One Year Later

Jun 13, 2010

Well ... here we are!  In two days, it will be exactly one year since my surgery.  Today, for the first time in more than 17 yrs, I actually weigh LESS than 200 lbs!   I am no about 138 lbs less than I was a year ago.  The weight loss has slowed DRASTICALLY.  In the past 6 months, I've only lost 11 lbs.  That's not very much considering the FIRST 6 months, I lost 127 lbs.  Of course, its SUPPOSED to just fall off in the beginning, but I wasn't really doing the things I needed to do to keep the weight loss going, so from Christmas until just last week, that scale didn't BUDGE. 

We all go into this thing thinking "I'm not going to be one of those people who regain the weight.  I'm going to do this the right way," etc.  But then many of us realize the reason we got fat to begin with is that we're not good rule followers and we love to eat stuff we shouldn't.  It starts with a little taste here and there, then expands to eating burger king, M&Ms and cookies.  I really don't understand how I got back to eating that poorly, but I totally did.

So, in an effort to "get back to basics,"  I jumped on the 5dpt bandwagon.  Thanks go to Darcy Burke and Kaye Bailey.  If you haven't done this yet ... DO IT.  What an amazing tool it turned out to be.  In just one short week, I'm back to eating well.  Only the right kinds of food and decent amounts.  Plus, the scale FINALLY moved, and I dropped below 200 for the first time in more than 17 yrs.  (did I mention that already?  LoL)

So, there ya have it.  The first year of my new life has passed and all I can say is .... so far, so good.

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