Picture Updates

Me on my California vacation (11/2012)

Palm Springs again (11/2012)

Des Moines 3/8/13

Emily and I with Sue (3/8/13)

I tried to pick pictures where I was doing roughly the same pose and you had about the same amount of body in them. There is just a little less than 40 pounds difference between the November 2012 and March 2013 shots. For clothes comparisons the pants are 4 sizes different the the t-shirt is down a size.

In another type of victory that I am equally proud of Here is a comparison picture of my jeans pre weight loss to now. The bottom are the pair I was wearing in my California pictures the top are the exact same style that I bought this weekend, they are.... wait for it.... 5 sizes smaller than the bottom pair! The bottom pair are my lone pair of large pants. I plan for them to be my picture pants, you know the ones you use to show how much you've lost.

200 sticks of Butter

I did it! Hit it right on the nose even. As of 3/7/13 I lost 50 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!

It was all so exciting and then I had to go back to work.

I am working on getting some before and after pictures up so everyone can be amazed at my progress. So keep checking back.

Leave some love!
-Lynne

Red Flannel Run / Best sister in the world

Way back in December I casually mentioned to my sister we should run a 5k together. The first one in the area was the Red Flannel Run- an outdoor run scheduled for the middle of February  In Iowa that could mean any type of weather. She is the best because like an hour later she had already registered and that pushed me to get on it and sign up too. We had a blast. She started with me and than continued her run without me (we had agreed beforehand she didn't need to pace with me) She meet up with me again with about 1/2 mile to go and ran with me until the finish line, which was awesome because of her I didn't stop and walk and I was able to finish with someone. 

Before Race 

Post race

Self Portraits are hard

I never know where to look when I take a shot of myself on my phone or camera. When I somehow end up actually looking in the right place I think my eyes look weird/crazy. I don't want to the that weird girl with all the crazy shots of herself but come on I needed and updated photo! For anyone interested the lip color is Lust by Tarte, and the eye shadow Roach is by Urban Decay, the beauty is God given!

192.8 Sticks of Butter

Since starting my weight loss journey in October I've lost (and by lost I mean said goodbye and never plan on finding again) 192.8 sticks of butter. For people who don't naturally picture losses in sticks of butter like me that is 48.2 pounds. I am pretty sure that might be my Johnson nephew's put together. Can you imagine losing a Charley and Drew?

I feel a lot better, the difference is pretty evident to people who haven't seen me in a while, and people who didn't even know I was trying to loss weight have noticed.

One of the perks and drawbacks are my clothes. I have lost 4 sizes in my pants. Which means everything that I used to wear last fall looks pretty sad now. Because I am apparently a border line hoarder I had some smaller sizes still in my closet but I am down to 2 pairs of jeans (which were new purchases) I'm willing to wear outside my place. And work clothes are tricky because most of my pants don't have belt loops, it will become necessary to hold my pants up soon. Last month I traveled to Oskaloosa and my lovely Mother tailored a giant pile of my clothes. Where I was able to squeeze another week or two out of them it soon became evident I was fighting a losing battle with sag, and all of those pants save one pair were donated to goodwill last week. At this point I am praying for warm weather, I have dresses and skirts in my closet that I am hopeful will be able to get me through spring with the right placement of a belt or cardigan.

I have a biometric screening scheduled for March 11th. My goal is to have crossed the 50 pound loss mark by then. I know they are going to tell me I need to lose weight, but at least I will be able to tell them that I am 50 pounds in better shape than 6 months ago.

I am so behind posting pictures. In November I went on an amazing trip to visit my aunt and uncle in California. I had the best time possible. I need to try to take some newer pictures of me because since this trip I've lost 40 more pounds. But this picture will be great for before and after comparisons.

Self Restraint thy name is Lynne

I guess for the first Monday of every month my gym gives out Pizza. This is probably something I would have figured out a lot sooner if I regularly went to the gym at all over the last year. I started using my gym membership again once I started WW in late September. My whole mindset is since I have quite the journey until my ultimate goal weight I might as well get running (lets be honest here, slowly jogging) toward it. However tonight right as I show up to my gym so do piping hot Papa John's pizzas, like tons of them. This should be illegal right? AM I RIGHT? How does a gym get off giving out pizza??? I showed some amazing restraint, if I must say so myself, by simply checking in with the front desk and proceeding to complete my workout. I even avoided the pizza once again on my way out, double restraint! The good news appears to be that I won't have to face that particular challenge again for a least a month.