Sometimes I focus too much on the number on the scale so thanks to LilMissDiva and many more here I started making little goals for myself. Lose a couple of inches here, fit into a specific size there, do more exercises, etc.

To date here are my goals met:

1) Now this was the main and most important goal because it is why I did this in the first place. I went from 20pills daily to two.

2) I have gone down 40 inches (chest, arms, waist, hips, thighs) since I started my journey.

3) I am able todo my work out classes and not look at the clock and think will this ever end LOL. Now when it ends I'm like thats it???

4) At the begining of the Summer I bought some size 10 pants at the thrift store and some large shirts and have been trying them on periodically and as of yesterday they fit perfectly!

5) I went to dinner with a friend Friday night and had a normal meal, and was able to eat like a normal person. She is a size 6/8 ish and very fit, and our meals were relitively the same size and we ate approximately the same amount and we were both full at the same time. Pre-surgery, I would have finished mine and moved on to desert. We both rolled our eyes at the thought of desert! I even had a glass of wine with dinner.

6) My family is getting healthier in the process because my hubby cooks to serve my needs and hardly ever makes rice Pasta and potatoes anymore.

I feel great! I look great! And damnit, I am starting to believe that I am great! Haha can you tell I am having a good weekend?

Congratulations! I love the idea of dining with my "skinny" friends and not feeling like I'm more focused on the food than on conversation with them. Great goals!

Yey Raine...

Love this! A great way t stay positive ...sounds like you are in a great place right now... that must feel really good! Congrats on goals 1-6!! =]

Love your post! I agree that we need to keep the positive aspects of our journey highlighted and sometimes that scale just needs to stay in the corner.

I think your dinner with your thin pal is the greatest of all. When deciding to have this surgery I didn't realize how much I craved that feeling of "normal" when out with others and food was involved. I am still in awe sometimes that food doesn't rule my world any longer.

Congratulations on meeting your goals!

Amanda

Congratulations! You are doing awesome! Good job meeting all your goals! keep up the good work! hugs

Thanks, guys! I am staying positive, I am staying active and best of all I am staying alive *que the beegees*

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for you Raine, you are so right. We get so caught up in the scale, we forget about the other benefits.

Congrats! That must be an awesome feeling to hit your goals like that!!!

Congrats...keep up the good work...

CONGRATS!!!!

Sometimes I focus too much on the number on the scale so thanks to LilMissDiva and many more here I started making little goals for myself. Lose a couple of inches here, fit into a specific size there, do more exercises, etc.

To date here are my goals met:

1) Now this was the main and most important goal because it is why I did this in the first place. I went from 20pills daily to two.

2) I have gone down 40 inches (chest, arms, waist, hips, thighs) since I started my journey.

3) I am able todo my work out classes and not look at the clock and think will this ever end LOL. Now when it ends I'm like thats it???

4) At the begining of the Summer I bought some size 10 pants at the thrift store and some large shirts and have been trying them on periodically and as of yesterday they fit perfectly!

5) I went to dinner with a friend Friday night and had a normal meal, and was able to eat like a normal person. She is a size 6/8 ish and very fit, and our meals were relitively the same size and we ate approximately the same amount and we were both full at the same time. Pre-surgery, I would have finished mine and moved on to desert. We both rolled our eyes at the thought of desert! I even had a glass of wine with dinner.

6) My family is getting healthier in the process because my hubby cooks to serve my needs and hardly ever makes rice Pasta and potatoes anymore.

I feel great! I look great! And damnit, I am starting to believe that I am great! Haha can you tell I am having a good weekend?

Okay first of all, you KNOW I love #3. That's awesome!!!! Keep it up girlie! Working out is the best darned feeling of accomplishment that I get from this whole health thing. Then, there's the other bolded line I got for ya. You are starting to believe you are great? Lady, you always HAVE BEEN GREAT!!! You're just starting to see that... that is all.

Much hugs and many cheers to you!!!!!!