Scale Victory approaching!

On January first I began my weight loss journey. The goal is to lose 100 lbs by new years day of next year. I realize it's a HUGE goal, but I also know it's possible. I will be happy with 50 lbs this year, but I will always keep my eyes on 100.

Well, here I am 5 months in. Almost at the halfway mark. I have lost 37 pounds, and I'm chugging along. I am happy with my progress, although I have been through ups and downs emotionally.

But I wanted to take a moment to celebrate my first HUGE success. Well, it actually isn't here yet. But it's fast approaching.

I have been in the 300s for a few years now. When I lost my job in 2011 I weighed about 280, and my weight steadily rose since then. I had surgery, and was sedentary, and then got into the habit of sitting. I was at 345 at the beginning of this year. Now I am at 308. In just another 8 pounds I will be out of the three hundreds, and back in the two hundreds where I have spent most of my life. (Yeah... first time I ever remember actually weighing myself I was in 6th grade and I weighed 240 lbs.)

I am so excited, it's fueling me on. MORE! MORE! MORE!

BUT! More importantly I am doing things I couldn't do. Last year I went with my sister to the zoo. It was VERY embarrassing. I could not walk more than a few feet before I needed to sit. I literally sat on EVERY bench along the way. We made it to the back of the park, and then back to the front. We saw Giraffes and that's it. I was MISERABLE. In two weeks I'll be going to the zoo with her again, it will have been a year. And I will be able to walk around without sitting. My sister told me she thinks I'm walking faster than I have ever walked in my life! (I have always walked slow, even in high school.) I'm so looking forward to seeing how much I have improved in just 5 months. And I just want to keep improving!

That's all. Just sharing my excitement with people who will understand.