Let's start this post by stating that until 2010, I thought I was 5'2". So all my calculations were based on that. My scale and my doctor's scale were different by 7 pounds- I always weighed 7 pounds more there than at home- same clothes on, not having eaten or had anything to drink, and still always weighed 7 pounds more in his office. Obviously, his scale was broken,LOL!
So, overweight cut off for a woman at 5'2" is 163. That is the same weight as my husband, Dan. The thought of weighing that little was mind blowing! I wasn't even sure if it was possible? For me?
January 2004 I hit 163 pounds- wow- I was just overweight- how freeing it felt to shed that awful word- obese. My next goal was fairly easy- to weigh less than Dan. I had succeeded at getting to less than 200lbs. And succeeded to lose weight even while pregnant. I had survived another baby with colic. I had even dropped from morbidly obese, to obese to finally overweight. Next was to weigh less than Dan, it took until March of 2004 to consistently weigh less than Dan. But it happened. My weight kept dropping, March 2004- 160. April 2004- 156 or so... and then I hit a plateau.
W all experience them from time to time. We get lax in following our plan. We get lax in our diet or exercise. Life takes over. I was happy. I was a solid size 10 and I looked good. I even had people tell me "Don't lose anymore- you will get to skinny- you look great right now". I, however, want that label to change- I no longer want to be over weight- I so desperately want to be normal weight. I just want to be normal.
As the months go by, I break out of the plateau. August of 2004 I was 149- I never thought I would see a number in the 140's!
My last measurement for 2004 is 146 pounds. In 2004 I lost 19 pounds and 21 more inches!
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