50 LBS

I'm out in Michigan at my Mom's house. Her scale is kind of iffy.. Rather than take the # that it's saying, I'm just using the # it said when I got here and using it to gauge my loss. It shows I've lost 4 lbs. And well.. a loss of of 4 lbs means I have reached my first big goal. I'm down 50 lbs. FIFTY.. woohoo.. I am so happy. I've been waffling around 161-164..going up and down the same 2-3 pounds for months now. I'm happy to report that I'm 158 this morning. I am exercising more routinely. Still not as often as I know I should, but I'm getting there. When it's hot, I just can't get my butt out there. I'm am loving my Nike+ thing for my iPod though. It's a little sensor that sits in a pouch on my shoe (instead of having to buy the Nike shoes that have the pocket for it, I could have kissed the sales man that showed me this btw, lol). The sensor 'talks' to my ipod and I can program it to do a walk/run based on distance, calories, or time. I've been setting it for 3K. Then a voice comes over my music and tells me things like: "half way" .. or " One more K to go" I really like it. I like seeing my average pace increase as I am starting to run more too. Just another fun gadget to keep me moving. But hey, whatever helps.

I never did get another fill, even though I still think I might need one. I'm just terrified of being too tight. I would rather try other methods before resorting to a fill. I don't want to be afraid everyt time I sit down and eat. I've just heard so many horror stories about people being too tight, and throwing up, or being unable to swallow their own saliva. I've never thrown up.. knock on wood. I've been stuck. I've had pain, but I've never had food come back up the way many bandsters seem to. And well, I'm kind of thankful for that. But if I keep struggling, then I will go in and get a fill. No sense having a tool and not using it to its full potential. But for today.. I'm good. 50 lbs off this body is feeling pretty darn good! Enjoy your summer.. I sure am!