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I think I can say that maintenance is going fabulously! I haven't weighed in since the end of March, so I had literally no clue what to expect. This month has been particularly stressful on me, and I have made a few slip-ups here and there (mostly the occasional piece of Easter candy - sometimes worse), so I was a little concerned about the effects of that. But I also have been doing P90X3 for the last 3 weeks, and half expected weight gain from that. I certainly feel ... firmer. I suppose it all evens itself out?
At the same time, I have felt pretty good, physically, for the last month and even had a pretty awesome NSV last night:
My last remaining pair of jeans shorts were a size 12, because that is what I was comfortably wearing the last warm season. But over the fall, winter, and spring I have reduced to an 8 in most cases. So last night I went to Walmart, and I saw some shorts in a style that I like, and grabbed an 8. My husband encouraged me to try them on, just in case. And I agreed, what if they were too snug? And they were too big. Like... way too big. As in, I could both my hands down the front and there was still room. Yeah, they have some stretch to them, but this was ridiculous. I could not believe what I was seeing. I left the dressing room and grabbed a size 6. And they fit. I didn't grab a picture, but I'll try to remember to the first time I wear them (maybe today?).
I am aware that just because I am a size 6 in this one pair of shorts by this one brand doesn't mean I am a size 6 across the board, but it still feels pretty good. It's not anything I even imagined myself doing... buying pants for myself in a 6. My lovely madrina, who is on a health and fitness journey herself, sent me a bunch of her size 8 pants several months back, and more than a few of those are now too large. I still remember my amazement at pulling on many of those for the first time. It's ... wild.
TL;DR - I didn't know what to expect on the scale today, for my monthly weigh-in, but I'm seeing the results of my hard work on the daily. May next month go as swimmingly.
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159.2 lb
Lost so far: 140.8 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 0.1 lb a week
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