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Year: 2015

The great closet clean out!

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Tom and I have been sorting through all the clothes that no longer fit. This is my first bunch—I still have to go through the long-sleeved shirts, summer stuff I’m making last through the end of summer, and more jeans:

  • 18 shirts
  • 11 pair comfy pants
  • 10 dressier shirts
  • 3 dresses
  • 3 shorts/2 Capri/2 jeans/6 dress pants
  • 3 PJ sets
  • 1 swimsuit
  • 4 bras
  • 2 sweaters

I look forward to having fewer clothes in my closet, that’s for sure. (Honestly, it doesn’t look like I took anything out—it looks like a normal closet now. That’s what you get when you keep clothes in four sizes!)

I pulled out a fall jacket that I’ve only worn once and it’s been too tight for years—and now it’s too big (which I could say about a lot of my stuff).

I know it’s a great thing to be losing weight, but I’m having a hard time putting some of my favorite pieces in the donate pile. I keep wondering if maybe I shouldn’t try to get them altered so I can keep wearing them…but then I realize I will just buy cuter clothes that actually fit. But it’s still hard. 🙂
Every time I get dressed now I just shake my head in awe because I was literally thisclose to getting rid of all my clothes that were too small that I hadn’t worn in years and were just pissing me off seeing them there. And those are the clothes I’m wearing now!!

Genetics Revisit

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Owen’s pediatrician wanted to revisit his genetics results to see if any new information has been discovered in the past 2.5 years…so it was off to Bethesda to see a specialist.

In the waiting room, Owen made a beeline for the one kid he saw who was also using a tablet. 🙂

The short story is that there is nothing new regarding his previous test results and we don’t have to worry about revisiting them for another two years unless something changes drastically with his health or behavior. We also don’t have to worry about getting Katie tested.

I fully believe it’s something that could’ve been handled over the phone without actually seeing Owen in person but I obviously that would make things too easy. (Fortunately the drive there did not give me an anxiety attack as it has in the past—the traffic was fairly light and I left plenty of time.)

Me and Owen got treats!

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To celebrate my weight loss, I went shopping. 🙂 I was hoping to find a pair or two of capris on sale that would last me the rest of this season (and most likely through the spring when I will hopefully need another new size—the way my body apparently fits into pants, I may be wearing these for 3-4 months (if I keep losing at the same rate)). This was me trying on new jeans—and kind of liking how they looked and feeling good! I sent the pic to Tom saying I wasn’t sure—they were a little tight but they were stretchy—and he said GET THEM. Smart man, I know! 🙂

And then we got Owen a future treat at the Lego store (we’re changing his chore chart reward system), and he was giddy about the Minecraft displays. 🙂

Sunday Swim Lessons

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Playing before her lesson:

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She has reverted back a little from that one day of awesome jumps and floating…she still does well enough, though, and has fun.

Normally she plays after her lesson (while Owen does his lesson) but today she wanted to get dressed. We didn’t bring anything for her to do (since she normally plays in the pool the whole time) so we gave her the camera to take pictures—which she LOVED. These were the best two. 🙂

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50#!

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I DID IT! I lost 30# in 10 weeks on Naturally Slim (my goal was 25!)…and 50# overall in just 14 weeks! Hopefully I can lose the next 50 in another 14 weeks!

I debated posting my official “before and after” pics because they’re actually not all that impressive—plus me in yoga pants/tank tops isn’t very flattering!—but decided to go ahead because I’m still damn proud of myself!

I owe all this to Tivo friends Brad and Bryan who brought NatSlim to my attention, Tom for being amazingly supportive (he lost about 25!), and all my TCF friends for the daily online support!

And my Fitbit app congratulated me as well!

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All the pics from my day at once.

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She always wants to comb my hair but I only let her on days that I wash and condition it.

He said it was costume day so we did this (he can’t get in/out of his costumes by himself).

ABCs while shopping.

This is what she was busy doing while I wasn’t watching. And this is her pout when I tell her she needs to pick them all up. 

She tried a ham and cheese (no condiment) sandwich—and actually ate most of it!

I decided to make my all-time favorite garlic toast today because the bread was on sale B1G1 at the store.

“Mama, I want to put the water in please.” Except 98% of it didn’t make it in.

 

Outdoor lap selfie!

The little stink beat me!!