Cecilia

Cleaning house today and wearing a grungy old t-shirt, stopped at the bathroom mirror to admire how huge it was on me and it was ridiculously enormous. Got to thinking, at my highest I was 312 lbs (about 6 1/2 years ago), now I'm 208. Holy cow, that's 104 lbs...I have an 102 lb 9 year old. I've lost all of him plus 2. That's insane. So I grabbed him and had him crawl up my shirt and he fit, with room to spare....just wow. Totally wow.
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 210

I did it!!! Check out the ticker! I'm in the 180's, my BMI falls in the overweight (not obese) range, and I'm more than half-way to my goal weight. I started out at a size 22, and now I'm fitting comfortably into size 16's. What a relief to see the scales moving again, however slowly.

I just wore a pair of shorts I haven worn since my honeymoon several years ago. Also, I was able to walk 3 miles the other day and ended up dragging my dog behind me by the end of it.

Mowed the yard today and didn't die!!! I haven't been able to mow for years and last out there in the heat

I was kind of wondering about that... LOL!
BTW, never congratulated you on making it to Onederland!

Yay for cute clothes!!!!! I feel so weird shopping in the 'normal' section....also keep grabbing clothes that are too big. Brain hasn't grasp how much smaller my butt is yet I guess

Frustrating and good day today... Had to go shopping and bought size 14 regular not woman's 20! Holy crap... It was just hard try to find things cause I'm in between sizes right now... Some 14 to small 16 to big... But got a couple cute things ... Yay!

Yes that is the room between me and the table at the BOOTH thru just sat me at!!!!! Woohoooo
HW 343 SW 322 4/23/13 goal 170

Happy happy joy joy!!!! I finally hit wonderland 199.2 lbs! I'll take it. Kinda a happy and tearful morning.

NSVs I've noticed lately: (1) I now have a lap! (2) I no longer have to avoid booths! (3) I can cross my legs without using my hands! (4) I'm off ALL prescription meds! (5) I enjoy shopping again! I want to plan a girls weekend shopping trip! (6) I fit comfortably into movie theater seats! (7) I'm not always the biggest person in the room!

I tried on ALL my capri's and none of them fit. In fact I can take the off without unzipping or unbuttoning them.. Whew whew! But on that note, I only have yoga pants to wear lol!
Secondly, I measured myself today (after the Capri incident) and I've lost 6 inches in 10 days!!

I can get into positions I haven't ever been able to get in !!!! My hubby loves it, (wink,wink) and now I have to be careful when I shave my legs because apparently under all the fat I had there are bones. Lol !!!

On that subject. I went to Victoria's Secret today and i was able to get bras and panties! Such a good feeling!!

I actually bought a new pair of sandals from Macy's!! I usually have to go to Jays wide shoes!! Macy's does not carry wide shoes!! I was so excited!! Yes!!

New bra size 38DD... Was a 42DD

I don't know if this image will show up... Using my phone to post... In case it does, check it out. You can practically see where my thyroid gives up the ghost and all wt loss stops. Then, where I go on synthroid and I literally feel like I'm coming back from near dead. Crazy!

How about the joy of not having to dig for where to buckle the belt somewhere under your thigh... I can SEE it! It's right THERE! LOL!

I found some old bras in a box of clothes I thought I'd never wear again... it feels so weird to wear smaller bras! But honestly, as long as they're boosted into the correct elevation, I don't care how big or small they are. Just so they don't droop.

OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD!!!!!
It happened!
After a month-long stall, I finally lost two pounds!!!!!!!!!!!
I needed this so badly, you have no idea! I was almost to the point where I was contemplating accepting that the surgery netted me a 30-pound weight loss, and, well, at least I wouldn't be regaining that, and I kept focusing on the non-scale victories, but WOW! I've been perking up little by little as the thyroid meds kicked in, and kept up with the crunches, push-ups, and squats, just to make myself feel like I was doing something... and today I jumped on the scale and saw that it had moved.
Wow.
I really needed that.

I have a wedding on Saturday and had to buy a new dress. I have a shape and its not round. Lol.

OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD!!!!!
It happened!
After a month-long stall, I finally lost two pounds!!!!!!!!!!!
I needed this so badly, you have no idea! I was almost to the point where I was contemplating accepting that the surgery netted me a 30-pound weight loss, and, well, at least I wouldn't be regaining that, and I kept focusing on the non-scale victories, but WOW! I've been perking up little by little as the thyroid meds kicked in, and kept up with the crunches, push-ups, and squats, just to make myself feel like I was doing something... and today I jumped on the scale and saw that it had moved.
Wow.
I really needed that.