You are doing phenomenal!  You look great.  Keep up the GREAT work... you are doing it!!  Woo Hoo

I also want to add... after looking at your profile that as the weight comes off you look younger and younger!  Great benefit.  My face seems to look older as the fat is coming off... nothing left to fill in the wrinkes (grr).

Now would be a great time to add to your page on your blog if you have a few minutes.  Your last post was when you were discouraged 4 months ago (as so many are early on since weight loss doesn't start right away for lots of us since the restriction comes with multiple fills for most).  I know that you are happier now and you look amazing.  Newbies love reading the blogs and you have such an inspiring story that will help them with their journeys and to understand that for many people it takes a few months before the weight starts coming off. 

Have a great week

You are such an inspiration to so many.  It is great that you are so blessed to be able to enjoy your weight loss success in such an amazing way too!  Hawaii is a dream for so many.  You look so cute in that dress and I love the pretty yellow flower in your hair.  Cute Cute Cute!

Thanks for sharing!  You look fabulous!  Great job and good for you for being lucky enough to be where you are today.  It sounds like you have a really amazing network of support and such a loving family.  Good for you!

I am sorta kinda thinking about doing something, but not for a while... money is tight but unfortunately my skin is not!  I think mine is worse but in addition to the $ it seems so scary, but you just made it a little less scary.

My tummy, saggy bat wings on my arms, saggy inner thighs, saggy butt, and of course my saggy boobs all are in a 5 way tie for needing to be tucked and tightened.  I will need a lot of $ because if I do it, I really want to do it all in 1 big painful swoop.  I even have a tiny line on the center of my neck that sags down which is pretty annoying.  It seems so unfair that after finally being able to lose the weight that I don't just instantly have a great body and I can't get/won't look cute with a belly button ring or wear sleeveless shirts without drippy fat or wear shorts of a normal length because of the front and inner thighs sagging so bad.  I know I sound ungreatful since I have been fortunate enough to lose the weight but it is just like a mean joke that the devil is playing on me. I am actually proud of myself and happy with my weight loss, but I had big plans for summer clothes and I guess I didn't realize that I would end up with so much skin.  Luckily I can hide it behind most clothes

I hope time will help too and that some of this will start to go away on its own as the skin slowly starts to return to it's original state (I doubt this can happen with the boobs but I have nothing but hope).  A friend of mine suggested lotioning up with a good cream (probably with collagen) and wrapping the areas that I want to correct, and wearing spanx/girdles etc.  She said that if I don't even if my skin wants to shrink the gravity pulling on it will keep it loose just like the fat that used to fill it... so that is a suggestion that I wanted to share with anyone else in my situation where for now a TT is just not an option.

Great pictures!  Congratulations on your success.  I know it is hard work, but that year goes pretty fast doesn't it?  The band really helps... it gives me breaks so that I don't constantly over eat, when before I had nothing to stop me.  It gives me that extra something that reminds me that I am in the process of working towards a goal of weight loss and health so that I am able to stop and try my best to make appropriate food choices.  I'm glad to hear that it has been as great a tool for you too.  I prayed for so many years for a miracle, and this was my miracle

Isn't it funny how a 10 doesn't seem as small as it did when you were hoping to be in that size?  I didn't realize I could be in a 10 but still have the muffin top and bottom and all that!
It depends on the picture.  Sometimes I look like a normal size and sometimes I look heavy still.  I have a couple of 12's that fit fine and a couple of 8's that fit fine, but mainly it seems like the 10's are where I am.  When I wear the 8's though I like being able to say I am down 10 sizes...

Congtatulations, you are a band success and I'm happy to have you as a band sister. 

Thanks! I must say you look fabulous in your swimsuit!  I have soooo sooooo soooo much loose skin, even with my success I cant do a bikinni... and my one piece looks ok, but the arms and legs coming out of it require shorts and a tshirt to cover :o(

I copied and pasted from the other message board so you don't have to link...

For those of you that have been telling me to add a recent picture, I finally did.  It is a little dark, but you can still see the progress.

It was at Cheesecake factory :o)  I love their Chicken Romano it seems to be pretty low carb and I get it with a salad instead of pasta.    


(Before and after)


                                                                      

I drink 3 main things...

I like the Crystal Light fruit punch. 

I am able to drink Coke Zero with ice and I don't use a straw.  I sip it and let small bits of ice enter my mouth with the Coke Zero and crunch the ice as I'm drinking.  It is like a drink and a snack in one!  I really love it and think of it as a treat a few times a day.

I also drink a 50/50 mix of coffee and Hood Calorie Countdown 2 milk sweetened xtra sweet with Sweetzfree (a zero carb sweetner I buy on the internet).  I have about 3 of those a day.  I sometimes add half and half to make it richer and creamier.

Now if I could get on a water kick that would be great.  I do like it sometimes like the Coke Zero with little bits of ice.

So amazing!!  Awesome job.  I know what hard work it is doing this.  You have done a fabulous job.  I really need lots of stuff tucked, but it is a luxury, and there are a million other things my family needs to spend $ on so I am really happy for you and hope to hit lottery one day so I can join you!!

Yes, I do count carbs in dairy and most of my carbs are from dairy (added to coffee) and nuts.  I get the Hood Calorie Countdown milk... 3 carbs in 8 oz, and I add a little half and half to my coffee too which has 1 carb in every 2 tbsp.

Because I typically have 3 servings of the Hood Calorie Countdown milk, and 10 tbsp (or more) of cream each day and a serving or 2 of nuts I try to avoid any other carbs if possible... and no more than 15 in addition to the nuts and dairy.

I get a 0 carb sweetener off the internet called sweetzfree... because each packet of splenda is nearly 1 carb... and I would use all my carbs in splenda each day since I like my coffee sweet!! 

I eat 30 (total carbs not net carbs) or fewer per day, but I don't include carbs in non starchy veggies like broccoli or lettuce in the 30.

I try to eat healthy carbs, but sometimes I don't.  I try not to eat sugar, and avoid pasta/rice/bread/potatos

My favorite items are...

Breakfast.  Just coffee with calorie countdown milk by Hood (3 carbs in 8oz) sweetened with splenda (I use sweetzfree which I buy online because it has 0 carbs and splenda has almost 1 per packet.  I have 3 cups of coffee a day and like it sweet so it adds up there)

On most workdays I either have 1 egg scrambled with a little onion, sausage and cheese or  I just started eating mild sausage dipped in sugar free smuckers syrup (pancake syrup).  Cracker Barrell has a low carb menu with breakfast/lunch/dinner items!

Lunches and Dinners... I like crablegs and butter... salads with meat and cheeses and real ranch dressing... steak and mushrooms... stir fry made without sugar or cornstarch and without rice...breakfast for dinner...taco salad no chips or shell...etc

Good luck :o)

Kim

Congratulations!  100 pounds is such a mentally satisfying achievement!!  Way to go!  Pat yourself on the  back.  You did great!!

Kim