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Originally Posted by Lunula
Congratulations!
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Tyler Durden
CONGRATULATIONS! 
That is just such a wonderful milestone! Yippee!!!
It feels great to say it, especially since that year had been so discouraging, to now feel like I have a second chance, in a way.
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Originally Posted by GR8 2B48
Congratulations, keep up the great work!!!
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by midwife
Congrats!! What wonderful news!
Thank you!
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Originally Posted by full of grace
How wonderful!
Celebrate!
I hope to join you at my "teen size" someday too.
Somehow I think other peoples' teen sizes are probably lower than mine, lol.
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Originally Posted by Tomato
Wowsers! What are you doing to lose weight so quickly (I see 6 lbs between end of June and July 15th) if you don't mind me asking?
Enjoy the smaller size clothes, and big CONGRATS.
What's weird is that in the past, I've always been doing fad diets or fasts, or something potentially dangerous and restrictive. This is just plain calorie counting. I usually keep my calories to about 1300-1500 per day, and I take an hour-long walk with my dog around our (hilly) neighborhood about four times a week, I weight train about 5 times a week, and I use the exercise bike or the treadmill about twice a week.
Beyond that, I do the little choices, too - like taking the stairs at school instead of the elevator, etc.
Also, I had leveled off for quite some time, so a big part of this was the whoosh, especially after I started weight training.
And the 30 pounds happened over about a year and a half now, it's just the last little bit that I've really tackled now.