landemommy

It has been a long week. I was sick all week. I am starting to feel better. I am still feeling weak but I can breathe better and the coughing has subsided. Thank goodness. I am hoping to try to get some exercise tomorrow. I think I am going to try to walk tomorrow. I do not want to overdo it my first day back. The bad thing about being sick is not exercising. I lose the motivation for exercising. It always starts this way. Once I stop exercising for a while it is hard to get back into it. Then I start to slip back in to old habits slowly. I am glad I am recognizing the signs of the pattern. I need to break it. One thing i need is the motivation to continue. Something to stop and say look. “You are fine. One week is not going to ruin all you have worked for.” When I started losing weight, I wore a size 24 that were really getting snug. I could not get my 22s up over my hips. It was a happy day when I could button those jeans. I decided to go to try on jeans to see how far I was form getting into a 20. I grabbed a pair and went to the dressing room. I put them on and pulled them up. All I could think was, “Hey they are up. I actually got them over my hips. How great is that. Then I BUTTONED them. It was all i could do to contain my self. I was jumping up in down in the dressing room. So I decided to be brave and try a smaller size on. I grabbed a pair of 18ws and then I decided to try the 16s as well. So I went back in to the dressing room and tried on the 18w. Not only could I get them over my hips, I was able to button those as well. I am beside myself. I could feel the tears coming. How long as it been since I was in a size 18w. I am guessing at least 8 years. They are a little snug and I have the muffin top thing going with my stomach, but wow. 4 months ago, I could not even get 22s over my hips and now I am buttoning 18s. So just for fun I decided to try the 16w. They went up over the hips as well. I couldn’t button them though. But there was only a inch or gap. I am on my way. That is the motivation I need to continue on. I can do this. I will do this.