I mentioned a while ago that I was in the middle of the beginning. I have lost a fair bit of weight, and it sucks but I wasn't bothered to document it. I went digging through my photo albums to find some old pictures of myself to show you what I'm talking about.
4th June. This is before I started exercising. I was starting to be more conscious of what I was eating, but was still snacking too much and sitting on my lazy butt too much. This is actually a really flattering picture of myself at the time.
21st July. I had been on 3 jogs by now and was so exhausted. People always say that exercising gives you heaps of energy, well at this point I was almost in tears saying those people lied! You can see how round my cheeks actually were, but I've managed to sneakily hide my other chins...
7th September. I've lost about 5kg so far here. My clothes were much more comfortable and I was getting more confident. I could finally understand the people who said that they felt more energetic. No one had mentioned that they had noticed any change.
14th October. I was invited to a hen's night and was actually very excited. It was sexy sailor themed and I decided to boycot the theme and do sailor school uniform instead. I felt hot strutting my stuff in the city! I was close to 10kg down here - so very close. So far, only 1 person had mentioned that they noticed a change in me, though she said "you look really good, and your hair is so long".
11th November. I had hit my goal and was buying some new clothes to celebrate the milestone! I never wear white, in fact I never wear colours. My clothes are black, black and grey, so it was nice being able to pull a white dress off the rack and to not look pregnant in it! Wore this out the other day, and felt so confident in it!
21st November. Was at the shops looking at handbags that I'd like to get (possibly as a Christmas present... need to leave this photo lying around the house as a hint :P). I am on the last notch on that belt that I'm wearing! My sister would be so proud.
Left: 24th March - Right: 25th November this morning. I can not believe how far I've come. I'm still coming to terms with the fact that I am no longer classed as over weight and it's only been very very recently that I've accepted the new size that I am - when I try on clothes, I need to be reminded not to go for the old size and I'm still surprised when they fit perfectly.
I'm not finished, which is why I'm at the middle of the beginning. Health was one of many things I wanted to improve in my life, and since I'm not happy to settle here, I'm only half way. I've slowed down a little, but am still working on losing a little more weight. My next goal is another 5kg by April - I know it's heaps less ambitious than my first goal, but since I feel so much more comfortable and confident, I'm happy to take my time with this one. After that 5, my ultimate goal will be another 5kg by my next birthday. I don't know if that last one is physically possible in a healthy way, so I will re-evaluate when I get closer. I guess I wanted to get it in writing since right from the start, I wanted to lose 20kg, and if I don't even try then I'll feel very disappointed in myself.
Right now, I am about 15kg down from the before picture just above. I am hoping that I can maintain throughout the Christmas holidays and then buckle down again beginning of next year.
Wow, serious post! On a lighter note, I got a coffee machine last week, and I've finally gotten the hang of steaming milk! Well, not entirely, but when I managed to pour this, I was ecstatic! I ran to get my phone and took some photos! Pretty darn good for a $120 pod coffee machine ^_^. I'll post more on the actual machine when I next get a chance.
Delicious chocolate chip cookies with chocolate drizzle *droooools*
