"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Four Months

Okay, I know it's been two months. Life's been crazy. But since yesterday was four months since I started trying to lose weight, I thought I'd post.

A lot has happened in the last two months. I got that job at Scholastic Book Fairs! I love working with books but the best part is the exercise. I work in the warehouse and build table tops for the fairs. There's a lot of lifting and moving books and boxes and pulling heavy loads and whatnot. It's also put me on a schedule of eating small amounts every few hours. Haha, hard to snack when  you're working :)

I am happy to say I now weight 149.9! That's 22 pounds down from my starting weight of 171.9. I have lost 13 pounds since I started my job. I really think this is the best job for me right now :)

 I am over half way to my goal weight! Just 15 pounds to go!

And I've started to be able to see a difference in my weight. That's the best part. A couple of weeks ago my husband and I went to the Crystal Hot Springs. I was so excited when I put on my shorts with my swimsuit. I hadn't worn them since the end of July and I remember how tight they were. I still can't get over how great it felt to have them loose! My legs have really slimmed and I can only imagine it's from all the walking at work.

I also finally got up the courage to try on my old jeans. The ones that haven't really fit since March or April. If that. They fit! They're a little tight, but they fit. And the clothes I've been wearing are getting harder and harder to fit into. I'm kind of in between the bigger ones and the smaller ones. It's been rough--haha, in a good way :)

Anyway, so excited for the snow! Putting up Christmas decorations this weekend! Have Christmas smells in the house and I'm making pumpkin chip cookies and listening to Christmas music today :)

The cookies might not be too good for the "diet" though... :)
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