Eight Is Great

Well, I do believe I have lost all the weight I am going to lose  :)  It is a great feeling!!  I have lost 160 lbs and God only knows how many inches that translates in to!  I am now wearing a size 8!!!!  Yes, you read that right, an 8!!  There I am sporting my size 8 capri’s I just bought.  I also bought a couple of dresses that are size 8---and not because I can shove myself into them, but because that was the size that fit  :)

My back is doing much, much better!!  I am so thankful for that!  I have no pain and the numbness in my foot is subsiding!  If I am very busy and active for a day I will feel my back beginning to fatigue, but it still doesn’t hurt at this point.  I am good at doing my stretching and exercising and will continue to do so as this is certainly motivation to keep me accountable to that.  I have only been to the physical therapist twice, but he gave me the routine to do at home and said to wait a while before beginning a full out Pilates routine.  I did find some Pilates videos on Netflix that I am excited about, and after watching them I have started to incorporate some of what I feel I can handle comfortably at this point---and so far so good  :)  I am still careful with lifting, but I think more so out of fear then anything else as I do not want to go backwards!!  I have noticed a huge difference in lifting normal daily things such as laundry though, and there is no longer any pain with doing that.  I am learning to use my legs much more than my back and am implementing what I am learning about proper body mechanics. 

It is just so amazing to me because I honestly never considered that losing all the weight would cause the back to be MORE of an issue---of course though my body has to readjust to how it carries itself as I have lost more than I currently weight----which is just surreal to me.

Otherwise I feel great!  I feel I eat “normal”.  I can still eat sweets, but in small amounts which is what I should do anyway  :)  We went to a friends house over the weekend and one family brought banana pudding (one of my favorites----the real stuff too, not the crappy vanilla pudding with some nilla wafers and bananas shoved in it).  Oh my gosh, it was so good and has been so long since I’ve had that.  I over did it a bit---but I only felt a little dizzy for a minute and it passed quickly and no one knew a thing.  I like though that my body tells me when enough is enough!

I am saggier than I would like to be, but that is understandable and really doesn’t bother me too much.  I have noticed that my skin does change---just like going to a size 8—I didn’t lose more weight, my skin just tightened a bit best I can tell.  So, it will be interesting to see how that continues to play out.

Even with the back issues---for me, this was the best decision and I am thrilled with the results!  Praise God!  I have also found a protein powder that I LOVE---I mean, I CRAVE it when I am without!!  It has coffee in it—who can beat that  LOL!  My only issue before would be getting ALL the protein that I need—and now that I am strengthening my core I need to be even more conscience of my protein intake, and they have come out with some new things that are making it so much easier!!  I am very thankful!