O Happy Day!

So last night I noticed something.


I've really been focusing on my arms lately, as they seem to be holding about 10 of the 30 pounds I have left to lose.  I've worked on them alot and hoped.  Stared at them in the mirror.  Wished the pounds could just disappear overnight.

And I can tell there is some progress being made but nothing really convinced me until....

I found my armpits again.

I know that sounds really weird, even funny. But I looked in the mirror when I had my hands on my hips and realized - GASP - I have an armpit again!  It's not like I didn't have underarms when I was 285 pounds.  But I did not have an actual PIT I had fat stored there.  Meaning a concave almost hole under my arm. I could probably hide money in there now!  (ew but you catch my drift).

No, I won't post a picture of that, you will just have to believe me.

But its these little things that really make this journey worth the effort.

I've hit somewhat of a plateau at 89 pounds down.  I know the root of the issue; my eating needs to be reigned in a little bit.  I stay within my range...but my range is so broad I know I don't need to eat the max every night.

As I get smaller it is harder to stay on task.  My exercise isn't lacking...but I definitely find myself eating treats more than I should. I'm blaming some of that on having given up chocolate for 6 weeks.  So, I ate other weird things in its place.  Now that I have my daily dose of dark chocolate back, and I'm over the 24 hour love-binge-fest, I'm ready to get back on plan.

Just in case any of you think I've completely figured it all out, please know I am still constantly tweaking.  Tweaking my eating, my food choices, my exercise and activity.  Tweaking my mindset to help me stay on track. 

I just recently added Tae Bo back in once a week.  I also bought a recumbent exercise bike and I'm LOVING adding that in (as are my legs!).  I have a new Wednesday night tradition of riding 10 miles while watching the Biggest Loser.

I think variety is what keeps me interested.

I also fit into a dress this weekend that I bought last October and could not zip up past - you guessed it - my armpits (well really chest but we're going with my newfound armpits, ok?)  It was awesome on Easter to wear a beautiful dress that I had hoped would fit by Easter but hadn't planned on it for sure.  :)  Gotta love that.

So I'll leave you with this picture of the last minute super lucky Easter dress.

Know what I see in this picture?  PROGRESS!

~Clara