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Hey peeps!!

Okay so I know that it's been a minute since I've posted anything and in fact...as lame as this sounds..I don't even remember what my last post was about. haha..enough rambling..

Uhm..so I had my first appt about a month ago which was more or less the kick-off on this party, where I was told that I've got to lose around 80ish pounds before I'm considered for Lap Band to prove that I'm totally committed to this...

Bring. It. On.

I had my 2nd appt. today....

anddd...I'm down 1 inch all around and I lost half a pound....Well, you gotta start somewhere. hahaha

Kind of a let down but I'm grateful...I was misreading food labels and over-indulging waay more than I should have... so my mom (God bless her) had to help me and show me how to do it properly.

I will say that even though it is a bit of a pain having mom saying "eat this, not that"...there are times I am soo grateful that I have the support system I have.

The silver lining being that I didn't gain weight from my mistakes...

Now that I have some knowledge to read labels properly, I plan on rocking the next weigh in which is about a month away.

What can I say? I'm driven and this is something I really want and I'm stopping at nothing to get it.

This is going to sound soo juvenile but I got this idea from watching a girl from the MTV show "I Used to be Fat" where she went into a little boutique...I can't remember if she actually bought like a pair of jeans or whatever or if she just asked for a cute little bag to take with her...anyway...she put whatever it was on her wall and used that as her motivation to lose weight where she could fit into the really cute skinny girl clothes...

I thought that was awesome so I kind of stole her idea...I have a good friend that works at a Hollister in Tulsa and asked her for a shopping bag or whatever..she gave me two so I have one hanging on my dorm room wall and another hanging on my wall at my parents' house.

It may sound stupid but other than wanting to lose weight for myself and to get healthier, by having something tangible to work towards kind of gives me that fire to say "forget the chips and cookies...I'm good with cut up veggies and maybe an apple thrown in to liven things up"

Wow...this is long..okay so I'm just gonna end it here. hahaha.

Peace out, Girl Scout!!

Bye!

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i think that's a great idea.... working towards something!

i've had this tankini bathing suit that i bought 5 years ago and it didn't fit then.... i've been working towards losing weight so it WILL fit and this summer i'll be rockin' that tankini!

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that's a good idea! I saw that episode too... i think i will do that too! gives you something to look forward to

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