18 lbs later...

I did it! I survived! And, best of all, I'm 18 lbs lighter! Aw yeah! So I started stabilization on Friday. Ended up at 147, just 2 lbs. shy of our goal- BUT less than I had originally expected. Lots of people are noticing, which is funny because I don't feel ALL that different. However, my clothes- wow. It's a whole new wardrobe, as far as things that have been tight now feeling LOOSE! It's nuts.

I'm petrified of gaining weight though, now that I am eating a lot more calories per day. If I get to 2 lbs. over 147, then it's a steak and apple day for me.

I was REALLY happy to know, that if I don't eat the blueberries in my smoothie for breakfast (which, btw, I am OVER those darn smoothies), I can have one apple per day. I usually ate an apple a day anyway, but NOW I can eat it w/ 2 T of a nut butter- one of my favorite snacks.

Bry & I celebrated my accomplishment by going to Wildfish for dinner Saturday night. I have a filet Mignon- YUM! But it was WAY salty, and guess what? The silly scale said I gained THREE pounds overnight. Now, we all know this isn't possible, it was all the salt. It went down another pound and a half this morning.

My tummy still feels GREAT! Even adding back some beans (which I soaked & cooked from dry- WAY tastier) and brown rice. I'm happy about that.

I really really crave veggies all the time now. It's weird. Bry had this molten lava cake at Wildfish, it didn't' even look appetizing. I thought of all the sugar and practically got a tummy ache. it's so weird now your taste buds and just overall outlook on food changes so much. Kids were munching in my favorite rice chips at Disneyland- didn't even want one. So odd!

We never took the "after" pictures, which we still have to do when Bry gets back from Tulsa on Friday.

Looking forward to easing back into exercise- walking this week, and hope to run again next week- with a much lighter spring in my step. yay! Oh, and I get full a lot faster. Brought my salad dressing to Disneyland and found a healthy grilled salmon salad, it was super yum! Nice to have more veggies to play with now too. Made veggie soup to snack on as well.