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Monday, March 4, 2013

A Happy Surprise

February didn't end like I wanted it to as far as my weight was concerned.  I had a good month overall and got down to 197.6 on February 22.  I was in the groove and felt good until that last week.  Then things just fell apart and for no good reason.  I ended the month at 199.0.  I was letting the last week of the month color the whole month.  I was writing off February and telling myself to start fresh now and not let a bad month mess me up.

I realized this morning that I hadn't taken my measurements in several weeks.  I almost skipped it because I didn't want to be upset by the fact that my measurements hadn't changed.  I decided that denial was not a good idea.  I needed to face the facts and move forward so I bit the bullet and got the tape measure.

I was fully prepared to note the same numbers from the beginning of February.  Imagine then my surprise when the first measurement I took was smaller and it was my neck!  I was certain that the tape measure had been turned over and I was reading the wrong side so I tried again and got the same number.  That was good, but I wasn't convinced yet.  I moved down and measured my bust.  Smaller too.  WOW.  Over and over I measured myself and I was smaller, except for my arms which stayed the same.

For the month of February I lost 4.75 inches all over my body!  Yahoo.  That was just the encouragement I needed to realize that February was a good month.  I let less than two pounds the last week of the month color my whole month, when, in fact,  February was a better month than January when it was measured with the tape measure.  In January, I lost 4.5 inches which was great.  But in February I squeezed off 4.75.  Considering that February shorter than January by three days, that makes the success even sweeter.

I think I have my head on straight now for March.  I'll continue to lose pounds and inches and have an even better report on April 1. 

5 comments:

  1. Wow Lori, that's over nine inches in two months. I bet you can really tell in the way your clothes fit. Good job!

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  2. nice! A good reminder to keep up with the measurements. I'm sort of lax on that. Nice to feel motivated, isn't it?

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  3. Lori, that is awesome! I'm so happy for you, and I'm glad you had a pleasant surprise!

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  4. BRAVO! on the lost inches and the aha moment! march is gonna be GREAT! and mayhaps i'll be joininyou in onderland SOON! lol

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  5. Oh my gosh! That's AWESOME! I was just writing about this today. I'm SO bad with measurements. I need to do that, and you've kicked me in the pants to do so. Thank you Lori.

    CONGRATULATIONS!

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