I did it... I did it.. I did it - Hooray!

Yesterday was the last day of the weight loss challenge I started 12 weeks ago with a lot of great folks from a local church. It helped so much to have a team to work with a share ideas over the past 3 months. I'm excited to report back from my earlier post that I lost 15.8 pounds and was the Biggest Looser. The cool thing is that I set out to loose 15 pounds during the challenge and I was going to reward myself if I met this first goal with a new haircut from a nice salon. Well, I received a gift certificate from a nice salon for a haircut, blow dry and style - it was fate!

My sorry state of affairs

I vowed to myself last year that I would not buy clothes until I reached my goal weight. Well, this vow has saved lots of money, but now I have nothing to wear. I know what you guys are thinking - you've heard this a million times, but I REALLY have nothing to wear. I cleaned out my closet of the clothes which I am happy to say were too big and this is what is left!

The clothes on the left belong to my husband and the pole in the back is mine. I hope you like seeing me in my 4 sweaters, 4 shirts and the same pair of jeans for the next 2 months! The bottom pole are the 3 suits that I had pre-babies so they still fit. I may have to start showing up to play dates in suits at this rate! Good thing I work from home.

Finally - A little progress

Well - we all weighed in on Sunday and I am down a little over 5 pounds! I was very excited to hear that little piece of news after all of these months. So, I stuck to my food journal and that helped a lot with the munching here and there. I also stretched each morning and that helps set the tone for the day. This week, I am going to drink my water each day and will work out 4 days this week.

We have a fun weekend which will make this week a little harder. We are going to the MD Wine Festival and to a B&B to celebrate my B-day and our Anniv. Wish me luck!

Weight Loss Challenge

I am joining an 11 week weight loss challenge at one of the local Churches. It is like the Biggest Looser where they put everyone on teams to provide encouragement. I love a little challenge so I thought this would be perfect for me. My goal is 15 pounds - anyone else want to jump on my band wagon? You don't have to come to the weekly meeting, but we can keep tabs on our progress. Don't forget... all of those Fall clothes are just lurking in your closet waiting to see if they fit.