40 and Fantastic!

Shame on you if you thought that I was actually referring to my age!!!        I, of course, don't look a day over 28 and am actually only 35 yrs. old.  However, I am 40 pounds less of a person than I was on April 1 of this year!  Six months ago I weighed into Fort Wayne's Smallest Winner Public Division at #230 pounds.  This is not the heaviest I have been, during a few of my pregnancies I was up close to #250 pounds.  And after watching a home video from Fall 2005 I said, "Wow!  That is the heaviest I have ever been!"  To which my oldest son responded, "yeah I could really tell!"  The best part of that interaction with my impressionable young son is that he can now really tell that I am the thinnest I have been since he was born and he has cheered for me all along the way!   

In 25 weeks I have dropped #40lbs! 

I have lost an entire Kelsey, my four year old daughter!!

I haven't been very good along my journey of celebrating when I reach my goals.  However, I have a husband who has been very good at celebrating my goals and pushing me to do the same.  I bought a new pair of workout pants when I lost 10 pounds.  My sister in law gifted me a spa day so when I hit 20 pounds I got my hair cut.  When I hit the 30 pound mark mid July we did it up big!