Mirrored Image

Plastered on the wall in the ladies rooms at work are these huge, nearly wall-to-wall mirrors in which you can see your entire self in. Last night, I came out of my stall, looked in the mirror and thought, a year ago, I would haven't even looked at myself as I wasn't pleased with my body. I'm still an overweight person, severely of course, however, I like the mirror now. I was standing there last night and looking at myself, measuring up where I'm having the most success in my weight loss. Right now, it's in my waist area and thighs and you can tell it. I get kind of disgusted still, however, because my thighs just aren't catching up with my waist much at all, but I do have a long way to go and therefore, I'm not trying to be discouraged.

In February, it'll be officially a year since I've changed up my lifestyle to becoming healthier. Evaluating the months gone by, I know there are things I could've done differently to "speed" up this process but at the same time, I remind myself, I'm not in a race to health because losing too quick can be as bad as gaining too quickly. As of December 15th, I've gone from 467 pounds to 388 pounds. Calculations show that as being 79 pounds. Figuring that in from November to December, that's an average of 7 pounds per month and then some ounces. Could I have lost more? Absolutely, but the question is, should I have lost more? It's only recommended to lose 1-2 pounds per week, so using those statistics, I'm satisfied with my current success.

What's more pleasing about this however? My clothing sizes are what I see the most change in. Let's put this into the public eye:

February 2010:
Shirts: 6X
Jeans: 40W (For plus size ladies, we know this is HUGE with a near 60" waist)

January 2011:
Shirts 3X
Jeans: 34W

The 34s are snug on my thighs as it seems all the Cheetos and Dr. Peppers accumulated in my thighs, however, my waist is perfectly fitting. The 3X shirts fit nicely too and the few that I have, they aren't draped over me like furniture covers.

I'm pleased with this. I'm going to make an effort to step up in my activity levels as this is my weak point since I'd rather sleep than get up and move. I have opportunity to move at work but have yet to do it because on my breaks, I'm glued to my phone talking to my daughter and my sweetie. One of the changes coming is I'm going to be buying a big screen TV and Wii in a couple of months, so I'm going to use that to increase activity rate and my workout DVDs are headed to the living room. This is a necessity because even my daughter needs movement in her life rather than being glued to the internet. Does anyone have any success stories with the Wii games? There's one about dance something that my daughter was telling me about, I have it wrote down, but something we're going to try out.

Anyhow, I'm going to close this so I can get ready for work. I'm not into making resolutions, but the changes I really need to focus on is eating at work and moving more. I want to see approximately 50 more pounds off by August. Who's in for the challenge? Meanwhile, I'm going to continue to admire my curves that I can see now in the mirrors at work!