1 yr out (and 2 days)....
warning: the pictures are in a bra and shorts
the 27th was my 1 year. i'm down about 97 pounds (really wanted to hit 100 by a year, but i'm about as close as you can get), from a tight size 24, xxl/xxxl to a 12/14 depending, m/l. i feel healthier, don't get winded as easily, and know i would have never had the confidence to go back to grad school and move to nyc where i was a year ago. my year out appointment went great, they were glad to hear i was still losing (pretty sure my body was like wtf is going on when i moved and started walking everywhere and i dropped 10 pounds in a few days, but before that it was super slow, and hasn't moved in a week or two). ideally i want to lose at least another 25, but it's definitely getting harder and i don't have the money to join a gym right now (yay unemployment!), but until it gets too cold i'm gonna keep walking my butt off. all my labs came back right in the middle of the normal range (although i feel like i'm still missing some, they post them online as they get them, so i'm guessing some take longer to get back). i know i can be better with my vitamin schedule, and eating schedule, so that's my goal for the next few months.
now onto the fun stuff....
start with the ones from the night before surgery, 252 lbs
(this was like a few days before, but i think it's a good example of my face)


and here are ones from last night (same shorts & size just different color)


and the face one i like recently is 2 weeks ago-ish, i know it's something she wouldn't want to hear, but it's kind of exciting that for the first time ever i'm smaller than my best friend (or at least my face is lol)

the 27th was my 1 year. i'm down about 97 pounds (really wanted to hit 100 by a year, but i'm about as close as you can get), from a tight size 24, xxl/xxxl to a 12/14 depending, m/l. i feel healthier, don't get winded as easily, and know i would have never had the confidence to go back to grad school and move to nyc where i was a year ago. my year out appointment went great, they were glad to hear i was still losing (pretty sure my body was like wtf is going on when i moved and started walking everywhere and i dropped 10 pounds in a few days, but before that it was super slow, and hasn't moved in a week or two). ideally i want to lose at least another 25, but it's definitely getting harder and i don't have the money to join a gym right now (yay unemployment!), but until it gets too cold i'm gonna keep walking my butt off. all my labs came back right in the middle of the normal range (although i feel like i'm still missing some, they post them online as they get them, so i'm guessing some take longer to get back). i know i can be better with my vitamin schedule, and eating schedule, so that's my goal for the next few months.
now onto the fun stuff....
start with the ones from the night before surgery, 252 lbs

(this was like a few days before, but i think it's a good example of my face)


and here are ones from last night (same shorts & size just different color)


and the face one i like recently is 2 weeks ago-ish, i know it's something she wouldn't want to hear, but it's kind of exciting that for the first time ever i'm smaller than my best friend (or at least my face is lol)
