I know I have already shared most of this on Facebook, but thought I’d write up a blog post about it anyway.

So – As expected, even though my 2nd goal is not as far as my first goal was, it is a lot slower moving!  I know as time goes on, weight loss will slow.  I’m happy with how far I’ve come, but I’m also not satisfied with where I am currently.  My weight stalled for about a month.  (Ugh!)  Though, I’m not getting TOO discouraged, because I know that it will start moving again.  In the past week I lost a little more.  It was good to see it move again.

One thing that happened was that Tommie and I did another 5K this weekend.  It was the first one we have done that it was just the two of us.  They didn’t have the race shirts in 2X like most races do, so I had to get mine in XL.  I don’t usually feel comfortable in the T Shirts anyway, so don’t usually wear them.  I was like “What the heck, let me try this XL on!”  It fit!  It was still tight around the tummy, so I wouldn’t feel comfortable wearing it in public, but it really did fit.  That was really exciting.  Later in the week I tried on one of Tommie’s T Shirts.  (most of his are 2x)  Last time I had tried one on, they fit, but they clung in the wrong places and made me feel uncomfortable.  Well, this time they fit with room to spare.  They fit lose enough that I felt comfortable wearing them out in public!  I actually wore one to one of Mia’s games. 🙂

I have been waiting for this day!  I’m a big “let’s get the t shirt” person when we are on vacation.  I have never been able to wear them, but I buy them and let Tommie wear them for me. 🙂  I always pick out the shirts I like.  I always say “One day I’ll be able to wear these!”  Well, the day has arrived.  Tommie has gone down to XL, but is more than happy to share his stash with me. 😀  ((Below is a picture from today – ignore my gross saggy neck skin))  I got this shirt when I went down to see my brother a few years ago.

Next I need to find some new jeans.  I’ve ordered some, but I think I can probably go out to the store now and actually find some. 🙂  I went and tried all the jeans in my closet on and they all had to go into the “Go Pile”, as they were all too big.  Now that Fall/Winter is fast approaching it’ll be time to get rid of my capri’s that are barely fitting now (getting too big) and invest in some pants and jeans.  I had gotten so large that jeans were just NOT comfortable for me anymore, so I’m looking forward to being able to wear them again and be comfortable in them.  I haven’t tried yet, but I’m also looking forward to being able to wear boots that will fit over my calf.  I’d like to eventually get a nice pair.

So – back to the 5K.  Tommie and I decided to walk together instead of going our own pace.  Tommie’s shins hurt really bad when he runs too much, so we didn’t really run a lot on this one, just a little.  I was surprised when we got to the end that we beat all our past times!  According to our GPS we carried with us, they were pretty spot on with measuring the course distance also.  I think we did pretty good overall with it!  Our next 5K will be next month.  We’ll be doing the Mustache Dash out in Leawood.  I’ll get to see an ex-coworker that I haven’t seen in forever that will be walking with us and meet her son.  Later that same day, I’ll also be doing the Zombie Walk down on the Plaza. I also still need to sign up for the 10K on Thanksgiving morning.  Tommie and I will be doing that with my sister in Cincinnati.  That will be quite the accomplishment for us!!

I’m looking forward to going to my sister’s this year for Thanksgiving.  I was lucky to be able to get off work that time of year.  My whole family will be there.  My parents, my sister and her family (of coarse) and my brother and his family.  It’s always nice when we can all get together.  We are all so spread out all over the US and it makes me sad.

Well – that’s all I have for now.  Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my story!  xxoo