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60 lbs GONE!

As of this morning, I weigh 191.2lbs.

This has been a great week of workouts, tracking and enjoying my food. I even elevated my calorie limit yesterday and it really made more sense, anyway, because I was going over if I didn't count my "exercise" calories. I am likely still eating more than this current limit, but it is still a deficit.

Hubby and I are still trekking through Country Heat, I will be doing round 2 on my own, including the 2 bonus workouts and Dirty 30 from 21 Day Fix. I am also back at it with my yoga over this last week or so. I need to find some yoga videos that I can do on more of a schedule, currently it has been Useful Yoga for Stress, Weight Loss and Detox from Tonic on YouTube.

I will also be looking into some strength training videos to do from home. I need to start building muscle and bone density, but one thing at a time (one habit at a time). It has been so freeing to remember that I am building a lifestyle that I will continue even after I hit my "goal weight."

Some non-scale victories that I wanted to share:

LulaRoe clothing sizes - Leggings OS; Randy M; Carly XS; Classic Tee M; Cassie M.
Target clothing sizes - Sports Bra L; Workout pants L
Clothes that have been sitting in a box in my room - Pants sz 14, tops M.

I know this isn't any type of official scale by any means, but these are victories that are showing me success beyond the scale.

I just wanted to come in and give a quick update. I have just created a new schedule, so hopefully I can keep working toward more posts.
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