laurr925

Joining in this challenge a little late but I need something to motivate me through the holidays!

I had a friend sleeping over and I get lots of gurglie noises when I lay down. She doesn't know about the surgery so she heard my stomach making noise and was concerned I was sick or something. I just kind of laughed it off and said my stomach always made weird noises. It was definitely embarrassing though...

Visited my friend in Florida this weekend and we did a 10 mile bike ride. I was really worried before we started out because I was always so out of shape I never wanted to do anything like that. Halfway through I felt great and when we finished I felt like I could keep going! It was so great to be able to go out and do physical things with my friends and not feel like the fat girl holding everyone back

Congrats! I have 8lbs to the 100 mark and I can't wait to get there!

Everyone here looks so amazing. I am now down 85lbs and thought I'd post some pics :closedeyes: First one is my heaviest in May of 2008 - 285+ lbs Second one is current, and one of the best pics I've taken in a long time, October 2009 - 201 lbs

And now here are some recents. I am so happy about my progress!

Okay, so as a lot of you know, I am not so good with taking pictures. However, going through facebook lately I have discovered some pictures that make me cringe. So I am posting here, my one year journey from my heaviest to this summer. Then I'm gonna post some currents :closedeyes:

i put on a pair of size 14 bootcut jeans from the gap that i wore when i was a freshman in high school!!!! they button and zip and everything, but they are just a little too tight to wear out. still, they fit! :frown:

ive actually heard people talking behind my back about me and mostly theyre wondering if ive become anorexic... of course, these are people i dont count among my friends, and so they dont know about the surgery.. i havent gotten the drugs question - but im sure its coming from someone

Heyy sorry for the late response - started grad school and life got crazy! bevanfranks - I gave away a lot of the clothes I had to a woman I met at my doctors office.. So sorry! She was just at the beginning of her journey (banded a few weeks ago) and happened to be a size bigger than everything I had, so I gave her most of it...

When I hit my goal of being under 200lbs I am going to revise a tattoo I had gotten awhile back. It was supposed to be a star twisted into a celtic knot but somehow it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. So I am filling in the star, adding a few little ones around it and adding the quote "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." I'm hoping to be under 200 by my birthday (Sept 25th) so it can be a birthday present to myself!

I have a TON of clothes - including some expensive work attire in the 20/22 range. I also have some larger tops and dresses. Most of it is really nice. I'd be more than happy to send it to someone who would like it. I'm thinking of taking photos of everything I have and then putting it on a blog. Please message me if you're interested!