One year, 10 months and 40 lbs later...

So I did lose 40lbs after all, it just took me almost twice as long as I planned.

As with most things in life, this achievement is anti-climactic.  For some reason I thought that if I lost the weight, I would transform into Megan Fox, like I was this beauty disguised as a fat person.

Nope, still me.

My current short term goal is to lose another 5lbs before my high school reunion in January 2016.

At 6 weeks away, this would have been an easy task, except the three weeks leading up to the homecoming are the holidays.  Just maintaining my current weight will be a challenge.

30 lbs later

Yay for me!

I've lost so much mass that I'm at the point where my skinny clothes are getting loose.

Now the goal is to hit minus 40 by my birthday in January (which would be equivalent to me losing 40 lbs in 2 years). 

Not bad, methinks.

26 pounds later...

Weight loss has gone frighteningly well over the last 15 months.  The plan is to lose 30 lbs before I spend the summer in Manila (and to keep it off while I'm home).  The second prong of this plan is much harder than the first.

1 year and 20lbs later....

So I didn't lose 20lbs by December.  I lost 19.  Which was great for about 2 seconds.

Then there were the holidays. A couple weeks later I celebrated a milestone birthday and then I went to a destination wedding.  Long story short, I gained back 6lbs.

And only now have I lost 7lbs so finally, after 2.5 LONG months, I have finally lost 20lbs.

It took a f*cking year to lose 20lbs.