ONE WHOLE YEAR TODAY!!!!

Post Date: 10/15/11 6:56 pm
I made it!!!!!!!!!!
Just can hardly fathom that I sit right here 111 lbs and 78 inches less!!!!
I started at 266 lbs and now am at 155 today....
I party-ed like all get out last nite and looked good doing it I might add.
I went from 26 W pants to a size 8 now.
Bra 44F to 34 C.
Shirt 3x to a Med.
Now I need a belt to wear.
No exercise to all the time...LOVE IT!!!
I am lighter and smaller all the way around than when I married and for many year before that.
Living this life to the fullest. I just rafted and hiked a gorge and was I ever ready. All that working out paid BIG!
My sleeve still works great! I am right on target with portions..I simply cannot over eat. I just knew I would be the exception to this and not make it but it is right on target.
 I try to remember Frisco's take on it.
I eat because I NEED TO not because I can't think of anything else to do. My body craves protein
still. It keeps me focused on what comes first.
To ALL of  you out there that have taken the step or are thinking of it...IT IS THE BEST...LOVE BEING ABLE TO LIVE LIFE AGAIN.   There just are not enough words to describe.
Good luck out there!!

congrats, and now let the  rest of your journey begins... maintenence... although you will prob drop a bit lower than you are right now, this part of the journey is when it just keeps on going and becomes part of our lives forever.... I wish you all the best

Thank you very much. I still have every intention of losing more but I am concentrating on my workouts and making sure I eat healthy and regularly. Ensuring that I make this as much a part of me as the blood running thru my veins is where I am right now. Getting fit has been the second blessing that is so amazing. Honestly, not one time in my life have I ever been this fit. I am scared to slack at all because it is so much work and I am proud of the fact I actually have made it this far. I love going every day...it is so addictive.
In the six months that I have started working out by the guidance of a trainer I have lost 23 inches and 31 lbs...simply could not have done it without that part. I have lost inches in places I certainly never thought was possible. I still am amazed.
Thanks for your response. It means alot.

Great Job!  Now don't change a thing, if you keep losing, then slowly up your calories or healthy carbs until you stop.  Don't stop trying or you may start to gain ok?

Cindy

I am still focusing on losing more. Technically, I am still overweight and not at my ultimate goal.  I am training and more fit than I ever have been or ever thought I would be. I am keeping on with the same plan and making my workouts as essential as breathing. I try to live by "if I eat I exercise and if I exercise I have to eat"...healthy and thoughtfully. I continually focus on protein, not drinking when I eat, portions, and being aware of my body and not mindlessly wandering thru the world of food.
I really appreciate your response.

 Heartiest congratulations!  You have done a wonderful thing for yourself.  Keep up the good work!
--Dorothy

Thank you for your response. I am so grateful that the opportunity presented itself to help me..help myself. I am grateful to have helped make my family's life better, healthier and show my kids the real me...the one I always knew I could be. I hope it always inspires them to be healthy too in their lives to come. I don't want to focus on weight the rest of their lives. I want them to be "normally functional' and be ABLE to do all the things they want to do unencumbered by weight issues.
Thank you again.

Congratulations and great job!  Now comes the maintainance.  Hang tough!

Thank You very much.
I try never to focus on the past. Just keep moving forward doing the things that have been making me healthy all this time. I still have not met my ultimate goal, so intend on losing more but focusing on the things that got me here. It is a natural part of me now but I have to work at it every day.
Thanks again:)

Congratulations on a job well done!

I loved your sentence about eating because you need to, not because you can't think of anything else to do. 

How many of us spent years pre-op eating because of that very reason!