[linJber]

Truffle - we all need good inspiration. And a constant reminder of the end goal - better health. the number on the scale is just a guideline.

Carter makes a great point that time passes anyway, whether we're on plan or not. Might as well be losing weight.

Panacea - We're the same height and you said that 100 pounds only took you from a 20 to a 12. I'm amazed because at 252 pounds I wore at least a 22, sometimes a 24, and now at 165 I'm a 12. Everything is relative - you started out with more weight than I did, but you were smaller. And you're in the same size as I am now but you're a little bit heavier. It just goes to show that everyone of us is different. You have done a fantastic job. I really like seeing people who are about the same height and weight as I am having success. It really encourages me to try for the same level. Your progress is not less significant. It's fantastic.

Lin

[AZ Sunrises]

267 seemed whale-like until I regained to 294 and have to repose.

[MrsTee]

Lots of interesting thoughts here!

I so agree each day can be incredibly different. One day I feel thin and FAB, and think I look wonderful - the next I can't see where 28 kilos can have come off. I have clothes for each mood! Some tighter and trendier, some a little frumpier......
Sometimes I try to wear "trendy' on frumpy days to get me into the mood...
works sometimes.

Just goes to show what we see in the mirror is so defined by how we feel at the time.

I've only lost one clothing size too, but gone from squeeze into a 26 to comfortable in a 24 - and eeking towards a 22...

But as an older gal I have to agree with Lin, my mind set this time is this is for the rest of my life. I don't plan overly other than eating low GI which is for health more than anything. I try to eat well, and follow basic nutrition rules. I think that helps me not stress too much about the numbers on the scaly monster. Having said that I weigh everyday and certainly look forward to seeing the numbers move downwards...

[InsideMe]

OP: no matter how slow the fact remains that you are making amazing changes to your health and your seeing improvements every day! That alone is a reason to keep going and who knows, maybe once you lose a certain amount and your fitness levels increase you'll start to burn more! Keep it up! Your doing amazing! And I can totally see a difference in your pictures! I think your gorgeous! You have a light about you that's so captivating....really I swear! You look amazing in that red dress and your face and shoulders look much smaller!

As for me I've had some recent revelatinos of my weight loss. Yesterday I was sitting with a coworker and I had my legs crossed for the entire 15mins! I could NEVER do that before! Also yesterday my kids were asking me get their toys for the bath and I have A LOT of stairs in my house so I was running up and down the stairs a couple of times without getting tired or winded! Another, I can tell when I'm satisfied after eating and that overfull feeling makes me feel literally sick, so I can stop now when before I'd gorge myself until I couldn't move. Showering takes less time for some odd reason (I guess I have less of me to wash????) and bending over and shaving my legs have never been easier. I can see my toes! I can feel my rig cage and I cna see my collar bone! I don't have to stretch my shirts out around the tummy anymore to hide it, I still have a roll but it's much smaller There are more but these are the reasons I'm going to keep going! If this is how I feel at 205 I can't imagine what I'd feel like at 130!!!!

[defenestrator]

I just wanted to come back and say that I'm feeling even stronger and more confident lately. I think the cooler weather has been great for getting out running. I'm now up to 25 minutes in a row and able to run up some hills. A 50 lb loss is only 12 lbs away now, which seems soo close. And I just got past the lowest weight for me in nearly 20 years, which is a milestone in itself.

One final thing I've been thinking about. I think when I started getting really serious about losing all of the weight I want to lose (instead of just trying to lose 10 lbs or 20 lbs and then giving up and letting it slip back on) I had this image of what life was going to be like when I was done, at 145 lbs, strong and lean and fit. But I have been pleasantly surprised by what it feels like to be just a little bit stronger, a little bit healthier, and a little bit leaner. I hadn't realized how good the middle ground would feel. There's lots of nsv's popping up at this point like being able to shop at normal-sized clothing stores (I'm a size 16 now), fitting easily in the airplane seats and the seats at the amusement park, zipping up a jacket that was previously really tight around my hips over a fleece jacket and a heavy sweater, etc. It's not a bad place to be.

[Riesz]

Like everyone else, some days I look in the bathroom mirror and think "Wow! I look great!" and other days all I can seem to see is fat and think about the weight I have left to lose.

I have a very hard time picturing what I look like to other people and when I'm out shopping I look at people and try to gauge their size and if I look like them. I've been overweight or obese for almost my entire life so I have a very hard time wrapping my head around what it I would feel like or look like being 'normal' size. When I began losing weight I weighed at least 300 lbs (highest weight recorded by a doctor. I'd stopped weighing myself long before and after that doctor visit) and wore size 24-26 pants. I wear size 12 pants currently but can't seem to picture myself very well now. I guess it just takes time for everything to fully sink in.

I also have two sets of clothes, one baggy and frumpy and the other more fitted and trendy. I waffle between the two depending on my mirror mood of the day.