Renewed motivation!
Some updates, since I haven't posted on here in forever!!
This morning I jumped on the scale and I finally got below 200 this morning! 199!!! 
I can't even remember when I was below 200, if memory serves me correctly it was in the 8th grade! Like many of you I have been on a bit of plateau, while I haven't gained, I had been snacking and eating more carbs than I should be. I've upped my water and protein and now that I'm finally below 200, I'm not going up above it! What a great motivator! I've also made some changes to my schedule to make sure that I'm getting my exercise in again. My schedule went to hell in the fall (I started as a Mary Kay consultant, I found out I had to move, I was trying to get ready for Christmas and I beceame involved in a relationship, all while working full time!)
I have given away all of my clothes from before my surgery, but I did save one pair of jeans. Well last night I pulled them up and held them up next to a pair of jeans that I currently wear (although they're a bit too big now as well) and I was crying when I saw how big my old jeans were. Talk about an enlightening opportunity though, I NEVER want to get that way again. What a powerful moment. The man I'm seeing was there when I did it and it was such an intimate moment to share with him. 
He didn't know me before my surgery, we met in August, but he knows all about it and has seen many pictures of me, we've talked extensively about my life before surgery and he's an amazing man. I'm very fortunate!
Hope everyone's doing well!
Michelle
I can't even remember when I was below 200, if memory serves me correctly it was in the 8th grade! Like many of you I have been on a bit of plateau, while I haven't gained, I had been snacking and eating more carbs than I should be. I've upped my water and protein and now that I'm finally below 200, I'm not going up above it! What a great motivator! I've also made some changes to my schedule to make sure that I'm getting my exercise in again. My schedule went to hell in the fall (I started as a Mary Kay consultant, I found out I had to move, I was trying to get ready for Christmas and I beceame involved in a relationship, all while working full time!)
I have given away all of my clothes from before my surgery, but I did save one pair of jeans. Well last night I pulled them up and held them up next to a pair of jeans that I currently wear (although they're a bit too big now as well) and I was crying when I saw how big my old jeans were. Talk about an enlightening opportunity though, I NEVER want to get that way again. What a powerful moment. The man I'm seeing was there when I did it and it was such an intimate moment to share with him. He didn't know me before my surgery, we met in August, but he knows all about it and has seen many pictures of me, we've talked extensively about my life before surgery and he's an amazing man. I'm very fortunate!
Hope everyone's doing well!
Michelle 
Michelle, congratulations on the 199! What a wonderful milestone! It's events like that, that really keep us going. The other evening, I was watching tv with my husband. He was on the couch and I was sitting in my chair with the ottoman in front. Well, he looked over and asked me if he could use the ottoman if I wasn't going to. That's when I realized, I had my knees tucked up under my *****freezing all the time now!). Can you believe it.......KNEES TUCKED UNDER MY CHIN..... and I was still breathing normal! Yes....that's what keeps us going!
It also sounds like you've found a keeper! He sounds like a very caring, wonderful person.
Wanda
Hi Michelle. You sound great. Congratulations on getting below 200 pounds. I"m still looking for it, hopefully before spring. I am so ready to kiss 200 goodbye. I wish I would have kept my size 30 jeans.............I'm much more in love with my size 16 jeans. I know how big I was. I was not beautiful.
Good luck with your man. Good men are hard to find. I feel very lucky to have found my husband, when I was about 345 pounds. He still loves me.
Congrats again!
Denise
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