Under 200

I couldn’t believe it when I first saw the scale. 198 pounds.  Is it really true?!  I haven’t been under 200 pounds since my sophomore year of college.  I checked a week later, my weight continued to stay under 200 pounds despite eating at a delicious brunch buffet at Pinstripes.  I haven’t been under 200lbs in years.  Three years ago, I was 227lbs.  Nine pounds a year?  I’ll take that.  I didn’t get overweight overnight.  Why should weight loss be the same thing?

I stopped using my food journal last week and I continue to maintain my weight.  My jeans are sliding off my body.  I tighten my belt and they look like they’re pleated.  My goal this week is 192 pounds.

I forecast my clothes hiatus ending soon.  I stopped buying clothes a couple of years ago unless it was necessary.  Now, I’m looking forward to the day I get to my goal weight and size so I can buy new clothes.  I can see that happening sometime this year.  I feel slightly giddy with the prospect of updating my dated closet.