The numbers!

Alrighty folks, today was weigh in day!

I'm a wee bit bummed about this week's numbers, but I'm going to say that I'm gaining so much awesome muscle from all this running it's offsetting my weight loss? Maybe?

Last week I weighted in at 202.4, and this week I'm at 200.8. Down 1.6 lbs!

I am losing inches though, so I know all my efforts aren't in vain. I've lost 2 inches off both my hips and my waist since I started! That's pretty exciting. Not really down a size yet though, probably because my "fat clothes" were starting to get a wee bit snug. I am noticing that they fit more comfortably now though. Which is pretty awesome. It will be even more awesome when I can pull those "not so fat clothes" out of storage and start rocking those.

I see all these people out there losing tons of weight with all these gimmick diets and supplements and I'm like, woah. Seeing such dramatic results compared to my itty bitty results is a little disheartening, but I really feel like I'm solving a long term problem by doing this "the hard way". Not to knock the efforts of those that do, it's just not for me.

I've done things the "easy way" before and I've always ended up back where I started or a little further on down the line. This time I really think I'm making a long term lifestyle change and not a short term, "get me where I want to be for now" change.

I turn 30 in 23 weeks. So far I've been losing 1.5-2 lbs every 2 weeks. If I keep this up, and behave through the holidays, I will still be on track to hitting my goal of 165. Really my "ideal weight" is somewhere around 155. But I haven't weighed less than 175 since high school, so if I can get there, I will be more than happy.

I just have to keep telling myself that it's not the short term that really matters here. I'm in this fitness thing for the long haul now so as long as the numbers on the scale keep dropping a little bit each week, I'm on my way to healthier me!