Completion of Week 3!

Today is officially day 20, but it's Monday, and as we all know by now, it's the weigh in day. This morning I went to my appointment, and the results sort of amazed me. I weighed less today on the doctor's scale than I did on mine, which is a switch! I was a little nervous, because for some reason I seem to think I'm going to have gained 2 pounds in the drive from work to the office-I obsess just a little bit over this!

I got there today, stood on the scale and found out that this week I lost 6.4 pounds for a total of 18.8 pounds so far. The medical assistant was thrilled, kept saying everything was great and I was doing fantastic. I'm sure she says that to everyone, but I feel really good about the progress.

I've still not deviated from the program. It's just not worth it to me. I'm motivated, I'm starting (finally!) to see a difference in my clothes, in my face and just overall the way that I feel. I've actively started a workout program on Wii Fit and do 45 minutes of Basic & Advanced Step 4 times a week. I have noticed that this actually makes me want to go to sleep a little earlier. That's definitely a good thing!

A couple of people had encouraged me to take new pictures of myself every week and post them here to show the progress. Well, I haven't been doing that, I think it's a little too much of me! But this weekend my God-daughter and her family were here and her mom took a few pictures so I could see if there was any progress.

I'm still debating on wheter to post the picture that I have that shows me at probably my heaviest ever weight. It was 3 years ago, next month. Just after starting my job, and when I look at that, I'm really amazed. I've decided not to post that picture quite yet. Someday, I'm sure it will be here!

So, here's the progress from October 2008:


And the start of the program:


And....yesterday, three weeks after the start of the program:


So, at this point, I'm fantastically happy with the progress, and don't anticipate any challenges that I haven't already made it through. I've determined that I can still occasionally eat out and still stay on plan. There's something I can eat everywhere, as long as they have grilled chicken and salad, I'm good to go! I am determined and focused and ready to meet the goal.

In closing, I just want to point out---some people emailed me or messaged me on Facebook and said they were unable to comment on the blog. If you don't have a Blogger ID or a Google account, you can post using the "Anonymous" option and just leave your name (if you wish) in the comment itself.

“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”