Yeah For Me!!

I have been dreading that dumb scale in the Dr's office because I'm pretty sure it is more accurate then mine. I know loosing 11 lbs should make some kind of a difference but I am really only feeling the loss when I wear my scrubs. Guess I should wear my scrubs everyday, HUH??? LOL! So I jumped on the scale with no shoes, no purse, no sunglasses (didn't need the extra ounces, LOL!!) just my clothes and I weighed in at 237.0 lbs!!! OMFreakinGosh!! I knew I was down to 239 on Monday on my scale.... so to see I was down 237 at the Dr's office was fabulous!

I brought my food journal with me so he could see how committed I was to making this life style change. He was so excited for me BUT did remind me that what we are doing is just a tool and that after the 3 months I will need to do this with out the Phentermine. I figure at that point I should (IF I don't now) have a good grasp of what I need to do and have lost enough weight to make exercising easier for me and my family. He did add he would like me to work on eliminating the Diet Soda and I totally agree with him. I would like to be at a point where soda is not a staple in our house. He also liked my creative ways of getting some sort of exercise in: Riding bike's Mon, Wed and Fri in the mornings to drop my daughter off at school and Tue, Thur finding the farthest parking spot at school so I walk farther to class and after class.

I'm really proud of my progress!! I know I get plenty of comments about my scale/weight just being a number and I completely understand that. I use it as a tool to gage how I am doing. So far the only clothes I have noticed a difference in are my scrubs and well I don't want to wear those everyday as my gage. So the scale is my next option. I don't stress if I am up but I am pretty happy when it goes down (who wouldn't be).

A random thought crossed my mind about how someday I will be able to shop in the Average size clothes instead of the womans size clothes. Most womans size clothes can be very matronly looking so actually having a choice in my fashion is becoming exciting to me.