11 1/2 Months Out/200 lbs lost/With Pics

[crftskathy 21]

All I can say is WOW! You look GREAT!

[buplee 556]

Congrats. You look great.

[hollirrose 249]

You look fabulous! But my question is what was your exercise regiment? Thanks!!!

I wish I could say I as training for a 5 K or something. I'm not. I did walk 1-2 mile a day when the weather was nice. I live in Kansas so I haven't done that in a couple of months. I do an occasional class at the gym (yoga, bootcamp)....but nothing on a regular schedule. I am not much of an exerciser. Here is the deal, just my opinion - Exercise is for health -- Diet is for weightloss. I may end up working on body fat % or something now that I am at goal. I need something to focus on, but then again maybe not.

[hollirrose 249]

Wow, truly inspiration, u are me same weight same bmi. Thank, now I there is hope for me.

You can do this! You will be as successful as you want to be! I went shopping today and had the entire store to choose from. I was a little discouraged because in the "normal" section there is a bunch of clothes to choose from but they seem to be all sizes 8 -12. Not much of anything in 2/4's unless you go to the junior section. The juniors are filled with all this bright/neon 80ish stuff. I was too fat to wear that stuff in middle school when the trend came around the first time and it is not my style now. I kind of got tickled thinking back to the two plus sized stores and a tiny section (always next to the prego section) that I had the choice of before. I got out of my funk and thought how silly I was being getting discouraged at my lack of selection now. I hope that after this surgery you will have those kinds of "skinny girl" problems too!

[hollirrose 249]

Also, I've been thinking about you to tonight (can't seep). My dh is 200 lbs. and I can't imagine carrying him around. I'm 198 and you lost more than I weigh. AMAZING!! And all in 11 months. You must FEEL so much better!!!!! I'm eating the hollirrose way for sure.

Signed, number one fan.

Ps- you are beautiful and your smile is the best!

Lol.. thank you for being my fan! I always thought of my weight in terms of other people. My son is six and weighs about 50ish lbs. I lost him in under 6 months. When I had lost about 120 lbs...that was a Hooter's girl. 170 was a Lane Bryant employee. At 200 it was a construction worker. Mind blowing, right? I cant believe I was as large as I was. VSG rocks!!

[Tekara3927 265]

Oh my goodness! You're so tiny!! congratulations! I've lost 110 and can only pray to look as good as you! Congrats! Rock that new body, so happy for you. You look incredible.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Beautiful! What a wonderful transformation and success story! It must feel GREAT!

[Ljp 157]

You look Great! What a mighty transformation.

[purplemoonflower123 5]

Great job!! This is such a life changing and wonderful journey!

[purplemoonflower123 5]

Great job!! This is such a life changing and wonderful journey!

[Evolving 973]

Wow! U look tiny!! Ty

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[Evolving 973]

I lost a fat man. I dont think it would have made a difference in the skin department if I had lost slower. I think skin is genetics' date=' age, amount you need to lose, and luck! I kind of won the skin lottery when it came to my neck and tummy. My tummy isn't flat and tight but it doesn't hang like some I have seen. My upper legs look a little melted and my arms were shot from the get go. How you choose to lose is totally up to you. What I can say is that I have seen tons of people who take the slower route and run out of steam along they way. Most also need to eat more at the 6 month and 1 year mark, which makes it much harder to lose the further out you get. It is still possible but I am all about taking the easier route. When I had this done.. I commited to saying no to all things not protine for the first year. What is one year when most of us have dieted/struggled our entire lives? 201 lbs was the result of saying no most of the time. I was not perfect this entire time. Trust me there was a swiss roll incident.. standing at my cabinet with spoonfulls of nutella/peanut butter, oh and at least a handful of other eating frenzy incidents. The thing is that I forgave myself and went back on plan after that. Good luck with your decision. It can be a hard one to make. I was torn too. I am tickled now with the route I picked![/quote']

I can relate to the spoons of pb!! Thank you for being so honest! The consistency you've been able to maintain is nothing less than incredible !

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[aquitenonnymouse 206]

Congrats!

[confidence 46]

You look great!!!

[namada 37]

Lol.. thank you for being my fan! I always thought of my weight in terms of other people. My son is six and weighs about 50ish lbs. I lost him in under 6 months. When I had lost about 120 lbs...that was a Hooter's girl. 170 was a Lane Bryant employee. At 200 it was a construction worker. Mind blowing' date=' right? I cant believe I was as large as I was. VSG rocks!![/quote']

Love this. According to this way of thinking I have lost a Hooter's girl. My goal is to lose a large construction worker (220 lbs).