Moving, Slowly

Well, things are, as I say, moving slowly. I think I am trying to adjust to the new me and that is keeping me from forging ahead with incredible amounts of weight loss each week. My body is getting used to itself being almost 50 pounds lighter. Emotionally, this has been tough, because I "want it now", but it's going to continue to take some time and I just need to deal with that.

Additionally, the entire family has been sick for the past few days, myself included. This slows down any progress I can make by working out, but I'll just have to be patient and take care of my body. I seem to have recovered pretty quickly, so I am trying to protect myself from any further reinfection. Sorry kids...

The one thing I could do to keep my motivation going during this slow and now sick time was cleaning house. I went through everything I own in the closet and got rid of over half of it because it was just too big. It had been getting to the point that it was comical seeing me wear these clothes that fit me fine before, but are now just cinched up and terribly baggy on me. I really need to pick up some new clothes, but finances are dictating that it isn't an option right now. Hopefully things clear up with that soon. Anyways, it was a great motivation to try on all those clothes and see them fall right off and have to get rid of them. These are clothes I used to "sausage" into really, really tightly before and now they just fall off!

So, my advice this post, is if you're in a rut with your workout and weight loss, find something to do that can otherwise motivate you, like purging out "fat" clothes or picking up some new "skinny" clothes. This can do wonders for your motivation. Have a great day!