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Guess I'm in a writing mood today.
I went shopping for new clothes for my daughter and ended up trying on a few things myself, just because. For once, I felt I looked decent in a store mirror. I can see where I'm thinning out. Sure, my stomach is still a little too pudgy (okay, it's a lot too pudgy,but then it is my biggest problem area), my arms are chubby and my thighs still jiggle too much but all those parts are smaller than they once were. I've had a hardtime seeing that. I've had my "thin moments" but never fully accepted that I'm truly slimming down fo real. Now I think I can really see it. "They" say the last 10-20lbs make the biggest difference, and I hope that's true. I don't expect my body to be perfect when I hit goal (in fact I'm sure it won't be, I've been overweight/obese for years and had two babies; I'll be content to have a slightly poochy tummy and I've accepted that my "bat wings" might shrink but are probably here to stay) but I'm hoping that weight is low enough to get rid of my excess fat. I don't want to be stick thin, just at a healthy weight/body fat percentage. I have no need/want to look like a model anyway. The only thing I'm insistent (I know, being insistent will do me tons of good) about thinning out are my legs; they're shaping up like they may end up looking amazing.
I estimate that if I keep working hard, even accounting for the inevitable slow down, I should be able to make goal by the end of February or March. We'll see how I look/feel then. I may need to adjust my goal weight but I doubt it would be by much, if at all. At 5'8'' with my build, I doubt I would want to get much lower than 135, if even that low.
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