I know I said I wasn't going to do any updates until I'm finished, but I had to take pictures and measurements today anyway for a clean eating challenge I'm participating in for the rest of the month, so I figured I'd post them somewhere where they won't get lost.
Let me back up.
I started this journey in March, and was super excited to be getting ready for a half marathon before Christmas. A friend convinced me I could do it by the end of summer, so I started upping my mileage to get ready for that instead. Things went pretty well for about a week, before I sustained an injury that has crippled me since then. I've since been very depressed and unmotivated to do anything with exercise, because even walking up and down the stairs was too painful and frustrating. When I don't exercise, I lose motivation to eat properly. What I'm saying is, I've been stagnate for about 4 months on this whole weight loss thing. So I'm kind of restarting now.
I went to the Dr. on Halloween, and found out that my injury is NOT debilitating, and that I should go ahead and start strengthening exercises on it. I'm even feeling like I might get back to running by Christmas as I'd hoped to. I've been in a really good mood the past couple of days, and I'm so excited to start exercising again and eating right and lose some weight before Thanksgiving!
The challenge I'm doing is to avoid processed foods, and try to stick with foods that are close to their original state. I'm not feeling like this is going to be extremely difficult for me, since it's something I've been working on, but I know it's going to be very motivating, and I'm excited to share some recipes and help others along the way.
Ok, now that we're finished with the background, here is my new starting point.
I weigh 147 lbs. This has been true for many months.
I actually took measurements today, which I've never really done. So I'm not sure what kind of reference point this is, but I'm excited to see where I'll be in 3 weeks!
Waist - 31.5"
Hips - 41"
Arms - 11"
Thighs - 21.5"
I don't know what measurements people usually take, but these are the areas of my body that I'd like to see thinned down a bit.
My goals, again, are to get down to pre-baby weight, which is 130, and we'll see what happens after that. I'd like to fit into that cute skirt I mentioned earlier, and since that post I've bought another super cute skirt that's about the same size if not smaller, and I'd like to wear that one as well. I have opened my box of "Jill's Smallest Clothes" and a few fit, but I'd like to get into my smallest shirts, and I want to wear my shorts and capris by next summer (they're all about size 4). By Thanksgiving it would be nice if I had more than 1 pair of jeans I can wear without sporting a muffin top.
And here are some pictures. I apologize again for the terrible lighting in my room and for the pitiful camera quality. It's all I've got right now, and it gives you the gist.
These pics are actually super encouraging, now that I've looked back at my starting point in March.
Let me back up.
I started this journey in March, and was super excited to be getting ready for a half marathon before Christmas. A friend convinced me I could do it by the end of summer, so I started upping my mileage to get ready for that instead. Things went pretty well for about a week, before I sustained an injury that has crippled me since then. I've since been very depressed and unmotivated to do anything with exercise, because even walking up and down the stairs was too painful and frustrating. When I don't exercise, I lose motivation to eat properly. What I'm saying is, I've been stagnate for about 4 months on this whole weight loss thing. So I'm kind of restarting now.
I went to the Dr. on Halloween, and found out that my injury is NOT debilitating, and that I should go ahead and start strengthening exercises on it. I'm even feeling like I might get back to running by Christmas as I'd hoped to. I've been in a really good mood the past couple of days, and I'm so excited to start exercising again and eating right and lose some weight before Thanksgiving!
The challenge I'm doing is to avoid processed foods, and try to stick with foods that are close to their original state. I'm not feeling like this is going to be extremely difficult for me, since it's something I've been working on, but I know it's going to be very motivating, and I'm excited to share some recipes and help others along the way.
Ok, now that we're finished with the background, here is my new starting point.
I weigh 147 lbs. This has been true for many months.
I actually took measurements today, which I've never really done. So I'm not sure what kind of reference point this is, but I'm excited to see where I'll be in 3 weeks!
Waist - 31.5"
Hips - 41"
Arms - 11"
Thighs - 21.5"
I don't know what measurements people usually take, but these are the areas of my body that I'd like to see thinned down a bit.
My goals, again, are to get down to pre-baby weight, which is 130, and we'll see what happens after that. I'd like to fit into that cute skirt I mentioned earlier, and since that post I've bought another super cute skirt that's about the same size if not smaller, and I'd like to wear that one as well. I have opened my box of "Jill's Smallest Clothes" and a few fit, but I'd like to get into my smallest shirts, and I want to wear my shorts and capris by next summer (they're all about size 4). By Thanksgiving it would be nice if I had more than 1 pair of jeans I can wear without sporting a muffin top.
And here are some pictures. I apologize again for the terrible lighting in my room and for the pitiful camera quality. It's all I've got right now, and it gives you the gist.
These pics are actually super encouraging, now that I've looked back at my starting point in March.
