I had to buy new dress pants about two weeks ago. The last time I'd bought pants I was a size 10-12 (US sizes), and I'd fit into a size 8 jeans a few months back. When I told the sales rep I probably needed something in size 8-10ish, she gave me an odd look...I thought "oh boy, she's about to be like 'oh deluded pumpkin, you're at least a 12'". But out of her mouth: "Are you sure? You look like a 4 or a 6 to me! Here, let's try those instead." I fit the 6. I was legit shocked. I haven't worn a size 6 in 15-odd years.
I still have a bit left to lose. I worry a bit about future maintenance and needing to spend the rest of my life married to a food scale to make sure I'm not overeating (being a garden gnome with a tiny calorie margin between loss, maintenance, and gain really sucks). But that's something to worry about in a few months. For now I just need to keep moving.
I lurk much more than I post or reply on this subreddit but this is my lurker thanks to everyone for being so encouraging and for sharing stories both good and bad. There have been many times a random story on here has helped me carry on more than the original poster will ever know.
Here's the to future.
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