Weigh Days are back!

I went into today's Weigh Day with mixed feelings.

At first, I was excited because I figured I would be pretty happy with what the numbers said.

However, as the day grew near, I started panicking and watching every calorie - I wanted the first official Weigh Day in more than a month to be significant. I only ate 1000 calories yesterday because of this mentality. Knowing that was too few for my body, I allowed myself a McDonalds cone (150 calories, remember?). So, I made myself walk "the long way" to get the cone - I went a mile out of my way pretty much. The walk felt great and that was one tasty, guilt-free cone!

Anyway, I was also a bit worried to check my email this morning. Several of our Ladies have been going through a lot of life changes and weren't too excited that Weigh Day was nearing. I don't want anyone to get discouraged and quit, so I stressed a bit.

I am proud, however, of the attitude I saw this morning! Tara is re-motivated and Jennifer has a plan for the next few weeks. I will let them post their own blogs about this, but I just want them to know that I am glad they are looking at this with the right perspective. Once their lives settle down, I know they will start seeing serious results!

As for myself, this morning was very lovely. I stepped on the scale and was thrilled to see 173! That puts my total weight loss at 22 pounds in 27 weeks. Technically, I'm 5 pounds behind schedule, but I am completely thrilled with my progress!

Since it's been awhile, I decided to take measurements as well.

Today's measurements:
Waist: 33 inches (not sucking in - at the belly button)
Hips: 43.5 inches
Thigh: 24.5 inches
Calf: 16 inches (they went up last measurement, but from the beginning, there has been progress!
Upper Arm: 13 inches

Also, I was able to do 9 push ups - up from the 4 I could do in September!

I'm not sure how you measure loss in inches ... but if my guess is right, I've lost more than 25 inches!

Measurements taken 9/17/2009:
Weight: 195 lbs (sigh)
Waist: 40 inches (not sucking in)
Hips: 47.25 inches (junk in the trunk, much?)
Thigh: 28.5 inches
Calf: 17.25 inches (a real target area for me ... I HATE my killer calves!)
Upper Arm: 15.5 inches