Hello readers!  I missed out on weigh-in Sunday this week because I was out of town.  Today showed me all good things to those who wait though.  My weight this morning was 149.  That makes a total of 17 pound weight loss and a huge milestone…my half-way point!!!  Good-by 150’s!  However, it would not surprise me if I still fluctuated a little before settling into the 40’s for good.

At the beginning of this journey (in January) my BMI was 30.4 and in the obese category.  Now my BMI is 27.2 and in the overweight category.  I need to get my BMI below 25 in order to be considered in a normal weight category (which is at least 136 pounds).  My goal is to get my weight to 132 to provide a little cushion between myself and overweight BMI status! 

 I need to take some” half –way there pictures” and compare them to the pics when I started.  Hopefully I can take and post those tomorrow.  They’ve got to be better than last time!  Although this is pretty exciting, it simultaneously opens my eyes to the amount of work I have ahead of me.  I’m not sure, but sometimes I think people struggle more with the last stretch of their weight loss process.  It would be easier to walk away with some success and not reach my ultimate goal, but I do not consider that an option.  After all, this is not about my vanity- it is my health at stake and that is paramount to the quality of life I will have in the decades to come.  May good health and happiness be with us all!