For the first time in 19 years (June 1998), I weighed in at less than 200 pounds this morning! This is a big deal for anyone losing weight, but it is an especially big deal for me as I started at almost 400 pounds (397 to be exact). I now have only 19 pounds to go until my goal of 180 pounds. I am overcome with emotion today, but I am so pleased and proud of my success that simply could not have happened without changing my relationship with food. And I can't help but think about the 99 pounds I lost during my six month pre-op diet program while I was jumping through the insurance company's hoops. Without having done that work, I would be celebrating getting under 300 pounds today, not getting under 200 pounds. That time does make a difference! At 7.5 months post-op, I've lost 198 pounds; I am wearing 33/34 pants and shorts, medium shirts, and my new suit size is a 40 regular. My labs are perfect, and my skin is in remarkable shape considering that I have lost half of myself.

Life is amazing!

Onward and upward! I'm almost there.

Happy weekend, everyone.

1 hour ago, Deactivatedfatgal said:

congrats to you. I almost cried when I weighed in 180s today, haven't seen that since 6 years ago. I was able to wear my red onsie which is 1x, it was collecting dust for years lol. Cheers to the wins!

Congratulations!! You're right; the wins are awesome -- infectious even. Keep up the awesome work!

2 hours ago, Julie norton said:

You always remember getting under 200. Someone said that for whatever reason you don't recall going over it. Thoughts?

Congratulations that is a big milestone

My parents and I did Phen-Fen back in 1997-1998 and I lost from 275 down to 175. I was under 200 from about April 1997 to June 1998 -- the only time in my adult life that I was under 200 pounds. I have always remembered those dates, and this milestone is extra important to me because I've only been under 200 pounds for a short time of my 41+ years on this Earth.

I've got 19 pounds to go. It's funny; my motivation is even greater now than it was before...

Congrats you are doing an amazing job!!! You gave me my current favorite meal...cottage cheese with sf preserves, lol. Thanks for all your input on these boards for us newbies. Your knowledge has been extremely helpful to myself and many others. Keep it up

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1 minute ago, Suaniya said:

Congrats you are doing an amazing job!!! You gave me my current favorite meal...cottage cheese with sf preserves, lol. Thanks for all your input on these boards for us newbies. Your knowledge has been extremely helpful to myself and many others. Keep it up

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Thanks! The cottage cheese with sf strawberry preserves is my favorite food of the day!! :-)

I was about to try this today it's been 8 days after my surgery I love cottage cheese alone but knowing I can't have solid fruit yet thanks I'm going to try it now

Congrats!!! It really is a huge milestone.

I'm currently 14 pounds away from Onederland and 23 pounds from my first goal (190 lbs) and 38 pounds (175 lbs) from my surgeons total goal from me. It seems so close yet so far. My weight loss has slowed a bit this month but still losing 1-2 pounds most weeks. I'm a week shy of 5 months out so I'm feeling good.

49 minutes ago, Sullie06 said:

Congrats!!! It really is a huge milestone.

I'm currently 14 pounds away from Onederland and 23 pounds from my first goal (190 lbs) and 38 pounds (175 lbs) from my surgeons total goal from me. It seems so close yet so far. My weight loss has slowed a bit this month but still losing 1-2 pounds most weeks. I'm a week shy of 5 months out so I'm feeling good.

I understand how you feel. At this point, I don't have much to lose, so it is much slower. I expected it to be that way, but when you get so close to goal, you want to get there. I am hoping to get to goal by the end of the summer. I think that is realistic.

Keep up the great work! You'll be there before you know it.

Thank you, you too. I hope to get to my total goal by October 1st but I'm just taking it one week at a time. 12/30 will be my 1 year post op.

Can you post some before and after pics for inspiration?!?!? So amazing! Gives me hope!

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12 minutes ago, BrandiJo2009 said:

Can you post some before and after pics for inspiration?!?!? So amazing! Gives me hope!

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If you click on my profile, I have a before picture made 3 days before I began my six month pre-op diet program. My current profile picture was taken last Friday. (The "after" picture in my profile was about 28 pounds ago. I have no idea how to change it and I given up trying to figure out how to...)

If you click on my profile, I have a before picture made 3 days before I began my six month pre-op diet program. My current profile picture was taken last Friday. (The "after" picture in my profile was about 28 pounds ago. I have no idea how to change it and I given up trying to figure out how to...)

Hmmm it will only let me see the one..

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