I only have 3.6 more pounds to lose and I will be able to schedule surgery and start my 4 week pre-op diet (Phase 3). I am HAPPY TODAY. And scared. And happy. And nervous. And then happy again.

For the last month I have worked my ass off doing my requirements, losing weight. All in the face of:

Tax audit

Fiance job demotion

15 year old picked up at a party now has probation officer til May to avoid a "frequenting" charge

House repairs we can't afford

Etc. But it all blew up the same week I started this. And Ive kept on track. Its scary.

3.6 pounds seems so small, and at the same time, feels like 20 pounds away again. Normally putting such pressure on hitting a "number goal" isn't something I do ( I go by my size) but its my requirement...and the closer it gets the more it feels like *something* else is going to happen. Something else will finally happen and break my resolve to complete this and I will end up gaining or regaining (rapidly, as I am wont to do) the weight I have lost, and not make my requirements by the time I am supposed to.

So. I have my Water bottle. And my Walk Away the Pounds DVD is queued up to play on my PS3. Im so close.

Edited March 9, 201610 yr by Bethany Copley

You can do this!! Drinking all that Water will help so much!

I bet in the next 7-10 days you will hit your goal

15yos... sigh. I have a 14 and 16yo... I understand completely all the stress they can add... but don't let any of what's going on derail you from your Quest. It'll put you in better shape to kick your teens butt if they don't shape up