All New Weights

Before I got pregnant with my oldest (11 years ago!!) I weight around the 120s. I was starting out in school, so I didn't actually have a scale, but I was around my thinnest at that time (although definitely not healthiest!). I began school in the January semester, and found out I was pregnant halfway through February. Stepping on the scale at the doctor's office showed that I was already over 140 pounds. I had gone from 120s to 140s in 6 short weeks.

After I had her, I "tried" to lose the weight. I actually remember doing Slim in 6 with my mom, but we gave up about 2 weeks into it. I just didn't have the desire to actually do it. I lost a lot of the pregnancy weight and was down in the 150s for a bit, but never got back to the 140s until recently (you can ready about my birthday goal here). Since this is the first time since 2003 that I saw the 140s on the scale, that means I still had never seen the 130s. I sailed right past those numbers in 6 weeks. To me, getting down to that weight was something of a pipe-dream. Even now since working out almost daily since the beginning of May and making it my priority to reach my goal of 120 this year, I still wondered what it would be like to really see that on the scale.

Yesterday I woke up to find this number:

I honestly don't really "feel" any different, but I am super excited to be that much closer to my goal! I am happy to be able to say that I am at my lowest weight in my "adult" life. But what I am even prouder to say is that I am at the healthiest I have ever been in my entire life. I feel strong, even when I am under the weather like I had been this last week, I am feeling better than I have in...well forever! I have energy to do things I couldn't before. I have the desire to try new things that I never thought possible before! I am becoming more and more passionate about coaching and helping other people to achieve what I am well on my way to achieving. There really is nothing like it!

I have one full week of PiYo left before starting one more round of 21 Day Fix. After that I am starting a new program (to me) called Focus T25. I am really excited about it! I had planned that one to be my second program and I have it sitting just waiting for me to start it. Then PiYo came out and I had to try that first. I am so glad I did! I love everything about PiYo and what it has been doing for me. I think I will do T25 on its own and then combine the two once I have reached my goal weight.

I know that as I get closer to my goal weight that it is going to get tougher to reach it. That's just the way it works. I also know that there is the possibility that I won't ever reach it. My goal weight for the longest time was 125. I had the number stuck in the back of my brain for years. I recently changed it to reach 120. This may not be obtainable as I am gaining muscle as I am losing weight. I may get around 130 (which is still a healthy weight according to BMI charts for my short height of 5'2") but looked a lot thinner. It's totally possible that getting to my goal weight would be unhealthy. So as I get closer there will be some assessment on my end to figure out what is healthy and what feels right. I look forward to finally not being in "weight loss" mode and just living. I know that it will always be a struggle, but I also know that I have all the right tools at my disposal. I have no desire to go back to the way I was before. I want to continue this lifestyle long after I reach my goal because I believe it is the healthy way to be!