My surgery was July 31, 2014 and I wondered how I would feel when I hit the 100 lb. mark. This morning I hit 101.3 lbs. lost and I feel great! I know there is much more to do but today I am going to Celebrate. If I could give my pre-surgery self advice, I would say, "Don't worry about how fast other people lose. Stick with the plan, learn how to live your new life, respect the sleeve and it will all work out!" Let's see if I can follow my own advice for the next 107.7!

Hope your journey is going well and you, too, are feeling great!

Great job! What are you doing to celebrate?

absolutely awesome! congrats! keep up the great work.

Hi TheRealMelsHere. I think I will go shopping! And maybe try a new flavor of Isopure--I tend to stick with the same flavors. How did you celebrate when you hit your goal?

Great job on losing that 103 lbs! I think you will achieve your goal for the next 107 lbs.!

Hi TheRealMelsHere. I think I will go shopping! And maybe try a new flavor of Isopure--I tend to stick with the same flavors. How did you celebrate when you hit your goal?

Basically all throughout the journey was a celebration. A celebration of the things I could do that I couldn't before. A celebration of co-morbidities going away, a celebration of my new found confidence and energy, a celebration of my new way of eating, a celebration that I could buy normal sized clothes, etc......

Congratulations! Sounds like you are doing great so far!

Fantastic! You should be so proud!

This is awesome!!! I am interested in your starting and current stats. Sounds like you started very close to where I did. I have just under 200 lbs to lose total

@@jayhawk1965 said

Don't worry about how fast other people lose. Stick with the plan, learn how to live your new life, respect the sleeve and it will all work out!"

@@jayhawk1965

popular phrase on board...........

"the only thing we have in common is that we're all different "

so your comment about the time it takes to lose weight is right on target

101 lbs down

wonderful job

i knew you could do it!!

welcome to the century club

bet you look as good as you feel!!!!

keep up the good work for the rest of your healthier, happier, longer life

kathy

congrats

Edited March 17, 201511 yr by proudgrammy

How did you Celebrate when you hit your goal?

@@jayhawk1965

when i reached goal this "cool" grammy got her first tattoo

On my right wrist i had the first letter of my grand-kids put on in small italic

under each letter i had a small red he

M (organ A (ndrew) E (than)

i don't have a heart emoticon

DH wasn't too thrilled

promised him i wouldn't have another tattoo for the next 58 years

6 months later i got a small tattoo of a butterfly on my right ankle

mom is 85 and loves butterflies so i will always have a momento of her

few weeks later i had the word survivor tattooed in small italic letters above the butterflly

this word celebrates my life for the past 15 years and counting

promised hubby no more tattoos

(probably/maybe )

kathy

Congratulations on hitting the century mark! That's quite an accomplishment!!! But as you say, it's not over.... Just keep making the good decisions, day after day, and you'll make it! And you mentioned milestone rewards... I know we shouldn't give ourselves food-related rewards, but on the day I hit goal, I went straight to Buffalo Wild Wings (my former obsession) at lunch time. Did I order my usual dozen wings with french fries, carrots, blue cheese dressing, and four glasses of iced tea? Nope. I bought a bottle of my favorite wing sauce and took it back to the office. In the old days, a bottle would last me 2-3 days as I poured it onto crackers. This bottle has lasted 5 weeks so far as a dipping sauce for meat, and it still has a ways to go. And this morning I just hit 4 pounds below goal, only two away from my stretch goal. I'm only saying this to show that we can all learn to change our habits and eat moderately. Good luck everyone!!!