I thought I'd post an update to this goal story, as it's been quite a while.
I finally got pregnant right after hitting my revised goal in May, 2012, and I delivered a beautiful, healthy baby boy just about a year ago.
He is amazing, and I can't believe he'll soon turn one!
On the weight front... I gained a huge amount of weight during my pregnancy (about 95 lbs), and had lost about 75 lbs of it by 6 months postpartum. Since then I've been losing very slowly, and am currently (at 146.8) about 13 lbs above my lowest pre-pregnancy weight (133.something). On the one hand I'd love to be back down around 135 right now, but on the other... well, I've been putting very little energy into weight loss (especially compared to how hard I worked before my pregnancy), and so I'm actually very relieved to be basically maintaining. As I got pregnant right after achieving my final goal I never had a chance to see if I could maintain, and I was very worried I wouldn't be able to do it. It's been great to see that with only minimal effort (basically, being vigilant about how much/what I'm eating) I've kept my weight down and have continued to lose about a pound per month. I may step my efforts up a bit over the next six months, as I would really like to see the 130s again this summer (not to mention, I need to figure out how to get time to myself to exercise regularly again!)... but overall, I'm happy to be maintaining around a normal, healthy weight and feeling like it's completely sustainable.
Thanks to all who have left very nice comments on this thread since I was last here. I wish you all lots of success in your journeys!
They're in my armpits when I lay on my back, lol! But I'll take the crummy chest these days; it's still worth losing the weight!
I am going to think of you the next time I feel I am not getting anywhere and remember that I am not the only one who felt like that and think of your amazing results from not being deterred.
