Way to go Misti!

Misti....i haven't been here in awhile. kind of fell off the wagon this past 2 months....but i am doing great everyone. I am very happy with the 33 pounds i lost and i will get back on the wagon next month when i renew my gym membership. so for the past two months i have just been maintaining...which on it's own is very inspiring to know i won't gain the weight back when i reach my goal.

but back to what i was going to say....Misti....i am so proud of you. you are doing an awesome job. you are totally an inspiration to us all. you keep up the great work. i too have been going thru my closet finding things i haven't worn in 5 years and being amazed that i can fit back into them. my drycleaning bill has definately gone up in the past month. hehehehe.

keep up the awesome job!!!

Hey Lumi, good to see you back here! I have missed you. Glad to hear you have maintained... good for you! Look forward to seeing you back up on the wagon with us though!

Heehee..I didn't do as well as you. I gained 4lbs then maintained when I fell off but I still didn't even feel bad about that. Am back on as of 4 days ago and I haven't lost but I don't care. I feel good just knowing I'm back in control. I'm on my period and it is also hard to weigh when I haven't had enough sleep. A full sleep schedule will result in my lowest weight. It's weird but it is TRUE! There has been other posts on here about that. I sorta wish I knew how many calories I was taking in when I was maintaining. I'm not as on low calories as before (1300-1400) (now 1600-1700) and would like to know if my maintence calories were more or less. During maintence I ate less times and maybe even less quanity but I ate JUNK.

Congrats! Misti. I know how it feels. Keep up all your great work!

Hey Jt, you look really nice in OneDerland! Good job!!!

That's awesome!

Ha Ha Ha! I remember a story when I lost all the weight, and I was at the Bay (a department store) shopping. I was cluelessly complaining to the saleswoman about nothing fitting me, really irritated.

She said (literally) *ahem*, that's because you're in the wrong section. This is for plus sizes.

Now, there's absolutely nothing wrong with plus sizes in any way. It's just that I was so out of touch with my size I was gobsmacked to be "kicked out" of a section that I'd been shopping in for nearly a decade.

I still laugh about that one...

Anyhow congrats Misti. I know the feeling. : ))

Wow, that's great! Bet THAT put you on Cloud 9 for a while! I can't wait to need to be kicked out of the plus size store but it will be a while unfortunately.

Sooner than you think Misti, sooner than you think....

One can only hope you are right

Misti, it really does happen so fast. Not long ago I was wearing an XL shirt, now the regular larges are getting very loose and I have 2 mediums that my daughter gave me. I no longer wear all my DH's large shirts as the men's large is way too big. I know exactly what you mean about the big boobs. I was a 42DD to start with. My Aunt gave me 6 new 38DD's that she couldn't wear. They were perfect for a while. This past week I went and bought 2 38D's thinking they would fit. They are too big in the cup. I think I need a 36C now. These are the first underwires I have bought since high school and they sure hold them boobies up high. LOL. I think I wore a C cup in 4th grade and now I'm back to it. LOL

That is true, Lilybelle... it doesn't seem like that long at all since I was so thrilled to have lost 25 pounds and now I am getting really close to 50! (48). And as for the boobies... LOL my first GOAL is to get into a DD cup, eventually hoping for a C. I was the opposite of you though... flat as a board until I was about 18 but then wow, look out!! Late bloomer but when they bloomed they bloomed. I have already gone down four band sizes though except I can't buy a bra because to get the band size small enough the cups are too small... so I am back to having to sew up the sides. You would think clothing manufacturers would "get it" that we are not all the same size. I always get frustrated when I hear the "saying" that most women wear the wrong size bra. Well DUH don't they think we KNOW that; that is all they MAKE so we have to do the best we can!

I started pretty much at your weight Misti (a bit less but I'm also an inch shorter), and once you're on a roll it kind of sticks. The really tough part is over, now you get to enjoy this for awhile. We'll chat again when you get to maintenence but for now--enjoy all your victories. There will be lots. : )) You'll be at goal before you know it, literally.

Misti -- You are doing just awesome -- fun to watch your progress!

I am starting to fit into "non plus" sizes... I can fit in to 16W which seems to translate into 18 regular. Though at that size the pickings are "slim"

And I've gone down a cup size ... at least it's getting easier to buy bras!

JtJoray -- Can't wait to join you in Onederland! Hopefully soon for me!!!