Progress Photo

I can't believe it's been almost a whole month since my last post!  I am not quitting on you now, I've just been extremely busy and unfortunately this blog moved down low on my priorities list.  I'd like to take this opportunity to present my first two comparison photos.  These two pictures might be unfair comparisons because they were taken at different angles and wearing slightly different clothes (yes, I know that I own two practically identical tank tops), but I like to think that the picture on the bottom shows a narrower face, waist, and arms (though those have barely reduced).  Even if there is no real change, I'll accept my new photo as progress.

2/6/12

3/17/12

While I might have had progress since beginning this activity, it has really slowed in the last few weeks.  I was away this weekend and was unable to workout Saturday or Sunday, or do my measurements.  I did, however, run 1 mile in under 15 minutes on Friday (it's a long story, but that's huge progress from my 18 minute miles I was doing before), I also hiked up a mountain on Saturday for about 2 hours.  According to my measurements taken on March 11, I've still only lost 5 pounds in total but have lost 6 inches off my body.  The weird progress here is that 4 of those inches have come off while maintaining my current weight.  In addition to the jeans that used to refuse to button just months ago, last night I tried on several tops that fit like they did several years ago or better.  One of my favorite shirts was always a little snug in the arms, but last night was probably looser than ever before.

I know I owe a longer post, but this is all I have in me for now.  More to come later!