You guessed it I'm sure, I fnally hit that under 200 lbs mark and about jumped out of my skin. It was 5:30 AM getting ready for work when I weighed in. I had to go and get my husband to witness the major event. Lucky for me he is crazy supportive and actually got up at that ungodly hour to look. He gave me a big hug and kiss and said he was so proud of me and congratulations. Talk about motivation!

I had hit just above 200 for a couple weeks. The scale was slow to respond, but

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So we all know the tall windows on buildings and in store fronts that you try to not look in when you walk by becuase you know the reflection will show the truth and not what we thought we looked like when we left our house that morning... I always start off thinking I look so cute and then walking into my work I walk past huge windows and they always tell me the truth...

Well this weekend I bought a pair of size 16 jeans. I used to wear a 22 before surgery 2 months ago. I wore

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I have been bouncing all over the web site reading different people's experiences and weight loss goals and troubles. One thing I find is that some people FREAK ME OUT! Seriously... I start thinking Im loosing to fast or two slow or that I will have issues. I got so bad for a week or so I couldnt read any of the new blog posts. People complaining about only loosing an ounce or having gained an ounce! I finally decided I like the positive news so I would just skip anything negative for awhile.

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I am 9 days since my surgery! Other than some pain in my tummy around the largest suture mark I am doing ok. Have boughts with wanting "real" food but have been able to stay pretty true to my nutritionists requests. found a restaurant that does an egg drops soup, really not greasy and the eggs are so thin that it slides down, that's been my biggest cheat! I snuck a spoonful of peanut butter and thought I was going to die, so I decided to soon for that. For the most part I am not hungry

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Well, I have almost made it through my 2 weeks of liquid diets. I had issues on day 4 where I ATE.. I mean I ATE a big steak and then proceeded to get super sick. Sick at myself and sick to my stomach. It had already become accustomed to the no food, all liquid diet. So I did it wrong for sure. On one seperate occasion, I think day 5, I had popcorn at the movies with my son. I think this will be my biggest draw back is popcorn, I love the stuff. I am also a big movie buff so no popcorn at

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