Well, I crossed the 300's border awhile back, but I was only 406 so I didn't really celebrate it. I just crossed 100 pounds lost, and it was VERY anticlimatic. I am should cross the 200 border in a few short weeks and I am hoping that one is exciting. Being able to see 2-- on the scale is what I've been looking forward to for the last six months, so I am sure it will be.

I love dropping sizes much more than I love to see the scale move.......however weird that may be. I don't think much of the 100 pounds I've lost, but when I think about going from a size 52 to a size 40, I feel extremely accomplished.

I did it! I got on the scale, and it totally said 296 pounds this morning. That is down 110 pounds. Cross past that 300 border feels so much better than losing 100 pounds did. I actually smiled and throw my hands up in the air in victory! It also means I am exactly half way to goal.

I'm so glad I changed my goal now. I started at 250, which is still huge at 5'11"/6', so I went to 220, which again, is still too heavy for my height. I am only 50% away from 180.

It's been exactly 7 months and 5 days.........I am wondering how long it will take me to cross that 200 border. I flat out ate about 10 or 11 high carb meals and only worked out for half of the time to cross the first border. I am pumped though. I am going to go HARD from now until August 16th (my one year anniversary) with no high carb meals and daily exercise to see if I can't get down to 91 more pounds in the next 5 months. That would be 200 pounds in a year!

Yay! I'm so glad I'll never weigh 300 pounds again!

Congrats! You deserve a great ole big low carb steak!!!

Fantastic, Dorr!

-j.

WTG Dorr! Fantastic job! Keep up the good work!

AWESOME NEWS! Congratulations.

BIG Congrats to you! Your pics look great. Keep up the wonderful progress!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Feels good doesn't it? Keep up the good work.

Well done everyone who has "made it" to a boarder. I still have a way to go but I am still loosing.
You are all my inspiration.

Am I reading that right? 100lbs in 7 and a half months? YOU ROCK!! You're an absolute inspiration! Way to go!!! You must feel amazing!! I can just picture you whooping on the scale there! LOL

Hello folks!

I have a border crossing to announce: I have been back on LC for a month-plus-change now, when I was at 244 or -5. I crossed over into the 220'es this morning--so very pleased.

I had a little mental chat this morning, visualizing myself posting the news here, and also pictured someone thinking, "I wouldn't have had the nerve to post that here--look, she started this thread, and did the Onederland crossing not once, but TWICE already--what is this, is she LOST?"

To which I can only say: if this was easy, I would have already been slender. I've been fighting this one all my life, and damnit, if I don't make it then I will make myself proud if I go down fighting. It's when I gave up the battle that I started to lose all the ground I had staked.

I can't promise myself or anyone else that it won't happen again, or that it won't happen many times.

I can, however, and am going to make this promise to myself: if I slip up again, and find myself in a regain mode, I come back and read every single post I posted on TDC (and that's a lot of them) just to get some perspective on my situation.

But meanwhile, back at the ranch: I am so very pleased. I realize this isn't a big number, but I was stuck at the low 230's for a couple of weeks, and was ready to move on--and that's where I was stuck on the way up, so have spent too much time there.

Summer is coming, and that's a tough time to be fat. No way will I get to goal over the summer, but I am already 15 pounds down, and may drop another 10 in May--and I'd rather start the summer at 220 than at 245--or 255, or wherever I would have been w/o LC and TDC.

Thanks, each one of you who have supported me as I resume the journey towards health and comfort and life lived to the fullest.

Kathleen, Congrats on that border crossed. I also hit a new low this morning of 229.8.
P.S. You need to change your stats girl!

WTG Kath! You are an inspiration. Thank you!

Nice work, Kathleen.

-j.

Bumpin' this one for Rach, aka Scented1, who slipped quietly into Twotown in the last few days. She announced hitting 300, but her stats have her down at 297!!!

So it's party time on TDC!!! Rach, this one's for you:

and a bouquet of spring flowers, too!