KristinaA

thats got to be an awesome feeling!

thats got to be an awesome feeling!

thats got to be an awesome feeling!

I reached my goal today! This is what greeted me as I got on my scale this morning.

My stats:
Surgery Date: 7/26/13
HW: 269
SW: 248
CW: 140
I will post some pics soon. I am still camera shy. I think it's time to get over that!
Thank you to everyone here who has helped me along the way! I hope to pay it forward.

I'm on myfitnesspal too, but that is where the similarity stops.......your food mantra is way over my head. All I do there is cuss out the chart for lying. At the end of each page is that infernal prediction of what I'll weigh in 5 weeks. I must not be human, cause it ain't happening..... Curse these damn stalls.

Love it! I can't wait to hear what her reaction, make sure to come back and update. I think at the dinner table you should announce that you want to take a family picture!
I didn't really have anyone that I couldn't wait to see. I actually hated the attention I received while I was losing weight. I couldn't stand people cooing all over me, it was really uncomfortable for me.

many OP on the board say their frustration about gaining any weight
no rhyme or reason that happens
Water weight - time of month - maybe a mood change
this is the place to vent!!!!
45 lbs in 4 months is good!!!!
i have heard that if you lose 10 lbs in a month, thats great
you are eating so few calories that you can't help but lose
sometimes "shaking" up your eating can help you to lose
even adding a 100 or so calories can break things up
keep up the good job
kathy

I'm totally doing this right now. My readings this week were 215.8, 213, 215.2, 210.4, 213, 212.8, 212. There's no real rhyme or reason; I was two weeks out on Thursday. the main point is that the overall trend is down. The scale is just a number, and it will be a bitch some days.

Sure you can bounce around. But you know it ain't fat. I'm in a pause/stall and as crazy as it can make us, you know it's just part of the way it goes, and 45 pounds in 4months Is super... I'm lucky if I average 8 pounds a month.
Do you have a fireplace? Maybe put the scale on a roaring fire tonight.

Hello,
I Only told my mom, my boyfriend, my brother and my aunt. Noone else needs to know my business. If I eventually decide to tell people I will but right now I have not told anyone. Before I had my surgery you have to start eating healthy so everyone new that is what I was doing. I'm just a little over a month out and people do notice and I just say I'm working out and eating healthy. Has seemed to work for me. As far as being in the hospital I just said I was having my Gallbladder out. No questions asked. Anyways congratulations on your surgery date. :-) It's the best decision I have made for my life. :-)