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Sometimes I forget how much weight I’ve lost so far.
I get so consumed by the chaos of my daily life that I find myself going through the motions, not really giving my diet and exercise the full attention that they both deserve. And I still find myself having days where I feel “fat,” but have to jump on the scale regardless.
Today was one of those days. And I was seriously dreading my weekly weigh-in.
I knew that last week was not as successful as I had hoped. I worked out hard up until Friday, but I hit a bump in the road with Dance Marathon. I really ate terribly all Saturday and Sunday during my event, and I was anticipating seeing the results of my food binge show up on the scale in the form of weight gained.
However, I am happy to report that no such thing happened.
In fact, I actually lost another pound this week, which brings my total weight loss to 13 pounds! Now I’m just two pounds away from losing my very own freshman 15, and I’m currently weighing in at 146 pounds. (Which means I just have six more pounds to lose before I reach my goal weight!)
I couldn’t be happier.
And today, as soon as I stepped off the scale, I took a moment to let everything digest. I let myself really process the fact that I’ve lost 13 pounds in just six weeks, which is no laughing matter.
And while I was processing, I found myself thinking about those 13 pounds. What does it mean to lose 13 pounds? How much weight is that really?
Well let me just tell you.
Thirteen pounds is actually 10 cans of soup, 1 giant jar of peanut butter and 1 jar of spaghetti sauce. And in just six weeks, I’ve worked day and night to let those items gradually disappear from my body and form a newer, slimmer me.
I realized today that when you think about losing weight in terms of tangible items, it really helps you visualize just how much weight you’ve actually lost. Because in terms of numbers, 13 is on the smaller size. But as soon as I got all of those items together and took a good, hard look at them all, I discovered just how much weight I’ve lost so far.
It’s kind of crazy.
But it is also so exciting, and even more than that, so inspiring! Seeing all the weight that I’ve lost in real life form showed me that all of my hard work truly is paying off. And there’s no sense in throwing in the towel now – I’ve got two more pounds to lose, and it’s time to make that happen! So here’s to working hard and losing even more next week!
Looking to lose some weight of your own? Join me on this journey as I prepared to finally lose my freshman 15! Sign up with SELF magazine and join the Jumpstart Diet – we can do it together, and I promise you’ll feel so great once you finally resolve to lose that weight!