GOAL!! (okay.. Mini-Goal!)

Posted on March 26th, 2009 by paperskin

I am so happy.. today I got on the scale and it said 193.0lbs!!! I am shocked!!  This mini goal thing is such an amazing idea it really gets you motivated to keep going.  I am so pumped.. and my reward.. a pedicure.  It will probably be a home one, but I’m totally making time for my little tootsies today!

Next mini goal is 185lbs.  I know these two are so close together, but 185 is an important number.  This is the weight I was after delivering both of my girls, and swore after delivering that I won’t get any heavier, and lose weight.. but didn’t do.  Well with Yumna, I wasn’t so bad.. a year after her delivery I was still 185.. I hadn’t lost, but I hadn’t gained… but with Safiya.. what a disaster.. I was pretty good for the first 7 months I would say, but between last summer and January 2009 I gained at least 25 lbs.

A few things happened.. firstly, I was nursing and I felt entitled to eat and drink as I pleased.  Secondly, I wasn’t walking so much.  With Yumna, we lived downtown, and we didn’t have a car.. so we would walk all the time.. to work, to the babysitter, to do groceries, etc.. but now that we have a car, and we live in the suburbs, walking is not as common for us.

So 20 pounds is exactly what Safiya weighs right now.. and I can’t believe I have been carrying the equivalent of her weight with me every where I went.  It’s crazy because I get tired after carrying her for 15 minutes.  20 pounds is also equivalent to 80 sticks of butter.  How’s that for a visual to be carrying around.  Well I’m glad to be rid of it.

185 here I come!!

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3 Responses to “GOAL!! (okay.. Mini-Goal!)”

  1. hotsplashes, on March 26th, 2009 at 10:38 am Said:

    Congratulations! You are doing a great job!!!

  2. susan, on March 26th, 2009 at 6:55 pm Said:

    YAY YOU!

    Great visual; that 80 sticks of butter thing.

    My weight is all from my baby too, and he’s 13 for cryin’ out loud! I used to shake my head at the women who “let themselves go”, as my father-in-law would put it, and lo and behold, here I am! The older I get, the less I’m liking the taste of crow. Let’s see… I need to lose 120 sticks of butter.

    Keep up the good work: yer doin’ it right!

  3. hveeck, on March 27th, 2009 at 2:55 am Said:

    omg 80 sticks of butter!!! that is a great visual :D congrats on your mini goal! I think my weight loss will add up to a whole truck load of butter by the time I’m finished, LOL!! keep up the good work.

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