Officially a third of the way there!

So in February, at my highest weight, as we all can look back and see I was at a staggering 296 pounds. Well yesterday I reached 239 pounds!!!! When I saw that magical number flash across the scale, I could see fireworks and hear cheers in my head like fans going wild during a Cowboys game. Proudly I can say that I have lost 57 pounds and am one third of the way to my goal of 140 pounds!! Much to my surprise, I also can fit into a size 18 making me the same size I was my senior year of high school. Albeit nowhere near ideal, I am so excited to say "I can wear what I wore senior year." It is great to have successfully met TWO of my smaller goals, and by setting (and meeting) these goals, it really helps rally me forward and cheer me on towards success. I really am in complete and utter shock. And although sometimes I still see the bigger version of me when I look at myself in the mirror, I have a wonderful support system who assures me they can see quite astounding changes.

Moving on, I have done two extremely out of the box things for myself, things I thought I would never do. The first was last Wednesday my husband and I went to Hurricane Harbor, and although I got winded quite a few times, and had to beg a lifeguard for their water bottle, we ended up having an absolute blast. It was really great to be able to wear an XL swim suit (!!!!!) and to not feel too out of place. 

And then today, I went to the gym for the first time since surgery. Another surprise to me, my gym clothes are loose!! I haven't even had the chance to wear them other than trying them one when I bought them in June. But it feels good to have not so skin tight gym clothes, and to be able to do a 25 minute mile. That's a huge accomplishment for me! I was able to do about 35 minutes on the treadmill at a 3.0 incline with speeds between 2.5 and 3.2. I feel like this was a huge success! The old me would've been on the treadmill 15 minutes at maybe 2.2 and then begging to get off that speed demon. I won't lie though, I did break out quite the sweat.

Until next time, keep it classy bloggers
~Olivia