Triumph!

So I am happy to day that I got under 170 this weekend! My current weight is 169.6 lbs, so i have had a weight loss of 35.4 lbs since i began this journey. I am still in a little disbelief that this has actually been happening. I tried so many times, so many diets with little to no success. I guess it should not be odd to think that just eating healthy foods in portioned amounts would allow for such a change, but in my mind, as someone who have used compulsive eating all my life to fill in the emptiness i have tried my best to avoid that reality. 

I was afraid if i allowed myself to become vulnerable with out the crutch of food I would tumble down and endless pit! But it have actually allowed me to reevaluate my life, my priories and my being.

Pros:

I am loosing weight

I am feeling healthy

  I can breath! (i think i may have some intolerance to milk, because i stopped having trouble breathing when i switched to soy milk)

I can go jogging without my feet killing me, and having breathing problems

I can fit into every single article of clothing i have in my room(some even too big now!)

I am less self conscious in public, and can therefor pay attention to other things when out and about

I am loving whole grains!

I am discovering and trying new vegetables i have never even heard of

I am learning about how foods affect the body, and why i should eat some things and not other things

I am not going through pants as fast (the inner thighs would rub together and tear through the material)

I have more energy, focus and i smile more!!!

I am more kind to others, and less judgmental (i think my judgments were reflections of myself)

These are just a few of the things that are great about how i feel where i am right now.

The only con?:

No more candy, fancy deserts and  non-nutritious treats/foods

(but why is this even a con! If i love the taste of healthy foods i am discovering, am i really loosing anything here?)