A Few Days Before Weigh in

So I haven't done much this month. I will have a loss, but it will be a small one, which I am OK with. My goal most of this month, or at least the last 2 weeks has just been to maintain, which I have successfully done. So that has been nice. I still have a few more pounds I would like to get off, but I figure I will wait until my husband leaves for his deployment, which will be in about 10 days. I was looking through my pictures today, and came across one from my birthday this past year, which was right before I started to lose weight, and even though the picture is only from the top half, I was surprised at the difference. Through out this whole process, I haven't been able to really see a difference in myself. I know that the weight has obviously gone somewhere since I certainly can't wear the same clothes anymore, but to me when I just look at myself, I look the same. Part of it might be the way I carry the weight, but looking back at those pictures, I was surprised what a difference 55 pounds makes. I mean, I know when you think about it, that seems like a pretty significant amount of weight, but while I have been losing, it really hasn't seemed like a big deal. I know I have changed a lot about my eating habits, one of the things I had to do was actually eat more, when I started this whole thing and started counting up my calories, I was surprised to see that except for weekends, I was eating less than 1000 calories, the biggest change I have made, is to up my calorie intake to 1600 calories and keep it there consistently. Funny thing for me (not funny ha ha but ironically) is that if my calories drop to 1300, I start to gain again. So I have to make sure that I get my calories, because I have a bad habit of not eating breakfast or lunch, and getting my meals has been incredibly helpful for me and for the energy I need to exercise. I haven't changed my exercise habits at all, and I don't intend to. I just found out about a triathlon that the base here is having, so I am thinking about maybe doing that. It is the week before my half that I always run, so it will mean training for both at the same time. We will have to see how that goes, but I would love to do one. Since I can't train for a full marathon this year, that would be a nice compromise. Anyway, enough rambling. Hope that everyone has a great rest of the week and a fantastic weigh in!!!!!