Survive and Thrive

Hello again! I don't have much time today, but I thought I'd include a weight update:

Weight: 299 <-------- DO YOU SEE THAT?? OUT OF THE 3's!!! For the first time in almost a year!! YAY! I'm never ever going back!
Lbs lost: 26.5
Lbs to goal: 98.5
Lbs to mini goal (40lbs): 13.5

Ok! So now I'm UNDER 100 lbs away from my ultimate goal and a mere 13.5 lbs away from my first mini-goal of 40lbs! I'm gonna treat myself to a new hair style when I reach 40. I really feel like I'm at a pivotal time in my life right now. I'm trying to attack my life from all angles and make it better.

For the record, I DIDN'T have WLS or get a LapBand, I just cut out sugar for the most part which has really killed my cravings and now I eat probably a 3rd-half of what I used to eat. I eat about 1200-1600 calories a day and I'm not really having a hard time fitting within this range (which is probably why the weight is falling off at such a steady pace). I also just started exercising because I don't want to lose weight and then be flabby and I know that will certainly plateau if I don't!

This is Most Curious

So now I'm starting to wonder if I have a thryoid problem or something because I got on the scale today (naked.. wooo) and it said:

Weight: 303.5!
Total weight loss: 21.5 lbs
Lbs to goal: 103.5

Um how is this possible? A tapeworm or parasite perhaps? A broken scale? I don't think so. This scale is brand new. Somehow, weight is flying off me right now. NOT that I'm complaining. I'm just having a hard time believing it. I don't notice the difference in myself, but I guess that's normal for me, because I didn't really notice it while I was gaining.

September Update

Ok my pretties, sorry I haven't been regular with the updating, but life has been CRAZY! Annnyway, I'd been avoiding scales for a while because I was afraid of what they might say, but I have been trying to eat less, eat better and move more. I suppose it's been paying off. Here are the results:

Weight: 312.5
Total Loss: 12.5 lbs.

I'll TAKE it. :) I took my measurements as follows:

Bust: 51
Waist: 41
Hips: 57

I'm happy with the progress and hope to be reporting more falling numbers in the future. Yeah its slow, but at least we're moving downward. Its better than staying the same or gaining.