UPDATE AND HELLO!

Hi everybody I have been real busy lately...just got a promotion at work so things have been a little hectic! I just got caught up on all the posts since I was last here and just want to say that they are all fantastic!. One of the responses to the "fell off the wagon" post really hit home ...thanks for the kick start! Anyway....I weigh 171 now! woohoo! Wearing size 12 (tried on a size 10 yesterday cause my friend said it would fit...ok whatever...it didnt ) I am 33 lbs from goal!! I have not been getting all my vitamins and calcium in like I should...or exercising for that matter: but like I said after reading that post I will get back on track! Everyone keeps asking me what my goal SIZE is and I don't have one. My goal weight is 138 and whatever size that is I hope I will be happy with! That brings me to my question of the day: Do you have a goal size? Just curious, Hugs, Rebecca 238/171/138

Wow it seems like your doing great. 33 pounds from your goal is awesome. Glad you came on cause reading your post just reminded me to take my vitamins. I went for a gal bladder ultra sound this morning and wasn't able to take them so I kept forgetting. Ooops, thanks for the reminder. As far as your question of the day goes I think I want to be a size 10. However I really have no idea what size i will be in when I reach goal. Here's the thing. My sister brought over this tape called ChicoMetric's and it is kick a$$. You do it 1 hour twice a week and believe me even though it doesn't feel like it all that much when your doing it you totally feel it the next day. So anyway, while we were getting ready to do the tape we all were taking the measurements the video say's to take. When I compared it to my mom and sister's who weigh 150 and 155 I realized that aside from my boobs and stomach area I am only inches away from them on everything else. Of course that was a shock cause I have never been inches away from anything more then being heavier and heavier. I still have 59 pounds till goal and it makes me think weather I will be in a smaller size then them or right where they are which is like a 9/10 I believe. I also firmly believe that once I lose the weight and am able to have the extra skin removed it will take me down even a few more sizes and might actually put me in a smaller size then them which would be a miracle. Ok so I am babbeling but thinking about it just makes me dream more and think harder. How exciting this all is.... Shannon

Glad to hear you're doing well, Rebecca! Congrats on the promotion at work. As far as your question of the day goes, I think in my fantasy world I want to be a size 8 but then in reality I think probably 12. It's nice to dream though... God Bless! Jo

HI REBECCA, YOU SOUND LIKE YOUR DOING REALLY GOOD WITH WEIGHT AND YOUR JOB. I LOST 80 LBS SINCE 9/23 AND I'M THRILLED ALTHOUGH I HAD A ROUGH TIME TILL NOW WITH COMPLICATIONS (STRICTURES AND AN ULCER) ALL GONE AS OF YESTERDAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TALL YOU ARE, I'M 5'4" AND 175 BUT SIZE XL ON TOP AND 14-16 PANTS. HOPING TO LOOSE 25LBS MORE, DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE THAT WILL MAKE ME, BUT I WENT DOWN FROM 26 TOP AND 24 BOTTEM, YEA SANDY

Congratulations Rebecca!!! That's super wonderful!! And you had the surgery in September?? Wow, I'm not even close to any of that but I'll plug along.. I do have a bit more to lose. I'm feeling great cause I did a personal training session and the trainer worked me hard today. Well, now I know what those numbers at the bottom mean. I never understood them before ..mine would be: 288/227(today)/135. So my goal is 135 - but then my body will do what it wants. I hope I do get there at 135 though.

You are doing so well, and you look great to. 33 lbs from goal how great!!!. Let see I think I would like to be a size 5 wow I cant belive I said that. I am not sure if it will happen but I am hopeing.

Hey Rebecca We had the same starting weight and, though on my surgery date I was 228. I am 171 too, (well, as of last monday, i'm going to weigh at my mom's today and hopefully i've come down) I am a size 12 also right now. I can't BELIEVE that! I don't know what my goal weight or size is. I don't ever remember being smaller than a size 9 since I was 10 or so. I was about 135 lbs then. I'm a bit shorter than you so I need to go a bit lower. Keep up your good work and take those vitamins, it is so important. I keep mine next to the computer so I can remember. Hope things at work and home are good. Love, Sue

Hey Sue First of all congrats on the awesome weight loss so far That is cool that we started at the same weight and are at the same weight now!!! I'm sorry but I don't remember how tall you are...I think you told me once before..but my memory is fading along with the weight The only size that sticks in my head that I used to wear is a size 8 when I was 15. If I get down to a size 8 I would be so tickled just because that is what I wore as a teenager!!! Makes me kind of feel young again! For the last 18 yrs (fat)I have felt older than I should. Work is pretty good.......home is o.k. for now. Keep in touch.....We are so close! Love, Rebecca