Well, my friends, I’ve finally made it to the 70’s. Woot woot!

It seemed to take such a long time.

I haven’t been tracking very well from late afternoon on, that might be why. Haven’t been tracking at all from there, actually, and while I haven’t been binging, I could be doing much better if I was continuing to track the whole day.

I still have my habit tracker app, and it really does help me stay on or close to target—when I use it.

The problem, I’m not gonna lie, is this new job. It is highly time and energy consuming. By the time I get home, I’ve got nothing left in me to finish out the day strongly. But if I want this, and I do, I’m going to have to suck it up and power through. Finish my tracking. Finish recording my habits. I will lose much faster if I do.

So far, I’m not seeing any excess skin, although when I reached goal at WW in 2018, I did have some on my belly, I think. Other areas were fine, though; not misshapen, as certain other areas can be after you’ve lost a lot of weight. I suspect my arms might be a little flabby, but I don’t truly know. I am still doing strength training, which I imagine can only help that.

I’ve got my appetite more or less back, which is in a way comforting, but also slightly disappointing. I thought I wouldn’t really want to eat for a much longer period than this.

I’m not sure how much of it is the emotional desire to eat vs. real, physical hunger, though.

Bottoms sizes are widely variant from brand to brand. For example, I have one skirt that fits great and is a size 12, while in another skirt, a different brand and style, I am almost an 18! Pretty sure my underwear is looser in the bum, though.

In tops, size large generally fits like a glove, but it fits. In some cases, XL is too big, now.

It really depends on the style of the clothing.

Getting up the stairs is much easier and quite a bit faster. I still notice my knee at times, but not like pre surgery. I can bend over to put on socks without getting winded. I’ve been using an extra long bath towel for months, so I’m not sure if a regular towel would fit all the way around me, yet, or not. But I feel like the last time I hit that milestone, I was somewhere around 186.

I can walk faster on the treadmill: 3.1 mph vs. 2.0.

My back size has gone from 40 inches to 36 (I think? At least, 36 fits comfortably.). I’m not discussing my bust size except to say that as usual, without failure, it is the first thing on me to decrease: the one part of me I want to stay bigger. Of course.

I can also see a huge change in my face, though, for the better. Even my neck looks healthier to me.

Altogether, I’ve lost around 30 pounds since January. I can see it.

So that’s the update for now. Here’s to the 70’s. Looking forward to hitting the 60’s over the next couple of months.

Thanks for reading. ❤️