I met my original goal! I never thought I would do it. I was stuck at around 180 pounds for the LONGEST time. Then I found My Fitness Pal. I didn't want to count calories and be obsessive about every morsel of food that passed my lips, but what I had been doing wasn't working for me anymore. So, I decided to give it a try. That was April 1st of this year. I weighed-in this morning and the scale read...
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So, with My Fitness Pal I have lost 32.2 pounds!! I have always wanted to weigh less than my husband, and now I FINALLY do. The man is 6' tall and weighs 150 pounds. He made it damn-near impossible for me!!(My son has been blessed with his incredible metabolism. My daughter takes after me, solid and curvy, but only a size 2.) The thing is, I am 5' tall. According to those frame-size charts I have a large frame, but the high end of that chart would put me at 137. So, I'm thinking I'd like to get to 140. My husband thinks I'm fine and that I might be taking things too far. I don't know why he's so worried. I eat A LOT and yes, I exercise every day, but I do that so I can eat a lot! But, it's gotten to the point where I feel I can't tell him about my successes because I think it will upset him.
I definitely need to figure out what weight I can realistically maintain and not be obsessive about it. For now I just want to soak this moment in...
So, I just adjusted my goals at My Fitness Pal. Since I have lost so much weight and I changed my goal from 150 to 140 pounds, I'm now down to 1,220 calories a day without any exercise calories thrown in. I might have to change from losing 1 pound per week to half a pound per week. That seems much more feasible.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! That is super exciting. I think that spouses tend to think that it's "just another attempt at weight loss, and then you'll go back to normal"--and now he's realizing that you're actually following through and he's not sure how to react. I think he'll come around once he gets used to the new you!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking he enjoys the new me pretty well (I do feel bad about my delfated boobs, though!), but he seems to have always felt that he doesn't deserve me, which, again, I think is insane. He thinks he's "married up," which cracks me up because I've never had the highest opinion of myself! I'm just trying to keep him involved in everything, like today we went and played tennis (and I let him win!).
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