It's Kermit time!

I've now lost another 5 pounds, so the Kermit shirt pics are getting their turn. I have now lost a total of 22 pounds since starting the Biggest Loser at the office in January. The initial weigh-in weight was 183 and I'm at 161 now. I'm hoping to get to 25 pounds lost by the end of July. Considering that's a whole month for 3 pounds, I think I can do it.

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I realized the other day that if I get to my goal weight of 135, I will have lost more than 25% of my original weight. Crazy!

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Post-biggest loser

It's been a little over a week since the Biggest Loser contest at work ended. I weighed myself yesterday and I have officially reached 20 pounds lost. Woot!

MyFitnessPal has been an incredible help during my weight loss. I seriously don't think I could have done it without being informed about and accountable for what I was eating, which was an invaluable service it provided. Last Friday marked 150 days logged on in a row. I hit my 15 pound loss and 100 days in a row on the same day, and now I very nearly did 20 pounds and 150 days in a row on the same day. Lol

For every 10 pounds lost, MyFitnessPal gives you the option to recalculate your calorie budget. While it's rough trying to fit under a new limit, I found myself looking forward to this one. It's a welcome challenge! The first time, when I wasn't expecting it, it dropped my daily calories by 60 and for a few weeks afterward, it was difficult to stay under it. I wondered how I would do this time, knowing it was coming. I continued to eat like a normal person today (Subway salad and Smashburger veggie frites for lunch, chicken and pierogies with mushrooms for dinner). That is something I have been proud of through this whole process--I have lost my weight without crash dieting or pills or anything like that. I just know what it is I'm eating. I still eat fast food, I still have sweets, I still eat foods I enjoy. I just make better, more knowledgeable choices.

I don't think I'm going to recalculate at the next 10 pounds. My daily calorie limit is already pretty low and I think keeping it at the same amount and exercising will still allow me to lose weight, just maybe not as quickly. It's hard to imagine myself having lost 30 pounds. I'm going to predict that I will reach that point by labor day weekend. I have been losing about 10 pounds every three months or so. We'll see if I'm right! Mumford and Sons will be a wonderful gift to myself!

The final verdict...

Biggest Loser is over. Apparently another coworker and I stuck it out to the end. I ended up winning, but I split the pot with the coworker. So, yay me!

The final weigh in pushed me to 18 pounds lost. I started at 183 and ended at 165. I lost almost 10% of my starting weight over the last 20 weeks. Yay me again!

I realized the other day that 6 more pounds will put me at my halfway point to my goal weight. It seems strange, because I first of all don't really feel like I've lost nearly 20 pounds. Second of all, I imagine what I will look like with another 20 pounds lost and I guess the first point is affecting the second. I have a hard time visualizing what 20 more pounds lost will look like when I can't see it now. I have pictures of myself at that weight and I know I will be satisfied with my weight then. My hope is to lose 30 pounds total (so another 12 pounds) by my brother's wedding in September (14 weeks from now). I think it's doable. We'll see.