Weight loss, Weddings and Dresses, Oh My!

I haven't blogged about my weight lately and I'm sure you are all eagerly anticipating an update. I managed to cut out the cookies and other areas where I had gotten sloppy that accounted for a two pound gain and I am now back to 143. Yipppeee!

We don't own a scale. There is a good reason for this. I have thrown away almost every single bathroom scale that we have ever owned because I was not satisfied with it's accuracy. The last scale I gave to the wonderful Thompson's because my bags were already full and how could I weigh the last bag if the scale was packed in that bag???

I am also a bit neurotic and will weigh myself six times a day when in possession of a scale and then obsess because the numbers keep changing! Yeah, yeah, I know, that is all perfectly normal. It just makes me crazier than I already am, so I don't have a scale.

Now, since being in Australia and having lost 32 pounds in the last nearly 11 months, I do like to weigh myself about once a month. I normally pay a dollar and weigh at one of those mall scales. The last two times though, I couldn't find one. The first time I was at a different mall, but the different mall had a Target. At Target, in their scale aisle, they have one of each scale out of the box with batteries for the digital ones, so you can test weigh your scale. This works out pretty well, because we usually need something from Target about once a month and I can use the exact same scale every time.

Very exciting stuff here.

I step on the scale and wait not very patiently for the numbers to appear....


140.4


Yes, that was me jumping up and down at Target doing a happy dance and screaming with joy.

Then, My Husband a.k.a Spoilsport says, "It's on carpet."

Oh, that's right. That number might not be right, because it was on carpet. Finicky scales, needing solid even surfaces.

I moved the scale to the actual aisle that was a very solid flat surface of shiny white tiles and I stepped on. Only this time, I very patiently wait for the numbers with a sense of foreboding.

143.4

It was a bit disappointing after thinking I was two pounds below pre-pregnancy Katriana weight for all of 20 seconds, but it also means that I shed my two cookie pounds.

I'm sure you guys have noticed that my weight loss has been painfully slow since your summer. I think, now that I am about 10 pounds away from my goal weight, that my motivation is waning. I'm not getting crazy and eating the entire house, but my motivation to keep cutting calories and exercising is waning. I look pretty good right now. Admittedly, I don't look like I did before I had children, but I'm okay with that. Now, I just need to get motivated.

OH hey! Guess what....... Have I told you????

My brother-in-law is getting married! In December at a beautiful place in Sri Lanka.

That right there is my new motivation, to take off 8 pounds in the next 9 weeks. I really could make it 10 pounds, but I'm not that motivated.

I will be wearing a sari to the wedding and a formal to the homecoming. The homecoming is a formal reception type thing that they do in Sri Lanka when the bride and groom come home from their honeymoon. Clever, huh?

The formal dress shopping has not been near as fun as it was when I was 17 and looking for a prom dress. I am now nearly 26 and I've had 2 children. I've also lost 32 pounds. Most dresses don't seem to fit my changed body. The 'baby-feeders' went on a diet as well. They are about an Australian size 8, or small. The rest of me is more like a 10. Now, with dresses, I know that you can often get the size that best fits your top and the rest is usually okay if the dress has a full skirt. Of course, my body doesn't work that way. Even though the 'baby-feeders' are tiny, my ribcage is not as small. I actually could not get a size 8 dress zipped and it wasn't because the 'baby-feeders' were too big. My bust bone structure was too big. I really don't think bust bone structure is a true term, but humour me. Once I find a dress that I like, I will get a size 10 to accommodate my bust bone structure and then we'll start shopping for the undergarments.

I need undergarments to fill out my outergarments.


Or some 'baby-feeder' enhancements.


I'll go with undergarments.