This is my first before and during.
Today is the first day I’ve felt thin and pretty since my low weight last summer.
17 pounds down and counting. I know it may not seem like much, but this is the lightest I’ve been since sophomore year and I couldn’t be happier. I know they say the scale is just a number, but the scale helped me see there the progress I was making, even if I couldn’t notice it in the mirror. And yet… Today… For the first time.. When I looked in the mirror, and put on this dress, I felt and saw the difference in my body and all the progress that I’ve made.

Height: 5’ 4”
Right photo: May 2012-150 lbs
Left photo: April 6th, 2013- 133 lbs

Tags: progress

I no longer count calories

Because when I did that I realised I was paying little attention to the TYPE of food I eat.

I was just saying, oh this Ice cream is 100 calories. No big deal.

WRONG. Junk is junk.

So I started eating lean protein, a ton of vegetables and fruit and not as many carbs as a used to.

I bike as often as possible. As far as possible. As fast as possible.

On my breaks at work (I’m a lifeguard) I’ll sometimes swim laps.

And so. Since the beginning of summer I have lost 10 lbs.

No counting calories
No stress.
I’m the lightest I’ve been in a year and a half….

3 more lbs and I’ll be the lightest I’ve been since freshman year.

5 more lbs and I’ll reach my end of summer goal, and my 2nd goal weight.

And five more after that and I’ll reach my third.

And five more after that… Well that might be my UGW….

15 lbs between me and my UGW….

It’s awesome.

Eat well. Eat often. Train hard.

Live. Love. Smile.

141!!!!!! :)

1 lb away from my month goal!! :)

But it seems I’ll probably reach my July 15th goal by the end of this month!

135 here I come!!

Tags: progress

Progress. I dress with style when I row. ;)

Progress. I dress with style when I row. ;)

Progress photo. April 19th

Progress photo. April 19th

People have been asking for a progress photo! Not at my goal weight… But I’m finding more happiness in my body!

People have been asking for a progress photo! Not at my goal weight… But I’m finding more happiness in my body!