Let's talk numbers

While I weigh myself daily to make sure I'm I track, I only record my weight on Sundays, and I only check my measurements on the first Sunday of the month. When I started this journey, it was a little disheartening to realize that I had to lose 48.92% of my body weight to hit my goal weight. Today's math really perked me up, though. 

Lets start with measurements. I'm recording neck, bust, chest (band), waist, hips, thighs and upper arms. At the beginning of the year, I had a total of 325.85 inches. As of today, I've lost 11.95 inches over all for a total of 313.9 inches! My hips have been the same size for years and year and years, and no matter what type of diet or exercise I had done in the past, they never got smaller. In one month I've lost a full inch on my hips! That's just crazy!

And then for weight. Since the beginning of the year, I've lost 5.84% of my body weight, for a total of 10.22% overall since my heaviest. That means I have to lose 38.7% of my heaviest weight.....not nearly as intimidating or depressing as nearly 50%! 

I no longer feel like I'm stuck at the starting line of this journey, but well on my way! 

I also sat down yesterday and worked out what I hope is a reasonable goal for every month between now and my goal weight. If I'm able to do what I have mapped out, I should hit my goal weight by the end of April 2013!  That's about what the LiveStrong app worked out for me as well, so I'm sure it's a safe goal to have. 

At this point, I've lost the weight of 2 of my cats! My goal for the Biggest Loser challenge at work was to lose all five together, so I'm getting there! And, in 16 more pounds I'll be 1/4 of the way to my goal. I hope I can keep up this momentum and enthusiasm....