[ghlover]

So this morning, I did a daily weigh in - I weigh daily to see how things are progressing but I only officially record my weight once a week. Well i weighed in this morning, and I realized I am 2 lbs away from being post baby #1 weight - which was 10yrs ago. For some reason it is really emotional for me as I never though I would see those 3's on my scale again. I know i am working hard to get there but the fact that i am actually almost there it gives me a new sense of hope.

It's crazy the feelings losing weight can instill in you, you realize how much you were holding yourself back by carrying around this extra weight.

[NEMom]

Congrats to you! I love that amazing feeling of accomplishment when you meet a goal that you never thought you would reach!
Your rockin it girl!

[LockItUp]

I totally get it! It's funny because I never though it to be impossible to lose weight, but I think I had kind of given up the idea of ever not being fat again! If that makes sense.

I had baby #2 in December, and I'm now 6 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight for both kids! I definitely felt emotional about it when it happened!

For me I think it's about the idea of the person I thought I was versus the person I am, or rather, the person I'm becoming. After having my first baby I kinda gave myself up, totally lost who I was outside of being a mom. It's totally weird to be rediscovering that! I think in a way I thought "this is just who I am now" and when I decided that I was allowed to be a whole entire person outside of being a mom, that really because emotional for me.

[RandomPaige]

The last 2 trips to the doctor's office for my official monthly weigh-in, I have broken out in tears in the office.

I can completely understand. I haven't been this weight in 15 years. In all my time of dieting, I could never get to this weight.

At times, it feels so surreal to me, that I fear the day I wake up and this all has just been a dream.

I'm just about at my halfway mark, and I can't remember weighing less than the halfway mark (I'm sure I did, but it was over 18 years ago, so I have nooo recollection of what it felt like, and I was still developing at the time)

I get inspired by the fact that I have no idea what I'm going to look like when I reach my goal, but even getting this far, is groundbreaking to me.

[586]

Totally got overwhelmed. The first time I was able to sit in a movie theatre seat without letting up an armrest or in the car without feeling suffocated by the belt OR steering wheel - I teared up. When I got to my "goal" outfit and it was baggy? Sobbed in confusion and joy.

I've got a tentative 10 lbs loss left in me, and it's more just to see if I can do it than a necessary health goal. I'm shocked at times how far I've come and how much time and energy I wasted over the last 7 years by not doing this sooner.

[ghlover]

OMg you guys are so amazing! It is so nice to know your not alone in the way you feel lol

I thought I was being silly, but I really couldn't believe it. This morning I did my officially weigh in because today is the day i record and I was almost scared. Scared that it's not real, scared that I am going to plateau, or scared that I am going to re-gain. I don't know what it is lol but it really hasn't sunk in. Good Luck to us all, let's keep going!