75!

Wellz, I seem to only post on here at milestones. I am down 75 pounds now, just in time for the 5 month anniversary of my surgery, and it is super exciting! But, I am kind of frustrated because my goal was to be down 80.1 pounds by New Year's and I am behind schedule to do that now. So I'm sad about that but trying to just give myself a break and not beat myself up too badly for it. My metabolism has changed and having 75 pounds off means I carry less weight around and burn less calories so it's just slowed down quite a bit. I have to work out a lot harder to get good results and with the holiday season and all that goes with it, time has been used for other things more often than not. So, I am trying to remember to get my protein in, drink my water, take my vitamins and not worry so much about what the scale says every morning. It WILL move some more, just maybe not according to my original goal. Sometimes I feel like I will never lose another ounce and this is it and then I get very destructive thoughts and I hate that. So i am trying to just be positive and enjoy my new size and not obssess. And ultimately, I'm just not going to turn down a Christmas cookie here or there this Holiday season. My eating habits are so different from a year ago and my body is totally different and my clothes totally smaller and I'm just going to be happy about all that and say "CHEERS" with a Russian Tea Cake :)

So - 300 sticks of butter - BU-BYE!!!! I'd love to get off another 20 sticks in 2011 but I'll be happy with a few pats of butter here or there too. I have another 25-40 pounds to lose so I can't quit now!

I didn't post my 4 month pictures, so here they are:

I didn't get official 5-month pictures taken but here is a picture I took pretty close to the 5-month mark. I took it to show that I tucked my shirt in for the first time in like, ever.... :) I had worn a sweater over this shirt so don't think I wear sleeveless stuff in the winter. But anyway, that's the best I can do. There wasn't much change between month 4 and 5 anyway. So ONWARD :) Thanks for caring enough about my journey to read my blog! :)