When it comes to weight loss, I've always been about the numbers.
128: Lowest adult weight
207: 1st time as an adult crossing the 200 mark (when I was preggo with my 1st)
175: When I realized I was somewhat comfortable in my clothes
110: What the doctor tells me I am "supposed" to weigh based on my height/BMI
247: My highest adult weight
Numbers make sense. Numbers are something tangible. I can achieve "numbers".
But I always fall short. Or I fall short, get motivated, lose some weight and cycle back again. It's always a cycle.
But with my most recent (and final) pregnancy with my 3rd child, I am over numbers. I am over getting on the scale every morning and freaking out by seeing the numbers fluctuate even by one pound. I am over the constant anxiety over what I should be based on a chart from the government.
What am I ready to do? I'm ready to fit into clothes that I like. I'm ready to stop wearing long sleeved cardigans in the summer because I hate my arm flaps. I'm ready to be able to go to the store, get something off the shelf and wear that bitch. Because those things aren't about numbers -- they are about my confidence, my strength, my motivation. Those things are about ME -- not the number.
So cheers to you all in your quest and while this dietbet IS about a number, it is only a vessel for me. A jumpstart, if you will.
Let's get it done!!