I'm Still Here...

Me and "J" during chubbier times
...and yes I'm still working on losing weight.  We're on the tail end of a marathon of guests at our house.  My brother and his family came in early June.  He left his 12 year old daughter here for a month then my oldest sister came down and picked her up.  We dropped them off at the airport Sunday and now today my good friend is here to stay.  My poor husband hasn't been able to walk around in his underwear for so long...I just know he's going to break into tears at any moment.
The diet is going great. I've been doing the full blown Fat Flush Plan for about a month and I feel awesome!  I am able to wear clothes I haven't worn in years and I have so much more energy.  I actually feel like a real mom.  I can run after the kids and not get winded.  My tummy is going down and hopefully soon people won't ask if I'm expecting.  I'm able to bend over much easier as well.
There are a few discouraging things though:  First, either my scale is broken or I'm just not losing weight that fast.  It's hovering around 180.  I can't seem to get past that blasted number.  I feel like I've lost more weight than that.  Who knows, maybe I'm gaining muscle, which is good.
Second, very few people seem to notice I'm losing weight, either that or they just aren't going to say anything.  In my opinion the best thing you can say to a fat girl like me is "You look great! Have you lost weight?" It makes you want to keep going!  Seriously, people I haven't seen in months aren't even noticing.  I guess I just haven't met that mark where it actually looks like it's coming off.  A friend of mine once told me a story of another friend of hers who was extremely overweight and had lost 5 lbs.  She was so discouraged that no one noticed, she quit her diet and gained even more than she lost.  Silly...I'm smart enough to know that 5lbs is not noticeable when you have a TON of weight to lose. So I guess I'll just keep plugging along even though it's been more than 20 lbs I've lost.
The third discouraging thing is that just in the last week I've had more kidney stones.  The worst thing you can eat when you get kidney stones is fruits and veggies because of the oxalates in them.  They bind with the calcium in your blood and form stones in your kidneys.  There's no way on earth I'm going to stop eating fruits and veggies, so I'm going to have to suffer through the kidney stones.  Ugh...oh well, hopefully they don't get to be too big!
Well, I haven't really weighed myself since the last discouraging weigh in, but I might do it some time soon.  Right now though, I'm focusing on how I feel and I feel good!  I guess that's most important! :) Peace out and healthy eating!
P.S here are a few recent photos of me! I think they give you an idea of how much better I'm looking, at least compared to the above photo :)








This is me trying to show you a tummy shot!




We've both grown. Him bigger me smaller.