Wow! What a ride the last 7 months have been. It's hard to comprehend that so much progress has happened in such a short span of time. I do miss the "honeymoon" when the pounds seemed to melt away daily. But in the real world, the progress is real, slower but real.
The last time I was under 200 was just over 20 years ago, and now I can almost taste it! I'm so excited, just 8 pounds to onderland!!
It's funny how much your life can change. Things that were just not a priority

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Its been a while since I have been on here to update so I thought I would take the chance to do that. After 2 major stalls, finally the scale is moving again. Slowly, but hey, that's good! So I am now down to 215, from my starting weight of 278. Its been 5 1/2 months and I feel great! No regrets at all, well except that I wish I had done it sooner. Health wise, I'm great, no blood pressure issues, cholesterol down from 140 in July, to 90 in January! That's pretty amazing! Now I can honestly say,

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Today is going to be a great day! After 2 weeks of fighting a stall, I decided to go back to basics, so yesterday I did protein shakes, and basics, and praise the Lord, I broke the plateau! No more 230's, I am now 229! WOOOOHOOOO! Bring on the band. I love my sleeve, and had not doubted, but these last 2 weeks made me a little leary that I may be done. I know, not really a reasonable thought, but then again.....no one ever accused me of being completely reasonable. I mean come on, I had quite a

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After my 6 week follow up my doctor released me to do whatever I wanted as far as physical activity. A friend of mine had invited me to "hot yoga" and of course I cringed when she explained to me that we would be doing yoga in a 110 degree room. Sweat, OOOOOO! This girl has never liked to sweat. Fat and sweat are just discusting! But despite my reservations, I decided to give it a whirl. OMG! Ok I have found my new love! What a great workout, that even an out of shape fat girl can do!

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I made it through thanksgiving without any incident! I was careful to only eat a small bite of everything I wanted. I still have issues with white potatoes and bread, but hey who needs them anyways? Good ridance! I went back to the doctor for my 7 week checkup, and he was thrilled. I am down 40 lbs and 15 1/2" overall! I still have days that my reflux kicks my butt, hopefully that will resolve itself in the next few week. Although Ihave been walking a lot, my exercise coach released me to do

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