Week 36 Says Goodbye & Hello!

As I go into week 36 we officially say "Goodbye" to the 280s and "Hello" to my first weight goal! 279 Baby!! Yes! Wedding weight & Pre-Pregnancy weight were both 280, so being 279 puts me under. That was my first weight goal, to weight less than wedding & pre-pregnancy. I am so excited to meet that! Another 4 pounds down, bringing me to 24 pounds lost. This new eating and exercise plan is really working for me!
    As a little bit of an explanation= eating such high proteins is kinda hard to do without going extreme on beef/chicken/other meats. So getting protein shakes, fish, and eating healthier whole grains really makes the difference.
   I also met a personal goal this week to be able to say "no" to foods without getting all emotional about it. On Friday, Brycen & Lucas went out to eat (I let them have a "Daddy/Son Date") and I stayed home & ate fish with veggies. And I wasn't even jealous or upset at all. And I actually really enjoyed the veggies. It is actually pretty fun & delicious to make healthier meals and strive to get the nutrition my body needs. I am not tempted as much by the super sweety, salty, buttery, greasy foods like I used to be. As I focus on really fueling my body with what it needs, instead of calming my emotions, those less nutritious foods play such a different role. So happy to see that change in myself.
   Workouts & water are going great. Feeling fitter. I can run around & pick up the house with much more energy and strength. I can pull myself up off the edge of the pool. I swam half a mile in 36 minutes.
    So even though I had a rough go off it for awhile, these past 3 weeks of 14 pounds lost brings a lot of anticipated achievement that I am very proud/pleased with.
     In case anyone was wondering, these are the 7 weight goals I have set for myself:

279= Under pre-pregnancy & wedding weight
249= Thinner than Brycen has ever seen me
225= Beginning Mission weight
199= In the One Hundreds!! (Under lowest mission weight)
179= Under what my average high school weight was
160= What I weighed @ 8th grade graduation
150= Healthy weight for my height & frame (Haven't weighed this since I was 11 or 12 --20years ago)

     So the 1st goal is met and I am on to the 2nd! Just keeping plugging away! I'm not scared that I will quit anymore, I have come so far psychologically and physically that I don't want to give up! I have such a strong support group that I know I can make it through any rough patches that come.
   Thanks all for the encouragement and not giving up on me! What an incredible achievement!

Happy Father's Day to you wonderful Dad's out there!

-Tanya