{Six Month Check In}

Hello Lovelies and Happy Hump Day!  Really, today is a Monday for me, but I'll spare you guys from having a second one of those for the week.  I am back at work after a 4 day weekend.  I got in some girl time, lots of family time and even some time with Mr. Coburn.

Sorry for the ugly faces, dead lifts and rows are ugly too.

    Sunday Morning iHop with my loves.

Today I'm taking a rest day from the gym after an intense few days on.  Sunday I worked LEGS until they were JELLO. Monday was Tricep and Chest and then yesterday I worked my Back with Mr. Coburn. I'm thinking I do not work my lower back enough because today I am so very sore.  Good sore.  To me, there isn't much better than being sore from top to bottom by the time I get to a rest day.  It means I earned it and that all of my hard work meant something.

Tball and Softball is now in full swing!

 

The first picture is in January, the rest Sunday. We know we're crazy.

Yesterday I was able to buy my first pair of size 6 pants.  I've worn a couple that a friend gave me, but haven't actually purchased them.  Every single pair of work pants I have at the moment are falling off of me.  I have tried to refrain from buying too many since I started losing weight, so the money is not wasted a couple of months later.  Leggings with dresses have been much more frequent in my wardrobe than usual.  I started in October in a size SIXTEEN, today in a SIX.  That feels pretty awesome.

Six months ago I was miserable with myself.  Nothing fit. Even what did fit, I felt terrible in.  I decided to make a change and haven't looked back.  I am addicted to seeing the changes in my body. Seeing where I was 3 months ago to now is even better than the very first progress picture I posted of the first 3 months.  I cannot wait to see what changes I can make in another 3 months. 

If you are thinking about starting a weightloss journey, do it. Make the promise to your children, your spouse, your family, but most importantly to YOURSELF.  Think about where you could be in 3 months, in 6 months, in a year.  You''ll be so thankful you did.  I started at 188 pounds.  Some people will gasp that I'm comfortable with putting that number out there, and especially my before pictures out there.  I did not take that first picture with ANY thought to show anyone, not even Mr. Coburn.  But today, today I am so very proud of the journey I'm on, that I feel not one ounce of shame for that before picture.  That girl is in the past, she is not coming back.  That picture is my BIGGEST motivation.  And if it motivates even one other person, then its worth every bit. 



Last Spring

 

 

  Built By Squats Tank

  

188.  Today I am at 132. 56 pounds down in 6 months.  When asked back in October what my goal weight was, I threw out 130.  I honestly thought it was pretty unattainable at the time and for quite a while after.  It has been my "ultimate goal" since. Now, 2 pounds away, I cannot wait until I hit that mark, but my journey will not stop there.  I still have weight to lose and muscles to build.  There will be a new goal to work towards.