Focused On The Target

We are down to two weeks and 2.5 days to the final weigh-in of the Biggest Loser contest at work and I am still focused on the target and have been zoned in on it now for 9 full days. No wavering off the food plan, working out each day as I prepare for my longest race yet this Saturday, and most of all- having the willpower to say no to those outside influences when they try to sway me with sweets and other evils. Again, I have not taken a second look at anything off the good nutrition track- I even managed to sit in a room with six other people eating baked apple pie and ice cream just this past Sunday and not bat an eyelash. Yes, the smell was to die for, but I managed through it. Of course, I fussed at Hubby on the way home since he was one of the six folks indulging in that sinful dessert right under my nose!
Had a few funny things happen to me over the over the course of last week...

First of all, I had to (and I emphasize HAD to) get my wedding rings sized down... Why do you ask? Because they are so loose that I cannot even type with them on anymore! They just roll and roll around my finger... and then I dropped my engagement ring off my hand and into the garbage a couple of weeks ago and that was the last straw... so I made an appointment with Jared for this past Friday morning, made the trip up to their store to be measured and dropped them off. Imagine my surprise when I found out that my size 8-3/4 rings are being sized down to 7-1/2! WOW! This digits have NEVER seen any numbers near that in my entire adult life! I left my rings for the rest of my work day and then made the pilgrimage back up to get them after I left the office... well, how shocked was I when they informed me that they were going to have to keep my wedding band for 14 DAYS! Someone in the repair shop there did not check my file to see that the band was custom made and found out real quick when they started the sizing down process and the ring fell into 10+ pieces! So now they are having to send it out to some high-level certified plantinum welder to get it put back to together properly.... FOURTEEN DAYS? Ouch.

After I picked up my one lone engagement ring from the jewelry store on Friday evening, I made my way across the street to the mall to do a little.. ahem... undergarment shopping... (rolling my eyes here)... Yes, one of those things most folks don't think about when you lose weight is that those unmentionable things (i.e. underwear, bras, etc.) tend to get too large as you get smaller. And it was clearly evident that I needed new undergarments for the upper portion of my torso. Needless to say, I had the department store sales professional actually measure me and again, another shocker to learn that I am now smaller than I was just this past summer- can I get a WooHoo? Of course, on a weird note, the sales professional also informed me that one of my... ahem... assets is bigger than the other! Huh??!! Who tells the customer that??!!! Anyhoo, when I got home it was in with the new and out with the old and oversized!

So many things have changed for me over the past few weeks as my body continues to shrink and I am really enjoying the perks of the smaller me... I did go on one of those fit websites that measures your BMI (body mass index) just to see what their standards calculated my BMI at based on my most current weight/height... and I want the world to know that I have officially moved out of the "Obese" category and over into the smaller "Overweight" category! How about that? I am only Overweight now and not Obese... what a transformation! Of course, I only have to lose 32 more pounds to finally be "Acceptable/Normal Weight" in the eyes of the National Heart Lungs and Blood Institute... ONLY 32 pounds??!!! Yikes! That could take FOREVER! And besides my Ultimate Weight Loss goal is only 26 more pounds from my current weight and that is 6 pounds more than their standards. What a crock!? Besides, those folks are only going on weight- whose to say my mass is not 90% muscle? Hodge Podge!