My before and after pics!!!

Round 2 Phase 2 Results - Words cannot describe...

So, I am sitting here at my desk thinking of how to describe this feeling...when you come to a place in your journey that you will always remember...A time where it is okay to give yourself credit, to thank yourself for the effort and the God given will to reach a goal. Four months ago, I NEVER knew I would be sitting here in my SIZE 10 jeans, having attained something that I never have before. My official LDW (last day of drops weight) and what I will maintain through maintance is (drumroll please...............................) 151.0 pounds. In case its tough to do that math I have lost a total of 40.4 pounds in three and a half months. I sit here in tears and in awe of what I was able to accomplish. I have been okay being proud of myself, but I am now. It was a long journey and there was anger and there were tears, but here I am!

Here are my official stats:

Starting Ending Total

Total weight lost: 191.4 151 -40.4 lbs

Total % of body weight lost: -21.11%

Inches in Chest: 40.5 35.0 -5.5"

Inches in Waist: 40.0 29.0 -11.0" (almost a foot!)

Inches in Hips: 47.0 39.5 -7.5"

Inches in Right Arm: 12.0 10.0 -2.0"

Inches in Right Thigh: 21.0 18.5 -2.5"

Total Inches: -28.5"

BMI change: 31.84 25.12 -6.72

Waist to Hip Ratio: 0.85 0.73

Here is something else that is amazing and very worth mentioning. We had biometric testing done for our work insurance on Tuesday - where they check cholesterol, glucose, etc. I knew that I also had that test done at the beginning of the year before I began the diet and some things were really bad (ie my cholesterol was atrocious). So as soon as I got the results I went home for lunch and dug up my ones from January to make a comparsion, and I could not believe what I saw...I truly believe I added years to my life!

January 4, 2010 Aug. 31, 2010 Total

Total Cholesterol: 292 152 -140

HDL: 58.4 60 +1.6

Triglyceride: 150 66 -84

LDL: 203 79 -76

Total Chol/HDL: 5.00 2.5 -2.5

So to all those out there that think this diet was dangerous and that I shouldn't have done it....I just cut my chance of dying from a heart attack IN HALF!!!!!!! It's just simply amazing to me.

I was three pounds away from being a healthy weight on the bmi chart, and I will make it believe me, but other than that I am a picture of health on paper and I love it. I could have never said that, before. I hope my journey, and I know its not over, will inspire someone to add days back to their life so that they can feel as happy as I do today. I am going to take some after pictures tonight so that I can post them, and I will continue to post through maintenance and after. I am so excited and ready for the next challenge....GETTING PREGNANT!