Day#106: 30 LBS GONE!

Holla!!! I'm really excited. Today I went to my training with Kendra, and it was weigh in time for my goal. Refresher, That goal was to loose a half an inch in my arms and to loose a half an inch in the waist.

So, I didn't quite hit that goal; but I don't think i'll count it as a failure because things still moved... Here's where things stacked up!

Arms: Lost .25'' (Half of my goal, and Arms are really hard to get!)
Waist: Lost 1'' (Yeah baby!)
Hips: Lost 1.5'' (WHAT?!?! No wonder my pants have been sliding right off my nonexistent butt!)
Thighs: No change (I blame the fact I'm not walking 14+ miles a day like in WDW lol)

But the real Kicker is this awesome milestone... Here's a reel of my candid reaction ;)



I've lost 30 lbs! I couldn't be more psyched. This is like misplacing a limb or a small child! HAHA!

#sweatyselfie



That feels so good, Considering how bummed I was with myself all through May this just proves that doing anything, even if it's just a little can really add up. Not every day a success but overall I'm rocking this thing! I seriously got a bit teary on the scale and for the right reasons!

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I remember when I decided to do this thing, The real deep down reason that I wanted to do this, was to just feel better. Not just physically but mentally, to just really feel better about myself all over. I'm doing things that I never thought I was capable of doing! HA! :) We can all do hard things, and it only takes the small and simple things. I've never lost this much weight before. I need to just remember this feeling every time I get discouraged. Because I'm flying people (you'd fly too if you lost a whole limb, just saying ;) )

After we did the weigh-in and measuring we did a fitness test. Last time we did one of those was a month a go to the day; right before I went on my WDW Vacation. So today we tested me to see where I've come to.

Here's how I did:

Plank: Moved from a 45 second plank from my knees to a 30 second plank from my toes. (This is hard. I'm still not happy with where I'm at with these but that's okay, I'm getting there. It's good to look back and see where I was and see how far I've come.

PushUps: Moved from 15 pushups from my knees to 2 from my toes. Yeah... sissy knee Pushups are still my go to here. I can't quite seem to hold my own weight and bend my elbows at the same time. go figure. Kendra keeps pushing me, Golly she's a tease. I really apprecaiate that lady!

Sit-To-Stand: Went from being able to do 24 in a minute to being able to do 28 in a minute. This is one that is about speed, I can do more than that, but just not in a minute! Yeish!

We added some other exercises to the fit test...

Assisted Pull-Ups: (I could Cry!) Today though I couldn't go wrong, anything is more than last time, because last time was zero! Today I did 8 before I couldn't anymore. I think I could have done more, but apparently you're supposed to breath as you do these... who knew!?! Kendra apparently.

Balance: This test had me bend over while balancing on one foot, to touch the floor with one hand and keep my toe pointed, then bring it back to standing without falling or stumbling. Yeah, frankly, I don't have great balance. Only got 5 in a minute on one leg, and then 6 in a minute on the other! We'll can only get better from here!

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Thanks again to everyone who's been supporting me, by wishing me luck, telling me that I look good (BLUSH) or just reading my blog (I wasn't really sure who would read it or want to) so it's been encouraging to hear that I can brighten your day or inspire or give you a laugh.

I love this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased.”

I can definitely see how my ability to hard things has increased. I have a long way to go yet but today I celebrate how far I've come.