Smartbody’s Ramblings

Actually freaked myself out today. A friend gave me some of her suits that she couldn’t fit into anymore. I figured these suits would be good "goal" suits (I could work my way down size-wise so I could fit into them) The suits were sizes small, 8, and 6. So I figured I would try to get them on and see how much farther I had to go.

WOW! I put them all on and they fit. I checked the sizes several times because I just could not believe that I could slip them all on.

Now I am to the point where my big clothes need to go. I don’t ever want to fit into them again so they need to leave my sight. I tried on some more pants that have been waiting in the closet for me and all of those fit as well.

I believe there are many clothes that I have that I would swim in now, so I guess it is time to trim the closet. (I have many shirts that now look like dresses on me) I also told myself that if I got down far enough I was going to go look at the clothes at Ann Taylor and another store that couldn’t wait for me and went out of business. I see a shopping trip in my future!

Earlier freak out for the day was wanting to see how much my dog weighs…..I hold the dog and get on the scale note the weight, then weigh myself alone and subtract. When I held the dog and got on the scale I was surprised to see the number. Surprised because it was odd to see the number while holding the dog because I remembered standing on the scale without the dog and still being that high. I just stared at the scale for awhile because it seem surreal that I weighed that amount while holding the dog.

Now I think it would be good to look into a great pair of jeans! Anyone have any favorite brands?

Over 25 lbs lost

So I have had some pants sitting in a drawer waiting for me to be able to fit into them again….so I figured that today is as good a day as any. I remember them being like a size 10 so I wanted to see how they fit. I put them on and they slid straight on….no catching on anything (like my a^^ –which is what they normally did). In fact they were somewhat loose. I was quite impressed with myself. Even more impressed when I saw they were a size 8!!!!!! I forgot I had pants in that size. Not too long ago a size 12 was getting kinda tight. Even better was that the pants were not stretch jean material, they were just straight jeans.

Way happy and wanted to share! Have a great day! 

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!!!!!!!

I must say, it is pretty nice to step on the scale and see that it is still going down! Did hours of walking yesterday at the beach and can feel it today. So happy that I got my latest issue of M&F. Looking into trying out the "100s At Home". Looking forward to the results I get from trying it out! Will keep you posted!

Gotta order more protein products….my stocks are getting kinda low. I am so happy that I found some protein that I can stick with. Some that I have tried got kinda old…where I would have to make myself drink more. The products I am currently using though are quite tasty and I don’t have a problem keeping up with them.

So it turns out that my knee wasn’t a tragic as it could have been. I don’t need x-rays, shots, or any type of surgery. Just need to ease off of the activities that cause the crunch  (like squats, lunges, etc.). So I am happy with that and have resumed my exercises. Back on the road to skinny bitch!  I have had quite a few people notice that I have lost weight so that is another motivating factor. Yea!

So I have been exercising and working on my health…..I have been trying to figure out what has been going on with my carpeting because it has been noisy lately while I do my aerobics. TRAGEDY!!! I found out that noise has been coming from ME! My knee is getting crunchy sounding! I noticed that when I squat, sit, use the stairs, and who knows what else it makes noise. So I have an appt. coming up to see what the scoop is. There is no pain associated with this…but I am bummed out because I was sure the carpet was getting loose or something. *sigh*

So my progress has slowed slightly but I have changed things up to ensure that my progress continues. Pretty happy with my food choices as of late. Still on the "straight and narrow" like I stated earlier. Got to actually wear tank tops recently and I was not horrified by it. *grin*

My biggest area of concern is the area between my waist and my thighs. I don’t even remember the last time any of that was terribly smaller. My biggest joy would be to have a flat stomach and not have my legs touch each other when I put my feet together. This is something that has not occured for as long as I can remember. It bothers me but I want to push myself this time and see if I can accomplish it.

Anyone have any good ideas?

Hello. I was just wondering if anyone had tried the cereal. I actually think it is pretty good. I tried the Frosters and really liked that one. Not as big of a fan of the Tropical Loops but that is just me. It was still good. I just didn’t like it best.

So, anyone else try it?

Closing in on 20lbs lost……