Does anyone in the house have a tissue? I can't believe it!!!

I started my weightloss journey at 227.5 in April of 2008. This morning, just days before Thanksgiving I stand on the scale and ..... 147! 80 pounds gone!

Wow Sheila! Congratulations! You are so close to your stated goal weight, I was wondering are you on pre-maintainence? or are you re-thinking your weight?

BTW You look superific in your photo.

Sheila, congratulations! What an incredible accomplishment! You are truly an inspiration to me and I always look for your posts -- your starting weight and goal are very close to mine.

FreyaAZ

Congratulations, Sheila! I'd be overwhelmed too. Big hug and pat on the back for you.

Meg

Yahoooooo hugs for you.

very good work, sheila.

Good for you! Being only two pounds from your goal must be terrific.

Thank you thank you for joining me in the excitement! I just realized for the first time in my life (well.... as long as new years committments became real) I won't put weightloss on there! AT ALL!

Freya AZ ~ thank you!! I wish I could post more, but alot of the "drama" posts that I see really keep me away. (I hate seeing newbies get torn apart.) In my siggy though, is a link to my blog, and I blog daily, if not a few times a day LOL!

absinthian ~ I honestly eat VLC, because that is where I don't have cravings. I've tried to move up into premaintenance and all that happens is I crave crave crave, and I have discovered MANY food intolerances. So, I eat VLC all month with the exception of 2 "free" days where I eat anything I want for that day. Each free day is 2 weeks apart from the prior one. It is what works for me, and has helped me keep the weight off, as well as lose those last few stubborn pounds.

That is awesome! 80 lbs. Amazing. Congratulations. You are very inspiring to me.

I like how you tweak it to have 2 planned free days a month. I'm still keeping my options open for something like that. Maybe it will keep me from having unplanned free days.

Anyway, congratulations again. That is awesome progress.

What is VLC?

VLC = Very Low Carb (usually under 10 for me)

Sheila congrats! That is an amazing accomplishment. And you did it YOUR way!

Congrats!!! Such a model to look at

I like your plan and that's what I intend to do when I'll get close to my goal.

Be proud!

Congratulations on your success!!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So SO Thrilled for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!