How this all began
My highest recorded weight (while pregnant) was 296 lbs which was 15 days before I had Baby Girl on March 24, 2010.
I was 286 lbs after being discharged from the hospital with my daughter.
On July 23, 2010 I had finally had enough and at 278 lbs - I started this blog with the following "About Me" listed:
(July 2010) - Just call me anonymous because the woman who is the size that I am right now (278 lbs) is not who I feel I am meant to be.
I updated it in Nov to:
(end of Nov 2010) I am a 38-year-old woman on a mission to make healthy lifestyle changes so that I can be healthier and happier with myself and for and with my family.
And now I'll say:
(Dec 22, 2010) - I am 227 lbs and I still have a long way to go, but I will get there!
Some of my weigh-ins:
Highest NON-pregnancy weight: 286 lbs - April 4, 2010
Starting weight: 278 lbs - July 23, 2010
276.4 lbs - Aug 1, 2010
262.6 lbs - Sept 3, 2010
251.4 lbs - Oct 2, 2010
240.8 lbs - Nov 2, 2010
232.2 lbs - Dec 5, 2010
222.0 lbs - Dec 29, 2010
225.2 lbs - Jan 5, 2011 (my 1st gain - though I blame this on a fire nextdoor smoking us out of our house and into a hotel for 4 nights)
222.0 lbs (AGAIN) - Jan 15, 2011
215.6 lbs - Feb 1, 2011
ACHIEVED weight goals based on my 278 weight as of July 23, 2010
Goal 1: lose 10 lbs by Aug 23, 2010 - CHECK
5% of my July 23rd weight lost = 264.1 lbs - CHECK
Goal 2: get to 265 lbs - CHECK
Goal 3: get to 258 lbs by Sept 11, 2010 <-- CHECK as of Sept 18th
Goal 4: total weight loss at least 23 lbs by Sept 23, 2010 - CHECK
** 10% of my July 23rd weight lost = 250.2 lbs - CHECK
Goal 5: get to 249 lbs by Oct 11, 2010 - CHECK (248.0 actually)
Goal 6: total weight loss at least 33 lbs by Oct 23, 2010 - CHECK (exactly 33 lbs lost since July 23rd)
Goal 7: get to 239 lbs by Nov 11, 2010 - CHECK 239.0 lbs as of Nov 9th, 2010
**15% of my July 23rd weight lost = 236.3 lbs (lower than I was when I first met Baby Girl's godparents in the summer of '07) - CHECK 236.0 lbs as of Nov 19, 2010
Goal 8: total weight loss at least 43 lbs (I'd be 235 lbs) by Nov 23, 2010 - CHECK 234.0 lbs as of Nov 21, 2010
Goal 9: get to 229 lbs by Dec 11, 2010 - CHECK 229.0 lbs as of Dec 10, 2010
**50 lbs of my July 23rd weight lost = 228.0 lbs - CHECK as of Dec 16, 2010
Goal 10: total weight loss at least 53 lbs (I'd be 225 lbs) by Dec 24, 2010 - CHECK 224.4 lbs as of Dec 27, 2010
** 20% of my July 23rd weight lost = 222.4 lbs - CHECK 222.0 lbs as of Dec 29, 2010
60 lbs lost from my July 23, 2010 weight = weight of 218 lbs by Feb 2, 2011 - CHECK 217.0 lbs as of Jan 25, 2011
Move from Severely Obese to Obese = weight of 210 lbs by March 1, 2011 - CHECK 210.0 lbs as of Feb 27, 2011