19 months done, 200+ pounds down - and a whole lotta smiles up

[SleeveGirl-TX 183]

Finally finding my way back to this forum, it's been a LONG time. I'm about 16 or so pounds from my new goal weight. Ha! 175 seemed so unobtainable that I never thought I'd actually hit that number, much less pass it and keep going. I'm still losing - in month 19, I'm at 5 pounds lost. I weigh 166 and am 5'6".

Best decision I've ever made, but it's also a LOT of hard work. There's no easy way out. I make decisions every single day and I live with the consequences of those choices. I still only eat around 800 calories a day. I can get up to 1200 if I try really hard, but I still have amazing restriction and I seem to lose best at 800, so I just keep it there. I get around 30-50 carbs per day, a LOT of Water and 70-100 Protein. I use MyFitnessPal to keep myself in check.

There's a LOT of skin. I held most of my weight for 30 years in my stomach. It's really bad. There will be eventual plastic surgery to deal with it. But I'd much rather have that than all the fat that was hanging around.

My life is so much different now. I'm a totally different person, yet completely the same. I'm able to do more and live life how I'm supposed to be living it. I have been married to the most amazing man in the world for nearly 20 years and we have two (nearly) perfect children and life is pretty darn good.

To those of you struggling, stalling, wondering if you can do it... you can. You just have to want it bad enough. And by that I mean... BAD. Stalls are normal. I lose some, stall, gain some back, stall, lose that and then a little more, stall again. My longest stall was 20 days at 3 weeks out. I routinely stall for about 2 weeks at a time nowadays. It's all good, as long as the overall trend is down.

I'll attach a photo of me at 200 lost, I've lost 8 more since then, but the difference is pretty amazing.

[ShouldBlittler 89]

I am so impressed and inspired by your story and your general outlook on your whole weight-loss success. Congratulations!

[karenb4729 309]

You are amazing and such an inspiration!

[Geminidrive 389]

Congratulations!

[aliandrews 98]

Wow, you look great.

[Gina1010 86]

Awesome!

[Losing weight 126]

Finally finding my way back to this forum' date=' it's been a LONG time. I'm about 16 or so pounds from my new goal weight. Ha! 175 seemed so unobtainable that I never thought I'd actually hit that number, much less pass it and keep going. I'm still losing - in month 19, I'm at 5 pounds lost. I weigh 166 and am 5'6".

Best decision I've ever made, but it's also a LOT of hard work. There's no easy way out. I make decisions every single day and I live with the consequences of those choices. I still only eat around 800 calories a day. I can get up to 1200 if I try really hard, but I still have amazing restriction and I seem to lose best at 800, so I just keep it there. I get around 30-50 carbs per day, a LOT of Water and 70-100 Protein. I use MyFitnessPal to keep myself in check.

There's a LOT of skin. I held most of my weight for 30 years in my stomach. It's really bad. There will be eventual plastic surgery to deal with it. But I'd much rather have that than all the fat that was hanging around. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

My life is so much different now. I'm a totally different person, yet completely the same. I'm able to do more and live life how I'm supposed to be living it. I have been married to the most amazing man in the world for nearly 20 years and we have two (nearly) perfect children and life is pretty darn good.

To those of you struggling, stalling, wondering if you can do it... you can. You just have to want it bad enough. And by that I mean... BAD. Stalls are normal. I lose some, stall, gain some back, stall, lose that and then a little more, stall again. My longest stall was 20 days at 3 weeks out. I routinely stall for about 2 weeks at a time nowadays. It's all good, as long as the overall trend is down.

I'll attach a photo of me at 200 lost, I've lost 8 more since then, but the difference is pretty amazing.[/quote']

Congrats it's very motivating

[Goodnurseg 31]

Wow. Congrats.

[rdoactv 218]

Great post! Thanks and Congrats!

[RareGold3000 185]

Congratulations, and thanx for sharing your story and your pics!! Very inspiring and encouraging!! You look fantastic!!

[Velena 122]

Wow, you look awesome, thank you so much for sharing your success!

[coops 1,790]

Great stuff... but you need to buy new jeans... they are WAY too big!!

Congrats! =]

[LadyK 164]

I love seeing before and after pics and reading stories like this, you are awesome! Congrats on your weight loss!

[amytug 996]

Oh you're so small! Incredible! Looks like its tjme to go shopping Again for a smaller size, even!!! Go you!

[Renea77 84]

Congrats! You look great!! You are truly a success story!!!