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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is terrific! Your hard work is showing! Keep adding those gorillas to your wall. I love that.[/quote]

You just made me tear up again, thank you so much everyone.

I really hope someone will read my message and feel like they can do it, too. When I was 275 it just felt hopeless, I didn’t know how I’d ever lose all that weight. So I started with small goals. My first goal was 261 (5% of my body weight) because 247 (10%) just felt overwhelming.

Then there were other goals, like being able to go up stairs without feeling like I was going to pass out or need to stop halfway. Weight watchers taught me about non-scale victories which really kept me going because some weeks I didn’t lose weight and other weeks my weight went up. Little things like eating one piece of pie instead of 2 for thanksgiving- like the old days. Buying a belt for the first time in 10 years, because while the scale hadn’t moved that week my pants were falling down. Being able to shop in the regular department at Macy’s. Moving up from 1mph to 3pmh on my treadmill. I wrote all my non-scale victories on a big piece of paper and kept it on the fridge to remind me of the better choices I was making, to show me even if the scale didn’t move that week I was making progress. Something to look at when I was sad or lonely and missed my old friend, food. Food was this constant companion and it was so hard to give up that comfort, but I found other ways to comfort myself. I started reading more and I got a dog. I bought really beautiful dishes and tapas plates, so my healthy meal prepped food always looked so pretty and delicious. I stopped eating in front of the TV because it was so nice having a tapas spread of colourful plates on the dining room table for meals. Just little things like that, but over time they all added up to a new way of life and a new relationship with food.

Thanks so much for letting me share! [/quote]

OP - you are an inspiration and have offered such great tangible advice.  Found the above really resonated for me.  Thank you for posting. Best of luck on your continued journey.  [/quote]

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