Hellooooo!
Long time, no see; hope you all are doing well!
I took a little blog-break, not intentional, just one of those things where I kept putting it off and putting it off and then life got really busy.... and I've had a hard time getting back aboard. I will be making blog rounds this week and getting caught up on everything I may have missed in my absence!
I think the biggest (personal) news in the past few months has been my continued weight loss... I am very proud to say that my 8 year fat phase if officially OVER!!!
As of this week (exactly one year from the start) I am down 58 pounds and have 10-20 to go until I reach my goal. I have dropped about 6 sizes and thoroughly LOVE my new wardrobe!!!! I can't even express how completely awesome that was! As the weight's been coming off my energy has gone up (shocker, I know) and my work-outs have gradually increased. I'm now working out 5 days a week starting with 100 crunches then running for 20min which usually works out to be around 3 miles. Three days a week I add my homemaker's weight training circuit(chair dunks, and costco sized apple juice weights). I know it's not a lot, but for my body it's perfect and making a big difference!
Overall, weight loss has been easy. It's just so damn SLOW! I've been hitting 4-6wk plateaus every 10 lbs which is frustrating but clockwork and it's teaching me patience. The cool thing about the plateaus is that even though I'm not dropping weight, this is when I am losing the inches!
I've also FINALLY figured out why I got fat in the first place. Not HOW, I know HOW. I needed to figure out WHY I allowed myself to do it. REBELLION. Pure and simple. *Snort!* SO glad that's OVER!
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Hallooo! So great to hear from you! And mucho congrats on the continuing weight loss - I'll bet you could kick my scrawny ass, by now. I started back to yoga a few weeks ago after a nine year hiatus and was chagrined to see that when I was doing down dog my stomach sagged inward - little empty sack of skin containing a few clementines, it looked like - I need to do some crunches myself. It is nice to finally feel all over soreness that running on the treadmill just doesn't do. Missed you, DC! Welcome back, anytime, however frequent or not.
Thank you, Dear Giz!!!
Wow, that's fabulous! From a former blog friend (themother, once).
Now if I could just get off that extra 30, we could go out for margaritas and celebrate.
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