How far I've come...

I know I take a lot of pictures of myself!  I guess I'm still trying to grasp how I really look these days!

Had to show my new size 12 shift dress.  I don't know if you can see the little twinkles from the diamontes at the bottom of the dress?  Otherwise it's pretty plain, that's what makes it so pretty to me.

I was worried it was a bit snug but everyone at work loved it, guess I will just have to keep reminding myself that this is all real! :D

So I was looking at some of my old blogs from CK that aren't here on my blogspot blog, I thought there were some real gems that deserve to be here, so today I add this one that I found, mind you these comments are from very early this year, but they still ring true for me and my journey.

Yesterday (this was back in January 2010) I got to thinking about how far I have come and all the things I learnt last year, some of the big ones include:

• That this is not dieting, dieting = deprivation which = failure
• Focussing on a healthy lifestyle
• Making better choices in food, exercise and lifestyle
• That this is for life NOT just for 12 months or 6 weeks or whatever
• That identifying your issues and doing something about them are two very different things
• Water is important
• An all or nothing attitude is about as helpful as the latest fad diet
• That these things that you learn can bleed into other areas of your life for the better!
• That I am a worthwhile person, who deserves to be happy
• That support really does help, but at the end of the day you are the one that has to do the hard work, and that is very satisfying
• That all those things you think you can never do really are possible
• That confidence and being truly happy makes me a better person to be around
• That I enjoy hanging out with myself again too
• That feeling this good REALLY does feel better than shoving a block of chocolate or a bag of chips in my gob
• That exercise makes me feel good and keeps me motivated to eat better and makes me want to do things I never thought I'd do
• To stop referring to myself as fundamentally lazy as that constant negative talk becomes truth if you don't stop it, and after the last couple of months I've proved that actually I AM NOT THAT!

So I am officially on holiday! Yippee!

Over the 42 mark....

Now that I've hit over 42kg lost (that's 93.3 pounds!) I decided it was time for a new photo, I've kept it casual but my top is a $7 bargain buy from K-mart hehehehe I love the sale racks these days as there is often stuff I can find that fits.

While the scale weight has been slower of late, I'm still losing cm's I notice it in my clothes, in fact I had to go out and buy new pants in 12's my 14's were just feeling too loose! (Drama! hahahaah NOT!).

I also got myself a pair of skinny jeans, whilst I always thought I'd never buy a pair I didn't realise they are the best jeans to wear with knee high boots!  Don't mock me about it OK..... I never had knee high boots before either! :D  I have a new dress too I may take a photo of it later in the week!

Relaxation, more goals...

How heavenly was this morning, I finally used one of my "Booty Camper of the Year (2009)" prize vouchers and went and got a full body massage, oh heaven, I'm still revelling in the smell of the oil she used.  I bought a few products with the rest of the voucher and plan on going back in a few weeks for a heavenly facial, maybe I'll throw in a back massage as well. 

I floated around for the rest of day, did a little shopping but think I must have looked like I was high! hehehehhehe

On top of that I weighed in 100g off my 40kg lost mark.... ohhhhhh so close hehehehehe, almost in the 80's how exciting BUT officially now under 200 pounds... for those imperialists.... there seems to be something much more exotic about saying 86 pounds lost although I shouldn't minimise 39 or 40kg it's still quite as impressive isn't it?! :D

New Boots!

Come on you didn't expect me to let this milestone pass without blogging it !? :D  These are my new boots, aren't they purdy!  I have difficulty with getting boots to fit around my calves so I nearly wet my pants when I found these in Target and they fit! AND they were 25% off! 

So I wore them with my new skirt on Monday BUT then on Tuesday I wandered into Katies and there was this grey dress that I just knew was the perfect dress to go with my new boots.... it basically screamed at me TAKE ME TO YOUR BOOTS!!! bahaahahahaha..... so who could resist? The cream on the cake... or the ummmm oops I should say the hummous on the carrot, was that it's a medium! :D

Running, running, running....

So I nixed the treadmill this morning and went for a run around my neighbourhood!  Aren't I a good girl? :D  I got onto Mapmyrun.com and mapped out a couple of different routes to check out their distance.  Of course I then went and confused myself by thinking I was doing the 5km this morning when in fact I missed a critical turn and only did the 4km.  But hey just a little over 30 mins and I was please with that, three hills I walked, but it takes me 40mins to do 4km on the treadmill, so I don't know what it is I don't feel I'm running faster outside but I must be.  I must just psych myself out with being forced to run the same speed on the tready, at least out side you can speed up down inclines, slow up when you need to etc....

One Year Anniversary

It's been a celebratory weekend.  I started it off with a new PB on my 3.4km run beating last months time of 23:31 with a 22.20!

This weekend is the one year anniversary of the start of my journey.  And what a journey it's been.

Last week and this weekend I did some shopping!  It's so hard to stop!  But come on everyone needs two pairs of jeans right?  One to wear and one in the wash.... that's my excuse and I am sticking to it!

The Jeans and Tank top Milestone...

Another post today to celebrate another small milestone.  One of the things I always wanted to be able to do when heavier was to wear that tank/t-shirt and jeans combo and look half way decent.  Today I decided to wear my new size 12 jeans and while deciding on a top I yanked out a tank and popped it on, pleased with the effect I later topped it with a short sleeved cardy and out I went!

It's been quite important for me to take photos along this journey, it's only recently that the picture in my head of how I look is starting to match how I actually look in photos.  This has been quite out of sync for some time.

I look forward to getting more involved with weights as I feel the need to really get some areas much more toned! ;)

I also have suspected that my bra size was changing, and so I went and tried on a couple of smaller sizes and low and behold my suspicions were correct!  So I picked up a couple more sports bras in the smaller sizes, because it's important to keep the girls in tight when running and the like! hehehehehe