Week Eight - Down 1.5 (6.5 total)

Wha-hoo! I'll take it!

After another week of incredible workouts like I have never had before, I think I would have just died if I didn't lose this week!

I promised myself I will be happy with any loss now, instead of being upset over only one pound, or whatever. I guess as long as those numbers are going down, no complaining out of this mouth anymore! However, my friend who works at Weight Watchers and sees SO many weight loss journeys told me that it truly is full of ups and downs. She said that everyone expects their numbers to go straight down, but so many things can alter the number on the scale, so sometimes the numbers will go up. Ugh! Well, thank goodness that didn't happen two weeks in a row for me!

Everybody's comments and advice and encouragement have really kept me going strong and helped keep me motivated this week. I know without a doubt that had it not been for this blog (thanks Chip!) and all of the support and encouragement that I am getting from all of you, and a wonderful husband and sister who I live with, that I would have been very tempted to quit yet another try at losing weight. It's hard to be patient when you are working SO hard.

My pants aren't really fitting any differently yet. Maybe a little. But if, I mean, when I fit into a size 10 jeans, I think I will completely flip out and celebrate. When I was at 150 before I moved to Idaho, I was in a 12 too, so it will be a huge deal for me. My friend Karen bought me a pair of super cute jeans or "hot" jeans as she calls them, when I got down to 150. She is certain they were size 10, but I am even more certain that they were 12's. I would have known if I wore a size 10 jeans!

I wish I had taken my measurements when I started this blog. But I'm excited because my friend, Lisa, owns the local Curves here, and about two-ish years ago, I joined. (Another one of my many attempts to get this weight off). But I had to get rid of all "extra" expenses when we moved into this house and our rent went way up, so there went my membership to Curves. Anyway, I know from a journal I have that I weighed 164 when I started there. That's my exact weight when I started this blog. Lisa thinks she still has my measurements from when I first started there, so I am really anxious to measure me now and see if there is a difference. That will help me feel better too, when the numbers on the scale seem to be stuck.

I am motivated to have another great week. Chip knows I need his challenges, so on Thursday, he challenged me to stay on the elliptical for ten more minutes to make it a complete hour. Ten more minutes when my thighs are on fire seems like an hour in itself! But I did it and it felt great. My endurance is really building. I used to have to stop for about 5-10 seconds at least 10 times on the elliptical. Now, I only stop twice (another Chip challenge)! AND - I actually sweat! I never sweat! It makes it feel like my workout is more real - It feels so great!

Thanks everyone, I just couldn't do it without you!