It's getting better...

Well 5 days ago i posted how i was all stalled out again... well something gave cause i am now back to 180.... I seriously am looking at what i am putting in my mouth.... i thought i was before but i was sooo wrong , i went back to tracking my food intake on fitday.com and its helping soo much ... while i thought i wa son track this tells me in balck and white i was not... so when i was fussing and being well B*&CHY .. it was my own fault..... so i guess its true we do have to have some amount of accountablity..... and keep track. I'm just glad i am going back in the right direction now... Danielle here's hoping for 165 by st. patty's day... 265/180/135

I can relate ton that Danielle, I have went back to the basics for the past week and I finaly got the scales to drop. I was so paraniod going into my 8 month check up on Thursday.. I thought my surgeon was going to chew my a$$, but he just said to keep up the good work! I found out that I was getting in to many carbs. Those darn Ritz crackers are so addicting... Also I am doing more cardio at the gym now too and that has helped.. My surgeon says that I have lost about 40% of the fat that I started out with and that the muscle that the muscle is making the scales go up higher.. Because muscle holds more water weight. I was only able to go for 4 minutes on the treadmill when I started 8 weeks ago and now I can go the full 15 minutes. Keep up the Great Work ! Happy Holiday's to you and your Family! Tom

Both of you deserve huge congratulations for coming so far in so little time. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Yes, there is a limited amount of "losing time" but the lessons we learn during that time will live with us forever. I learn new lessons every day. Yesterday's lesson was about depressions. I just can't get my Christmas spirit to blossom. When this type of feeling hit, I would just eat till it went away. Last night was the first time I realized that I made the healthy choice before eating too much of the wrong thing and getting sick. Don't get too discouraged. The scale will always start moving again. It's taken me two weeks to lose two pounds. I'm at the end of my losing cycle, I think. I wanted to lose 105 pounds and I've lost 96. Only 4 pounds to the Century Club and 9 pounds to goal. I have to fight for those 9 pounds, but I'm satisfied with my body, my decision to have this procedure and my life even if I never lose another ounce!! Happy Holidays!! L*