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2018 JUL 23 -- Day 103

I feel pretty "icky." It feels like heartburn or reflux. I get a feeling in the area of my stomach and esophagus that can be best described as "gross." I can't think of any better descriptor. On a light note, quite literally, the scale was very, very nice to me today. 338 lbs! Woo!

Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 338 lbs 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

I will be eating in a couple of days. I don't want to for a couple of reasons: (a) I don't want to gain any weight, and (b) I just don't feel hungry at all. I should eat, though, right? It's too soon to think about this. It's a couple of days away.

My husband wondered why I feel the need to eat even if I'm not hungry, but I think I need to because I want to limit my fasting to seven days or fewer so that I don't really need to be under a doctors careful eye most of the time.

From my highest weight of 425, I have officially lost 87 lbs as of today's date. This is amazing. I'm very near a 90-lb total loss. I'm 13 lbs away from 100 lbs liberated. At this point, I still have nearly 200 lbs to lose if I want to be 145 lbs. I need to lose 193 more lbs to get to my goal of 145 lbs. That's what an obese person my height would weigh.

Google says that I should be within the range of 126 - 154 lbs. I had chosen 145 lbs as a middle-ground, but to hit the top-most weight for the healthy range, I only need to lose 184 lbs from this point. That's still the equivalent weight of an overweight person of my height, though. It seems daunting.

You know what's easier? My next weight goal. 325 lbs is totally do-able. I'm 13 lbs from that right now. It's in sight! I can't wait for picture day! I can't wait to see how much I have lost visually. I don't want to see it now. I'm tempted, but I don't want to spoil the surprise.

i am trying hard not to spoil my own surprise graph:


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