Weight loss update: Week 53

I have been loosing weight now for a year.  I have lost a total of 59.2 pounds as of today.  There have been times when I wonder if I will ever get to that end point.  Not sure exactly what that end point will be yet.  I've made small goals to reach and have reached all of them at a fairly good speed.

For the past few months things had slowed quite a bit.  Partly because of holidays and partly because I have not been putting as much effort into keeping my self on track as far as eating goes.  Not that I have gone back to eating all that processed garbage but have not been eating nearly as many vegetables as I used too.  

It is amazing the difference eating vegetable can make when you are trying to lose weight.  There is an actual pattern that I can follow.  The times when I have been very conscious about eating vegetables, the weight just falls off.  There are other times when I notice my vegetable eating has declined and I will either not lose anything or actually gain a little.  The funny part is that when I pick back up on the greens I lose it all back plus more.

This week for example what I call an up down week.  Lose a little, gain a little, lose a lot gain a little.  The past couple of days I have made a really good effort of eating more veggies and today it all paid off with a lose of 1.5 pounds which put me at my lowest weight.  I have to say right now that never at any time over the past year have I gained a lot of weight back.  Maybe a pound or a few ounces but only to lose it all back plus more.  Of course (sorry guys) some of those gains have been during that time of the month.  So most likely they were more water gain than anything.

I have noticed also over the year that when I haven't had much weight loss I have still been losing inches.  Since last January I have gone from a size 24W (plus size) to a size 16 ladies.  I no longer shop for clothes in the Women's (plus size) section.  Did you know that some stores don't even carry clothes over a size 16?  Just a little added trivia.

I set a goal to be at 199 by new years.  I am sad to say that I did not reach that goal.  However, I am currently at my lowest weight in I think 10 years.  I now way 204.8 pounds and I am hoping to reach that 199lb goal my the end of this month.

That is how things are going in a nutshell.  I hope someone finds this encouraging.  If you want to know what I am doing to lose weight and become a healthier me, just leave a comment and I will be happy to share that in another post.

Have a good day and God bless you all!