So here’s what you all came to see, the old Before and After (in the correct order this time!):

after-week-4

So one month down.  My how time flies!  I’m up bright and early today and I think most of the reason is that I’m just excited.  I’m kind of a milestone person.  Nice, round numbers make me happy and 4 weeks down and a month in the books is definitely the perfect time for reflection.  As I come up on the recovery week, I decided to do some share some of my small, yet very significant victories.

So before I started this little adventure, I went to my parents house and “shopped” in my closet.  I found older clothes that I’d still like to wear & tried it on (unsuccessfully, as most didn’t come anywhere close to buttoning) and bagged it up.  I know that I’m going to have to keep motivated, so I grabbed the clothes that I bought on my way down 3 years ago when I lost 75 lbs.

This morning, I decided to grab that bag and try them on.

I had a pair of dress pants that I’d love to wear to work.  These were some of my favorites when I worked for the University of Indianapolis, which is the 6 months immediately after losing all my weight.  When I tried them on a month ago, I couldn’t come close to even buttoning them and hardly could get them over my thighs.  Today, they buttoned and zipped.  I am probably still 2 weeks from wearing them, I could in a pinch.

Secondly, my “skinny jeans”.  Definitely a misnomer (haha), but my favorite pair of designer jeans.  When trying them on they weren’t even close.  Today they button and zip if I don’t need to breath!  My short term goal is to wear these jeans on New Years Eve, so that gives me another full four weeks.  I’m hoping they are so big I have to buy more before my cruise!

And then there were some tshirts and a sports coat that my mom bought on a clearance rack.  When I tried the shirts on they were really clingy.  I told her I wanted to keep them none-the-less.  Today I tried them on and the fit just fine!  My sports coat was the same deal.  It was really tight around the chest and pulled mightily on my arms.  It was the classic, fat guy in a little coat lol.  Today not only did it slide on without pulling, I could actually button the top button!  Another piece of clothing that I’ll be able to wear in the month without any problems.

Other small victories.  Yesterday I went into GNC with my brother to buy more protein.  The first time I went in a month ago, we were helped by the same guy.  Even though I was carrying the stuff, he talked to my brother.  This time, he actually talked to me.  It’s a small thing, but something I definitely noticed.

And Friday night I went to a little party at the neighbors apartment and then out to the bars.  I have to say, I was more confident than I’ve been in a long time.  At some point I feel like I had lost something.  Friday I felt like I got it back.  I even had 2 guys buy me drinks because “I was dating the hottest girl in the bar”… I was just talking to a girl I had met that night.  That I (and probably more importantly she) gave off the vibe that we were together shows how far I’ve come.  That would have never happened a month ago.

Anyway, enough rambling.  I know I still have a LONG, LONG journey to go, but I feel great about the start. I think it’s important to find these little victories along the way and actually stay excited about the progress.  I want you all to see how excited I am and how important this is to me to both inspire you to do your own thing and improve yourself in whatever areas you need improvement, as well as keep you interested in supporting me along the way!  I can’t tell you how much I’ve appreciated all the support and encouragement.

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