I came, I saw, I smashed that Plateau!!

Sixty! Oh yeah! Sixty! Woooo-woooo! After being plateau'd for a few weeks. I put on my eating healthy hat, my exercise hat, and took off my self-pity hat! Mind you, I looked strange wearing two hats around, but it worked!! I busted through that plateau and hit a milestone.

I've now lost 60 lbs on this weight loss journey. From the beginning of November until now, I have taken 60 lbs of fat and said "See ya!"

To reach 60 lbs. I had to hit 269 or lower.

I hit 269 yesterday to make it an even 60 lbs. But this morning, I'm at 268. Busting right through that 60 lbs.

What does 60 lbs mean? Well, let's see....

1. I'm 3 lbs away from the lowest weight I can remember in the past 5-6 years.
2. I've lost the equivalent of one of my dogs in weight!
3. I'm seeing progress on the scale and feeling motivated.
4. I've successfully made it out of the 320s, 310s, 300s, 290s, 280s, and 270s.

My next goal is to be at 250 before May 7th. It will be a stretch, that's 18 lbs in 48 days. I'm hoping if I push hard I can make it. I'm heading away for the weekend with some friends to Montreal, and when I hit 250 I promised myself a bit of a shopping excursion. I think it would be fitting to have new clothes before that trip!! :-)

Oh, I also got a mini fill on Thursday. Since I'm doing better with the weight loss, they didn't want to give me another cc, so I ended up with 0.5 ccs. I'm at 8.5 ccs in a 14 cc band now. Definitely feeling more restriction when I eat. Have felt stuck a few times, but it passed quickly. Since no PB or sliming - I know lot of you out there suffer with this and I feel for you each time I read about it.

Oh, so that's my story for now, milestone reached, next goal, mini fill.

Oh, and I hope to get back to post later with some clothes I have if anyone wants them. Need to go take some pictures and get them posted.

Later.

MIA

I've been really MIA from blogland for the last two weeks. It's been a struggle and I needed to take a bit of time away. I've been plateau'd again.

Actually, not really plateau'd I've been up, and back down, and up again. Every day seems to be more of the same. 2 lbs up, 1 lb down, 1 lb up, 2 lbs down, 2 lbs up. I just can't seem to break through. I've been exercising and eating ok, and my scale isn't moving.

In the past, 275 has been the weight that I've gotten to and then fallen off the diet and exercise wagon. Maybe it's a mental thing, I don't know. Either way, I've been hovering around the same weight, give or take a lb or two for nearly a month now.

I have a lot more to add, but I need to catch up on a ton of people's blogs, so I will add more later.