I'm 20 Again!

Who says you can't turn back the clock?

No, I'm not in my 20's again. I'm 20 pounds lighter! That's right, I hit the big two oh today! I must have stepped on the scale a dozen times, expecting it to change. To be teasing me.

I don't think I can properly express my excitement at hitting this mark. I go on and off the diet, although only allowing myself to gain back a few during my off periods. But for some reason every time I'd hit 19 - even 19.5 - it just wouldn't push to 20. Getting stuck at that mark was frustrating and eventually I'd say screw it, I'm going off for a while. Yesterday I decided to try and kick start it a bit and went for a bike ride. I haven't gone riding at all this year. I didn't go that far - 10 or 11 miles - but I think it's what did the trick. I'm going to try to go 3 times a week. I've even starting charting my mileage and time to see how I'm progressing.

This sudden burst of good diet luck has also made me rethink a knitting project I just started about a week ago. I haven't posted about it yet because it's in the round and is slow going. But I think I may just put it aside until I see if I can really lose some more before I decide on a size. Ideally I'd like to lose probably another 20 or 30 (depending on how I look) so guessing on a size right now is virtually impossible.

I have quite a few gifts to make in the coming months anyway (Philly Knitters Secret Pal, my sister-in-law's bday gift), so maybe I'll just stick with socks, gloves and bags for me.