I am trying to make good decisions. I've filled my kitchen with lots of fresh fruit and (yes, for shame) frozen meals that I can munch on quickly while writing about Cervantes's theory of the novel for days on end. However, I can only do so much. That's right: I'm mortal, imperfect, make errors... but today, I am grateful for the many changes that I have made. I have succeeded. I'm not finished, but I am on the way.
I really wanted to thank you guys for your enormous amounts of support and contributions to my weight loss. I'd also like to thank my sister, Jennifer, for listening to me piss and moan about last week's weigh-in; Jeanette, for going along the journey with me; and to my friends at school who don't roll their eyes when I talk about losing weight (again).
I wanted to share some before and current photos with you guys today, and I could not resist showing off my incredibly adorable Hunter yellow rain boots. I got them upon suggestion of Fashionable Academics (and several months of saving); they were my reward for hitting 5% total weight loss, and here they are:
Madrid, Spain - September 2010
A big thanks right back at you! Thanks for posting the photos! You are already looking a lot better!And awesome boots! Don't be nervous - You'll rock the exams!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are looking great!!! I'm jealous I won't lie. :) But a good jealous like get my lazy butt in gear to look good like you jealous :)
ReplyDeleteThe boots are amazing! You wear them better than Paddington Bear ever could!
ReplyDeleteAs for the eating and being perfect I have the same issue. I have the need to do it to the letter(or in this case maybe I should say ounce!) and if I can't then I take on the screw it attitude. When I find myself coining to perfect I think of how I once heard that Amish people intentionally make mistakes in their quilts because only God is perfect and to try to be God is unacceptable. And hey if that one is too much you can look at it like this......I was told by my weight watchers leader at one time that the food comanion values are a "average" of what is the most common point values of say various rotisserie chickens. So to me if they aren't exact then why should I beat myself up on it? Plus you can make good frozen meal choices. Lord knows I lived off frozen meals,fruit, those blueberry quaker things, and yogurt while my momma wAs in Vanderbilt hospital and heck! I even lost ten pounds doing it:)
Ok so that was way too much babbling on my part....point is you got this. Perfect or not it is working for you and you are losing weight so relax.
Ps wellies are on my reward list too! I either want navy or the magenta aubergine ones! :) I think mine are a Christopher Robins induced need lol!
Thanks so much for the sweet comments, ladies! :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck!!!! Hope it is going well for you:)
ReplyDeleteOk so how did it go????? I am sure you were wonderful!
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