91 Pounds Down, Halfway to Goal (Before/After Photos)

I'm a little over halfway to goal, and nearing 5 months out from surgery, so I thought I'd share a couple of before and after photos.

Before, 310 pounds

And after, at 218 pounds

I don't know if I'll actually make it to 130 or not, but I'm shooting for it. 

Great work!  You look amazing!

Thanks, Dreaming :) I think I'm only just starting to believe that I might actually be able to make this a life-long change. Still early days, but I have hope!

I sure understand that. I am almost 3 months out and still contemplating this new life. In so many ways it is just natural now but in others still so foreign.  I feel like now that I've been doing it a while I need to reassess and make some more improvements still.  Completely changing a lifetime of bad habits is definitely a work in progress for me. 

 looking good

Thanks, Meg!

Wow, you are doing great. Keep at it and you will get to 130 if you want to. You must be so proud and feel so good.

Thanks, Connie :) From your lips . . .

Woo!  Super awesome!  I love the feeling of being halfway there :D

Gwen, as soon as you see the halfway thing, do you immediately think, "Yes, but it's going to get harder to achieve results the second half--I could still fail!"? 

I know I do, and this is all that negative self-talk that you were talking about in your thread yesterday. This kind of self-talk is so soul-sucking, isn't it? And so hard to irradicate. I am so sick and tired of having a good thought chased away by a fearful thought, darnit!