Whoo-hoo! I made it! I made it! I made it! And a whole week early too! When I first made that goal around Valentine's Day it sounded absolutely impossible - but I did it! I started off at 219 and I'm now 20 lbs. lighter! Gosh, I'm so excited, can you tell?
The challenge was about 6 wks. long, so that's an amazing 3.33 lbs./wk. loss. Probably a bit high but when you're on a roll, you're on a roll! (Actually heard a new point about the advice that you should lose only 1-2 lbs./wk. - a better way to judge it for yourself personally is that you should lose no more than about 1% of your total body weight per week, in case any one was interested.)
So I'm already thinking up a new challenge... anyone have any ideas? I think I kind of like the challenges that are a bit longer (like this one, 6 weeks or so) - what about everyone else? We're running out of holidays in May - maybe a Mother's Day Challenge?
Who knows. I hope everyone else is feeling good about their April 1 goal - we can do it!
(I've always felt fairly comfortable in a bathing suit, always been a swimmer, so I guess that might explain that). I am trying to get used to working out in front of other people though. I go to the gym in my fiance's apt. complex with other people there sometimes and am getting more comfortable with that, so I just need to break down and do it - because it's the only gym that's going to be available to me (well, for free) once spring term is over. Argh! Maybe by then I'll feel much more normal weight-wise and I won't stick out like a sore thumb!
