No longer obese

I've hit that magic number, which for me is 179. According to the BMI scale I am no longer considered obese! This is a big BIG deal for me. Even before I got "fat" I weighed just enough that my BMI classified me as obese. Well Sarah is no longer obese! I'm just simply overweight now. I've got to lose 29 pounds to fix that. 29 more pounds and I'll be what's considered healthy for my height. I've only got 34 pounds to go to reach my goal. I'm starting to see why some women can obsess over those last 5 pounds now. One stinking pound was the difference between overweight and obese for me. I don't really get it, but I'm glad I'm no longer classified as super overweight. It's crazy to think that just a few short months ago I was "super duper" overweight.

That's my update. Hope you all are doing well! Take care, Sarah

slowly yet surely

Needless to say the weightloss has started to crawl off now, instead of melt off. I joined the gym, but I've been working so much lately, that I haven't been in nearly a week! I'm horrible I know! I'm going in the morning though. I was going with a girl from work named Jennifer. She hasn't been in awhile either though. We're both going in the morning though. We would have gone tonight, and I would have liked to, but my babysitter had a dentist appointment, so I couldn't make it. The weight is still coming off, just slowly now. I'm down 114 pounds, go me!

I learned last week at the gym that I can very nearly run a quarter mile without stopping. When I'm actually able to accomplish that, I just know I'll feel great. Then of course I'll have to work up to a half mile! I told my husband that I'd like to be physically fit enough to pass a military PT test. I'm sure I'll get there, but it'll take work, and lots of it. I still don't know that I'd be able to do a push up, not a REAL push up anyway.

That's the Sarah update. I hope everyone else is doing well! Take care!

Joined a gym

I've always wanted to join a gym, and I know I should have months ago, but I finally got around to it yesterday morning. I went and joined before I went to work, and then I went yesterday after dinner, and again this morning before work! One of the girls I work with has been going and she goes in the morning, so I'm really excited to have a buddy to go run on the treadmill with! I did 45 minutes on the treadmill yesterday, did a mile this morning, and then did a few of the weight machines. I couldn't find the one for your abs last night, but I found it this morning. I'm gonna be using that one super a lot! That's the part I don't like the most right now. And I'm hoping that I can get my arms into shape and get rid of the bat flaps I have going on. I don't reckon they're too bad, but they're bad enough to bother me, so it's time to get that all taken care of.

In the way of an update: I've lost 111 pounds now! I have 39 to go to reach my goal! YAY!

Take care, love you guys, you're the bestest! Sarah

40 pounds to go

I only have 40 pounds to go before I hit my goal of 150 pounds to lose, or to weigh about 145! That's completely insane! I can remember when I figured I needed to lose 40 pounds to be healthy. I doesn't seem like that long ago! I can't believe I've lost 110 pounds in the past 6 1/2 months! It's like a dream, a dream come true. Thank you Dr. Nelson and OWLO! You gave me back my life!

Hitting Goals Now!

I never really had so much of a weight goal as I did a size goal. I mean, when I was in highschool, I weighed 180 pounds but I was solid, and I was muscle, and I was a size 14. I set my size goal between a size 8 and a size 12. I bought some cute little capri's at WalMart the other day. Did I mention that I'm in a size 14 now? I got them home, and tried them on, and of course, they fit. BUT.....oh yes, there's a but, and the good kind too! I have to wear a belt, cause they're too big around the waist, kinda. So the next time I was at WalMart, I found the same ones in a 12, and tride them on, and OMG they fit! I'm IN my size goal range! That's crazy! Anyway, it's really exciting! I'm hoping to be down to at least a 10, if not an 8, the next time I see Paul! He's getting R&R, we found out! I can't wait to see him again! They're trying to push his dates a bit, so he can come home before the kids start school again next fall. I'm reaching goals now, 6 mo. post op! This is insane! Awesome, but insane!

weighed in a day early!

I usually weigh in on Fridays, but sometimes I cheat, just to see where I am. Well I cheating last week and snuck a peek on Tuesday. Since the scale hadn't moved from last Tuesday to last Friday, I didn't write it down. Well my calendar was getting lonely so I weighed in a day early this week.

OMG, I'm down 107 pounds! I weighed in at 188 this morning! I haven't seen that since highschool! Holy Cow! Go Sarah!

Sweet Indulgence!

OMG, I looked today, and did you know that Sara Lee's plain frozen cheesecake bites have about a gram of sugar per bite!?!?! Me either, I totally bought some, took them home, and ate two! Is that cheating?

Hope you're all having a fabulous week! Sarah