How do you really feel about your success so far?

Thanks for all the responses peeps. I wanted to see how everyone else was compared to how I was feeling. Sometimes I feel pretty damn proud, other times, I am dissappointed in myself. What I KNOW I could do better on, is exercise, and fluids. I could do better on carbs to, but I am working on it. I just need to get my butt in gear and make myself do it. Glad so many people responded. Wait till next year, I wonder what we will be like then!!!!

Ted, I consider "normal activities" to be exercise.  As long as I am movin' and bendin', I think that qualifies.  I mean, dang, we've got to get our housework done sometime  :-)    I exercise a little bit, but would like to do it more.  Some days I walk 1 mile, some days 1.5 miles, some days 3 miles, but not necessarily every week. 

Which reminds me......I need to go eat lunch and get off of my tush!!  Work my jaw muscles  lolol

Hello fellow July'ers!
I'm new to this forum but have enjoyed reading the posts!
I had my surgery July 6th and have lost 69 pounds since.
My only regret is not having done the surgery sooner.

My biggest struggle to date is mentally keeping up with the weight loss. Like many others, I still see a size 22 looking back in the mirror even though I've managed to fit COMFORTABLY into a size 12 gap pant. I can't tell you how many outfits I try on every morning. With my recent weight loss, I feel more eyes on me so I struggle to find the most flattering fit, which is tuff to do with a body that's still changing every day. 

I'm only 5'3" and have about 50 pounds to go before hitting goal. I'm losing weight a lot slower than I did a month ago. I'm not sure if I'm in a stall or if it is a divine way of letting my head catch up with the rest of me. Either way, I'm along for the ride. I am committed.

I haven't done the best I can...I don't exercise regularly and I still fall into my old habits of wasting far too much time online when I should be moving.  I'm still taking bites of foods I should stay away from--french fries, chips, fried foods, breads, pasta etc.  I haven't tried sugary foods at all though, but those were never my vices anyways.  I did this to get active and healthy and while I can move a lot more easier now, I still can't get my head to agree and just do it!  I think the weight will come off quicker and stay off longer if I do.

I have zero regrets.  This is the best decision I ever made in my life.  I only regret that when I didn't go ahead and self-pay and have it done years ago.  I saved myself a lot of $ by waiting until I had a job with insurance that paid for it, but I think I cost myself a few years and held myself back personally and professionally because of it.

I'm happy with the amount of weight lost. Of course I want it all off NOW, but the results are enough to make me believe in this surgery and that I won't fail at this.  I mean I'm taking bites of white starches and still managing to lose weight.  I've sucked at getting my calcium in (although I finally found a calcium that I love) and I don't drink enough or eat enough protein or calories, really.  I quit tracking my food because it took too much time and effort, so I have no clue how horribly I'm sabotaging myself.  I love how I can point out everything that I'm doing wrong, but I can't seem to stop doing it!

Ashley, I feel just like you. I can point out everything I am doing wrong, and yet I still keep doing it after swearing every day I won't. But....the lbs are still coming off, I just know I would have been further ahead if I would get my butt in gear. I am also eating stuff I am not supposed to. It really sucks because at first sweets were intolerable to me, and they have always been my vice, but I pushed it anyways, and now I have that damn sweet tooth back again!! Not as bad, but it is still there.

I'm so afraid that I've screwed up to much @ 4 months out to get it together. I know that is not true, but I do feel discouraged that I wasted so much of my golden honeymoon period.