Weight Loss Journey #3

Wow. It's been a long time since I posted.  Other Things were happening.

My weight loss continues to happen too.  I'm currently 141 pounds. (My original weight was 166.)  I'm down from a size 14 pants to a size 10.  I'm buying medium shirts!  I've gone from a 38DDD bra to a 36DD.  I've got a bit more sag in my boobs than I used to, but I actually think it looks more attractive and natural than the fat boobs I used to have.  I suspect I will lose a little bit more volume but not much.

I know I'm tinier all over.  My arms feel unnaturally thin when I touch them.  My clothes have been dropping like flies and I'm just getting rid of things as they get too big because even if I love something--I don't want to fit in it again.  I only have one pair of jeans left and they are baggy all over and I have to wear a belt with them. I'm waiting until fall to replace my pants so I'm wearing a lot of skirts, which have many safety pins in the waist bands to make them fit.

Here is a progress picture:

The faceless child is my niece--my mom never takes pictures of me unless there is a child or dog in the frame.  In the first picture my head is cut off not for privacy, but because my mom had to make sure my brother's dogs were in the frame further down (they're cute and all but I cropped them out).

I can't believe how big I actually was, because I didn't feel that big, bit compared to now, nearly 25 pounds down, I know I must have been huge because I still have a ton of stomach fat.

Exercise-wise I am walking 6+ miles a week.  I lift light weights erratically, and that's about it. I am building some muscle in my arms and calves though.  I think I might have some lose skin developing in my thighs and upper arms, but really I feel...softer...all over. Which I think might be my near-middle-age skin not being as elastic as it used to be.

My original weight loss goal was 135, but I've lowered it to 130 and I might want to go as low as 125.  I still have a lot of stomach fat I want to eliminate.  I know I need to ramp up my exercise routine too at this point.  I don't really aspire to be any lower than that.  I have a big frame and wide shoulders--I don't think I'm built to be a twig.  Mostly I'm just really happy that a healthy weight is in my near future.