Still going strong!

I cannot believe how far I've come! I'm only a couple pounds to my next goal reward. Then I'm cutting my hair a little more and wanting to buy a new outfit. I bought new clothes a couple weeks ago tho, so I might be good on that.
I might be in my size 8s until I fit comfortably into my 5s again. I didn't think it'd happen this summer but its only beginning of august and I'm oh so close!
I'll be going to Tennessee in a month with my family. Will need to find a bathing suit! I have bikinis but my stretch marks are not cute lol. My daughter is cute tho, so small price to pay!
Can't wait for measurements tomorrow now that my bloating is down!
So so exciting!

1st Aug progress pic!

I deleted my before/after app because it completely stopped working on me. I think the weekly changes are enough to just scroll through and be able to tell.
If I was more tech savvy I might have a better way to display the pics.
All I can say is the difference between this week and last week is my bloating is gone. But the difference between the first progress pic and this one is about 60 lbs, so I'd say its worth the scroll! Check it out!

Much better on Monday! :)

The week has started and I'm feeling MUCH better!
My cycles over now and my stomach has settled. Scot is taking a class this week to hopefully get a new job.
I'm crossing my fingers that he gets one so we can buckle down a bit more on our big day planning.
Our engagement party is in the works now. Waiting on the completion of the invitations still.
Cannot wait to see how much more weight I can drop by September 21st! If I'm in the 130s I'll be ecstatic!
I'm unbelievably close to my goal now!
Its truly mind blowing every day to see how far I've come!
In 5 days, Scot is having a concert. I'll be almost 60 lbs lighter than I was at his last concert in December!
Already, I know that my body doesn't tolerate alcohol very well. I guess that will help me to pace myself, though.
I'm excited. I'll be going to sycamore Friday night to drop Jadyn off. So that's an excuse to visit family.
Then the following Saturday we have an appointment to tour/speak with starved rock to try figuring out an exact rate and then possibly pick our date!
So exciting!

Still suffering

My stomach is so messed up from my cheat day still. I'm almost afraid I'm developing an intolerance to gluten. My sister has celiacs (spelling?) So I guess its possible. I kind of attributed hers to her diabetes. But perhaps hers is just more severe because of it. My stomach is usually fine with gluten in moderation. But my cheat days when I seem to eat a lot of it, I'm sick for days. :( that's just awful.
I don't know how I can ever take cheat days at this rate!
Yesterday was my grandmas party and we had so much fun! I stuck to salad all day. Maybe that didn't help my situation. I don't know!

Ugh cheat day hang over!

Last night me and Scot went to buffalo wild wings. We split an appetizer of soft pretzels. Then I got fish tacos. I only drank 2 tall Bud lights but it buzzed me up pretty good. I feel like crap this morning. I feel like it can't be from the two beers. It just must be from carb overload!
Its awful. I'm not going to have another cheat day until august 10th. I might even exercise tonight. That might make me feel better. Its like guilty mixed with upset stomach. I see salads in my future!

All in all, I had fun on my date. I get out very seldom. Today's my grandma's surprise lunch. I was gonna cheat today but salad sounds good anyway.
Happy rest of the weekend!

Weighing in! Happy friday!

Today's weigh in is 144.6 lbs.
So this month I've lost 5.8 lbs.
At this rate I will reach my goal in 3 months. So beginning of November.
Hopefully I reach it sooner though, I plan to be weaning from nursing by then!
I'll work out in its place but it'll be much harder to burn 500 cal every day.
Hopefully all I'll have to worry about is maintaining the weight by then.
So today was a good weigh in!
Since last week I've lost 1.8 lbs. That's still a little more than my weekly goal. My plan is 1 lb a week..but anything more is awesome!
Feeling great! Can't wait to get out of the 140s but feel like I've got a few weeks until then :). I'll just enjoy my progress, as I have been. Time to try on the red dress again!

Measured right :)

Today Scot helped me measure myself so I know its accurate.
I think I've been doing it right all along.
I'm 36-30.5-36.
So I shrunk another half inch around the middle since my last measurements.
That's good!

Tomorrow I have to be under 146.4 to have made weekly progress. In the midst of my cycle, I'm not sure where I'll be tomorrow. I'm hoping I'll drop the excess water weight by then and have a good weigh in.

Also, I'm about due for a cheat day. I might hold out until Saturday. That's my grandmas birthday surprise party. So that'll be fun. Also I know I won't be tempted to drink.

By Scots concert August 10th I'll have earned a night of drinking. I'll probably still pace myself tho. If he does anything stupid like last time, I'll need to have my wits about me. I don't think he'd be that stupid tho. I really think he's changed. Things have been different for us. We are really happy. Besides, I weigh 55 lbs less than I did then and I'm going to probably wear the same dress I wore to bon jovi.

Anyways....
I just got a craving for pizza. Ugh. No job + no cheat day = definitely no dominos. Ha!