Today I Cried....

This morning I awoke at 6:30....Put on my walkin shoes & clothes, stretched & headed to the park all by my lonesome. I thought a lot about this journey I'm going on. How crazy it is to me that I'm actually doing it this time. I'm actually going to be thin & healthy. I'm actually going to be able to go on day-long hikes& ventures with my husband. It all got pretty overwhelming & then I just got pissed off at myself for letting it get this far. Two weeks ago I tipped the scale at 216 pounds. Wowwwww.  While I was walking all pissed off it just fueled the fire to push myself even farther. So as I was walking my 2nd mile, I just decided to give jogging a try. I only jogged  for a stretch along the trail, about 160 steps. Man, oh man, did my calves hurt after that. Then I walked a little more & jogged another 160 steps. I did this for 4 out of the 7 miles I walked this morning. That's right I WALKED 7 MILES THIS MORNING. Not only did I walk 7 miles, but I also JOGGED part of those 7 miles. I could not have been any more pleased with myself when I was driving home. I got home, jumped in the shower & then hopped up on the dreaded scale.

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I thought my glasses were just foggy from the shower......then I thought, oh that can't be right......

I got off the scale, went to my room, put some clothes on & went back to the scale.......

Same number......

"What's the number?!?!?!?!," you are probably asking yourself...

Why 206 is the  number.

And this is me :D

Beaming from ear to ear.

Then this is me D,:

Crying all over the place.

[That is 10 pounds lost in the past 2 weeks!]

I went into the bedroom & Bret woke up to me crying like a baby. I told him & he just held me. He kept saying how proud he was & that I could keep on keepin on. Then I called my mom & she's freakin out cuz I'm crying..then I explain to her why I'm crying & she busts up laughing! She's like, 'Well why are you crying?!?!Bahahahahahaha.'

Of course she congratulated me & told me to keep going.

Now here I sit. In awe of myself. Even if it is "water weight" it is still gone & gone it will stay.

Oh & that photo up there...I think I look the worst in that photo. That was one of the best days of my life. Bret & I got to be VIP's for one of my favorite bands, Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos. We got to hang out with them all afternoon/evening, be up front at the show, go backstage. It was awesome & those guys are so amazingly talented & nice. In fact, next time they are in town I get to meet up with them again & do some haircuts! And let me tell you somethin....Next time those guys roll into DFW, I will be there & I will be thin. This weight is melting off of me & I couldn't be any more excited.

-Ashlie.