Leaping for Joy!

It's the small victories in life...

Those of you who have been on my FL for ages know that I started a weight loss regimen back in January. Well, I haven't been very strict about it for the past few months...my weight has been hovering somewhere between 1.5 to 4 pounds above my goal weight for some time. And I actually accepted that, because I was pretty happy with how I looked. I look and feel much healthier, which is the most important thing.

However, I stepped on the scale this morning...

...half a pound BELOW my goal weight! I actually stepped on the scale twice, because I couldn't believe it.

I haven't really been paying much attention to my diet lately either, although I've still been exercising regularly.

I think a lot of this has to do with me being a nervous ball of energy, on account of the interesting changes going on in our lives. I've been jittery...fidgety...just overall tense.

I also haven't had much of an appetite, so I've been eating very small meals most days this past week. My normal appetite seems to have returned this morning.

So...it took a little over 9 months, but I'm there now. I don't think it ever took anyone so long to lose 26 pounds (excuse me, 26.5), but I did it! Finally!

Now I'm just going to have to work hard to keep it off.

And the Captain Obvious Award goes to...

Just a little quote that caught my eye whilst browsing the news this morning...

From U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, on Osama bin Laden:

"I think our best assessment is that he is still alive and that he is somewhere in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area," Negroponte said. "I would also make the point that wherever he is, he is hiding."

Wow...really? Osama bin Laden has been hiding all these years? That is BRAND NEW INFORMATION!!

Give this man a cookie. His genius is unparalleled.