It's been a bit since I've had a proper b&a or challenge review, life has been busy, but I'm keeping up with my challenges, healthy eating and staying active. I thought I'd share some thoughts about this journey.

* At my last weigh in I hit 52 lbs lost 😵🥹😭🥳
*My wife took me shopping this week for some new clothes - I got size S and XS tops, I got new panties in size M, I got some size M skorts and some youth size XL items
*I'm getting a thigh gap
*My back and shoulders are so dreamy, I'm very proud of them
*I feel less disassocation with my body and feeling like I'm in the wrong skin
*I don't feel like a smaller person - I still have fat feelings and try to let people squeeze by as if I take up too much space - this has been wild not knowing how large I was then and how small I am now - and still having feelings of being the same size the whole time
*I'm stronger than I've ever been
*I'm very aware of my tailbone and where it is in my body - I've never felt that before
*My sitting bones get sore on hard surfaces
*I need extra padding in my yoga mat
*My ring size has gone down 2 sizes
*I can pick up my 50lb dog and carry her wherever she needs to go without issue
*I have loose skin in my arms, thighs, knees, tummy, back, boobs (what's left of them is mostly skin) and mons pubis
*I have a healthier relationship with food
*I don't feel like I'm 48 years old
*My scale status went from obese to muscular
*My body moves with intention and balance
*I don't hate my small titties even though they are so saggy from the skin. I would love to have that fixed and just have cute small boobs.
*losing weight looks a lot different than I expected
*I often wonder if dream bodies are achievable or if we just keep moving the goal posts to fix "flaws" we didn't see before
*I still have a saggy belly that hangs over itself - it quantifies my fat thoughts
*I can flex my abs and see my upper ab muscles and obliques moving
*My calves are getting definition
*i love wearing tank tops more than ever
*the left left side of my body is fatter than my right side
*the right side of my lower body is stronger than the left but the left side of my upper body is stronger than my right
*i can flex my pectoral muscles individually like a party trick
*i get dehydrated much easier
*My skin and nails are super healthy and strong
*My memory, focus and energy levels are constantly improving
*My new lifestyle is beginning to feel like a lifestyle, not a task, burden or bother, but part of who I am and want to be
*the ram and the horse in my zodiac are happy to be in a working functional body again that likes to do the hard work
*the sad spells are much shorter and easier to overcome
*i have weird fears about what people who haven't seen me recently will think
*i love hearing my wife tell me "you're so muscular, look at you! I'm so proud, you work so hard!"

Anyway, here are a couple of pics from my current befores for the 2023 hourglass challenge because everyone likes pics.

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