Okay, so it may only be passed by ONE pound so far lol, but passed is passed as far as I am concerned. When I started this journey I did set goals for myself, but not exactly like others I see on here. I am not the type that can start with a small goal, that's just me. If I set small goals I will reach them and decide that's good enough. So, my first goal was to lose 100 pounds. At nine months out I did that!! Still crazy for me to think about. I set two goals for this journey (well three if you ...

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While I am not that far into this new life I have chosen, and I still have a long way to go, I couldn’t be happier. There have been so many changes and there are way more to come (I hope). I just wanted to take a minute to say good riddance to 75 lbs I will never see again. So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu…

I would love to say that I didn’t realize then just how miserable I was before, but that wouldn’t be entirely accurate. I was extremely miserable, depressed and dejected. ...

But not the ones you think. I am pretty sure I am in the minority on this one. I am the opposite of a stress eater. If I am stressed food is not appealing at all. I am one of those people that put on a lot of my weight because I didn’t eat regularly and when I did I ate all the wrong stuff. It was never a problem for me to eat once a day if my stress level was high. The problem came in that it was usually late at night and never healthy food.

Well apparently old habits die hard. ...

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Having lost almost 50 pounds in about two months, I have had a few NSVs here and there; clothes I haven't worn in a while, walking easier, etc etc. But this morning... my first MAJOR one, at least it was to me. When my 10 year old son got out of the bed this morning he hugged me, like he does most mornings. However, this morning he wrapped his arms around my waist and said "Look Mom, I can reach all the way around you! Ain't that cool?"

He has no idea how cool it really is. ...

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I don’t know if I am just being overly sensitive or if maybe it is just the people who keep doing it.
While I appreciate the support from other people in this crazy journey I am on. I am finding myself a little annoyed when people tell me how proud they are of me for sticking to my pre-op diet and following through with all of the requirements for my surgery. I want to think they mean well, but I can’t help but hear this little voice in the back of my head that says, “Like I am going through ...