Its been 2 years.....

WOW...It has already been 2 years to the day since I began my journey to a healthier/thinner me. And I have Succeeded!!

When I first started this journey I weighed 276. Now I flucuate between 135 and 140. I cant say my journey was perfect. In the beginning (before I hit my sweet spot) I was still able to eat anything and everything and I DID...

Despite the fact that I gave my body this powerful tool to help me, my mind wasnt ready for the change. I was still eating fried chicken, junk food, ice cream..etc...And every month I would bring my food diary in to Dr Averbach and reluctantly hand it to him and bend over and resume the position..lol...cause I knew he was gonna kick my @$$..

I did eventually manage to get in touch with my 'healthier eating side' but it took me a long time. I went through many...too many to count..times getting stuck, sliming, feeling absolutely like I was dying until I threw up..I realized that there had to be another way...I had to do this the 'right way', if I wanted to lose this weight and not harm my band...And here i am..140 pounds lighter then when I started and feeling AMAZING!

I am just beginning to look into plastic surgery. My stomach hangs a little and looks like a white chicken skinned Shar Pei..lol..and my thighs look disproportioned compared to my skinny calves..My breasts..ha...though I do wear a 36D (from a 48D), they are not full and if hunched over could probably hang to my knees..lol..picture a tube sock filled with wet sand..lol..

It took me two years to reach my goal...I DID IT!!! DONT GIVE UP!!!

Congratulations!  You have every right to be proud of your success! You look amazing!

Vicki

You look absolutely great!! Congradulations on your journey thus far.  Looking at your before photos, I see you did what I currently do now, just face shots, hardly any full body shots.  I hope to someday soon be as successful as you have and proudly take full body shots as yours :)   Keep up the great work...and again you look fabulous. :)

I do have more before/after shots on facebook if you care to look. You can friend request me at [email protected]

 Congratulations on your weight loss and keeping it off. I also want to thank you for sharing your story. It really does help other's to know what you went through. I hope we will hear from you more!

Congratulations Heather Cat.  I am so happy to hear that you believed enough in yourself and your tool to change your lifestyle and to keep trying.

Kim