Last week... 6 days to go.

I'm on the end of my "losing" portion of the diet. I have 6 days left and 8 pounds to lose. (I'm a little skeptical, but I'm positive that taking a break from the diet when I was sick set me back a week or so...) I HAD to buy new jeans yesterday because we have a jean day tomorrow at work and the Junior's size 13's I have are literally hanging off of me. I had hoped to wait a little longer to buy new jeans, but these are a pinch tight around my belly, so I'm betting that after I lose these last 8 pounds, they'll be loose too, and I won't have to worry about it.

It's been really hard being "true" to my diet the last couple of weeks... I'll admit, I've cheated a little. But I only allow myself to cheat one time per day, and depending on the caloric intake, I make up for it by NOT eating either one of the meals or however much less of my lean and green meal.

I'm actually feeling pretty good lately... I still have a rattle in my chest when I breathe, but I'm starting to just get used to that. I think I'm going to go to the gym this evening before Bobby gets off work. I haven't been in forever, and I'm a little curious to see just how out of shape I am.

Here's a stat update:

• Week: 11 of 11
• Countdown: 6 days to go before the goal date
• Current Weight: 146
• Total lost (since April) : 31 pounds
• Total lost with MediFast: 24 pounds
• Jean size: 10
  

We're almost there... then I go into "stabilization." Ugh... I think that will be the hardest part. I'm already pretty sick of veggies.

8.5 weeks

These MediFast ladies are just cruel. I found out two things today at my weekly counseling meeting:

1.) I could have been eating their carb-mimicking snack foods for three weeks and no one told me (crackers, pretzels, etc).
2.) I can have mayonnaise, a little bit of relish, and tuna with my snack crackers that I haven't known I could eat for the past three weeks.

Stinkers. I finally have a shot at eating something I would normally eat, and they leave me in the dark. Next thing I'll find out is I COULD have been eating sandwiches this whole time..... haha, not even close. But its worth daydreaming about!

Here I am at 8.5 weeks in my new size 10 pants...

Pant shopping

I seriously put on a pair of size 10 dress pants today. They zipped, buttoned, and were still a little loose. I now have two whole pairs of pants for school, lol. The real test comes after I've washed and dried them.... still, it was pretty rewarding to grab those semi-loose 10's rather than the tight 16's...

27 days left, 12 pounds to go. I'll post pics when I don't look like I've been sick for two weeks anymore. (har har)

Blegh.

Well, that one day turned into 11. I have been quarantined in my house for the past 11 days and I'm going crazy! I had stopped the diet because all of the meds I was on really messed up my appetite and I was doing well to keep soup and grilled cheese sandwiches down. Needless to say, diet food did not in the least bit seem worth trying. I'll most likely start it back up tomorrow or Monday, now that I'm finally feeling a little better.

As for my stats, I have been at 150 since Wednesday, which totals 27 pounds off from April. I have NO clothes that fit right, and I absolutely love my belly... or lack there0f! I can see the muscle lines in my legs (something I've NEVER been able to accomplish), and my "love-handles" are slowly melting away. I can actually feel my hip bones (I have to "dig" a little, but they're there)....its mind boggling. I have one pair of jeans from high school (Junior's size 13) that are baggy, but they're the only things that stay up without a belt, so I suppose I should start thinking about buying some new pants... I still have another 15 pounds to lose, which could easily be two more sizes, but I can't really go to work in jeans everyday, so I think I'm going to have to bend and purchase some temporary pants to get through this weird size thing.

Of course, now that I'm teaching art I might could plead for an all-jeans dress code. Oooh, or some corduroys. Those are always cool artsy pants... I don't know. I might just have to stick to those old skirts that have been hanging faithfully in my closet for the past 5 years. Sheesh, I don't even know if they're still in style.... Still, skirts, mary-janes, and art aprons HAVE to look adorable together...right?