Weekly Weigh In

I weighed myself this week and I have lost 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilograms) for a total of 40.1 pounds (18.19 kilograms) in 12 weeks! I am officially the LOWEST weight I have been in at least two years possibly three! For those of you who read my last blog you are aware that it was my birthday and I did not have a big loss last week. It has been 3 months since my surgery and I am really seeing the pattern of weight loss. The few times that I lost a tiny amount were due to me not eating the right amounts of protein and water. Last weeks loss was not due to that, I think it was because the week prior, I had a really big loss and my body was balancing! Either way, I am very pleased about today's loss. As far as my birthday is concerned, it was as best as it could be in mom's absence. I had a few crying moments this week where my heart just longed to cuddle with my mom and talk to her. I heard two of her favorite songs on the radio. What is interesting is that I was in the car on both occasions and I looked up and saw the most heavenly sky and I knew she was there..I felt her presence and I just started to talk to her...

I put a picture on this week's blog that spoke to me. I have always longed to run on the beach and I found it to be very inspiring. There are sooo many things on my "When I am Skinny List!" Running is definitely one that will be one of my greatest accomplishments. I was talking to my sister in law this week and I told her that most people do not realize how active in my head I actually am. I cannot wait to no longer be inhibited to run, rock climb, scuba dive kayak or canoe! Anything that I want to do is going to be at my fingertips...I mean I am genetically still a Davidson, so who knows once I do these things if I will continue with them but the point is at least I can try them once and decide, instead of my weight deciding for me! I am looking forward to being able to train for my first race. Maybe a 5K and then moving up from there. I already got an offer from one of my reader's to do one with her, I am sooooo up for that! Not sure how much weight I have to lose before I can start that but I have seen bigger people than me on "The Biggest Loser" do those races so maybe it is not that far off for me. I am not ready to go clothes shopping yet as I have a number in my mind that I want to reach before I shop. I do know one thing: I want to THROW OUT EVERYTHING at that point and start fresh. I do not want to keep any of these clothes because I do not intend to EVER go back, so why would I need them???

My Maggie had surgery this week on the tumor she had on her eye. She is wearing that awful cone which totally takes away from her style! It is sooooo funny because she will be walking around and all you here is "Doink, Doink!" That is her running into the walls and the furniture because her depth perception is off! What makes it hysterical is that she is a really smart dog and has not learned the art of walking with the cone. She will literally bump into the wall and then do it again three seconds later. She looks at us with these eyes as almost to say "Why, why are you doing this to me?? I look stupid!" Well that's all for now, thanks for reading! Please feel free to comment on my posts either on the blog itself or in an e-mail or FB message! Believe it or not, your comments are encouraging to me, so please don't forget to do so!