MSinger

Ooh, that is wonderful. All that hill climbing on the bike is gonna give you a rock-hard booty

Congrats Kathy - yet another reason I find you so inspiring. Here's to good health

Wowza!! You look awesome

At this point in my life, I must have read at least a million weight loss success stories and they follow a general pattern:
1. A person made goal by religiously tracking their calorie intake.
2. A person got to their goal weight by tracking, life happened and they stopped tracking, and now they've regained weight (sometimes possibly gained more weight than the last time they started).
3. A person got to goal weight by tracking calorie intake, and they continue to maintain their weight by tracking their calorie intake.
Tracking seems to be an important theme here. Do what works for you.

At this point in my life, I must have read at least a million weight loss success stories and they follow a general pattern:
1. A person made goal by religiously tracking their calorie intake.
2. A person got to their goal weight by tracking, life happened and they stopped tracking, and now they've regained weight (sometimes possibly gained more weight than the last time they started).
3. A person got to goal weight by tracking calorie intake, and they continue to maintain their weight by tracking their calorie intake.
Tracking seems to be an important theme here. Do what works for you.

At this point in my life, I must have read at least a million weight loss success stories and they follow a general pattern:
1. A person made goal by religiously tracking their calorie intake.
2. A person got to their goal weight by tracking, life happened and they stopped tracking, and now they've regained weight (sometimes possibly gained more weight than the last time they started).
3. A person got to goal weight by tracking calorie intake, and they continue to maintain their weight by tracking their calorie intake.
Tracking seems to be an important theme here. Do what works for you.

At this point in my life, I must have read at least a million weight loss success stories and they follow a general pattern:
1. A person made goal by religiously tracking their calorie intake.
2. A person got to their goal weight by tracking, life happened and they stopped tracking, and now they've regained weight (sometimes possibly gained more weight than the last time they started).
3. A person got to goal weight by tracking calorie intake, and they continue to maintain their weight by tracking their calorie intake.
Tracking seems to be an important theme here. Do what works for you.

I would never have made it to a normal BMI without obsessively tracking. I still obsessively track and will for the rest of my life. Otherwise, I know what will happen - it's happened a thousand times before..

Tracking and limiting carbs have been the keys to my success. And I've lost 217 pounds and am at goal one year post-op after starting at nearly 400 pounds. I'd tell them to bite me and do what you know works for you.

Thank you.
It went well. I got up and did my 3 mile run this morning and I thought Iwould be sore from yesterday, but I really wasn't. I am praying that I can keep this up and continue indefinitely.

You are killin it lady!

You look great. Congrats on your 1-year surgiversary AND goal!

@MSinger Thank you! Another birthday on the 18th? how awesome! Yes, we're almost birthday twins too. Happy Belated Birthday to you hon! Hope you had an awesome one yourself.

Happy Birthday! My bday was yesterday so you're almost twins with me too! I hope you enjoy yourself today. Best wishes on a wonderful and productive 39th year. Onderland is right around the corner... what a lovely bday present to yourself!

Happy Birthday! My bday was yesterday so you're almost twins with me too! I hope you enjoy yourself today. Best wishes on a wonderful and productive 39th year. Onderland is right around the corner... what a lovely bday present to yourself!

Amazing and inspiring!! Congrats on getting to the home stretch of your goal

@MSingerthank you. I am glad too. I was like if anymore comes out, I am going to be bald. I had to put a hair catcher from As Seen on TV in my shower drain.

You are so sweet @Ydiva1 thank you so much for your kind words!
you are rocking your sleeve!! Just keep believing in yourself and you can do anything. When you hit a rough patch just keep doing what you know you need to do and you will conquer all obstacles.
I truly believe we have the power to change our destinies. Blessings to you!

Congratulations.. that is incredible!

Thank you! ((hugs)) We're fine here with only rain and only tiny bits of wind (we're on the dirty side of the storm). But we don't know if it will head back out to the Gulf and come in around Galveston/Freeport area and hit us harder?
I woke up worrying about @Newme17 and how she and her family were doing. Harvey hit at Rockport which is pretty much right on top of Corpus.

Maybe I'll update my status to say "In the groove" and just leave it at that until my next big update.

LOL I've been active on two whole threads mostly....I was surprised at myself when I responded to another yesterday. All is well here. Sounds like it is so with you too. That's a good thing.

Haha.. same here! Hope all is well with you!
I've just been plugging away. Not perfect, but making progress and not much is changing from day to day that warrants a new post. I'm still lurking the boards and other people's status updates.

No. I do know what th hype is...marketing and media. Otherwise if the actual studies of a Whole Foods plant based diet were EVERYWHERE there would be a whole lot less heart disease, obesity, hypertension, even suicide.

Thank you all. For good measure I decided to try on some shirts that I've kept and they fit now. I've made a note to wear them before I can't.