Hi Megs! I'm still here and still going strong!
I am still in OWL, on Rung 9, and doing great. I'm still losing fat, gaining muscle, and losing inches. This morning I weighed in at 193.5 but my real weigh-in day is Saturday, so I will just wait and weigh again then.
So far I've lost 71 pounds, and countless inches. I didn't take measurements when I started (darn it!) but I know I've lost at least 13 inches in my waist, judging from a belt that I have and have never worn. When I bought it, the thing was inches too small, and now it's inches too big, I would have to put new holes in it to wear it! I haven't had any setbacks, but I do have to make sure that I eat enough calories. I'm very active and I even think that by usually eating 2000 calories I'm not eating enough. But I eat only to feed my hunger, so the debate rages on.
I started running in January, and the first two months were HARD! But since March, my abilities seemed to have increased exponentially! My short runs are 2 or 3 miles, my "mid-range" runs are 4 or 5 miles, and my long runs are 7 or 8 miles. I hope to keep improving my abilities this summer. I'd like to increase distance as well as pace. I did a 2 mile tempo run on Saturday in 16 minutes! I love the way I feel when I run, and I love how I feel when I'm done. I'd like to make running my main form of exercise, as it can be done almost anywhere and anytime. If I'm traveling, I'll have NO excuses not to exercise!
I'm starting to not recognize my own body in the mirror, it has changed shape so drastically! But even so, sometimes the fat goggles are still firmly planted on my face. It's either all or nothing--either I am amazed at the reflection and think I look ravishing, or I am totally disgusted and think I look the same as I did at 265. I hope one day I'll be able to look in the mirror and just see "me".
And just last night I found out that potatoes cause me great physical pain.