Sooooooooooooo excited, and i just can't hide it.

This is what 25 pounds looks like.

Face, forget the Rosacea 

same shirt 3 years later. 

2 days ago now (by time anyone sees this) i jumped on the scale and thought i was dreaming so i ran to the doctor's office to try their scale. Turns out i wasn't dreaming. I lost another 5-6 pounds this last couple weeks, even with my plateau. I don't even remember the last time i was under 240 (and i usually do not admit my weight). It shouldn't be long before i am under 230. I was 237 according to doctor scale. I will check my weight again June 4th when i go to back to the doctors. I will be tired that day too as i am starting COPP (citizens on patrol) with the local RCMP detachment and won't get home till after 11 the night before.

Proof is in the pudding so to speak. I was looking to change my profile picture yesterday and came across this first picture. My face was REALLY heavy and it is very round. I wore the same shirt today that i wore before and i remember it fitting poorly and it stretched a tad. I haven't worn this shirt in ages because i was too big for it so i thought i would try it on. It is LOOSE. You can even see where it is stretched (buttons).

I decided to find the picture that i had of it before. Holy frick you guys. I was almost amazed. You can even see that my arms look smaller. I was able to take one extender out of my bra for the first time in forever (2 more to go). One of my other bras doesn't even need an extender anymore and i used to use 2! Husband took them all out for me because it was just so large in that area. This has put some pep back into my step as i was in a fluff for a bit. I still look at my face though and see the double chin and fat. I still look at my arms and see they are flabbier for now than they were (i need to start toning soon) and i look at my stomach and i have more of a muffin top than i ever have before.

Even if i got down to an XL at some point (40 more pounds probably) i would be happy. I have dreams now of doing a skinny dance once more where i never thought it possible before. I am still bloated and probably will be due to the medical issues. It has a huge impact on how i look.

The parts i can share on how i am doing it is a banana for breakfast and celery and cucumbers for lunch and that is it. Sometimes a small oatmeal muffin to help me feel fuller. Lots of water. I drank a cup of milk a day. I haven't touched it in a week which is huge for me because i love milk. For supper i cut everything in half. Half a steak, half a potato, half corn on cob.

For some it will look like a lot, for others it look's small. I was full after this.

I work through the stomach grumbles as that is the only way to do it. It seems to be helping my metabolism out if i am a bit hungry. I am not super hungry most of the time. I do find i come home from work hungry though. I have to shrink my stomach (which is smaller than a child's anyways). I ask for kids meals or senior meals when i go out if i can but now it is even going to be more predominant. I am making my husband cut back too as he wants to lose more weight. He had lost more than me but i passed him now. At first it was harder on him as he was more hungry but now he gets full faster too which is awesome. My rings slide right off my fingers which troubles me a bit but they don't fit too well elsewhere. They were tight before.

I snack sometimes too. Today i almost hit 1400 calories where yesterday i was under 1000 but on myfitnesspal my ham sub at subway said 400 gms of fat which i shouldn't have accepted as i am pretty sure it was not even close to that. I have ham lettuce and cheese with bacon (which i accounted for outside the sub). No sauces or anything so the bread, ham, lettuce and cheese shouldn't have been 400 grams. It was a real busy day where i popped home for 5 minutes then had a meeting. I had 1 piece of chocolate and 2 cookies for the first time in days. I love my chocolate. I fought off the craving for more.

Tomorrow i have 2 small oatmeal muffins and 1 banana as i have allergy testing in the city so need a bit more and won't get as much veggies. In fact i have to be up in less than 6 hours so i am going to be pretty tired. I just needed to share.