I've decided today is a good day to take stock of my weight loss journey.

Running today I broke my pace record for my entire life averaging 14 min/mile and more importantly I broke my record for fastest mile (13.5 min/mile). I'm still running half the distance and 50% slower than the average man my age who uses Nike+ but I'm running twice as often.

I'm within 5 lbs of having lost 100 lbs (40 of which has been in the last 3 months with the lap band). I still have nearly 150 lbs to lose before my BMI would be "healthy" but I'm starting to suspect I'll reach a "healthy" waist measurement before that since I've lost 6 inches off my wait in the last 3 months and and am on the cusp of wearing 2xl shirts rather than feeling uncomfortable in the 4xls I was wearing a few months ago.

So you may not be at goal but I'd encourage you to share your progress so far; feel free to brag yourself up a bit.

Congrats Frederic! Such a great accomplishment!

My most recent: A couple of days ago, there was a 14 year old in my truck....she weighed 120 pounds (she's NORMAL).....I looked at my ticker when I got home.....

Congrats on your success, Frederic. That is GREAT to hear! And it's perfectly fine to toot your own horn. You earned it!

Yeah! Good NSV!

Great job - you WILL get there!

Great post! It's so nice to feel like we have accomplished something great in an area that seems to have always lacked success. Keep up the great work!!