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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, it’s been a couple of months since I posted — and I forgot what name I chose to try to keep track here. Lol

Emotionally, things have been a roller coaster. One of my closest friends has been diagnosed with serious health problems, and several of my closest friends are caring for and supporting family members with serious health issues — so my support system is currently overwhelmed, and I’ve been trying to do what I can to support them.

Which makes it even more awesome that I’ve changed my eating habits during the last two months, and I’m fitting into jeans that wouldn’t zip a few months ago.  Yay! 🥳. I don’t think I’ve had anything made of wheat flour since before January 1.  I also usually eat two meals a day, and that’s kind of become the equivalent of lower carb intermittent fasting — a life style that fits me comfortably.

I’m deliberately not weighing myself. I’m very pleased that in the midst of difficult times, I haven’t turned to food as a solution, and instead have probably lost weight and definitely gone down a size. I’ve a long way to go to get where I want to be — and it feels wonderful to be headed in good directions.

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Wow.  You are doing amazing!  What a fantastic check-in!  You've been through so much in the last few months and you've made lemonade out of those lemons, go you!

Like you, I also switched to 2 meals a day that became a lower carb intermittent fasting -- for me it was a few months after I'd lost the first 20 or 30 pounds.  I've now lost over 98 pounds and only have about 3 more to go to get to 155.  I was stuck around 162ish for a few months over the holidays and it's so nice to be in the 150s.  I know at 5 ft 7 I could lose more but I don't really think I need it.  And my wedding band is so loose the diamond turns to the inside of my hand now sometimes, it's annoying -- I've tried a few different products to stick on the inside of the ring but I'm not loving them, they kind of irritate my finger or pull the ring out from the bottom.

Anyway, these are champagne problems ha -- congrats PP and keep going keep going!  You are doing great staying off the scale and keeping to your resolve not to turn to food emotionally -- that's such a huge accomplishment!!!  Go, go, go!!! [/quote]

Thank you so much for your kind words! And thank you for sharing the — very impressive— details of your own amazing progress! It’s truly inspiring to hear how you’ve reached a point of “champagne problems” for yourself.  🍾🥂   I hope you feel awesome as you applaud the many many efforts and accomplishments that got you to this point.

As for your ring, if you got a smaller band that would fit more tightly on your now smaller finger, and wore it on top of your loose wedding band, would that hold the wedding band in place and keep it from turning?  If that might work, maybe a celebration ring would be a nice idea?  I’ve seen adjustable ring guards that might work — but I’m guessing that might be one of the irritating options that you’ve already tried.

I’m totally grinning now — and I’m sure that I’ll revisit your post for encouragement and inspiration.

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Thanks so much for this lovely and supportive comment!  I've come back to it a few times myself over the last few weeks, it was so kind!  And now I can say that I finally, finally, finally made my goal of losing 101 pounds, yay!  I started at the end of June 2021 so it took me nearly two years, slowing down especially here towards the end, but at 5 ft 7 I now weigh under 155 lbs, and am at what's considered a normal weight range for my height, and am now basically back to my college weight, which feels great!

I was sort of stuck for a while but a lot of stress at work while I still kept to my diet has been helping the pounds come off recently.  I even took a trip for a week to be with my mom and lost two pounds on that trip!  So I don't know what sort of weird mojo is going on but I'll continue to stick to the diet for now and ride the weight loss while I can, and then maybe take things a bit easier over spring break and start to see where I might add some carbs or desserts back in.  I hope to be able to stick around 155 for a while, though I'm also okay with going back up to 160 since that's where I plateaud for a long time and seemed to be where my body was fairly happy.  I know some folks might think that at 5 ft 7 someone could/should really be lower than 155, but I think I look really good at this weight!  :)

I'm feeling pretty great and have a lot of energy!  I kind of can't believe I did it.  Good luck to folks also on this journey; if I can do this you can too![/quote]

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