FEEL the PROGRESS

Haven't written in a while.  I haven't weighed myself for a bit either.  But that is for a reason.  I think its unhealthy to become OBSESSED with numbers.   Then your mind associates low numbers with how you feel about yourself and I don't like that. I can FEEL that I'm still dropping the weight.  I was a size 18 in jeans 3 weeks ago.  Today I fit comfortably and a little loosely in size 14.  And my waist is even smaller than that. I have a very hourglass figure with big hips and a tiny waist.  I am LOVING my curves because they are becoming defined and toned.  As of 3 weeks ago my BMI was 32.3 which is in the moderately obese range.  Today my BMI is 28.2 and I am now only in the overweight range.  That is HEALTHY progress.  My main goal is to be healthy and to feel good about my body. My goal is NOT to be thin just because society tells me that that is the only way I will be beautiful.  I know people that are obsessed with the numbers and want to lose weight just to be a certain low number because to them that NUMBER means beautiful.  What a sad way to live your life.
I am loving the progress and the increased energy.  So many people have been so great in supporting me.  My mom and husband have been awesome.  Steven knows that I will feel better about myself when I am healthy.  My birthday is on Friday and Steven asked me what I wanted. I said a low-calorie cookbook and a scale.  I'm pretty sure that is what he is getting me. I told him that if this wasn't a pre-approved gift a wife might be upset if her husband showed up with a scale and low-cal cookbook for her birthday present.