ONEderous ONEderland

Skinny news everyone! I did it! I made it to ONEderland.... Its a magnificent place of self confidence and cuter clothes.

To help you fully understand my excitement.... let me take you back to the day leading up to the big weigh in.

Friday morning I stepped on the scale and was 200.4 pounds. So close to breaking 200. But in the back of my mind I knew that I didnt just want to be 199.9, I wanted to be at least 2 pounds below that. I felt overwhelmed knowing that one tiny slip up could mean not hitting this major landmark. With that  fear lingering in the back of my mind, I went about my day as usual. A big salad for lunch and two boiled eggs for dinner, then lots of water.

Friday night I could just feel that I had done it. I knew that Saturday when I woke up, Id be under 200 pounds. I laid in bed as butterflies were restlessly fluttering in my stomach. I was so overwhelmed by the idea of it that I started to cry. I think those tears were mostly excitement, pride, and maybe even a little fear.

I was excited that I had finally reached ONEderland.
I was proud that I did it when so many said I couldnt.
I was scared by the thought of ever weighing 200 pounds again.

Before I knew it, my alarm was going off and it was time to weigh in... The anticipation was enough to pull me out of bed bright and early on a Saturday morning. I stepped on the scale....

Amazed, I was utterly Amazed.

I weighed twice to make sure it was right. The second weigh in confirmed it, I was in ONEderland by more than a couple pounds.

I needed to celebrate! In the past, my accomplishments were met with the reward of food, maybe a nice dinner, a cake... Well, surely someone expecting to stay in ONEderland knows better than to reward weight loss with food. So I thought long and hard about something that would be rewarding, something Ive wanted for a really long time....

Finally it hit me: A magnetic makeup board! I have been wanting to make one, but couldnt really justify the time it would take or the cost it involved...But this was the perfect opportunity to do it!  It would be useful, cute and the perfect thing to keep my mind off food.

I spent the day gather supplies and the evening putting everything together. It turned out better than I imagined. It felt so good rewarding myself with an opportunity to be creative instead of rewarding myself with the temporary gratification of food.

Ive learned that rewarding yourself for your hard works is so important in maintaining motivation, but you are not a dog. Dont reward yourself with food.

Onederland was a major landmark for me. I cant even remember the last time I was this weight.
Im only 26.2 pounds away from receiving a $1000 shopping spree, and 36.2 pounds away from my ultimate goal. One pound at a time.

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