Grateful

adj. 1. Appreciative of benefits received; thankful.

       2. Expressing gratitude.

          Hey all of my faithful followers (all 6 of you! haha), I am in a super grateful mood today. Not because I have lost more weight, because I haven't, but because I realize the difference that this amount of weight loss has done. For instance...  

• my 2 pairs of jeans from Aeropostale that I absolutely love now fit me so well. When I was 20 pounds heavier (and at least a pant size bigger, probably even two) I would wear these jeans, but have to wear them with a big baggy hoody to disguise the amount of fat that was coming over the top of the jeans because I refused to go up a size in pants! Now they fit perfectly in the waist and are even getting a little baggy in the thigh area. My few pairs of dress pants are getting loose to the point of just outright baggy, which feels lovely, but probably doesn't look the best.

• My engagement ring and wedding band no longer cuts off the circulation in my finger. Okay so this is a bit of an exaggeration, but I did have a very solid indent on my wedding finger from my rings. My engagement ring has always been big, I never got it resized, but it was tight 20 pounds ago, now it is too big and my wedding band fits me perfectly. It was such a struggle to get them off of my finger for a shower or to do the dishes, now they come off really easily, or easily enough (depending on the time of day and water retention!)
• Over the course of this weight loss journey I no longer feel the need to eat large portions and I don't feel the need to eat until I am stuffed, it takes much less for me to feel satisfied and that is where I stop, satisfied, not "Ugh I feel like I am going to vomit" full, which I used to think was the only way to eat apparently. 

          These are just some of the things that I have experienced in the past couple of months. There are also so many things that I am looking forward to. I have also started thinking that I should make mini goals. Things to keep me encouraged, and motivated. Right now I am really really looking forward to dropping into the 150's. Even 159 sounds freaking fantastic. Although it is only 3 pounds less than I am, it just psychologically sounds so much better than 162. I am still hoping to get to 155 before Hawaii (just one month left) but I will be more than happy to just be in the 150's.

          I realized that in my older post, I only put in ONE thing that I was excited to buy when I lost all of the weight, but here is another. I absolutely love sundresses, always have. I just never could pull them off being the weight that I was, and I never did buy any when I lost weight last time. I think it was because I never actually reached my full goal then. I will this time, and when I do my wardrobe will be full of dresses. Not just sundresses, but I love dresses in general. If you saw my wardrobe now, you would be totally uninspired. I wear jeans and tshirts, with hoodies pretty much all of the time. It's horrible. But in actuality I am really into fashion. I love love love the look of dressy casual. I also love the look of both the beachy/relaxed look, and you can be sure that I can't wait to buy a few edgy pieces as well! Here are a couple of dresses that I love at the moment, and can't wait to buy some for not this summer but next summer!

          I will be sure to check in later this week (hopefully with a smaller number on the scale!). I hope that you all have a fantastic day and week!