Woo HOO!!

Today, I am officially down 20 lbs!! I have worked so hard for this, I'm very impressed with myself right now! :)

If ever anyone who is overweight were to say they can't lose weight (I'm looking at you, Sister!), I'm here to say yes you can! It might not be easy and you might make mistakes, but you can do it! It has taken me 5 and a half months to lose 20lbs on a diet that others see amazing results on very quickly. Why? Because I'm not perfect and I wasn't always carbs counting right. I gave myself a couple cheat days (literally two days). My life has been pretty dang stressful and my hormones have been all over the map. But I did it.

And here's the key, I think. The number one thing that people trying to lose weight have to do: No matter what program you are on, you have to keep doing it. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, BFC, Atkins-- whatever! Just keep doing it. You messed up? Oh, well. Keep going!

So, in that spirit, I vow to keep going! Yes, I'm very proud of myself so far, but I can't stop now! There's still so much more to lose! In the past, I have unconsciously sabotaged myself when I was doing well at losing weight. I don't know why-- fear of success? I would be like, "Woo hoo! I lost ten pounds!" Then I'd find myself eating a cupcake later that day. "It's OK. I'll get back on program tomorrow." But then I don't.

Not this time! I'm just going to keep on keepin' on. ;)

Am I the worst blogger ever? Probably.

Well, sorry to any and all who have been checking up on me, hoping to see an update. Life. Is. CRAZY! But I'm still doing well on the BFC and it looks like ice cream really was the culprit because I'm losing again since we decided to limit how often we make it.

Hubs started to lose again (even though it feels like he never stopped) and told his doc about it. The doc said that even though BFC works as a general idea, too much of any one thing is going to cause problems. So, lesson learned!

Hubs is up to 40 lbs lost and I'm at 19.4lbs. So tantalizingly close to 20!!! I'll make it there and beyond. No stopping me now!