This weekend I had to go shopping. I was down to one pair of jeans and 5 tops that are literally beginning to hang on me. For my birthday I received a gift card to Victoria's Secret and some cash to buy clothes because my family knows I needed them badly.

I wanted some new work out clothes, Lucky Jeans and a top or two.

I never imagined that when I went to try on clothes that I would be able to fit into a size 12 or a large! When I started this journey I was a size 24 pants and a 26/28 top!

I still have about 30lbs I would like to lose so I am now even more excited about where I will end up. When I started on this journey I was looking for improved health, that was my main goal and it was a good one. It never dawned on me that I would even care about clothing size because I hated the way I used to look and could not even imagine myself being smaller.

Well I definately achieved my better health goal and now I can actually see myself getting to a healthy weight and looking fabulous in clothes again.

Woot woot!

@@Djmohr - With the way sizing ranges from manufacturer to manufacturer, I have no doubt that when you hit your goal, some size 8's will fit. You're pretty tall so at 165 you'll probably be on the lean side of normal. I'm sure you look great already. You really have done well. You need to celebrate your success.

Prepare to be amazed.

Yes, our weight loss may slow down a little toward the end, but the dropping dress sizes do not slow down.

I never, ever, ever thought I'd wear a size 8. And that's what I wear now. It still boggles me.

Also, in my case the last 15-20 pounds I lost was when I lost the most troublesome tummy weight.

Oh, and I've lost 7 pounds since reaching my goal. It's a little hard to slow that freight train down, even though I'm eating a lot more these days. I really think I'm done now though.

@IcanMakeit@VSGAnn2014

You guys are very motivating! Thanks so much for the kind words. I am looking forward to getting to goal and seeing what happens.

I have already won in my eyes so every step closer to that goal is fantastic.

You could say, I will have my cake and eat it too! LOL. Minus the cake of course!