My two year surgiversary, with a before and after picture!

I will never assume that I am "cured" or "home free".

I treat every day like a new day where I can make good or bad choices.  I work hard to make sure the good choices outweigh the bad ones.

Sometimes I can eat a large amount of food (slider food).  Then I eat dense protein and am SHOCKED at how little fills me up.  Then I laugh at how stupid I am to continually be surprised that (DUH!) dense protein fills me up.  I just wish I craved plain chicken breast lol.

Let's keep at this, day by day! 

You have done amazing DC Girl! Your post is so true too. The farther out you are the easier it gets to eat off plan and the good choices get a bit harder. But it can be done one choice at a time!

Yay, Karen!  Long time no see!  I am so glad to see you back!  And likely still maintaining at 120 lbs!  You are an inspiration for me :)

Maintaining at 120 to 123 with lots of hard work and diligence!

Congratulations on your 2nd surgerversary You look great. Maintenance is a pain but so worth the effort. When thin people I knew agonised over a gain of 5 lbs I never understood. I do now.

Good luck in your next year

Ha ha, I also understand thin people agonizing over 5-10 lbs now that it's my reality.  On the one hand, everyone I know wants to lose 10 lbs.  On the other hand, not everyone has weighed over 300 lbs so I don't  take it lightly :)

Great job.. year 3 ahead of you...

The dreaded year 3!  Don't I know it.  One day at a time, right?

I hope you're recovering well from surgery - seems like you are mobile and feeling good, which puts a smile on my face :)

Congratulations! What an amazing transformation, you did a really good job & should be super proud of yourself. I wonder what it'd be like to wear a bikini. I know eventually I'll get plastics & the stomach is probably where I'd start. I have a top & bottom pouch lol.

It's nice to know that maintenance takes work, weight loss isn't the end of the road, it just takes you to a new one. Nice to see the road paved ahead of me by people like you & the other vets & show newbies like myself to see what is to come. 

I thought I wanted a tummy tuck but fixing the front would have made the back look even worse, hence the lower body lift.  I have NEVER worn a bikini!  I could not be happier with my plastics results!  

Maintenance is ten times harder for me than the first 1.5 years where weight loss was a given! Good luck!