My 3 year surgerversary!

3 years ago today I was married to a man in the Air Force. I was working as a Dental Assistant.
5'3 and 264 pounds and miserable, life started getting harder for me being that weight. I had always been pleasantly plump at 200 pounds sense a preteen, but my first year of marriage and a terrible husband who was in South Korea(cheating, drinking,and spending more money than we had) I ate myself to 264.
Now I'm divorced from that man.Engaged to the love of my life. Hopefully to be married to him this December. Working at Red Robin as a Hostess. I'm also a full-time student.I'm still 5'3 and weight 154. With my total weight loss maintianing at 110 pounds. I'm still getting use to me body, and still very self conscious on some days. No plastic surgery in my future. Just Living Life. Here's my 2 progress pictures. 

July 2008-264   Aug 20,2011-154       Tag Photo        

You look great; love the boots!

 Congrats on what I want to call the "miracle" makoever.  But we all know it is not a miracle.  Clearly you have risen to very major challenges in life and your not just surviving - but thriving!  Good for you!

Wow, you look incredible!!!! Happy three years....and I am so happy fo you that you have the love of your life!! My, how life has changed over the last three years for you. You are an inspiration to us all......

Awesome!  You look like a different person.  Congrats!  And you are keeping it off which I hear is the hard part.  Any advice for those of us who are almost at goal and need to start thinking about maintaining? 

I still to this day weight myself daily. I know that people on here say that you are not to do that but it keeps my integrity up. It helps me decide how my eating decisions are going to be that day or not. Also I have completely stayed away from my weaknesses which caused me intense weight gain which was bowls/boxes of cereal. I have not ate a bowl of cereal in over 3 years and will never again. I also don't eat rice. I do not eat mayonnaise/or dressings on items at home or restaurants. I always order grilled chicken. I try to stick with 100 calorie snack packs. I do not drink/eat regular anything, it's either diet, fat free,and/or sugar free. I try to keep a calorie count in my head too through out the day but that's not the case everyday. I do enjoy a candy bar, or piece of cake occasionally. But most of all is my Portion control! I highly stress that you stay aware of how much you are eating of an item. I eat pizza but only 1 slice.(For Example). Let me know if you have any more questions

....AND she is keeping her weight maintained while working at Red Robin. That is a burger place, right?? How are you doing that??? Please share!!

Red Robin is a burger place. But I dont eat hamburgers anymore. and I hate being at work so bad that I dont want to go into work early to order food or stay after to eat it. Although I do sneak a french fry or two sometimes. :D
I also try to make sure that I eat before I got to work so I dont get tempted to order something there, and lastly I keep a snack in my purse if I do get hungry there.

Good for you.............you look so good!!!  So glad yu found a great guy!!!  Best of luck!!

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all you don't even look like the same person and you look WAY younger!! Congratulations to you.

May I ask what you mean when you say "still very self conscioius on some days"? Do you mean you feel like you are still fat even though you clearly are NOT or do you mean you feel self-conscious with people looking at your in an admiring way? Just wondering.

You look great, glad to see you are maintaining so well and found the love of your life!!

Wynter