reintroduction! with progress pictures :)
 

Hi! So, I haven't been on here in a while. I started here in March of '10 but once I got out of school for the summer I got SO busy I didn't have time anymore! I've been crazy crazy busy, and I haven't lost as much weight as I'd hoped.

I started with a drunken revelation in March when I hit 242 pounds, and did pretty well for a couple months. Thankfully I didn't gain any weight, but it was because I was so active during the summer and not because I was watching what I ate at all.

Then last fall I decided to start it up again and I've been doing pretty well since then. When I started paying attention to what I was eating again (October 26th) I was at 230 pounds. I also started exercising pretty regularly for like the first time... ever.

I thought I derailed a little over christmas because I was crazy busy again and stress eating, and I got really depressed afterwards and didn't want to get on a scale, but it turns out I lost five pounds. Go figure. That made me realize that I reeeeallllly do want to lose weight. And I'm trying to really stick with it this time and not get derailed or lose hope if I don't lose as fast/as much as I want to.

I had a picture taken of me today and I realized I don't look too bad in it! In fact... I kinda like it. Then I thought I'd come back on here and compare it to how I looked when I first started last march (because I deleted those god-awful photos from my computer.) So here you go, because before and afters are always so fun (even though this isn't an after, just a "so far.")

March 2010, 242 pounds:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1268976732



and today! January 23, 2011 ... I think 216ish pounds?
(I'm on the left, and too lazy to block my face out.)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1767245_n.jpg

and from my friend's phone (just saw this one):

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5658901_n.jpg


so yay! It's always hard to tell you've lost weight when you see yourself every day, and I honestly just realized today that I actually do look different. It's kind of exciting! And just motivates me more. wowww! Cool!

Hey there! Yes, your brain actually works against you in weight loss...you just don't see it unless you look in a picture or something like that. Isn't it amazing?

You look great. Congratulations, and :wel3fc: again!