for those who complain (including myself) about only one pound this week....

[ryansgirl 1]

so this week i was a little ill because it the end of the month and i had only drop 8 pounds i try to average ten pounds a month. so anyway it left me sour right not i'm 191 and i was hoping to be 189 to keep my self on goal. but anyway i was in biology class (not really paying attention i bet you thrilled to know i not going to school to be a doctor:lol0:) when we open our books and right there was a picture of what a pound of fat looked like!!! i was like wow!!! all that!!! i was sooo amazed i'm like i drop 130 pounds of that so far!!! 40more to go!!!! after i left i ran to the store to find me a model but i could not find one so i order one offline. it not here yet but here what it looks like.() so after see something like that i take what i lost this month and be glad i'm dropping that! so everytime you lose a pound for the week just remind yourself "well at least i don't have that to carry around anymore!!"

xoxo,

nikki:001_wub:

Edited April 25, 2010 by ryansgirl

[Tiffykins 672]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwy, but oh so true Nikki ! ! !

My orthopedic surgeon told me that for every pound we lose, that we relieve something like 11 pounds per square inch off our weight-bearing joints like our knees and ankles. So just imagine how much relief your knees and ankles are feeling at this point in your journey? ? ? I know my knees don't even hurt anymore. They still make funky, bone on bone noises with some exercises, and extremely extended amounts of walking, but no more pain. It's absolutely amazing.

Thanks for sharing your biology lesson with us. It definitely puts things into perspective for us.

[Lillie24 2]

wow.. that is kinda gross but also so very enlightening. I can't imagine. I can't wait to have surgery but right now I am thinking that I have about 200 of those to lose... WOW

[pnw218 14]

good post Nikki!

that photo really brings it all to life! and you are right, Celebrate what you have accomplished.

your weight loss is amazing!! congrats!!

[ouroborous 519]

That was timely. Just as I was starting to get cold feet and think "eek, less than two weeks, am I doing the right thing?" I see that...

Thank you!

[ryansgirl 1]

no prob guys. and our you will not regert it.