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Yup, I did it! I RAN my SECOND continuous 5K ever this morning! There is an option to do a 10K Sunday morning and I'm going to give it a try. It's basically the 5K twice. Even though this is a girls' trip, I kinda wish Mr. was here so he could witness my awesomeness.

@FluffyChix, no it wasn't on the beach nor was I wearing a bikini, but I think I should get bonus points anyway, just for doing it a second time 😎

@DaisyChainOz, @Arabesque ... am totally thinking of both of you this very moment as I watch the final set of the Millman-Federer match at the AO... I am riveted and literally screaming at the TV...

😂😂😂😂 Been there! (VIDEO) 😂😂😂😂

👉🏼 One. Hundred. Pounds. Lost. !!!

I was 235 lbs on Oct 10th, 2018.  Six and a half months later, I have shed the equivalent of my 13 year old daughter. 

That's just CRAZY 😮!!!

Looking on the bright side: both a loss of 1lb/week and a loss of 4lbs/week are LOSSES.  So long as the trendline is going down, I'm happy.

6 months today! 96.9 lbs lost since the 2wk pre-op liquid diet  

A prime example of why the number on the scale is not the only measure of weight loss success/failure:

For the past week I have been basically at the same weight, give or take 1/2 a pound.

However: my body fat percentage went from 29.4% to 27.7%, and I lost 1/2 inch off my waist (and other places) in the same period.

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Another checkup, another height change.  Last time I went, they recorded me at 5'1", which is a full inch shorter than what I have been saying for the past 25 years.  This time they used metric and noted 157cm, which is 5'1.81".  So I asked them to check again and yep, its 157cm. 

Now I have to recalculate all my BMI goals again...

Another interim weight loss goal reached: I now weigh less than Mr.!!! This morning I weighed in at 156.4 😁

(Mind you, I've reached below his weight the last 3 times I dieted, but I have a good feelings about this time, and that it will stick 😎).

Next interim weight loss goal: Break into the 140's...

Day 10 Plastics Post-op Update:

Day 4 PS Post-op Update:

Good news and Meh news...

Meh: so I think I experienced/am experiencing my first stall-ish since surgery and now I get how frustrating it can be!  So annoying to wake up every morning to watch the scale report a gain or loss of the same 1.5 pounds for over 2 weeks.  *sigh*.  Some say put the scale away, but I log my weight every morning to get a daily moving average of my weight.  So long as this moving average is not heading upwards (which it isn’t and hasn’t since post-op) then I am good with my curent “minimalist” weekly weight loss rate, however small I think it is 🙄.

However.

The Good news:

To allow for some self back patting, and to remind myself of the bigger picture, I set a bunch of interim goals/milestones... a few of which are 10lbs increment weight loss goals:

So this morning, after hovering within 1.5 pounds of an interim goal for over 2 weeks, I weighed in at 164.8, and officially lost 70 lbs!  In 4 months.  That is 30% of my starting body weight.  Or the equivalent of my 10 year old neice. How crazy is that.

Next Goal: weigh in at 162lbs to be merely overweight (and not obese!)

Having another blah food day today.  My lunch has been sitting here with me for almost two hours and all I've managed to eat was maybe 1/2 oz of grilled chicken and 2 cucumber slices.  Eff it, I'm done.

I am beyond amazed.  At 2.5 months post-op, I am officially more than halfway to goal this morning.

58.4 lbs down, 56.6 lbs to go.

Yay me ☺️

I am now in the 150's.

159.7 lbs, to be exact.

The 150's has historically been my weight loss nemesis.  In the past 15 years, I've dieted down to the 150's three times only to gain back what I lost and more.  So getting under 150 will be a huge symbolic accomplishment for me, and in my mind solidify that I can get to goal.

Here's looking to lose the next 10-ish pounds!!

I am officially the awesome-est person in my universe.  I. RAN. A. 10K. THIS. MORNING.  *drops mike*

I broke 150 lbs today!!!!

150 lbs has been my wall for the past 15 years.  I've dieted down to the low 150s 3 times only to regain what I lost and more. 

I am now officially 149.7 lbs as of this morning.  Yay me!

I just read @BoredCW's status post and also want to lament the loss of my butt.  Looking at me the side, my back is basically flat from my neck to my knees.  My jeans have lovely fabric folds draping from my backside from lack of filling.

Two days ago, I was sitting on a worn couch at the gym and I could feel the springs and count how many I was sitting on.  Told the Kid and she said she wants to find her childhood alphabet fridge magnets in the basement to spell out words and have me sit on them and do some "butt-braille-reading" 😂

I officially have no butt. Other than a crease where the bottom of my butt should be, there is no difference between the back of my thighs and my derriere.  Need up my squat game...

I really thought we had put all the "you are so skinny, are you sick" comments behind us.

Apparently not.

My mom, MY MOM! came over today with the specific intention to tell me that she thinks I am too skinny and to stop losing weight.  I had dropped off some dessert a her place the other day and she said she had to come over to tell me that she is worried because she thinks that I am even skinnier than over the Xmas holidays.

First, I stopped losing weight 6+ months ago.

Second, I am actually 6 lbs heavier than I was over xmas (I had lost some weight after my PS, and have since gained it back), so I don't know what she is talking about.

Third, I look awesome.

🙄

I think i just spent the entire morning plus a couple more hours on here.

My name is ms.sss and I am a BP forums-aholic.

I was on full-on lazy mode and totally binge watched "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" this weekend.

LOL. 2 seasons in less than 2 days.

#addictedToThisShow #iNowHaveAcrushOnJohnKrasinski #bringOnSeasonThree

I'm not complaining, but I know it is going to sound that I am.  But here goes:

I used to be discouraged going shopping because I knew that more often than not, all the nicer clothes I really wanted to wear would not come in my size.

So now I lost the weight, and wouldn't you effing know it, I'm in the same position as before again, but on the opposite end!

Winners is one of my fave stores, because every once in a while you'll score.  I went to one across the street from the office at lunchtime today.  And every single item I tried on was too big.  We are talking Smalls and Extra-Smalls.  I had to buy a child size hoodie at Roots the other day and I thought it was pretty funny.  Not so funny anymore.

In Day 1 of road-tripping mode so I will be away from the scales (both body and food scales) for the next week.  Aiming to make good choices and so far day 1 has been a-ok.  Am a little stressy about not being able to weigh myself though....

Looks like I need people around to complete a 10K.  I tried to do one by myself this afternoon and I gave up at around the 7km mark.  Gonna try again on Friday, but I may have to look into joining a running club...