the. end. is. near :)

Well, my friends, the end is near!!! I still shake my head in disbelief that I have even made it this far!!! I guess it is a pretty impressive feat, if I do say so myself :) Not sure if most people in this world could actually do what I've been doing, for as long as I've been doing it. I've done a lot of things in my life, and this is quite an accomplishment. Yay, me!

It's not over yet... I have 3 days to go! Then I can INHALE some brown rice, beans AND NUTS!! It's so sad that those 3 things are getting me SO excited right about now. However, I'm really going to miss 3 weeks of no fruit- as it's something I really look forward to each day, even though it's only 2 servings. It's my "snack", and I'm not sure how I'm going to rearrange my day to squeeze in my new "snacks". I'll probably just combine 1/2 cup each of the rice & beans, and eat half of that when I usually eat my fruits. I know I can do 3 weeks of no fruit, because I (we) did it last summer on Joshi, but at least then I was able to have dairy AND bananas (and honey, for that matter).

I found out today my last appointment wasn't going to be with Dr. P, which really bummed me out. So I sent a request to see if I can change that at all. I feel it's important I end this with her, since I started with her. Absolutely NOTHING against Dr. K at all.

Fit into these OLD Abercrombie jeans, that was fun. They are even loose! And, my old faves, my very 1st pair of Diesel jeans- they fit again too. It truly is bizarre that just one month ago, I would not have even been able to squeeze into them. I know I was never "huge", but I was getting larger than i was comfortable with. It was bringing me down way too often. And I'm not a downer of a person. The timing for it all was just right. I wonder if/when people are going to start noticing. That's quite a substantial about of weight to lose in a short amount of time, right? It's funny because it is exactly the same amount of time the kids have been out of school for summer. So, maybe the other Mom's will notice when school starts on Wednesday.

I'm REALLY looking forward to getting out and exercising again. Truly. It's good mind-clearing time. I'll start with just walking the lake the 1st week, then ease back into running. Not sure if I'll do the half marathon training, or just do 2-4 miles/day few days/week. I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to say I'll do yoga again, but it just never seems to happen, and it makes me sad. I really need some weight training in my life, so I can start to get some definition again, as I'm pretty flabby- even having lost what I did so far. It feels as if all of my muscle wasted away this last month.

Home stretch... I'm so close!! Still feeling really great in the tummy department, except for the slight belly ache after my cod from Whole Foods (feel like this happened the last time I had sole from there, one of the very few times in the last month I've had a belly issue. Makes me wonder.)