Congrats on the weight loss..it's a discipline that will reward you! We are the same age....no better time to check the health! Keep it up! I don't have bikini pics either, although I get asked for them around here all the time
Somewhat exhausted after shopping day. Delivered 4 huge boxes of clothing to Goodwill, many in excellent condition. Someone is going to get a sweet deal there. Bought 3 pairs jeans, pair black pants, 2 pairs yoga/exercise pants, 6 shirts, 1 dress, 3 regular skirts and a long hippie skirt (over the protests of my sister), plus 12 pairs panties (don't get excited, plain cotton briefs, the only kind I feel comfortable in). Still need a pair of brown or tan pants - all the ones I tried on were too baggy in the ass even if they fit in the waist. Also a hoodie, my A's hoodie was size XL and I wear small. They are not yet in stock in most stores. We went to lunch at Paradisio in San Leandro, the only decent restaurant around here. I am broke, busted, and worn out. Now I have to wash all these damn clothes.
Update, one year later. Put on 5 lb which worried me at first but I've stabilized. The trainer I had worked with said he thought my goal to hit my college weight was over-ambitious as 1) that was 40 years ago and it's natural to put on a few pounds in midlife 2) I did not work out then. He's probably right; it seems my "natural" weight is 130 rather than 125 as I've stuck there. I've put on muscle (and more in the past year since goal) so I am leaner than I was in college while weighing a few pounds more. When I started working with weights I could only manage a 2-lb weight in each hand. Now up to 15. They are starting to get easy. When they get too easy I'll buy a set of 20s. Ran into a friend I had not seen for a while at a Clinton campaign event. She asked if she'd ever have sculpted arms. I told her sure, work out an hour a day every day for 2 years and she would. She gave me one of those "you've got to be kidding" looks. The jeans I got are now worn. I took my two favorite pairs of shoes in for repair. I had planned on a hot fudge sundae when I hit goal but my job was eliminated same day, which definitely put a damper on the celebration. Still have not gotten that hot fudge sundae. Maybe after election night. I lost my feral Rudy and my sweet companion Zoey. My Aunt Dolly passed away. I went through the depressing rigmarole of job interviews. Got something that is far from ideal but pays the bills (also they like me a lot since no one was doing the stuff I'm now getting done.) And still get up every damn morning at 4 AM for an hour workout before breakfast.
Congrats on maintaining your effort and amazing results for the past year, crandc. That takes huge dedication. I hope you get some happier personal events in the next year. Either way, find a way to have that chocolate sundae. You've earned it and one a year isn't going to hurt.
