Measurements

Every weight loss program will tell you that even if the scale isn't moving you can still determine progress from the measuring tape.  I have never enjoyed taking my measurements.  I figure, though, that my weight loss will slow & to keep my momentum (which has been astounding so far) I'll need to track those lost inches.  I didn't actually measure on day one (I do have some TERRIBLE pictures though), but I figure this "almost" is relatively like a horseshoe, right?

Then I measured today and didn't really figure I would have changed any inches.  Boy, was I wrong.  According to that tape, I've lost 9 1/2 inches so far.

I set up an Excel Spreadsheet (took forever - I know there are quick ways to do the formulas, but since I don't know them, I did it manually.  Chris is so gonna laugh at me when he finds out.) to automatically calculate my differences each week.  Hopefully, I can figure out how to copy that information here.

Date	3/21/2011	3/26/2011
measurements	start	week 1	Diff
neck	16	16	0
chest	49	48	1
waist	42	40	2
tummy	48	46	2
booty	45.5	44	1.5
rt arm	14	13.5	0.5
left arm	13	12.5	0.5
rt leg	28	26.5	1.5
left leg	27	26.5	0.5
Inches lost			9.5
weight	220.7	215.4	5.3

I had to go in and adjust the spacing, but it worked!  The last column is the list of differences from week 1 to week 2.    So far, so good!