Tonight I went shopping with my husband and he gave me a compliment. His compliments are few and far between. The compliment...... "Wow, you can keep up with me. I am proud of you." He is proud of me. That feels great.
Over the past few months I have had several female co-workers mention how great I am looking. It is especially nice to here from ones that did not know I was dieting because I realize they must really see a difference in me. Now this past week I have had 2 male co-workers mention that I am looking healthier. Men are so funny about mentioning weight loss to women, I think they are so afraid they might accidentally offend you.
Man, talk about a STRESSFUL week! Yelled at by boss a week ago. Job interview in a different state on Thursday. Worked all weekend under stress due to bad atmosphere at work. Second interview, different job, different state, on Monday. Back to work on Tuesday. Big deadline for my home business coming up Tomorrow. For the first time ever, I skipped almost every workout. Only slept five-six hours for the first five days of the week....
BUT, I stayed on plan food-wise and posted a loss. YAY ME!
I looked in the mirror this morning and noticed the start of a female shape. By that I mean curves in the places one would expect that aren't hidden by fat. I can see my collar bone and I have some waist definition now and hips too. Wow! The pants I posted about two months back in one of these NSV threads that were a mini-goal of mine to get into are on the verge of baggy.
Today I went into storage and pulled out my tubs of skinny clothes, tried things on, and sorted them so it would be easy access as I lose my way into them.
I pulled two black garbage bags full of clothes out of my closet for Goodwill.
And I put on my biggest pair of "fat" pants just for giggles, to see what the difference was...what fun! I will eventually take a picture in them- even after a mere 60 lbs the difference in fit is pretty dramatic. They are the only pair of really large pants that I am keeping.
In the meantime, I have clothes to wear again. Whew! Pickings were getting pretty slim.
I rarely crave Mexican food, but today I had an overwhelming hankering for fish tacos for lunch. Specifically Rubio's fish tacos.
After going to their website and checking out the nutritional info (1 taco is only 270 calories but like 10 grams of fat), I realized it wasn't worth it. Settled on 3 little street tacos on mini corn tortillas (2 chicken - 90 calories each, 1 steak - 120 calories, with onions, cilantro, pico, and a little avocado) for a total of exactly 300 calories. Had them with a big 'ol bottle of water, and I gave away my complimentary tortilla chips. Wound up happily full, completely satisfied, without a trace of guilt. And I have to say, a little bit proud of myself.
My children gave me a box of Belgian chocolates for mothers day (argh, slobber, grumble, drool).
On Mother's Day I had a few (within calories) and shared some with the family. After that I was able to eat just one a day. I shared a few more, too...but the whole box lasted a week. For me and good chocolate, I think that might be a record.
When I put my hands on my waist/hips now, I am actually putting them on the top of my hip bones rather than on a pad of fat. I can feel the bones really clearly. (It's kind of weird.)
Earlier today I was able to pull down my size 14 jeans without unbuttoning/unzipping them. They feel noticeably baggy today.
I'm wearing my wedding rings again! I haven't been able to wear them since being pregnant with my first child over 2 years ago. *Yes, I've had another child since then!*
My size 22s are getting very baggy. More and more of my size 20s are fitting just right!
I ran into an old coworker recently in an elevator yesterday. He gushed about how great I look and embarrassed the crap out of me in an elevator full of men I didn't know. But, of course, it put a big smile on my face!
Last edited by ScarlettDrawl; 05-18-2010 at 09:41 PM.
