It's the coolest and yet most awkward thing to be told "oh my Gosh, you're losing so much weight!" I hadn't really thought about it until recently. In the past couple weeks, every time I go to church I get the look-over by several unexpected people. Generally that's followed up by "wow, you're losing weight!" Or "every time I see you, you look smaller! Keep it up!" This last week someone told me "just seeing you gets me so excited! I'm rooting for you!" And I'm here drinking a guilty Mountain Dew like ummm.....yea, wait this isn't ice water!! *tosses Mountain Dew* lol. I've never been good at dieting because I hate the amount of responsibility required to count caloric intake vs calories expended, plus all the food skinny ppl can't eat!!! On this diet I will still occasionally eat something unhealthy but I've developed good habits, such as 1. Stop eating when full and 2. Workout in a hardcore-sweat-drenched hell-yea-I-can-do-this I-can't-feel-my-anything kind of way at least three times a week for an hour or two. The result? I've lost thirty pounds. THIRTY. The kind of relief you get from seeing a number on that scale that you didn't know was possible anymore is the HUGEST moment. My success is entirely based on the mentality that this week I just need to lose 5lbs and this is accomplished through Zumba and kickboxing.
(Queue Clair Huxtable in a leotard passed out on the floor while billy blanks gives you a motivational speech during 'double time' hahaha....)
honestly, I don't see it anywhere but the scale. And my clothes which magically are huge. In the mirror I still see just me, but then I see me in my clothes that's literally falling off and I realize......I'm gonna be a sexy beast!!!! Lol. So I will keep it up, and here's to another life waiting just around the weight-loss river bend. Cheers!
Claire Huxtable
Billy Blanks:
