Woo-Hoo!!

I am SUPER happy today. I have had issues with my weight for about ohhhh.... 6 years now (I am currently 22 years old). Just this past December I weighed in at... DUN DUN DUN!!!! 188... and this was terrible for me and my body type, I am only 5'3. I have been attempting to eat more healthy over the past few months, have stopped going "out" to eat, and thats about it, and I lost.... 17 POUNDS!!!! YEAH BABY!!! haha.. I am acting like a big dork right now, haha. I was thrilled when I saw those numbers... I havent seen them in a WHILE.

At work there is a scale some of the guys use when they have their "weight loss contests". I stepped on it, it didnt work, I got on again, it didn't work, I got on AGAIN and it read 174, I was like whoa! that isnt right, I got on again, it didnt work, so I gave up. Later on that night I pulled out my scale at home which I knew was always a bit off of reality, got on, 168.... I was like NO FRIGGEN WAY! It's lying to me trying to get me all excited to just let me down when I step on it tomorrow and find out it was sitting on a rock or something and read like 10 lbs lower.

I made my boyfriend get on the scale and he was down about 10 lbs from the last time he weighed himself. So last night I was half excited half disappointed thinking that it was gonna weigh myself again today on the scale at work and it was gonna hit that 200 mark. So i told one of the girls I work with what was going on.... she said well I know what I weigh... lets go see if it reads right... I went in with her and she stepped on the scale and it was right... I got on and thats where I got my new weight as 171!!!!

I am so happy... even though its just a number... I dont really feel thinner but then again I wasnt really looking for it... I have noticed that some on my pants are falling off my butt but I thought... ok let me explain this..... you know how when you wash jeans and put them on they are all tight and stuff but you wear them and they get a little looser..... I thought it was kind of like that with my pants.... except they werent jeans lol... and they were loose right out of the wash.... like have to wear a belt or just walking down the hall will make them fall off.....

Anyways, I am at work but was excited... had to share...

Congrats! That's fantastic. Keep up the good work. What's your goal weight?

Thanks! I would really love to get down to about 125 give or take... I think that would be good for me, one pound at a time... I am not nearly as concerned with what I weigh as I am with how I look though! haha I'm sure it will all come together in the end.

It looks like you are well on your way to your goal as well!! Thats awesome! I wish you the best!

hehe good job... just reading your enthusiam makes me feel a little happier... lol... good job on the weightloss soo far!!!

aww thanks so much! If it feels this great losing 17 lbs, I CANT WAIT to reach my "goal".