Hi! I was scared, too, and tearfully told the anesthesiologist to take care of me because I had a three year old at home. Honestly, not at goal yet, but I've lost nearly 120 pounds and I feel so much better. You can't even imagine how much better you will feel, at least I didn't. I'm not in excruciating foot pain after making a big holiday dinner that takes days to recover from. I don't have pain from going on the stairs. It feels good to weigh so much less, with 20-30 pounds to go.

Congrats on reaching the 270's! :)

I set my mini goals 10lbs apart to help me not be overwhelmed by the total weight I need to lose. It really helps me.

I tend to believe whatever the vets before me have said lol so I've been guessing maintenance would be tricky! So far it's true - before the IBS incident I was sitting at 144 and then I dropped to 138 and now I'm bouncing. But since my maintenance goal is 145 I'm ok with it :)

I realized that I failed to mention my exercise for the week. I had a mildly traumatic experience on Wednesday when I finished my workout and went to check my fitbit only to discover it had died. The horror!! I knew the Fitbit was a great tool for me but realized in that moment how attached I've become to it. It was almost like that workout didn't count because the Fitbit didn't acknowledge it. Crazy brain. I upped my daily step goal to 8500 and with the exception of the unfortunate day that wasn't fully recorded I exceed that everyday. Over the weekend I really pushed myself to get moving, the weather was good and I logged 16000+ and 20000+ steps so I was proud of that. Goal for this week is a minimum of 9000 steps each day, Zumba at least 4 times and some resistance training (I mix it in when I'm walking around the house).

I'm tricky like that! 

I like following along as you navigate maintenance!