Down 2 lbs this week, for a total of 24lbs so far. Well on my way to my goal weight. And only 7lbs away from being out of the "obese" category.

2 more lbs. I've been serioiusly slacking on exercise. I need to pick that back up today. Yikes.

Ok, so I haven't updated in a week. Oops. But I have been maintaining pretty well. Although, I did have about 4 off days while my sister was here and when we went down to my Grandma's. But, despite that, I still dropped another 2lbs this week. That means, I am at 180, which means, I've lost 20lbs and 10% of my total body weight. I am so thrilled. And I started 30DS L2 yesterday, finally. So far, it's a nice change from L1, more fun, without all of the jumping jacks and push ups and everything. It has a different kind of push up, more fun, definitely challenging. And all of that. But it's a new challenge, and it definitely worked my upper body a little more, I can feel it in my shoulders today.

But it's definitely so nice to see all of the changes I'm making. I can walk up my steps without getting out of breath, my thighs aren't sore for days after workouts, they're actually beginning to get kind of hard (ok, under the fat, but definitely noticeable). My arms are getting a lot of nice definition. My stomach, while still big, is definitely smaller. My goal waist size is 30" ( I honestly don't know how big or small it should be, with my frame, or how small I can get it), so I only have 6.75" left to get to that, I'm already down 5.75". And, even my tight pants I have to pull up ALL-THE-TIME. I'm excited to see how good I can look before I get to see my family in October or November. I'm hoping to have gotten down around 161 or lower by then. Shouldn't have a problem, I think. And wanting to get down to 163 by Jimmy's graduation. That's almost another 20lbs. That should really start to be noticeable. And I should be almost into P3 of P90X, so it should really be doubly noticeable, I think. I can't wait. Besides, 163 is what I weighed when I got married. And by Thanksgiving, I should be at my high school weight, 153. And then be Christmas, I should be nearly 10lbs below my HS weight, and almost to my goal weight.

Well, have a good one!

August 12 measurements

New Measurements!
Bust- 41" (-2)(-3.5 total)
Ribs- 35" (-1) (-2 total)
Ab. Navel- 36.75 (-4) (-5.75 t)
Bel. Navel- 42.75 (-2.25) (-3.25 t)
Hips- 43.75 (-.25) (-2.25 t)
Thighs-(tog)41 (-1.75, -3 t) (L)26.5 (-.5, -1.5 t) (R)27 (-.25, -1 t)
Knees- (tog)25.75 (-2.75, -5.25 t) (L)16.5 (-1, -1.5 t) (R)16.5 (-1, -1.5 t)
Calves-(L)15 (-.25, -.5 t) (R)15 (-.5, -.5 t)
Forearms-(L)10 (-.25 t) (R)10.25 (-.5 t)
Upper arms-(L)12.75 (-.5, -2 t) (R)12.75 (-.5, -1.5 t)

That's 14.75" since July 12!!! For a total of 27.5"!! Oh my gosh! Lost well over 2 feet! Sorry, I'm just really excited about that.

Plus, I also weighed in at 182 this morning! Down 3lbs from last week, and 1lb below my goal weight for this week! 3 more lbs and I'll be in the 170s! I'm so excited! (I apologize for all of the exclamation points.)And that means, I am only 2.2 BMI points from moving out of obese! That's 13lbs, 5 lbs less than what I've already lost! And That means, I am now only 52lbs from my goal. Although, I will honestly say, getting to 135 would be so fantastic. If you've been reading, you'd know that that is almost 20lbs less than what I weighed at the age of 15-16. And, in case you were curious, either of those is a perfectly acceptable weight for me, I am 5'3" with a large frame. I don't want to get "skinny," I want to be lean, with nice muscle tone.

Missing the gym yet again today. Don't have the car, and it's way too hot to walk. Like seriously hot, with a heat index of 102. And it's only going to get hotter tomorrow. Yikes. But, I did do my 30DS, of course. Almost done with level one. And I'll do it tomorrow. I like the exercise, and I just don't feel right without it.

I weighed this morning a lb under my goal of 183 for this week, so, hopefully, that will keep up and I'll have a nice weigh-in on Wednesday. Plus, I'm doing new measurements, which I will post, and pictures, which I will not. I hope to see a difference from last month's photos. I'll be down over 10 lbs from then, and close to 20 overall. Very exciting. I'm so close to breaking into the 170s, I can practically taste it. I also have push ups to do tonight, since I messed this week all up. I do not really enjoy doing them, but it's only about 10 minutes 3x/week, and I'm really seeing results from it, so I keep it up.

I've been doing pretty well with my eating, so far, I've managed to get my calories over 1400 everyday, I think. I'm trying to push it a little earlier, because a lot of the time, I find myself having to eat to get in my extra calories shortly before I go to bed. Most everything says you shouldn't eat for about 3 hours prior to, so I'm going to try and mend that. I did adjust my calorie, carb, protein, and fat goals on Sparkpeople.com. They are now at a reasonable level for me, and I adjusted my nutrient goals to 50%/30%/20%, carb, protein, and fat, respectively. I'm trying to work toward that goal, so far I haven't gotten there, but I'm working on it.

So, I haven't posted in a few days, but I have been exercising and eating properly. I weighed in at 185 on Wednesday, my goal weight. And I did L1D5 of 30DS this morning. And I just went for a walk with my dog, so that makes up my cardio for today. I didn't go to the gym yesterday, either, but I did 30DS and 40 minutes or so of heavy cleaning, so that counted. I will definitely be going to the gym tomorrow, though. My thighs are even almost to not hurting from 30DS, now. It's pretty awesome.

I've been doing pretty well at keeping my calories above 1400. It's kind of hard, because I'm still just not that hungry, but I even managed to get up to 1700 one day.

Ok, so I got a lot of good working out done today. So far I have logged 72 minutes. I've already had 72oz of water today, I am in good shape to get within my calories and my goals for protein, fat, and carbs. I actually walked to the gym for once, I really should do it every day, it's only 1.2 miles there and back, but some days it's just way too hot. But I think I'll try anyway. It's a good way to work out another 15-20 minutes. I also enjoyed the extra work out that 30ds gave me this morning. I need to keep it up. On the plus side, I'm already in the habit of exercising, quite well, so this shouldn't be too bad to add on. It's not like I do anything the rest of the day except make food and take the dog out. So, I think this is a good idea. And I just tested for week 3 of hundredpushups.com and was able to do 25 consecutive. That's 10 more than I could do 2 weeks ago. And in better form. I am down one level or whatever from what I was at, but it's really for the best. I was having a really hard time Friday getting through all of the push ups, and while I did get through them, the last several were in terrible form. Really, really bad. So, down a notch, but I'll get better form out of it, and it will help me to do them better.