Mini-goal #4 met!

I've met mini-goal #4 and lost 20% of my weight! That's 1/5 of what I used to be. That's pretty amazing when you think about it! I'm almost halfway through my weight loss journey, as my goal is to lose 42% of my starting weight.

My next goal is to weigh 199 lbs, i.e. that magical Onederland where I weigh under 200 lbs. Right now I have 6.2 lbs to lose to get there.

I had an amazing date

The man I have been seeing redeemed himself on Friday with the date from heaven, which to me involves lots of snuggling and cuddling. We snuggled on the sofa and he couldn't keep his hands off me. That's a wonderful feeling...to have someone tell you that they love your body. My newfound confidence helps a lot, too. :-)



I hope this one works out; I really like this guy.

Men suck, but I'm still getting slimmer.

I'm rapidly closing in on the 20% milestone, and shortly after that comes the "under 200" milestone. I am 6.8 lbs north of the 200 lb mark, and my goal for Christmas was to weigh under 200 lbs. I think now I will probably achieve that by early December, which is good. After achieving "Onederland" I will then set another date for achieving my goal weight of 150 lbs. I haven't decided what that date will be; I need to do the math first.

In other news, men suck. I knew my date last night would wiggle his way out of having coffee with me, and he did....blaming "divorce drama" for having to cancel. Oh well. In other news, I bought new clothes last night and did not once set foot in the Fat Lady section.

I didn't have the nerve to go into the regular-sized clothing stores at the mall, but I did become more familiar with the wide selection in the regular-sized section at JC Penney. Yay me!

Going to do better this week.

I haven't gained, but I haven't really lost either. Last week at work was tough, didn't go to the gym every day...plus Friday night I had a date...and on Saturday night the same guy came over and we had a Zesty Italian pizza from Papa John's. I want to get under 200 lbs before Christmas and I have 9 lbs to go, so I need to put my ass into gear and get refocused!

In the meantime, the guy I had the date with is really cute and sweet, and I like him a LOT. We're seeing each other tomorrow too. :-)

Still about the same weight, thank goodness.

I had a date last night...a really good one...and we went out for Italian food. I had some grilled chicken pasta dish with lots of vegetables that was fairly mediocre, but it wasn't gigantic and was not covered in a cream sauce or cheese. But afterwards I had tiramisu. Basically I've been really bad food-wise this week. It was a perfect storm of elections, work breakfasts, and a date. So far the consequences to my waistline have been practically nil.

I will have to do better next week.

Pigged out!

Yesterday my brother came over to watch the election returns with me. We ordered pizza and I had six....SIX...slices of pizza! (Medium hand-tossed pepperoni from Pizza Hut.) Ouf! I only went up half a pound though, and I'm betting some of that is from water retention. Pizza is so salty.

It was worth it though. So worth it. The pizza was so good and it had been about four months since I had a pizza delivered. Mmmmmm.

What a week.

This past week at work was a nightmare. We're implementing a new billing system and it has been hell on earth. I disappeared for about a week. I only had time for the gym 3 times last week. I managed to at least not gain any weight, which is a pretty good achievement considering I went to a Halloween party on Friday night, then to a friend's house to watch football yesterday...and snacked my head off both times!

Hopefully this week will be better. As for my acne, that hasn't started clearing up yet.