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I started at 243 pounds and in the beginning, I lost pretty steadily. If not 2lbs per week, then it evened out to 2lbs per week. As I got away from the morbidly obese and into severe obesity, the trend started faltering. I started noticing that I would lose way less consistently and have weeks where "I lost my butt" as I…

Yep! Truf!

Enjoy it. Eat what you want but don’t make it about food - I went to Mexico and stayed at an all inclusive. It was awesome. Yes, I ate tons of stuff (I would have to be more restrictive now but that’s due to diagnoses allergies). But I was also going hiking and snorkeling and seeing the sites. Have a fun trip. Enjoy the…

Congrats!!! You look awesome!!

That is awesome!! It's really something how much change can occur in a year. :smiley: I'm sure you'll be hitting lots of new goals this year!!

Wow!! What an amazing transformation! You are awesome and inspiring! Congratulations!

Since I made the first decision to change my life in 2012, I have lost 90 inches overall between 2012 and 2019. This is hard to fathom, and my inner self wants to cry in disbelief, happiness, and excitement, because I did that. No one else did. Me. And that's worthy of a moment of joyful contemplation.

Awesome! Congrats! :smiley:

I've lost 90 and have felt off and on the same way. It has taken my brain a lot longer to catch up my mental image with my physical image. I'm on the edge of a healthy BMI (so close! so close!), but a couple of weeks ago, I happened to be brushing my teeth and when I looked in the mirror I had a flash of shock. I didn't…

Whups, accidentally responded to an old thread. XD

Congrats! That's amazing!

For the first time in a very long while, I have to hunt for my double chin. I was taking a selfie today to show a long-distance friend that I was wearing the necklace she'd gotten for me from Hong Kong and I realized, hey wait... WAIT. I swapped angles and looked up and down and side to side and did a YIPPPEEEEE leap for…

I just went to Disneyland last Friday, and I had a similar experience. Granted, I don't get on the really scary rides, but the rides I rode were so much more jarring than I remember! I did not fill out the seat and did a lot of seat-sliding! It was crazy, and I was surprised by how much room I actually had. I can't even…

I would dearly love to write my body a love note to please be taking fat from my calves and thighs -- moreso my calves. I am so self-conscious about my calves (which feel giant to me). I take measurements and they move incredibly slow, yet for some reason, my body is like "oh hey, I burned more of your neck fat!" I'm all,…

Wow! Incredible!! Congrats!!

HUG! I know that feeling all too well. I remember when I went shopping for my first belt and couldn't find any in my size. I learned quickly that belts are weird -- they are sized based on waist measurements, though most people wear them around their hips ... to hold up pants (in my experience at least). So take heart!…

I am 2.5kg away from 41kg lost. I was closer to this goal before the holidays, but I think I'm still in the midst of the monthly water dance, so I have my fingers crossed I start shedding that soon!

Wow!! What an achievement!! Congrats! You look awesome!

yay!! congrats!!

@motivatedmartha you look amazing!! And you look like you're having fun!!!! <3

Happy Birthday!! Congratulations on your success!!

@motivatedmartha that sounds lovely!! I am glad you did that without reservation!! 😁

YAY!!! :smiley:

My husband didn't have to worry about whether or not things would fit. He got me things, and they fit. That is the best and most novel experience ever. We never forget the one year he bought me an amazing jacket only to have it be too small... and when we went to exchange it at the store, they didn't carry it in a size I…

I JUST now ventured into trying leggings-as-pants this week (largely because sick-as-a-dog, I didn't care what people might say and I wanted to be cozy and warm). I'd always been too afraid my legs were too chubby... to look good in leggings. For the first time, I was like, "Wow, my legs are getting shape. I see knees.…

I'm a lazy food scale person. I'll weight out things like granola that goes into my yogurt, and guess at the weights of the chicken in my dinner. This is largely because a) I don't cook, my husband does and b) we also eat out a lot and I have to guess. What I did do was weigh out what servings of high calorie foods look…

This thread has helped re-shape my view of what is realistic and attainable (as I have had zero comparison, personally, except what's on TV). In all honesty, I never thought of my uterus as having visible mass. It has always fallen into the mystery of "internal organs". My belly isn't going to be what it was when I was a…

3-4 kg from healthy BMI (give it take some fluctuations). I am rabid to hit this goal! Next goal would be to get 5kg under healthy BMI limit. Then... I guess... wow, final goal. I’m only 15-17 kg from goal. Not too shabby, self! Still quite a ways, but every day brings me closer.

I have the Holiday Crud and went to the doctor today to see if they could give me anything. Two hours waiting and while they told me it was just a virus and couldn’t really do anything, I DID manage to punt the “obese” from my medical record. My primary care physician was even surprised (I’m close to 90lbs down now) and…

I cannot reiterate enough that taking progress pictures can be so helpful. I cannot see my progress in the mirror most of the time. The slight daily changes are enough that they get lost in my mental perception of me. Instead, I take pictures and put them side by side. Or sometimes, I take pictures of disembodied pieces of…