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2018 JUL 21 -- Day 101

I have finally seen 340 lbs on the scale. The scale showed me 340.6 lbs today. I'm above 340 lbs, but it's close enough. I'll take it!  I'm so close to seeing my number drop into the 330s, and that would be amazing. I'm also very close to getting to my next goal of 325 lbs, I can almost reach out and touch it! Then it's picture time! I haven't taken any pictures because I want to be surprised by any changes that may be evident when I get to 325 lbs. I can't wait.

Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 340.6 lbs 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

I am at work with my husband, and he always make me feel so loved. When I stress out about things, he is there to rub my shoulders a bit as he walks by or just reach out to touch me to let me know he is thinking of me and there to support me. This is the most wonderful man, and I can't believe how lucky I was to meet him and get to spend my life with him.

To hear me tell it, I stalked him until he gave in an married me. He knows it was basically all my doing. He's okay with that. It made him feel wanted, and that's what he needed. I feel loved and respected, and I also feel supported. It's a win for the both of us, really. And the most important thing for me was to simply feel like a person -- like a human.

I had never really felt like a human. I have always felt out of place as if I didn't belong. When I felt like I was wanted, it was usually in the service of someone else -- like a family member. I was my mom's caregiver, then my dad's. When my sister needed me, I would watch her kids, pick up her kids, chauffeur her kids, and tutor her kids. I was never a person in my own right. My husband allows me to feel like a person.

I feel like an actual human person graph:



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