I've finally hit 75 lbs down. It's been slow going this last month but I finally did it. I've officially hit my halfway marker. Well, halfway give or take 10-20 lbs depending on how I feel I look best once I get there. I'm shooting for 150 as a visable goal but like I said, it could be more or less. The day before my surgery (1/25) I was 314.8 and I've finally hit 239.8. I'm within about 15 lbs of weighing what I did when my husband & I started dating. My BMI was 50.8. That's insane. I still don't see the loss on me. I still feel like Zucherman's Famous Pig. Had I gone to the livestock show, I feel like I would've accidently won the blue ribbon. I've gone from a 28 to a 20/22 (by Old Navy standards). My husband cut one of my old bras right down the middle so I wouldn't fish it out of the trash. It ws entirely too big in the band. He said I would've had to tie it like a bikini top to do any good. I wish the loss would come a little quicker like it used to. I have to admit I'm getting frustrated at the SLOW loss but this time last year? I probably would've been gaining slowly every week as I'm losing slowly every week now. I've got to keep that in mind. I still haven't looked at the picture my husband took of me the night before the surgery. I think this weekend I'll stand for another picture and finally take a look at the old one. Maybe. What bothers me is people I haven't seen since pre-surgery haven't had the "hitting the roof" reaction I'd hoped for. 75 lbs isn't circus peanuts. It makes me wonder if I'm RIGHT in not seeing much of a difference or what. *shrug*

Disney Addict, Thank you for your post and CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is a lot of weight in the time since your surgery! I want to tell you, you crack me up! Some of your comparison's remind me so much of my husband! Too funny!

Talking about the weight loss and not being able to tell looking at yourself, I went shopping yesterday for a dress to wear to my son's rehearsal dinner on Friday and I came home so frustrated and feeling so fat! I told my husband, "I wonder how fat I really was before I lost this little bit of weight! I was stuffing myself into size 14 dresses and I wore 14's before the surgery!" I really thought I would be in a 12. I stopped weighing myself everyday because I found it too defeating and it put me in a bad mood, so now I only weigh on Mondays. Last Monday at 2 weeks post op I had lost 10.5 pounds, but I had lost about 10 pounds before the surgery from my highest point. I think I had really buried my head in the sand about how heavy I really was. I used to tell people that I was the polar opposite of anorexic's. They look in the mirror and see fat when there is nothing but bones. I would look in the mirror and see "fine" when there was nothing but fat and rolls! lol! Well ignorance was bliss, I guess! I know that we didn't put the weight on overnight, but it seemed like it because it was so much fun eating and doing it right? I told my husband yesterday that the results of this are going to be really nice, but the process was no fun at all!!

Keep the posts coming I love your sayings! Post some pictures so that we can all give you the affirmation that you need and that you are unable to give yourself at this point!

Vickie

75lbs! Woo Hoo! You're doing great! Yeah I understand about people not really noticing. I actually had 2 people ask me this week if I've lost some weight. Yeah only 109 lbs! LOL!

Congrats! You are doing great!!