Thanks Judy!
I've joined the club finally, with 102 pounds lost.
On page 1 of this thread, taming said:
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I also had this Alice in Wonderland thing going on where sometimes I felt teeny tiny, and other times I felt really huge.
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That's so true of me, too. Sometimes I think "Wow, I must be really starting to look hot by now", and then reality check, when I realize there's people on this forum who have never even weighed as much as 208, but still think of themselves as whales. LOL!
I also feel the apprehensions and fears that I won't be able to maintain, since I've failed quite miserably at that in the past. You're such an inspiration, having maintained for over 2 years now, thanks for sticking around to root us all on.
But those fears are the insecure subconcious me... the rational intellectual me really does feel like things are finally different for me this time, and this will be the last time I lose this weight.
I've had so many health gains, reversed my diabetes, normalized my out-of-control blood pressure and cholesterol, gotten off of 4 meds, all the while loving the way I'm eating...it all feels so different than before and I tell people all the time who ask what diet I'm on, that I don't consider myself to be on a diet. I've changed the way I eat permanently, I've kind of thrown the "goal" concept out the window, and time will reveal what size I will eventually be based on the way I'm eating now.
Onward and downward!