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2018 JUL 25 -- Day 105

My weight has dropped by 1.2 lbs, but I have been feeling terrible. After eating I feel better for a while, but then I feel terrible again. By terrible I mean that I have that gross feeling still, and I have been feeling a bit weak. I'm also feeling really, really cold today. It's been a while since I have felt this cold. The bacon-wrapped chicken thigh and salad were delicious, though. I enjoyed every bite!

Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 337.4 lbs 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

I'm wondering again if I am dehydrated, but I'm not experiencing any other symptoms of dehydration. I'm thinking this is caused by a combination of stress and a need to visit the porcelain fairy. I have tried to trek to her cave, but she sends me away as I have no gifts.

My husband brought our bowling paraphernalia out of hiding and offered to take me. Wouldn't you know it? I am the one that didn't feel up to it this time. Ugh! I was going to go anyhow because we discussed inviting a friend. The friend couldn't go, so we didn't. This was entirely my fault this time. I should have done it, though. Maybe it would have helped me stave off the inevitable weight gain of my weekend eating.

I weigh less today than yesterday even though I ate, and that's always nice. I don't know how it's possible, though. I told my mother-in-law that I have lost nearly 90 lbs at this point, and she wanted pictures. You know what they say: "pics or it didn't happen!" So I took pictures, and I sent them off to her. While I am not at my goal of 325 lbs yet, I do have pictures I can share for my weight today. Don't worry, I will also take pictures when I hit 325 lbs, too.
I don't know about you, but I can really, really see a difference here, and it's exciting! So you may be wondering what the comparison picture is. That's me at just under 400 lbs. It's 399.8 lbs. So this is showing a difference of 62.4 lbs. Imagine what I looked like at 425 lbs!

What I love about these images is that nearly everything is smaller, but my breasts are pretty unchanged size-wise. I thought those were getting smaller, but it seems that only my back was actually reducing. I have considerably less back flab from the image on the left to the image on the right. I also have lost most of that neck hump, too. I really wanted that gone, so I'm glad that's one of the first things going.

It's fun to see a significant visual difference in pictures graph:




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