9.5 inches...

9.5 inches....

Do you measure yourself? I have to admit. I normally don't. I haven't in the past. I have noticed though that since the new year when I decided enough was enough and that I wanted to get this done, accomplished and start reliving and enjoying all my life. That I figured I would just take some measurements to start out with.

Well. since January 7Th it would appear that I have lost a total of 9.5 inches over all.

I have lost 6 in my waist. hips was 1. Neck was 1.5. And my arms were 1. I knew that my pant were loose but holy am I happy about that.

Steph has been keeping me going. I have walked everyday this week with or without her. My feet and one calf are giving me struggles but I am going to win. I have to win. She is a real goer which I love, but holy. My feet are glad to shed those shoes once we get home. THANKS STEPH!!

I just think. 9.5 inches. That's something to be proud of.

And I am.

measure......measure...measure...

So I measured myself this morning. I have lost 4 inches overall. I thought it would be more the way my pants feel but nope. I'm happy with that so I'm not complaining.

I spent most of the day cleaning up my sad affair of a house so that I can get some decorations up this weekend. I find that when I work nights everything sacrifices. The house, the sleep, the patience. Ugg glad they are over for another 3 weeks. I know they say it takes years off your life. I believe it.

So tomorrow is Thanksgiving for all my American friends. Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your day and try to stick to the plan. You can do it. Thanksgiving is being thankful for the family, friends and your life. YOUR LIFE!! Eating tons of stuff that will make you feel like crap in the long run is what got us here in the first place.

Enjoy your day and indulge a little but remember Christmas is not that far away!!

Have A Great Day!!

pics as promised and the SCALE!!!

Here are the pics of my house as I said the top one is without the flash. It glows in the dark. In the bedrooms and living area you don't need lights on because it glows like a night club inside. We don't even needs lights on for the back deck it lights it up too! My boys think it's COOL!!

The bottom is with the flash on it doesn't have the same effect but you get the point. You can see the house 2 blocks away. I like it. I like it a lot!!

The SCALE....

The dreaded scale.

I try to stay away from it. People have told me that they weigh themselves a couple of times a week, others tell me they weigh themselves once a month. I like the once a week method. Same approximate time. Same day. No confusion. I think I will begin to measure once a month staring tomorrow.

I could easily get discouraged if I weighed myself every few days with no results. Don't get me wrong. If it works for you, good stuff. I know for me it spells disaster. If I was to weigh in and gain then I would know why and spend the next few days until I weighed in again stressing about everything. If I gain it's because my body is fighting me or because I wasn't taking care to count and measure. I don't want to obsess and I know I can get to that point, I have done it before and the failed. This time I am succeeding, and plan to win the fight. To get healthy and stay there.

What works for you?? Daily....Weekly....Monthly??? How often should you measure yourself??