Guess What??? I Have A Neck

Yes it's true.....it is not a rumor......Donna has a neck......I found it only recently......below my chin and above my shoulders....that thing that apparently holds my head in place......I also am feeling a hint of a collar bone....yes an honest to goodness collar bone. My face has become more oval or I guess less round.  I am enjoying seeing my toes and my ankles look like normal ankles. My waist is getting smaller (well not sure I should use the word smaller but not as big as it has been).  My pants are sliding up past my waist when I sit down because there is less to keep them in place and are sliding down when I stand up.  My bra slides up my back too because there are less rolls holding it down. Today, it was cold when I was leaving for my meeting,  I ended up wearing my weigh-in shorts under my jeans....something I would not have been able to do before. The ass and thighs have not gotten the message yet.....but they will eventually.

Last week, I ate only veggies for dinner a few nights.  In fact last week, I ate more veggies then I can ever remember eating. I did have one night during the week when I had to fight the urge to dive into the Valentines Day cookies Jenn was making for work.  The smell of them was nothing but torture!!!! On Saturday, I spent a lot of the day very busy.  I only ate a small amount of food.  I woke up at 3:00 AM and was hungry,  I had to convince myself to stay under my covers and not go out and raid the refrigerator.  I am not normally a middle of the night eater but last night I could hear the food calling me.  I finally fell back to sleep without entering the kitchen.  I woke up hungry but was going to my weigh-in and didn't want to chance messing with my weight.  I was down a little.....enough to hit the 45 pound mark. I was hoping for more but am OK with the small loss because I messed up and a couple of times during the week ate LESS than half of what I was allowed also I had a few weeks of big losses and that can't continue week after week.  Bottom line is I was focused on the 45 pound goal which I hit.

Jenn had me hold a 17 pound bag of dog food and said "picture carrying almost 3 of these around all day".  I had a hard time carrying just the one !!! So I have taken 180 pounds of pressure off my poor knees, I have lost 180 stick of butter or 180 quarter pounders.

Today, when I got another 5 pound star I heard someone say "She is on fire."  That was nice to hear.  And I have to be careful now......people are starting to notice the weight coming off .  This is where I have had an issue before and start to get cocky and not play by the rules.  Not this time though......next stop 50 pounds and another WW charm for my key chain .......I am thinking maybe a Pandora bracelet for all my WW charms might be in my future.

Yes, I still have a long long long way to go but as of now I can stop thinking "we need to get table because I was afraid of fitting in a booth" or "am I going to break that chair?" .....yesterday I sat in a seat at a play and had plenty of room to play with......these may not be big issues for normal people but for me they are all steps in the right direction.  My knees will never be 100% but they can be less painful.

When I was at the play yesterday I had to stand up to let people pass.......I had to keep pulling my pants up....it was pretty funny that I had to grab them quickly before anyone saw my underwear.....LOL....not such a bad problem to have is it?

So on to the next 5 pounds.....the big 50......I am hoping to hit that within a few weeks......maybe then I will take another FB profile picture.....I updated my old one last week but have lost almost 30 pounds since that picture was taken.....

OK time to go cook the brussel sprouts, cabbage and make some more WW Banana Chocolate Chip muffins and start another week in the battle to become a healthier me........