Well I’m back in NC after a great few weeks in the midwest! I attended my 20th High School Reunion in Wisconsin, and then spent time in Michigan with my parents and sister. Whew! We went camping in my parent’s new motor home and did a lot of bike riding which was great! (my parents just got bikes!) I also helped sis with a HUGE garage sale as she is planning a big career move which may include the selling of her house.

My sister got a new car and gave me a great deal on her old car. (she also suprised me with a $500 "rebate" to use towards clothes – rewarding me for my weight loss – how awesome is she?! Thanks M!)

We then did a fantastic road trip back here together. We had decided to make a mini vacation out of it and had a blast! Our stops inlcuded Champaigne, IL (spent the night with brother and sister-in-law), St. Louis, (did a bit of gambling here which was fun!) Nashville and a final stop in Asheville, NC.

So where does this time away leave me with my weight loss efforts?

Before I left, my lowest was 155.4 (woohoo!). My highest since I’ve been back is 169.2 – whew! That’s 13.8 up! I’m pretty confident that getting back to it will bring the weight off quickly as I think much of it will be sodium/water weight. (well some of it anyways)

I didn’t really use a lot of discipline while away…especially while we were travelling. BUT I did get some biking in which was good. I’m trying not to beat myself up too much, BUT I have a trip to Ireland coming up this month on the 10th and I SO wanted to be at a low weight when I left – I’d just bought my size 8 Levi’s and I want to be wearing them! 😉

So now I’m really working to hit it hard and get this weight off before taking off again!!  Wish me luck!

On Saturday, I attended my 20th High School Reunion! It was great to connect with old friends that  I hadn’t seen in 20 years.

I cannot tell you how happy I was to be feeling good about where I was physically. Most of my friends would have had no idea how heavy I had been in the last few years. I did not leave this info out when people complimented me on how I looked. 😉 That’s not what this is about, right?

It was wonderful to be back "home". This is the small town (200 people) that I grew up in right on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. Every time I go back these days (which isn’t often), its seems more beautiful to me. When I was younger it was WAY too small and I couldn’t wait to move away.  lol

It was a great visit and I got to see most of my cousins and my grandmother who is in a nursing home there.

I don’t think I would have had the courage or desire to attend this reunion had I not lost so much weight. It’s interesting because I didn’t really think about a reunion (I have not attended any previous to this one)  when I started my weight loss journey, but I sure was happy to think about going once the invite came out.

Do you have anything similar coming up that you are trying to get in shape for? I know it’s a common goal for many people.
Keep at it! 🙂