Dear Readers,
I am going to talk to all of you about my weight. If you are not interested, I am sorry. If you are interested, listen up. If you are new to my blog from Tales from the Scales, welcome to my blog and good luck on the challenge.
I want to lose five pounds. Doesn't seem like much, but it's the most difficult five pounds I've ever had to lose.
My history in a nutshell:
March 2004 208 lbs
January 2006 188 lbs
May 2006 155 lbs
May 2007 166 lbs
Today 163.8 lbs
During the May Day Weight loss challenge my weight actually rose to the 170's, so the 163.8 is a wonderful thing. Lately I have been experimenting with eating less per meal, but eating more frequently and I think that has made a HUGE difference. It's a wonderful thing not starving myself between meals. I also started taking these vitamins from GNC that I think may be helping me, too.
It's not so much that I want to lose five pounds, I would be happy staying this weight, if I could just start exercising to firm up my jelly belly and my bouncing arms and thighs, if I could discipline myself to workout to firm up to reduce my general bounciness, I would be a pretty happy girl.
Here are my goals for the Look Great in 2008 Challenge:
-Lose five pounds
-Get serious about exercise.
When I weighed 188 pounds in 2006, I can remember sitting down for dinner after making cheeseburgers and eating two burgers, very easily. Too easily. I could never imagine someday feeling totally satisfied with one. But it did happen. My portions have totally changed - it can happen.
My Before picture in 2006 (I'm on the right)
Taken five minutes ago:
Thanks for reading. If you are interested in joining the challenge, it's not too late, you can join now. Just go here, go ahead, it's a wonderful thing.
Love,
Beth
You're looking great, Beth, and I'm sure you feel so much better. I've made the same discovery about eating more frequently, and I find this is especially true during that time of the month. For about a week I'm absolutely ravenous, so I let myself eat a little something about every two or three hours -- it's helped immensely in not binging during that time.
Good luck with that last five pounds and getting into the groove exercise-wise!
Posted by: Southern Girl | September 18, 2007 at 02:25 PM
You look wonderful. What an amazng job you did! Like I said at my place last week, You inspired me to try!
Thanks
I'll owe you a low cal dinner!
Posted by: crookedeyebrow | September 18, 2007 at 03:20 PM
Congratulations on your success in the battle to lose weight! I need to work as hard as you did. (There's a reason that I post a lot about getting fit...) Anyway, you look great in your new photo.
Posted by: Laura | September 18, 2007 at 05:09 PM
Beth you are looking both fantastic AND fabulous. Those goals are great ones! Good luck!!
Posted by: Emma | September 18, 2007 at 05:13 PM
Well, girl, your weight loss story sounds a lot like mine. I really should join your challenge but quite honestly, I am soooo unmotivated.
I did notice my pants were a little loser on Sunday so maybe just trying to cut back is working. I refuse to weigh myself right now. I know, it is silly.
Posted by: julie@lovelaughterlaundry | September 18, 2007 at 07:36 PM
Beth, you do look wonderful. That last 5 can be almost harder than the big numbers! I know you'll do great and make healthy choices.
Posted by: MamaBearJune | September 18, 2007 at 08:39 PM
Good for you!! That's some progress. I'm really struggling lately to stay in my clothes. It's like my metabolism just plummeted or something. Ugh. You're an inspiration! :-)
Posted by: dcrmom | September 18, 2007 at 09:14 PM
You look great, Beth. Way to go with all your weight loss success and I know how much losing that last 5 pounds means to you - you can do it!
Posted by: Sincerely Anna | September 18, 2007 at 10:31 PM
Wow! You look great!! Keep it up hon, you can definitely do it.
Posted by: Rhen (yestheyareallmine) | September 18, 2007 at 10:39 PM
You look great Beth! I love the "before and after" photos. Those last five are always the hardest to lose. Good luck to you!
Posted by: Lacey | September 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM
You look great!
Good luck with meeting your goal!
I need to be joining you, but am just not motivated right now. Someday, I'll get there too!
Posted by: Lisa@Take90West | September 19, 2007 at 11:16 AM
You are going to make it girl..or should I say, we are going to make it...I have 35 lbs. I would like to lose. You look great in your pictures...
Posted by: Rhonda | September 19, 2007 at 06:41 PM
I am just starting my weight loss efforts with the TFTS challenge. You have inspired me! I need to lose 40# and it seems so huge. Thanks for sharing. Here's to your 5 and my 40!
Blessings!
Michelle
Posted by: Michelle | September 20, 2007 at 07:54 AM
I put up my before & during pictures..go check them out. I will post my after picture in January.
Posted by: Rhonda (Mimi) | September 20, 2007 at 04:28 PM
You are very brave for sharing your weight. More power to ya!
Posted by: New Diva on the Blog | September 20, 2007 at 09:30 PM
Well, I'll be newly breastfeeding the New Baby in 2008 so my focus needs to be on health versus looking great. But that said, if there's a challenge in 2009, I'm IN!
You look great! Congrats and good luck on those five pounds! You can do it!
Posted by: Jenna | September 21, 2007 at 11:43 AM