And so begins the next part of the journey.

Sorry peeps for taking this long to write again,  I have been busy, busy, busy.  Since writing I have had a birthday, had allergies attack, allergies attacked harder, lost my voice, given the STAAR test, and worked out.  One good thing from getting sick is that when I went to the doctor, my blood pressure was 108/62!  That's right, it was that low.  I know you are jealous.

Can I have a drum roll please?!?!  Okay I will drum roll myself.  I have now broken 300 pounds for good.  I  now weigh 295 pounds.  So I have hit two of my goals; 1. to be below 300 pounds and 2. to have lost 40 pounds.  I have lost 43.2 pounds so far.  On top of that, in the last six weeks, I lost 9.2 pounds and 7.2 pounds of that was pure fat.  That's right folks, I lost the weight of a newborn baby just in fat.

I am also dealing with stress so much better.  Before, when I was very stressed, I would eat anything and everything that you put in front of me.  I would eat an entire jumbo bag of M&M's.  I would eat anything deep fat fried and covered in gravy.  While I do still crave those things, I am not going to lie and say I don't, I do not result to that anymore.  I really love to exercise my stress off.  Please get up off the floor. It is true.  After a workout if I still feel stressed, I talk to someone, even if it is just by text messages.  It really helps to make me feel better.

I have to say this and be honest.  I hate to run, but I love to exercise.  I miss my workouts if I cannot go.  I miss my trainer, my friends, being outside with the grass and bugs.  I love it all.  If you had asked me 6 months ago if that was the case, I would have laughed in your face.  I am not perfect and I do not have all the answers.  I am just blogging about what has worked and is working for me.

My next goal I want to hit is 275, so I have 20 pounds to go.  I hope to hit that by the time school starts up in August.  I really want to walk into inservice and have show my coworkers that I:

Peace out peeps.  I am going home to rest up I have lots of outdoor activites to get in the weekend.  What will you be doing?