The Last Ten Pounds

I have been dieting since Corbin was born. I started at 210lbs the day he was born and I'm 142-145 now (depends on the day and how much pizza I've consumed the night before lol) I've lost around 65lbs since the day he was born. The first 20 were super easy of course - gone by the six week check up. The last 45ish....I've had to fight for those.

I'm not a good dieter. I've used Weight Watchers for the most part and have done well with that. But I still have had moments where I've fallen completely off the wagon and eaten whatever I've wanted to for a week or two (or more lol). I've had set backs that were completely out of my control...and things happen that maybe I could've responded to by not eating a tub of ice cream. But I've learned a lot about eating right. I've learned a lot about living a healthy lifestyle. And I've learned a lot about myself.

The biggest surprise?

I LOVE the gym. I don't love getting there - I have to pep talk myself into that. But once I'm there, it's not bad. And afterwards? I feel AWESOME. It completely caught me off guard. I never worked out until I was fat. And now I get grumpy if I have to miss a week for any reason.

I'm within 10lbs of my goal weight, but was getting tired of dieting. Just wanted a break. Not a pig out, gain 5lbs break. More a trial for when I finally hit my goal and went into maintenance. I have been around the same weight since my surgery in October. Gained about 5lbs b/t that and Christmas. So I spent the month of January dealing with that. It came off easily and so I was once again staring down the last 10lbs.

I've heard how hard loosing the last 10lbs can be. Scary stuff. So truthfully...it was easier to just start maintaining now and not worry about the last 10lbs. So for the last month, I've been in "maintenance" and really it's not that hard. I still weigh what I weighed a month ago and haven't been tracking points hardcore or anything like that. Everything is peachy, right?

Except....

I don't like maintenance - at least not yet. It almost feels like a waste to get so close to my goal and stop now. So I changed my settings on WW online and started counting everything I even think about eating. My goal is to be firmly in the 130's by Easter - as in, when I've eaten everything under the sun the night before, I still want the scale to say 138ish the next morning lol.

If you're interested....here are some fun before and current pics:

175ish

160ish:

A couple of weeks ago