I just wanted to share a couple of small victories I've had the past few days. First the scale...I'm officially under 250lbs...249.4 to be exact, but it's been under 250 for 2 days so I'm saying it's official Next, I have a huge pile of clothes sitting at the bottom of my closet from when I lost weight 2 years ago (almost 80lbs)...I was planning on ebaying those clothes because I honestly didn't believe I'd ever wear them again. Wellll, Sunday I decided to pull some things out and I was able to fit right into a bunch of it!! I was thrilled!

Have any of you had any victories yet you'd like to share?? Any goals you're close to reaching??

So exciting for you to have a new-ish wardrobe! I need to head down to my basement and search through some things, but I think they will be so outdated that I should have given them away way back when I stopped wearing them.

I too had an exciting thing on Sunday.

I wore a skirt that I hadn't been able to wear for a while. This beautiful black skirt is very slimming anyway, and when I put it on, I had a couple of extra inches in the waistband. Previously I could barely fasten it. It felt really good to sit through church knowing that I am losing. No one really said anything to me, but that day will come soon. My pants are getting very baggy and I'm about to discard a couple of the pair. Now that feels really really good.

That's awesome Cindy!! It sure is a great feeling, isn't it?!

Yes, Mandamom, it felt great. I hope to have many more of those moments.

Had a good one today. The 2nd week post op has been hard, and I've drank lots of stuff just trying to get through it, even sugared drinks. I was worried that I had gained back some of the previously lost weight. I feel bloated and had avoided the scale. BUT I just weighed myself and I'm the same as last week. Whew! I thought for sure I had gained. They tell me that this post op period is not for losing weight, but I certainly don't want to gain any back that I lost so suddenly pre-op. I began phase 3 of the post op diet today. It was so good to have some real food, even though it is pureed or fork mashable. I even felt satisfied after lunch!

Well I have officially gone down a full 2 sizes and almost a third. I no longer have to wear wide shoes and I do have more energy. My motivation to exercise has gone downhill, but it is mostly due to stress at work and at home. I am working on that, but it has been a struggle. I have learned that my food intake has to be planned and measured out, or my mental hunger kicks in and I forget to eat slow and small bites. My first fill was last week and I have had two "stuck" episodes, so I am much more careful. You HAVE to think about what you put in your mouth, which is a major realization for me. I tend to multi-task everything I do in life, so for eating I know that I have to pay attention. It is making it easier to continue that into other parts of my life as well. This really is a learning experience. I learn more about my body, my mental approach to life and that I tend to let everyone else dictate things in my life. Now that I know this I have to learn how to take charge of me.