Christmas Eve

One year ago, I weighed 278 pounds, had constant back and knee pain, and high blood pressure and sleep apnea. Today I weigh 189 pounds, no knee pain, very little back pain, my blood pressure is better as is my sleep apnea. I have a wonderful nephew, who is a year old, that I can crawl on the floor with and keep up with, which I never would have been able to do a year ago. I have another wonderful nephew, who came home from the Marines and wanted to know who was impersonating his Aunt LeeLee. And I have a beautiful niece who I can go all day and night with on band activities without having to sit and rest. I have made some wonderful friends this year, and fell in love with an amazing man. There were some struggles as well, but all in all, it's turned out to be a pretty great year. I have so much to be thankful for and I hope that you all do as well. Merry Christmas to all of you and may your 2010 be blessed.

8 months down

ONEDERLAND

Finally! I hit a big milestone today...I have lost a total of 80 pounds, which puts me under 200 pounds for the first time in longer than I can even remember. Woo hooo!!!! It's weird now though, because my identity has always been "fat chick" and now I'm not really that anymore...but not really one of the skinny girls yet either....so where do I fit in? I go out now and I get some attention...but I don't know what to do with it! Perhaps I need to learn to flirt! LOL!!!

Photo Update

One pretty cool side effect of losing 75 pounds is that I see pictures of myself and I don't hate them all! Here are a few recent ones...

Water under the bridge

Once again, it's been a rough couple of months. I think all the stress of the last 6 months has finally caved in on me, and I've started having anxiety attacks. I'm medicated, and seeing a therapist, so hopefully I can get that under control in a hurry. It's not fun, and very frustrating.

On the positive side, I'm 6 pounds away from Onederland! I bought a pair of jeans for my class reunion that are a size 16!! That's the size I wore in high school! I don't think I'll make my goal of Onederland before the reunion, since it's this weekend, but I'm sure gonna try! I'll be posting a picture in my new skinny outfit after the event!

Monthly progress thru June 2009

Before....2/12/09


March


April


May


June

I am still here!

Ok, so it's been a while. Life has a way of happening when you least expect it. In the last two months, I've lost my home to foreclosure, had a garage sale, moved to an apartment, and helped my best friend move to his new home, all while trying to maintain the bandster lifestyle. I will confess that I have not been entirely successful as far as eating the right foods all the time, but I've been trying really hard to maintain portion management. That doesn't always work either. But it's all about stringing more good day together than bad, and the numbers keep moving down, so I guess overall I'm doing ok.

I have lost a total of 63 pounds now, and I'm down at least 3 pant sizes. I am not sure of my true size, because I'm still wearing a lot of my old clothes. I just don't want to go buy a bunch of stuff that won't fit in a couple of months!

I will post monthly progress pics soon!