Finally below 300!!
finallyproud
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About 4 years ago I walked into my doctors office and stepped on the scale..it said I weighed 311 lbs. I was heart broken and burst into tears. The doctor actually recommended gastric bypass surgery, but I couldn't even consider that. In my mind that was way to risky. I was such a disappointment to myself and all I could do was wonder how my husband could still love me. Well I got really depressed and all I could do was eat to make myself feel better, and from that I gained even more weight. When I finally woke up and realized I was slowly killing myself I weighed 320 lbs. Today I stepped onto another scale and it said you weigh 293 lbs. That was a 7 lbs. loss for me in a week, but a million pound loss of burden. Total in all I have lost 27 lbs. since January, and I have made it below 300 lbs! No gastric bypass or magic pills, but the determination to change my life for the better. I also couldn't have done it with out the support and encouragement from everyone on here. Thank you so much!
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About 4 years ago I walked into my doctors office and stepped on the scale..it said I weighed 311 lbs. I was heart broken and burst into tears. The doctor actually recommended gastric bypass surgery, but I couldn't even consider that. In my mind that was way to risky. I was such a disappointment to myself and all I could do was wonder how my husband could still love me. Well I got really depressed and all I could do was eat to make myself feel better, and from that I gained even more weight. When I finally woke up and realized I was slowly killing myself I weighed 320 lbs. Today I stepped onto another scale and it said you weigh 293 lbs. That was a 7 lbs. loss for me in a week, but a million pound loss of burden. Total in all I have lost 27 lbs. since January, and I have made it below 300 lbs! No gastric bypass or magic pills, but the determination to change my life for the better. I also couldn't have done it with out the support and encouragement from everyone on here. Thank you so much!0
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that is awesome:flowerforyou: congrats!!!0
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that is wonderful!!! what accomplishment.0
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so very awesome! :flowerforyou:0
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Congradulations!!! You go, Girl!! Yes you can do it, and you will! Keep up the good work!0
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wtg!!:drinker:0
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I am soooooooooooo proud of you. You are doing wonderfully!! Keep it up!!!
Hopefully pretty soon I will be able to say "Under 200!"
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About 4 years ago I walked into my doctors office and stepped on the scale..it said I weighed 311 lbs. I was heart broken and burst into tears. The doctor actually recommended gastric bypass surgery, but I couldn't even consider that. In my mind that was way to risky. I was such a disappointment to myself and all I could do was wonder how my husband could still love me. Well I got really depressed and all I could do was eat to make myself feel better, and from that I gained even more weight. When I finally woke up and realized I was slowly killing myself I weighed 320 lbs. Today I stepped onto another scale and it said you weigh 293 lbs. That was a 7 lbs. loss for me in a week, but a million pound loss of burden. Total in all I have lost 27 lbs. since January, and I have made it below 300 lbs! No gastric bypass or magic pills, but the determination to change my life for the better. I also couldn't have done it with out the support and encouragement from everyone on here. Thank you so much!
What a great story. Keep on going. I wish you all the luck
:flowerforyou: Kathy0 -
Keep up the fantastic work...you are very inspirational0
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Good for you. That is wonderful You should be proud of yourself:flowerforyou:0
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Woot! Woot!:flowerforyou: Good job, WTG!!!:flowerforyou:0
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That's soooooo fantastic! Keep it up, you're doing a great job! :flowerforyou:0
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Way cool, Keep up the good work I'm so proud of you. Talk to you soon.0
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woo hoo!!!0
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Congratulations. Keep up the good work.0
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You should be so proud of you! That is a wonderful start to a healthy life! :flowerforyou:0
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Awesome job! That must feel incredible!
I have been in a similar situation. The last time I went to a doctor, he said I should look into gastric bypass. I was seriously considering it. I'm glad you chose not to though, because the consequences can be so serious.
Keep up the good work! You can do it!
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GREAT JOB!
Keep up the good work
You are so worth it!
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You have done a wonderful thing for yourself and family. You keep the proud feelings and keep at it! You've shown that you can go this far. Although I don't know you, I wish you the best! That is truly wonderful news and...you did it on your own without meds or surgery and you can continue to do it.0
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That is amazing!! I'm so happy that you chose to lose weight in a healthy way instead of surgery!! I myself was going to have surgery about five years ago went to the consultation and everything but the whole time I was there I felt like it wasn’t right… but when I got home I did it the right way healthy eating and exercise and lost 80plus pounds… I know that losing weight the right way will make you feel good about your self and you will feel so proud of your all the hard work you put into : happy: good luck and congrats on this milestone!!!0
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Gongratulations!! I am glad you allowed us to share in your happiness!!0
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Thank you all so much for your kind words I really am so very proud of myself :bigsmile: I know I can always count on the ppl here to understand how hard this has been :flowerforyou: I think I may cry Thanks so much!0
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congrats, that is so awesome, keep up the great work. You are doing a fantastic job.0
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Great job!!! Look forward to hearing about your next accomplishment. :drinker:0
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Awesome Job :flowerforyou: Keep up the great work.:drinker: :drinker: Your right everyone is here for each other and that is a great feeling. Were all on a life time of getting healthy and feeling good about ourselves. So good luck on your weight loss journey. Thank you for sharing your acomplishment:drinker: :drinker:0
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glad you decided to turn things around! keep it up and you can be on commercials some day and inspire even more people than you already are.0
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Wahoo!!! Sounds like a reason for a pary t
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