Week two success!

Well week two has been a challenge. But I have succeeded at the challenge! There has been a lot of stress and a lot of nearly sleepless nights, and hunger pangs have been giving me a run for my money, BUT, I survived the week! And with progress to show for it! When I started my journey two weeks ago, I wore a size 28 pant, and 24/26 shirt. I decided to try on clothes this week (specifically pants) and I thought since everything I own is starting to fall off me, I'd be down to a 26. Well I tried on some size 26 shorts and found even those were loose, so I thought, It is probably doubtful I could fit into a 24 just yet, but I'll try them anyway.  Well sure enough they fit! I dropped two sizes in under two weeks! How crazy is that!
Now for the weigh in news. I woke up this morning, emptied my bladder (I didn't want all that pee adding to my weight haha,) and stepped on the scale. And it read 297! Yes! 297! So not only have I lost a total of 17 pounds in the last two weeks, I am under the 300 pound mark, which I haven't been in several years! I still almost can't believe it. When I was my heaviest (not including my pregnancy with Andrew) I was close to 340. I was miserable. I was miserable because when I had hit 280 I had told myself, I am never going to get to three hundred. When I hit 300 I told myself I'd make damn sure I never got 320 and then there I was, way over 320 at a weight I swore to myself I'd never reach. I had let myself down, and I felt disgusting that I was letting myself get that way. It affected my life with my kids, it affected my work, it affected my mood, and it affected my sex life. But now! Now I am again under 300! I feel happy, I feel energetic, I feel like I can love my children even more and be a way better mother, and I feel like I can be a better wife both inside and outside the bedroom.
I know I keep mentioning my sex life in posts, but I think it is one of the more important differences I am noticing in my journey, and I feel like I need to share that part along with everything else I experience. I started this blog because I want to always remember how I feel, but also because I want others to know how I have felt and how I feel. I want people to know that no matter what their struggle, you can always overcome with determination, persistence, and self discipline. I hope that anyone who follows me on my journey might find a small spark of inspiration, and can start or finish whatever special journey they might be on in life.