CDCC Update 9/25/11

June 6 weight: 311
Sept 11 weight: 272
Sept 25 weight: 264

*270 was a goal weight, with my reward being an iTunes card.  My ipod was stolen on Friday, so um I don't know.  I think I'll make it a $25 Amazon gift card, so I can start saving for my new ipod.  I also redeemed my rewards points from my bank account yesterday and ordered $70 in gift cards from Amazon.  That puts me at $95 towards a new Ipod Touch.  Things are looking up.... :)

8 pounds lost in 2 weeks.  Week 1 I was very ill, had a tonsil infection and couldn't swallow.  Week 2 I was recovering from illness and a hospitalization.  I recently started my fruits-veggies-nuts-tea only challenge (self challenge) on Wednesday Sept 21.  8 pounds in 2 weeks at this point isn't all that normal, but I'll take it.  It's a good jump start to the challenge overall, even though it was partially due to illness!

Here is the shirt I want to fit in... don't laugh at how bad it looks now! 

This is a size 18/20 from Cato.  It isn't cotton and I look like a sausage stuffed in a casing, huh?  Notice how on the bottom the buttons are about to pop right off that sucker.  The shirt is adorable and I found it on clearance years ago and of course, never fit it.  It still had the tags on, so I took them off today because I will be wearing it soon!  I can stand up while I have it on, but if I sat down I do believe it would rip out and the buttons would go flying across the room.  The arms are hideous, don't go there. They have the elastic on the end, I hate it when shirts have that!  I could barely get it on and it was even hard to peel it off me. Ugh. Goal is set though!!!    Anyhow, I LOVE this shirt.  I can't wait to wear it for real!! :)

These are some pants that I used to wear all the time.  They are a size 24.  They got tight on me so I packed them away and bought new ones and have been wearing 26/28 or for the most part - elastic band 3x or 26/28 pants.  I recently threw away all of my elastic band pants.  I kept one black pair for TOM when I'm really uncomfortable or bloated or don't really care anymore how I look, but have to go to work anyhow.  I put on the 24s today:

I should have checked these 10 pounds ago.  The waist is loose and they are hanging off me, even in my bottom belly roll which I could have sworn hasn't decreased at all.  They definitely hang off in the ass because for some reason, I don't have much of a butt.  How is that possible to be over 300 pounds and still have no ass?  That shirt isn't hanging though, it is plenty snug on my belly love! :)

I also want to wear these jeans soon:

These are a size 24.  Both these and the black dress pants above are Lane Bryant.  Sizes are crazy, even from the same store!  I need that spare tire to deflate.  Notice how the belly goes out and the ass goes in, it loks like a flat angled line and the belly is nice and round in every way like a snowman.  These jeans are really cute, they have really cute stitching on them and I like it a lot.  I think my true size before must have been 30/32, I was squeezing myself into 26/28 with the help of Spanx or the fact that the pants were elastic and cotton.  Now I am near a 24, that is progress. 

Seriously, I put my hand in my back pockets and it was all empty space.  On the front pockets, I could barely get my hand in because they're so damn tight.  Haha, no ass!  Cute stitching though, huh?  I can't wait to wear these.  It's hard for me to find jeans because of the obvious fatness that I am.  I have all belly, not much for hips or ass and my legs aren't that big.  I don't have major thunder thighs.  They're not twig legs, but they're actually pretty damn nice.  My problem with jeans is that if they fit around my waist and can button, they are usually designed to be HUGE all the way around, so the legs are huge.  The denim doesn't even touch my legs and it looks ridiculous.  I like Lane Bryant's (and their whole family of stores) jean designs with 'right fit'.  I am a yellow.  I am straight, not too curvy in the hips and not big legs.  These are 'simply straight' jeans from LB in the yellow right fit group, check out the legs on them:

I love 'em!  There is a little room in them, but they aren't like huge tents over my legs.  I need the waist/tummy to be as big as it can possibly be (for now), but my legs aren't too huge.  I'll show you leg pics one of these days.  :)  Yes I was in my night gown having a little fashion show to myself this morning trying on different outfits and my challenge shirt.  It was fun.  Usually when I can't fit stuff, I get really depressed.  This time, I was hopeful like.... "I am going to wear this to Thanksgiving!".  "I can wear this to my nephew's Christmas concert!".  "I can probably wear this when I go see Liz for Halloween!".  It's an awesome feeling. 

Ok, sorry I went a little picture crazy on this post.  My mirror is dirty, get over it.

I've said it before, but I have to say THANK YOU again for all the love and support with the recent train wreck of events in my life.  I am going to be strong.  Life will go on no matter what, I may as well move forward right along with it!