A New Me

One of my first goals that I’ve wanted to reach is to drop a pant size. I’ve been wearing size 18 for quite some time now. I hate trying on clothes to begin with, but trying on pants just royally sucks.

For the past couple weeks, I’ve been having issues with my jeans. It seemed like every time I got up or took a few steps, I’d have to yank up my jeans ‘cuz they felt like they were falling off. I was hoping that meant that I had actually dropped a pant size and wasn’t just in between sizes. All I know is that I was getting tired of pulling up my pants all the time. And I’m sure I looked like a royal dork doing that all the time.

I went to Walmart this morning for some stuff I needed, so I figured I might as well try on a pair of size 16 jeans in the same brand I’ve been wearing. I grabbed a couple different styles/colors and headed to the dressing room. Pulled them on … hey, this just might work. Buttoned them up … OMG, can it be? Zipped ‘em up … holy crap, they fit. I am now wearing a pair of size 16 jeans. They are a little snug in the thigh, but not by much. They actually fit comfortably.

You have NO idea how happy I am about this.

I just did my weekly weigh-in. I was down only 0.8 lbs this week, but it’s better than a weight gain, especially since I only worked out on Sunday and Monday of last week. That brings my weight loss for the first 2 weeks to almost 5 lbs. Considering my plan is to lose at least 2 lbs a week, I’m slightly ahead of schedule. So I’m not that upset about only losing 0.8 lbs.

My motivation definitely sucked last week. I just didn’t work out. I knew I should, but I still didn’t. I did stay on my diet (I hate calling it that … it’s more of a change in eating habits) … except for yesterday. Robin, Dannilynn, and I went out to supper at Chilis. I got the chicken fried steak (which was the BEST that I’ve had in quite a long time). I did have potatoes and broccoli along with that, and we didn’t get dessert. And we went out last nite, so add beer to that list (more wasted calories).

So … how would I rate my progress thus far? I think I’d give myself a B-. If I rate fitness and diet separately, then fitness gets a D and diet gets an A-. I really need to bring the fitness grade up. If I continue to eat the way I have been (eating normal sized portions and not snacking) and get on a regular fitness routine, I should easily make my goal of 2 lbs a week … maybe even more. I’m trying not to push myself or kill myself because if I do that, I know that I’ll just end up stopping completely. I need to stop being lazy though. I need to get a regular routine going and stick with it. So that’s my next mini-goal. Wish me luck.