Then and Now - Week 3 Review

This week has been chaotic with the hubby coming home from being gone all last week, and now all of us are trying to get back to a different schedule. But I was so excited when we had the chance to go shopping and I tried on some clothes! No I have not stepped on the scale and magically lost more weight, but what I have done is much more exciting to me! Two months ago I went out shopping for new clothes, because I honestly had nothing that worked in this Hawaiian weather and I was still wearing a few of my pregnancy garments. (It was a hard habit to break!)

It was very hard for me to want to buy clothes after having my daughter, because once upon a time I had sworn to myself that I would never get above a size 7 in Juniors again. Obviously I told myself that YEARS ago and was being completely unrealistic. And in my mind, post-pregnancy size doesn't really count unless you do not make the effort to lose the baby weight. I had so many doubtful and depressing people tell me that being fat after having a baby was just how it was going to be and that just doesn't sit well with me. I was and still am determined to show everyone that you can gain WAY too much weight during pregnancy and then shed that weight back off! Yes it's going to take a ton more effort to do than if you had managed to only gain the 25-35 pounds the doctor recommended, but it IS POSSIBLE.

Anyway! I had noticed this week that my shorts were kind of loose and not staying where they should on my hips when I walked, so I figured 'what the heck, let's try something on while we're here'. I grabbed a few different brands of shorts (because we all know each brand fits differently) and all in the next size down, where I thought I was at. Lowe and behold the size 9's were to big!! I was beyond excited to run out of the fitting rooms and go searching for a size 7! My super duper ridiculously absolutely enthralling news! In the past two months, I have dropped 2 pant sizes!!!

From a size 11 in November to a size 7 in January!

And honestly, being able to buy a smaller size in clothing is WAY more exciting than seeing the number on the scale decline. So THIS is my huge accomplishment! It took two months of hard work and clean eating, but it is all worth it. I was walking and trying to eat well before I started this 90 day challenge I am on, and it is wonderful to know that my own version of hard work had been paying off too, I just hadn't noticed it! You can also see the difference in my pictures of how I look too.

Picture taken the middle of December.

Picture taken January 22nd.

So these pictures are closer to only a month apart, but if I can see the difference it MUST be there. We are all our own worst critics so I know I'm making progress when I can see it with my own eyes and be proud of myself!

This week I also did manage to lose 1 pound! Woohoo! I just reminded myself that one pound of fat is a HUGE slab off my body. I am PROUD for every pound I lose because I know that is one less pound to worry about, it is GONE and in the past and I am never looking back. :)

NOPE! I am super happy to have lost this much off my body!!

I have already packed all of my snacks and emergency healthy foods for on-the-go days next week. We are on the last stretch until our 30-day weigh-in and measurement time!! I am so ready for this next week to come because I am going to kick its butt each day at a time. My 30-day goal was a big one, and I am going to kick my own butt to strive to get there! But I will also be happy to get even close to that goal, and I know that I will be proud of myself and my measurements will help boost my confidence and I will be ready to tackle the next two sets of 30 days too! 90 days seems like a long time to kick your butt into overdrive, but it is going to be WORTH IT!