MILESTONE REACHED...and yet I'm disappointed!

HAPPY FALL!

Let me start with a recap... My husband and I started on a journey to good health in May of 2013. We had both been suffering from multiple chronic conditions and our quality of life was suffering. Plus we were both considerably overweight for our small bone structure.

Along this journey we have not once counted calories, practiced portion control or been hungry!

We have found some of the foods that were causing many of our illnesses and we simply avoid them (not always simple).

Since I do all of the cooking and meal planning, I make sure that we get the protein, vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, fiber and whatever else our bodies need to gain and maintain good health. It's a process and I'm learning everyday!

With that being said... We were overweight when we began and we did set goals for our weight loss.

We still weigh weekly, even knowing that any goals we set for ourselves are pointless and a useless number.

If we continue to provide our bodies with the nutrients necessary for good health and continue to avoid the things that we've discovered make us sick, our bodies will settle into the size that God designed them to be! But anyway...we weigh weekly and set goals.

Before and eight month in

I never like to put much pressure on myself, so I started very small and made new goals along the way.

I finally was able to set MY VERY LAST GOAL for myself!

Today I reached that goal! Not only reached it but went a pound below! WHOOHOO right!!!

So why am I disappointed?

For over a year, even with making and meeting smaller goals, I've had this final number in my head.

I totally missed the opportunity to look down between my polished toes and see that number!

The toes aren't pretty but the polish job is awesome (No, I didn't do it)

I know it's crazy, but the truth is the truth. I can never get it back. I can gain a pound but it won't be the same.

I like to mark these big milestones with a "skinny" picture.

Do you know how hard it is to get a full length selfie?

Failed selfie attempt

Bow hunting season started in Alabama today and I will not see my super hero husband until after dark and as sweet and smart as our little Koon is, she hasn't been trained to use the camera.