Woo! 341.6 lbs today! That's is a serious victory! It's also a huge drop from what I weighed yesterday. I wanted to see 341 lbs on the scale, and I have seen it! Now I hope I can keep it there and drop it even more. Last night was my husband's and my shared night off from work. I had asked him whether he wanted to do anything -- such as bowling -- but he didn't really feel up to it. We didn't end up doing anything. I just played The Sims 4 on my Xbox One and relaxed as much as I could. He played one of his Assassin's Creed games. We like to simply exist together in the same room, and that's very comfortable and relaxing for the both of us.
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 341.6 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs
I haven't yet reached 100 lbs of weight loss. Shows like My 600 Pound Life and Fat Doctor make it seem like the weight comes off so quickly, but I have to remember that I haven't had bariatric surgery, and those shows span at least a year in the life of the participants. I wish I could lose more weight faster, but it will come in time. I have confidence.
One thing that I don't have and they do is loads of extra skin hanging around my body. I have bat wings under my arms, but my belly appears to be shrinking in a bit as I lose. I think it's raising up, too. It doesn't seem to me that it hangs as low as it did before. The autophagy from fasting should help me tighten up a bit as I go, and it seems to be working, but I also know that it won't be a miracle. There will likely be some loose skin when I'm all done.
My husband has noticed that the show participants that are at or near my current weight look much larger than how I look. I attribute that to the fact that my weight came on gradually from a very young age, and I had also stayed quite active for as long as I possibly could. It may also be genetic.
At any rate, I'm very happy that I haven't had the huge lymphedema masses on my stomach and legs that they seem to have developed. They are at weights well above my 425 lbs, but still, 425 lbs is an amazing amount of weight. Although I haven't had the best time being that heavy, I do feel a bit lucky in a way that it's not much worse. I feel as though I may have been headed there, though. If I didn't stop it and reverse it when I did, I can't' imagine what would or could happen. I think the key is that I have never given up the hope that I would find a way.
Where there's a will, there's a way graph:
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 341.6 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs
I haven't yet reached 100 lbs of weight loss. Shows like My 600 Pound Life and Fat Doctor make it seem like the weight comes off so quickly, but I have to remember that I haven't had bariatric surgery, and those shows span at least a year in the life of the participants. I wish I could lose more weight faster, but it will come in time. I have confidence.
One thing that I don't have and they do is loads of extra skin hanging around my body. I have bat wings under my arms, but my belly appears to be shrinking in a bit as I lose. I think it's raising up, too. It doesn't seem to me that it hangs as low as it did before. The autophagy from fasting should help me tighten up a bit as I go, and it seems to be working, but I also know that it won't be a miracle. There will likely be some loose skin when I'm all done.
My husband has noticed that the show participants that are at or near my current weight look much larger than how I look. I attribute that to the fact that my weight came on gradually from a very young age, and I had also stayed quite active for as long as I possibly could. It may also be genetic.
Where there's a will, there's a way graph:
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