Going Out

I can't believe it, even with my family here for vacation, I've lost another 3 pounds since my last update.  It's not that my portions were crazy, I still can only eat so much at any given sitting, but there were nachos and garlic fries at the baseball game, and dinner at a steakhouse, and the lunch at the barbecue place...you begin to see my point.  But I am pleased that I am still losing.  I'm averaging about 1 pound a week and at the moment I'm wearing a 16 and occasionally a 14.  I also purchased my first dress in a size L.  Since my surgery, I've lost about 75 pounds.  And since I was at my heaviest before the surgery, I've lost almost 90 pounds.  I can hardly wrap my head around it.  I don't have a number in mind, despite my tracking the pounds I'm losing.  My goal is to be a size 12.  I could conceivably go lower and be a 10 or even an 8.  I think at an 8 I would constantly worry about maintaining it and who wants to think about that all the time.  

So a while back I dropped a hint that I was communicating with someone.  He was someone I met on match.com.  I said I didn't want to talk about it too much because I didn't want to jinx it.  Well, that fizzled out, but I did meet someone else at an event a few weeks ago.  We've been out now maybe 5 or 6 times.  It seems to be going well.  We have fun, he's smart and witty.  And tall.  Just taller than me when I have my heels on, which is perfect.  I may have mentioned this before, but I have very few hard and fast things that I look for in a guy.  Eye color, hair color, build, I don't really have feelings about those either way.  He has to be taller than me though.  I've read plenty of articles about why you should give guys shorter than you a chance, but I just can't.  It's one of my hang-ups.  The other?  Good teeth.  And by good teeth, I mean straight and even.  Again, kind of random, but that's my deal.  Fortunately for me, this guy meets both of those criteria - on top of being funny and charming and smart.  It's been way too long since I dated someone, so I'm going to just enjoy this and see where it goes.

Current Stats
Previous Weight: 198.1
Current Weight: 194.9
Lost: 3.2
Total pounds lost since 26 June 2013 (270):  75.1

Vineyard Run

I participated in my second 5K race this weekend.  It was sponsored by the local vineyard near where I live.  Since it was basically in my backyard, I had to participate.  It was fun.  I came in under 38, which is always my goal.  I think I would have had a PR, were it not for that pesky hill just before we hit the last half mile.  I was not expecting it and it was slow going for a minute.  It was a beautiful morning for a race.  It was about 65, sunny, and no humidity.  I think it's my last race for now, though.  I love running however I don't do incredibly well in very hot weather and we are about to enter into the really bad Texas summer months.  I'll still run, mainly on the treadmill, and pick up the racing again in the Fall when I can get outside with more regularity.  

Current Stats
Previous Weight: 199.8
Current Weight: 198.1
Lost: 1.7
Total pounds lost since 26 June 2013 (270):  71.9