Week 19 - 57 lbs down and only 10 more to go!!

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Vintage Catwalk. Twiggy Cat!Image by karen.tkr via Flickr

I'm jumping for joy with a spring in my step. 

I'm officially down to 150 today. Do you know what that means? 

10 more pounds until I reach my goal weight of 140! 

Holy S&%*!! 

I was so good this weekend. We had a Friday lunchtime soccer match with some colleagues (in the 30+C heat) and got in some good cardio for a half hour. Then for the weekend, I did some walking and stuck to the diet religiously (of course.) 

That yielded a good 3 lb drop for today's weigh-in. 

It's interesting though. I've cut back my liquids to 2 litres only - and really spaced it out throughout the day. I didn't have any pop (no Diet Coke or Coke Zero) and took 2 Senokot.S tablets with each meal, which really kept things moving. 

I have come to realize that the Aspartame holds is the water retainer and evil culprit to my weight loss success. Good riddance! 

I checked my urine with the pee-sticks (my very technical term) a few times a day and I was a consistent 2 (++) burn. Not bad. 

Anyway, I go for my Maintenance Consultation tomorrow to see what the revised diet holds that I'll be on and see what I can reintegrate. I reall yhope I see some popcorn and maybe a glass of wine in there somewhere... 140's - here I come!

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Tanya said…
I'm so proud of you H. Let us have a before and now picture again!!!
August 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM
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