Pruning off the old me

I am as of now down 42.5 lbs and hoping to reach my goal of 50 lbs down by the start of the school year on Sept. 8th...so 8 lbs in 6 weeks. I think that is doable and realistic for me. I am not counting on any more than that...but if I lose more all the better. Here is a side by side look at how far I have come!

Well, Last Saturday was a day of taking care of old business...you know, things you know you should do but keep putting off? First, Jim and I went to tend to my parent's gravesites, cleaning, triming back grass and placing silk flowers. I was dismayed to see that some people actually stole flowers off of my father's grave from the last time it was visited...I had a shepherd's hook with silk flowers in it...Some people have no respect for the dead.

Secondly, I finally cleaned out my closets and my dresser. I swore I would only keep things that fit and that are still in style...All the old 22's, 20's 18's and 16's got boxed up. Unfortunately some of the clothes that now fit from my closet are way out of style by 10 or 20 yrs. I had clothes in there from the 80's and 90's! And you know, I can't believe some of the things I was wearing prior to surgery that I thought I looked good in...I guess I just mostly prayed when I went to my closet that there would be something that fit and put on whatever fit without thinking how it looked.

Well, my closets look kinda bare naked now...but I have enough to get me through the summer. I am not shopping till I am ready to go back to work because my 14's are starting to get a little baggy.
Thank goodness my sister-in-law took me shopping last month or I would not have anything to wear...Not that I am complaining that I am blowing through clothes so fast...I am tickled I am losing again. I am just going to buy a few things here and there till I get to my goal...just enough to get by.