A banner day for a milestone! 150 lbs GONE

Jul 05, 2010

Things are defintely slowing down on my journey but things are still happening. No question about it. :)

I stepped on the scale this morning to find that not only had I lost 1.5 lbs, but today marks the day that I am officially down 150 lbs from my highest weight (it might have even been slightly higher - my scale only goes to 335 lbs and I know I weighed in at about 339 at my doctor's office and that's the top number I have been using!).

150 flipping pounds. That's unfathomable - several of my girlfriends in my circle don't even weigh that much and complain when their weight tops 140 lbs. I think maybe this finally hit home for them when I told them I had that much to lose (and then some). 

I am not quite 16 mths out yet (next week!) and I have another 25-30 lbs to go to my goal - maybe by Christmas??  Hard to say - I'm not sure how my reconstructive surgery will affect things. I'm still running a few times a week and have another 5K run coming up this Sunday with an OH friend. Hopefully the heatwave will break before then (or that we're running early enough so as to not cook!)!!

I'm solidly wearing size 16's and will be in 14s shortly. If it wasn't for all the extra skin, I'd definitely be in 14's and probably 12s to boot. My boobs are shrinking again - definitely not as full as I was even 2 months ago.  I look at photos in my workout wear from mid-January when I so proudly posted and I see the difference, esp in my chest and abdomen. Definitely slimming out there.

I still struggle with seeing the "new" me. I was on the CBC news with a few other OH-ers last Friday and we were talking about the mind trip and I was telling my mom about it. I realized why I'm having a hard time.  Last time I was this size, I was in my late teens-early 20s. So when I saw myself at this size, I was young, had short hair, etc.  Now?  I'm 20 yrs old and I have grey-ing hair that is much thinner (but filling back in - but it's still thinner than it was then) and I have crows feet. Sounds strange but I think I thought I'd look just like I did back in the day. And I don't (hardly surprising but still...).  I think I forsee years of therapy coming up in my future to cope with this. LOL

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