SleeveGirl-TX

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

Some would say I'm a "slow loser" when you look at my percentages, but I had a LOT to lose and I'm very happy with where I am and where I'm going. Some days it seems painfully slow... others, really fast.
I'm all about making lasting changes. If that takes me an extra few months.... so be it.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

Your "3 week stall" has started early. Congrats Just hang in there. That was my LONGEST stall ever and lasted 20 days. I thought I was going to go nuts. It's totally normal. I stall now a lot too and stair step lose. Hang in there and don't do anything crazy. Stick to your plan, the weight WILL come off. Promise.
My normal now is to lose a few pounds, stall, gain a pound or two, stall, lose that gain and lose some more, stall... It's just normal now.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

My latest updated photo:

215 pounds down by CandyTX, on Flickr
Life is very good.

I'm down another 9 pounds since, but this was my 200 pound loss photo along with some headshot differences.
The headshot was cool because it was the first time she didn't do any photoshop tricks to get rid of chins or shrink my face or anything

I'm down another 9 pounds since, but this was my 200 pound loss photo along with some headshot differences.
The headshot was cool because it was the first time she didn't do any photoshop tricks to get rid of chins or shrink my face or anything

The first few weeks were hard, but you're at that six month point. For me, it took a year and I got pretty depressed with severe apathy. It was pretty weird. Luckily, I was in therapy so we've worked on it. Just in the past few months (after getting on Zoloft too) I'm starting to feel normal. Whatever normal is. LOL
HUGS... seek out help if you think you need it. No shame in that game.

Does it help that I'm 19+ months out and STILL losing? I DID lose 100 pounds in my first six months, but that was less than half of my excess weight.
Folks, it's not a race. Learn your stuff and get it done. Stalls are normal, frustrations are normal. We keep saying "it's not about the finish line, but about the journey" and it's annoying, but VERY true. At this point, I'm losing 1 pound per week, on average (it comes in big spurts... I'll lose 2 pounds in a week and then nothing for two weeks). BUT it's been that way all along, just the amounts have gone down as I get closer to goal.
I've lost over 200 pounds. Heck, I've lost more than some of the STARTING weights I've seen from the really short folks. If I can do this, you can do this. There's no time limit or expiration date on your sleeve. Treat it well and it will be good to you for many years to come.

Learning to take a compliment has been an interesting change. I've always excelled at business and in certain aspects of my life and I've always been able to say "thank you" when someone says 'good job'. But taking a compliment without pooh-poohing myself and my weight loss has been a tough one. Someone said my face and skin was so nice and beautiful (they didn't know me before WLS so they don't even know I was ever different than I am now) and I found myself looking for an "excuse" for it and getting embarassed. I had to make myself smile and say "thank you".
I've gone through a lot of emotional and mental health stuff over the past couple of years. Coming to grips with my obesity and the "why" aspects of it has been the absolute hardest part of this journey. It's been pretty brutal. BUT I'm starting to come out the other side, I think. I have way more days where the abusive voice in my head doesn't come around. I have a lot less bad self-talk and a lot more good self-talk.
I think, for most of us, it's all part of the process. Therapy probably saved my life more than WLS did, to be honest. But the two together... that's made me whole.

Some would say I'm a "slow loser" when you look at my percentages, but I had a LOT to lose and I'm very happy with where I am and where I'm going. Some days it seems painfully slow... others, really fast.
I'm all about making lasting changes. If that takes me an extra few months.... so be it.

I'm down another 9 pounds since, but this was my 200 pound loss photo along with some headshot differences.
The headshot was cool because it was the first time she didn't do any photoshop tricks to get rid of chins or shrink my face or anything

Does it help that I'm 19+ months out and STILL losing? I DID lose 100 pounds in my first six months, but that was less than half of my excess weight.
Folks, it's not a race. Learn your stuff and get it done. Stalls are normal, frustrations are normal. We keep saying "it's not about the finish line, but about the journey" and it's annoying, but VERY true. At this point, I'm losing 1 pound per week, on average (it comes in big spurts... I'll lose 2 pounds in a week and then nothing for two weeks). BUT it's been that way all along, just the amounts have gone down as I get closer to goal.
I've lost over 200 pounds. Heck, I've lost more than some of the STARTING weights I've seen from the really short folks. If I can do this, you can do this. There's no time limit or expiration date on your sleeve. Treat it well and it will be good to you for many years to come.

Does it help that I'm 19+ months out and STILL losing? I DID lose 100 pounds in my first six months, but that was less than half of my excess weight.
Folks, it's not a race. Learn your stuff and get it done. Stalls are normal, frustrations are normal. We keep saying "it's not about the finish line, but about the journey" and it's annoying, but VERY true. At this point, I'm losing 1 pound per week, on average (it comes in big spurts... I'll lose 2 pounds in a week and then nothing for two weeks). BUT it's been that way all along, just the amounts have gone down as I get closer to goal.
I've lost over 200 pounds. Heck, I've lost more than some of the STARTING weights I've seen from the really short folks. If I can do this, you can do this. There's no time limit or expiration date on your sleeve. Treat it well and it will be good to you for many years to come.