January Milestones

The milestones are coming further and further apart these days (not surprising as it has now been 9 months since surgery.  I still haven't exactly hit that plateau that they warn you about, but I am still struggling with portion sizes.  I still can only eat about 3-3.5 oz of meat in a serving.  It just seems like I should be to the 4oz level by now.  I am not complaining, it means I continue to lose weight.  And it seems when I do reach milestones, it ends up being multiple milestones. So, here they are:

1) I am now wearing size 18W jeans.  Yep, I officially graduated to that size last week.  Now, as women we know that sizes don't mean anything from one company to the next, so I have about 5 pairs of pants in my closet which are arranged in the order that I think I will be able to wear them.  All of them are size 18W.  Most are cut very straight in the hips and thighs and have waists that are already too big, but these are the best of the pants out there as far as the waist go.  These are the ones that I am fairly certain I will be able to take in at the waist.  Trust me, there are tons of pants out there that the waist is almost 6 inches too big and that CANNOT be altered for my body.  However, today, I am wearing a pair of jeans, size 18W that fits beautifully through the hips and thighs and is only about 1-1.5 inches too big in the waist.  That is close enough that a belt is making them fit comfortably.  Which leads to milestone #2!

2) I am wearing a belt today!  Yep, the dreaded belt.  For the first time since I was in my mid-20's, I can put a belt on, cinch it comfortably and NOT have an imprint on my stomach on both sides of the buckle.  I don't even mind wearing it with these jeans.

3) I have lost my high school self!  Yep, when I graduated from high school, I weighed 128 pounds.  This is a weight that I will never see again because it isn't even part of my healthy range anymore.  But I can say that I have lost that person.  As a matter fact, see Milestone #4.

4) As of today, I have lost 130 lbs!  This is probably the best milestone because it means I blew past the high school me milestone.  I am hoping that I will not stall now that I am approaching 230 pounds.  I really want to be in the 220's because I will fast be approaching the highest weight before my first marriage (220 lbs).  Once I reach that weight, I feel like it will all be down hill from there.  My ultimate goal is 165, which is what I weighed when I got married the first time.  So I have lost that weight before.  I think I can do it again.  It all seems like the light at the end of the tunnel now!  Can't tell you how exciting this all is!

January 7, 2013