VFC: Week 12 (The Grand Finale)

Can you believe it?? 12 weeks and here we are. Things have been going well for me this past week. I set and then nearly reached my goal of a 3 pound weight loss. I say nearly, I was .3 off, but I'm willing to cut myself a break. I just hope I can maintain that 3 pound loss after the weekend. Seems to be my biggest cheating time - naturally.

But overall, I feel really great about who I am and how I've changed over the past 12 weeks!

• Not only have I realized that I need a healthier lifestyle, I've started one.
• I've established good exercise and eating habits.
  
• I have a personal trainer and I've lost 8 pounds since I started that 2 weeks ago.
• I've realized that making healthy decisions isn't a sacrifice per se, but is more of a privilege as I continue to get fit.
• Being the size I want to be is a reality and this time I'm going to reach it!

Would I be interested in another challenge? Well......OF COURSE! Except, I can't promise that I'll post every week as I'd like to focus on posting other things as well so my blog has a wide variety of posts and my hoodies don't abandon me all together. I know I can do that and post every week to the VFC, but as life has picked up I find that I don't always have as much time as I'd like and this tends to fill both my VFC obligations as well as my hood obligations and sometimes I even find myself booooring. However, that doesn't mean I won't be checking in and reporting to the group how I'm doing. I'd love to have a continuous network here on Vox. So Foxsy - if you start up another round, count me in!

So I guess the real question is - did I reach my goal that I set for myself 12 long weeks ago?

Not really - not if you want to look at the numbers I gave you. But now that I've started working with a personal trainer, I know it's going to happen. But I am down 8 pounds that I had when I first started and my pants are starting to need the constant pull up motion...which is good too! Sometimes, I suppose it isn't just about the numbers, it's about how you feel too. So how can I be minus 8 pounds and still have the same measurements? I dunno - I've never understood myself, but I know I'm making improvements. The face is thinning a bit and you can actually see my collar bones a bit. Woohoo! When I make some drastic changes - I'll be sure to give you all the updates in a vain "Look at me!" post.

So if you can stand to wait just a few more weeks, then we can celebrate my transformations as I'm still working away to be the me I want to be! Thanks to all my hoodies and my VFC peeps who continued to encourage me all along the way. Cheers to you all!