One derland - Are you there yet? Close? Please share your emotions
Hello,
Today, in over 6 years now that it did not happen, I weighed under 220, 218.4 to be exact, I am so extremely happy and can't seem to have anything on my mind except reaching Onederland.
I'd like to hear from those who reached it (or are close to reach it) and learn how you felt, your emotions, your dreams, were you scared, etc.
I am so close I can taste it! I think I will fall over in shock the day I see 199. I'll probably get on the scale every 5 minutes just to verify it. I have not been that light for 10-12 years. I am talking high school.
I'm gonna cry............after I scream and wake up the neighborhood, I'm gonna just sit down on the bathroom floor and have myself a good cry! The rest of the day you will be able to see the biggest smile anyone has every seen before upon my face. The kind of smile that makes people do a double take when they see it and wonder what you've been up to.....Then they realize it doesn't matter and they smile too.
I was SUPER excited. For years I had been trying to get into onederland, I was always stuck at 223. Once I reached 199 I couldn't believe it, I figured, heck if I can make it into onederland I can definitely make it to my goal now.
It's hard to explain how I felt, I'm sure my family thought I was crazy but I had a permanent smile on my face for days. I was telling everyone (everyone who knew I'd been struggling). At that point I didn't care who knew how much I weighed as it was such a huge accomplishment. And I rewarded my self with a hair color and cut.
Since joining IP I am almost in the 180's unbelievable!!!
(I know I'm not smiling in my avatar picture but I truly am happy, my face looks a lot skinnier when I don't smile as I have always had chubby cheeks)
I hit onederland earlier this week. Yeah!!!! I have to tell you it felt phenomenal. I thought I would jump up and down and scream, but I really didn't. I had been losing weight so steadily that once I hit it, it was like it was no big deal and I just started thinking about my next goal. However, I will NEVER go back. Hitting onederland made me more committed to NEVER seeing that fat place again. I will continue to lose until I meet my goal and when I start to see the scale creep back up a few pounds, I will do something about it. It did get me really fired up to keep moving and eating right.
More important than the scale, are the changes I have seen in my body. I had to go clothes shopping and it was the first time I had been shopping in over 7 years that I didn't have to shop in the Plus section. In fact many of the things I tried on were too big. It was the first time in years that I walked out of a clothing store happy and feeling like I was sexy. That feeling has been gone for years and that is even better to have back than seeing that number below 200.
Don't get me wrong, being below 200 is amazing, but the scale is just a tool. Feeling sexy again is way better!
It is strange you are so focused on getting there, and it seems like the last 10 lbs seem to take months... When I finally hit 199 I was a little excited, couldn't celebrate except here as GOd forbid I would tell anyone I was over 200 lbs... to tell you the truth it was a blur because I was then focused on 191 that was my 50lb goal and it also meant I was 1/2 way to my Goal weight so that is even more exciting... ah who am I kidding every day when I lose weight it is exciting for me.
Today I am 196.6. I am more relieved than ecstatic -- and also anxious. I want to keep going down, down, down and I'm afraid that something's going to happen to make the numbers go up, up, up.
But relief is really how I feel and I don't ever want to go back to where I've been.
I hear you: the feeling of being afraid was ALWAYS part of me everytime I am on a diet, I am so scared to fail. This time though with the reassuring 30+ loss that I had up till now (even with me cheating one day), I feel more confident.
I have 40 pounds to go and I gave myself till Christmas to reach it, I will definitely cry for sure, cry the happy proud I made it kindda cry and then pick myself up and keep going and never look back !!!
My goal is 199 by Sept 13th (I restarted this journey on June 13th and gave myself 3 months to lose 41 lbs)..
Seemed impossible back in June, but DANG I am getting there and it might actually happen.
Sorta feels "not real"... I hope I can do it tho, to say I did!
My goal is 199 by Sept 13th (I restarted this journey on June 13th and gave myself 3 months to lose 41 lbs)..
Seemed impossible back in June, but DANG I am getting there and it might actually happen.
Sorta feels "not real"... I hope I can do it tho, to say I did!
I have a feeling that you'll do it Only 7 pounds to go
One derland - Are you there yet? Close? Please share your emotions
It is strange you are so focused on getting there, and it seems like the last 10 lbs seem to take months... When I finally hit 199 I was a little excited, couldn't celebrate except here as GOd forbid I would tell anyone I was over 200 lbs... to tell you the truth it was a blur because I was then focused on 191 that was my 50lb goal and it also meant I was 1/2 way to my Goal weight so that is even more exciting... ah who am I kidding every day when I lose weight it is exciting for me.
Only 7 pounds to go
