Just hit a healthy weight range!

BeGrandLike
BeGrandLike Posts: 184 Member
edited November 15 in Success Stories
I AM SO FLIPPIN' HAPPY I CAN NOT EVEN HANDLE IT!

So, I got to within 2lbs of healthy range towards the end of November. Of course, then the holiday season slowed/stalled my progress and when I stood up on the scale at the start of January it looked like I'd put on another 2 lbs. No matter, says I, I'll just get back to trackin' and countin' and I was hoping to have the 4lbs lost by the end of January or first week in February.

Long story short, a ton of it must have been a combo of water weight, sodium and the increase from having taken two weeks off the gym and then gone back (ohhhhhhh, my sore everything...) cause I've been on a ~400cal/day deficit and then I stood up on the scale this morning and OH MY GOD IT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER! I'm out of Overweight and into Healthy Weight! Wooooooooohoooooooooooo!

(Had to quickly reel myself back from the temptation to celebrate with a slice of cake as big as my head, of course, so instead I'm celebrating here with a ton of exclamation marks)

I've still got about 10/15lbs to go before hitting my ideal goal. But knowing that for the first time in almost a decade I'm officially Not Overweight? Feels so so so so awesome :D:D:D

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  • AuthorNinja
    AuthorNinja Posts: 69 Member
    WHOOOT WHOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!! :D
  • poppysierra
    poppysierra Posts: 79 Member
    YAY!!
  • waterpaintress
    waterpaintress Posts: 1 Member
    Congrats!
  • Sara1791
    Sara1791 Posts: 760 Member
    So so good! Happy happy day! Congratulations!
  • rachelr1116
    rachelr1116 Posts: 334 Member
    Congratulations!!!
  • solieco1
    solieco1 Posts: 1,559 Member
    What a great milestone!! Congratulations! I CAN'T wait to join you there!
  • 88meli88
    88meli88 Posts: 238 Member
    how exciting
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Hip Hip Hooray!
  • slushel
    slushel Posts: 2 Member
    Way to go!!!!!!! So exciting!!! Keep up the great work, and way to celebrate without food!!!
  • Mobius71
    Mobius71 Posts: 9 Member
    Congratulations!
  • Maritill
    Maritill Posts: 146 Member
    Great job! Keep up the good work.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    YAY! Well done, OP!
  • DoneWorking
    DoneWorking Posts: 247 Member
    I would agree that feels pretty exciting and it will help carry you on to maintenance. Good job!
  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
    Congratulations! It's indeed a fabulous feeling. Great job!
  • Qos_
    Qos_ Posts: 27 Member
    Massive milestone, well earned!
  • alisonworsnop92
    alisonworsnop92 Posts: 1 Member
    Well Done!! It has inspired my own fitness journey
  • Snicolej
    Snicolej Posts: 113 Member
    What a wonderful day ! I have 15 pounds to be no longer overweight and I can't wait
  • Catho36
    Catho36 Posts: 107 Member
    Well done, I am so happy for you!
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    I know that feeling! First off, awesome job choosing a sustainable deficit of 400 calories a day. Second, congratulations on reaching that mark!!!!! :D If you haven't already, browse threads on maintenance so you can keep the weight off.
  • BeGrandLike
    BeGrandLike Posts: 184 Member
    Awh, thanks so much for all the congratulations everyone! It's lovely to have a space I can be excited about this- I tend to keep my weight loss journey to myself in my real life, y'know?

    I've still got another few lbs to go to hit my final target- I want to get 10-15lbs down into the normal range. Figure I'll see how I feel after another 10, and then decide whether to go for the added 5 or not? So at my slow 'n' steady pace, maintenance is still a few months down the road. But it sure it good to be in that lovely green band in the BMI charts :D
  • daworley
    daworley Posts: 238 Member
    Yay for you! It is a big deal!
  • BeGrandLike
    BeGrandLike Posts: 184 Member
    And then there was another, slightly more embarrassing success...

    So it was laundry day and also legs day and I wasn't about to let all my fave workout gear being in the washing machine keep me from the gym. So I grabbed my backup full length leggings and off I went.

    It had been... quite a few weeks since I'd had to resort to the backup leggings?

    I was a minute or so into my warmup on the treadmill when I realised that all was not as it should be. Or, shall I say: where it should be. The backup leggings that used to sit happily on my waist were.. migrating. South. Like a flock of lycra birds at the first hint of winter.

    The rest of my warm up was a surprisingly exciting race between my leggings desire to go ever lower, and my quite reasonable wish that they stay right up where they were supposed to be, covering my butt and keeping my dignity somewhat intact. Of course, I'm not sure how much dignity you have left when every 30 seconds you have to hike your leggings back up?

    And let's not even START on the squats. Cause it's one thing pulling yer pants up when you're running. Trying to do so with a mahoosive (okay... moderately heavy-ish but I CAN DREAM OKAY) barbell on yer shoulders simply ain't gonna happen. My sincere apologies go to the innocent exercisers who were treated to a view of my laundry day underpants mid-set.

    What I'm trying to say is, I guess, that I've definitely gone down a couple of pants sizes?
  • starfruit132
    starfruit132 Posts: 291 Member
    Time to go shopping :).
  • smkondy
    smkondy Posts: 583 Member
    Way to go!! Congrats on your success :)
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