100 pounds lost!

Congratulations! That is an awesome accomplishment!

Super impressive. Nice job.

Congrats doll, you're an amazing example for everybody else. Sending lots of love!

yes I do it was a few week ago.... I had worked really hard 8 yrs ago a lost a lot went from a size 18 to a 9 and then gained all back after surgery and grief stress eating and I hit my high....I'm done so I started getting off my *kitten* cut junk ( I will still have treat day) and joined the gym started waking and hr in the pool 5 to 6 days a weekdown almost 10 pounds

A well deserved congratulations to you! I remember when I lost my first ten pound I was ecstatic and figured that would probably be it; then I lost another 10 and though well, should I try for another 10? And I did, and I made it, and now I've lost another 10 and I still feel like I did when I lost the first 10 pounds!

But it is a great feeling and to have lost a 100 lbs must be a tremendous feeling, so good for you! I bow down to you!

That is SO awesome!! Congratulations!! You should be so, SO proud of yourself! I'm almost to the 100 lb loss mark myself!! I have about 40 more to go. It's such an awesome journey, isn't it?! Wishing you all the best!! So excited for you!! (:

When I saw the weight at my DOT physical and only got a temporary 3 month physical. I decided I would give weight loss one more effort after I got off my final round of triple antibiotics to kill an H-pylori infection. I started focusing heavily on eating right and working out. I am now 245 and doing well SW was 258lbs at the doctors. I have a bad liver so I am hoping losing weight corrects that next too. My goal is to get under 204 by my next physical but I would be happy with any loss.

Well done! I've had terrible food addictions my whole life. Had a couple of skinny phases with weight loss success, but they were both short-lived.

I've progressively been getting sicker for seven years. Pre-diabetes, edema, high cholesterol, gall stones, fatty liver (due to excessive sugar consumption and weight), high blood pressure during pregnancy, anxiety, depression.....NONE of that was enough to "flip my switch." I tried, but see, throughout all of that, I had a digestive issue, with food literally going straight through me. I was tired and weak all the time, and never felt full or satisfied from food....so I lived on high sugar food like chocolate (which I now recognise was to keep my energy up), and would literally eat all day long. During flare ups I was scared to leave the house in case of accidents, and I was anxious all the time. 7 years of really NOT enjoying life.

Then late last year I saw a new GP. My symptoms had grown so bad I was sick for at least three weeks a month. He finally listened, didn't just fob it off as anxiety, and actually referred me to a gastroenterologist. After several tests, I now know that I was having severe IBS symptoms as a result of muliple intolerances. There's a whole list of things that are now out of my diet....in fact, more things are out than in....but I feel like a new person! No symptoms since eliminating my trigger foods, and it is now soooo much easier to limit my calorie intake, because I'm not starving hungry all the time.

I'm 21.5 kg down...about 1/3 of the way to being a healthy weight. But I feel now, that I'm actually going to make it.

That switch flipped the day after I got out of the chest pain unit. When my doctor cleared me I began my training.

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Well done! I've had terrible food addictions my whole life. Had a couple of skinny phases with weight loss success, but they were both short-lived.

I've progressively been getting sicker for seven years. Pre-diabetes, edema, high cholesterol, gall stones, fatty liver (due to excessive sugar consumption and weight), high blood pressure during pregnancy, anxiety, depression.....NONE of that was enough to "flip my switch." I tried, but see, throughout all of that, I had a digestive issue, with food literally going straight through me. I was tired and weak all the time, and never felt full or satisfied from food....so I lived on high sugar food like chocolate (which I now recognise was to keep my energy up), and would literally eat all day long. During flare ups I was scared to leave the house in case of accidents, and I was anxious all the time. 7 years of really NOT enjoying life.

Then late last year I saw a new GP. My symptoms had grown so bad I was sick for at least three weeks a month. He finally listened, didn't just fob it off as anxiety, and actually referred me to a gastroenterologist. After several tests, I now know that I was having severe IBS symptoms as a result of muliple intolerances. There's a whole list of things that are now out of my diet....in fact, more things are out than in....but I feel like a new person! No symptoms since eliminating my trigger foods, and it is now soooo much easier to limit my calorie intake, because I'm not starving hungry all the time.

I'm 21.5 kg down...about 1/3 of the way to being a healthy weight. But I feel now, that I'm actually going to make it.

I thought I was reading my own post. I was diagnosed with IBS at first too. I had all your symptoms. Went to get a colonoscopy and they found I had severe H-pylori. I went from passing whole foods to normal. I am finally getting rid of the edema, and things are slowly dropping. The difference in my system is amazing. You can get a simple blood test to see if you have it. My form was so advance that my pancreas, liver, and spleen were being severely effected as well.