Little Victories, Major Life Changers

[mommymar 34]

I have had some little victories the last 2 days. First, I went to the gym yesterday (2 months post op on the 7th) and I have been walking. When I first started it was a mile a day now I am up to a mile and a half. Then I started upping the incline, pace etc. but yesterday........ I RAN! Yep, I actually did it. I am 30 years old, the last time I ran was Jr High! (yikes) yes, I only ran one min at a time and a total of 5 min, but still...

Secondly, and so exciting for me, I weighed in at 248. When I started it was 294.8. When I got married (12 years ago) I was 255. 250 has been my nemesis. All the diets I have been on it has been impossible to get under that dang number.

So individually, these are little victories. Ones I am proud of. But these have changed my life. I have finally found some success. I have chosen to go more places. I actually got dressed the other day, went shopping, walked past a mirror, and had to have a second look. It's almost 50 pounds but to tell the truth, it wasn't the weight that stopped me in my tracks, it was the happy girl in the mirror that has been missing for 20 years. She is finding her way back.

[kysia81 11]

Wow! Way to go now that is great success!! I'm so proud! Thanks for sharing

[enigmachik 403]

Yayy!! That's fantastic all the way around!

[BunnyFoodRocks 23]

Good for you! You deserve to be proud and that happy girl inside of you wil continue to make you shine from within!

[Lissa 2,631]

Great job!! You're rocking the sleeve AND the mental work that goes with it!! I'm happy dancing for you!

[mommymar 34]

Thank you everyone. It's nice to do things you can be proud of. My hubby is a year and a half out from beriatric surgery. I can't wait til I can run these 5k's with him! (it still seems crazy that I want to) I expected to lose weight, I didn't plan on all these other wonderful "side effects"

[danyelleb 386]

Congrats, and enjoy all the great things that come with weight loss. I started running one minute at a time and I ran my first 5k last weekend! It's an amazing feeling. I'm so happy to be able to feel like I'm living! You are going to love it! Keep up the great work!

[mommymar 34]

Congrats' date=' and enjoy all the great things that come with weight loss. I started running one minute at a time and I ran my first 5k last weekend! It's an amazing feeling. I'm so happy to be able to feel like I'm living! You are going to love it! Keep up the great work![/quote']

I so can't wait to say that. I love the support on this site. I also love you can come on here, type your accomplishments and get some feed back. I certainly wouldn't walk around, find random people and say, guess what! I have lost weight and I am feeling great! I can only imagine the looks I would get ha ha. It is great getting all this support. You all are wonderful!!