So, here we are. 3 weeks into the 2015-2016 school year. The kids both have grades in the gradebook, and progress reports will come home soon. EEK!!! Time is flying. So, now I am going to tell a little about our journey the last few months...
Summer: Wow. Where did it go? I worked the month of June, and the kids went to camps and traveled. And I worked. Oh, I already said that, didn't I. Did you know I worked in June? Can you tell I want LOTS of credit for it? LOL. Well, it was all good, because I worked because I NEEDED NEW CLOTHES!!!
Then July came around. I didn't work. But I worked out. My friend Suzanne trained me, and pushed me to levels I didn't know I could reach. It was great. And, I reached out and made a new friend, Dana. Dana and I walked several early morning miles around downtown Tupelo! Neither of us could believe that we could walk for 45 minutes, and call that an easy day. Wowzers! How did that happen?
Now, it is August. Almost the end. And I am a stressed girl. If you know what being a speech language pathologist is, it means I don't have a "classroom," but I pull kids from separate classes during the day to work on deficit areas. Which, in the good old days, meant if Johnny has Mrs. Smith, he is in her room ALL DAY LONG. Yeah, well, not so much these days. Now, chances are little Johnny has at least 3 other teachers, besides me. So, we are all grappling for his time, and trying to keep him in class as much as possible. "Schedule making is my favorite time of year," said NO SLP EVER! But, the schedule is made. The cheat sheets for the kids is (almost) made. The bulletin boards are up, and the new classroom is decorated.
This year, I am in shock, as I have a 7th grader at Tupelo Middle School, and a fifth grader who is SO THRILLED that his mommy got a new room on his hall! They are getting so big, and Sadie has now moved up to the YOUTH group at church (much to her chagrin, but she actually likes it now that she is there!) and JC is a "Tween." They have chore lists that occasionally get completed. (Who am I kidding, they sometimes get looked at, maybe one or two items get checked off...)
Now, for what you have all wanted to hear. Weight loss news. Well, I wish it was better news. I am losing, but it is much slower. I have had a plateau. And I am trying to be OK with that. I am exercising more. Changing it up a bit. And trying to watch what I am eating, because I am NOT tracking my food like I used to. But, despite the slowed weight loss, there are NSVs (non-scale victories). So, here is my list of NSV's (in no particular order)
- I bought the cutest skinny jeans from my friends' store, Southern Cloth. (FYI - I also got 2 precious tops, and a dress!)
- One of the tops I bought was a 1X!!!
- I bought pants at Old Navy when I was back to school shopping. I bought a 20. I should have bought an 18, I think, as they are baggy after I wear them for an hour. (FYI- I started in a size 30 pants, and a 32/4x top).
- I can walk a 20 minute mile.
- I can do crunches. And I now know that I actually have both upper and lower abs. My friend Suzanne helped me to learn that, as she made them hurt A LOT this summer.
- I can walk up and down the hall from my new room without a minute's hesitation.
- I have wedges. And I have worn them more than once!
So, even though some of these things are probably little things, for me, I am counting them. And as far as numbers go, I am trying to keep my eye on the big picture. Big picture is this: I have lost 120 pounds. That is not just a little bit. 120# is the amount of trash the average family disposes of in a month. 120# is a 2 month old horse plus a car tire. I have lost the equivalent of 3 5-gallon water bottles. 120# is a PERSON. I have lost a PERSON. So, I will give myself some slack, continue to exercise and eat right, and keep on keeping on. The road less traveled as far as diet and exercise seems to be my steady path, and this has made all of the difference!
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