Wonderful reality check

Yesterday afternoon, just before my personal training appointment, I had an awesome reality check.   I know that I have been losing weight and inches, but this I finally saw the real changes.  While Rick was doing my measurements yesterday, he would measure, look at our tracker, and then re-do the measurement.  I, of course, wondered why he was re-doing them.  I had the worst in mind - I thought that the numbers were going up (Why do we let our minds do this to us?) He just kept saying "You'll see...."  After looking at my sheet, I realized that he was as shocked as I was with the results.

Look here...

	July 20, 2010	October 27, 2010	November 23, 2010	December 29, 2010	February 1, 2011	March 1, 2011	Change
Weight (pounds)	203	204	197.6	188.4	188	183.8	(19.2)
Left Bicep/Arm (inches)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13	13	13	(0.5)
Left Thigh/Leg (inches)	28.5	26	26	26	25.5	24.5	(4.0)
Waist (inches)	40	39	37	37	36.5	36.5	(3.5)
Hip (inches)	48.5	42.5	42	41.5	41	39.5	(9.0)

The proof is in the puddin' baby :-)  I have lost almost 20 pounds since October.  I have lost 9 inches off my hips since July 20.  I started running on July 24 - and I have a feeling running has helped a ton with that measurement!  (Needless to say, I still have a lot of "junk in my trunk" if anyone wants some of my big butt.)

I used to think that weight was the sole measure of success.  This is not true.  I strongly encourage you to have your measurements done on a regular basis.  My trainer does mine once a month and it takes less than 5 minutes.  It is so worth it!