Progress

Today I decided to try on a pair of short term goal jeans. When I held them up, I thought there was no way they were going over these hips. Well guess what Shakira? Hips do lie!

They're a size 16 jeans and they fit. They're a little tight in the thigh area but I think it's because of the loose skin. 

I was wanting to wear them to the Motley Crüe concert on the 21st of this month and by George, I can! 

There's a lesson to be learned in this: don't always use the scales to measure your progress. Sure, it's nice to see those numbers go down but inches matter too! I really wish I had started taking measurements in the very beginning of this journey. And in all honesty I'm wondering if the tape measure would have reached all the way around my waist and hips. Yes, I was THAT big. 

My starting weight was 375 pounds. Imagine all of that on a 5' 4" frame. At that time my jeans size was a 32 and they were a little snug. 

In jeans, I'm half the woman I used to be, but not in pounds. And I'm ok with that.