Overdue Diet Update

My diet officially started on September 16th. If you want to see my before pictures you can reference my post that had those pictures right here.

I have been working REALLY hard at this. I cannot lie and say that the diet has been easy, fun, or enjoyable. Or that I have been pleasant all of the time. BUT it is working. For the first almost month I didn't really notice much of a difference when I looked in the mirror except that my face was a bit thinner.

On Friday, October 11th I went into my closet to pick out a dress to wear to my good friend, Hilary's, wedding and they were all too big!!!!!!! I had to run out to target to try and find something new (and cheap!) to wear. When I picked things out and headed into the fitting room I assumed it would be like my normal shopping trip, aka PLEASE LET SOMETHING FIT! Instead, most everything fit but I got to just decide what I liked and what I thought was cute. It was a fantastic feeling. My upper torso has thinned out a lot it seems.

Out with a friend in Cincy!

The next friday we had a funeral to attend for our grandmother :sad face: and I went into my closet (I am beginning to like these moments) and I found a dress deep in the back that I had purchased for my own wedding rehearsal  and rehearsal dinner 4.5 years ago. I had to have it taken in before the rehearsal and my mom picked it up for me the day of and it turned out to be too tight so I could not wear it. So last week I assumed "Well, this will never fit but why not attempt it since its so pretty and happens to be black and white." So I unzipped that dress and slipped it on....... TOO BIG! Around my ribs and bust is was huge! I am going to have to have it taken in this spring so I can wear it to a wedding or somewhere because I love it!

As of today I have lost 21.2 pounds!!!! This not only means that I broke the 20 pound mark yesterday but as of TODAY I also passed 50% of my goal amount of weight to lose. Now I only have 21 pounds to lose to be at my goal weight!!!!!!!! (and this goal was a lot lower than I thought I would really get).