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Title: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: owensmath on February 19, 2015, 01:25:32 PM: In this picture, I had lost 68 pounds. As of today, I've lost 69 and still going!!!
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Post by: umpa on February 20, 2015, 08:34:12 AM: You have made up your mind to be healthy! I am so proud of you!!! ;D
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Post by: mouseissue on February 20, 2015, 01:51:20 PM: You're looking and doing great, Donna! :) :) :)

Health is just beaming from you!

Tony
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Post by: Stephanie on March 03, 2015, 04:46:34 AM: You look fantastic !
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Post by: o0OSusieO0o on March 04, 2015, 10:57:39 PM: Wow, amazing difference!!!! You are definitely doing great!
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: owensmath on March 15, 2015, 07:49:36 PM: Update: 75 pounds are gone now! : )
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: Stephanie on March 16, 2015, 08:49:33 AM: You look amazing !
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Post by: mouseissue on March 16, 2015, 01:11:54 PM: Hi, Donna! :)

You look absolutely marvelous!... Way to go! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Tony
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: umpa on March 17, 2015, 09:34:13 AM: YOU LOOK AWESOME DONNA!!!!!! ;D
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Post by: Doug Varrieur on March 17, 2015, 09:37:22 AM: Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You go girl, looking great!
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Post by: owensmath on March 18, 2015, 09:21:04 AM: I had a required biometric screening done by my insurance company yesterday morning. The numbers I received, FOR THE FIRST TIME, made me HAPPY!!!! I literally cried when I saw my fasting glucose number: 89!!!! And I have type 2 diabetes!!!! In July, when I first started back on FTS, my fasting numbers were above 220 most mornings.
My cholesterol and triglycerides in July were unhealthy numbers, too. Here is what they were yesterday:
Total Cholesterol: 162 (less than 200 is normal)
HDL: 58 (40 - 60 is acceptable, higher than 60 is ideal)
Triglycerides: 98 (less than 150 is normal)
LDL: 85 (100 - 129 acceptabe, less than 100 IDEAL!!!!!)
GLUCOSE: 89!!!!!! (less than 100 is normal, 100 - 125 is pre-diabetes, 126 or higher is possible diabetes)

My waist circumference (not ideal yet, in my opinion, still working on it) fell into the "acceptable" category rather than the "elevated risk" category for the firs time!
My BMI has finally moved down into a new category!!!!

The pounds coming off is fantastic, but these numbers that I just told you about are the real reason I am doing this. I want to live a long and healthy life!!!! These are the numbers that show that I am on the right track for this! : )

I am seeing the words, "normal" and "acceptable" and "regular" more often now and it's seriously starting to sink in a little. I catch myself walking through the PLUS size section and then realizing I can't find my clothes in there anymore!!! I have shopped in that section all of my adult life.... until now..... It makes me cry EVERY TIME!!!!
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: mouseissue on March 18, 2015, 03:06:36 PM: I am so happy for you, Donna! :) :) :)

You continue on with FTS for the same primary reason that I do.
I want to live a long, healthy life. And by living FTS, I have a much better shot at it.
The weight loss (http://www.fattoskinny.com/) is really a secondary (but very nice) benefit.

I get what you mean by "normal" and "acceptable" and "regular".
We are "normal" skinny people now. But our minds are slow to catch up to it.
Even after being at (or near) goal for well over 2 years, I still sometimes think about "big & tall" sizes.

Tony
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Post by: umpa on March 22, 2015, 10:07:30 AM: Donna you are doing wonderful!! Feels good to be in control huh? ;D
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Post by: owensmath on March 22, 2015, 10:32:16 PM: I went shopping in a mall for the first time this weekend. I walked into Macy's first and didn't know whether to celebrate or to cry! I was excited to shop in the "non-plus sizes" section, of course. However, I was also overwhelmed because I had no idea where to begin. The "fat section" as I had called it,was much smaller and was my comfort zone. This new world is huge!!! The area in which they sell the smaller sizes has to be about 10 times the area for the plus sizes in most stores. Furthermore, I didn't know what size tops I wear! I started with XL and found out that most of them are too big for me - which was a shock! Overall it was a good experience, but it was emotionally draining, too.
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Post by: umpa on March 23, 2015, 09:01:43 AM: Wicked cool! 8)
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Post by: o0OSusieO0o on March 24, 2015, 04:01:47 PM: I'm so amazed, you sure are doing it right!
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Post by: mouseissue on March 25, 2015, 02:20:12 PM: Hi, Donna! :)

It's a BIG world out there for skinny folks, isn't it Donna? ;)

Like you, I'm amazed at the amount of selections I find in stores.
Since so many people are at least overweight, I'm surprised that the plus-size sections aren't bigger.
But I'm thrilled that I don't have to shop in them anymore.

Tony
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Post by: owensmath on May 19, 2015, 09:14:34 AM: Hi again!
My second digit has changed again! I am so close to 80 pounds gone! Just 2 more till 80... then 10 till 90, then 10 till 100.... yay....
but as everyone else has shared, I still see myself as the way I was when I started. It has really been hitting me hard lately, playing with my head.
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Post by: mouseissue on May 19, 2015, 12:55:57 PM: Quote from: owensmath on May 19, 2015, 09:14:34 AM
... but as everyone else has shared, I still see myself as the way I was when I started. It has really been hitting me hard lately, playing with my head.

Hi, Donna! :)

Don't let a false image of your body mess with you.
After many years of being fat, it takes time for our minds to catch up with today's reality.

So just relax and enjoy your FTS lifestyle.
In time its rewards will be obvious, and that image will change.

Tony
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: umpa on May 20, 2015, 09:31:37 AM: Donna I am so happy for you!! ;D
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: owensmath on July 16, 2015, 08:14:31 PM: I bought a pair of jeans today that nearly made me scream for joy! This time last year, I was wearing size 22. Today, the jeans that I bought are size 10!!!!!!
Title: Re: Owensmath Update 69 pounds gone
Post by: umpa on July 17, 2015, 08:21:23 AM: I am so happy for you !!!! ;D
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Post by: mouseissue on July 17, 2015, 02:29:06 PM: Quote from: owensmath on July 16, 2015, 08:14:31 PM
I bought a pair of jeans today that nearly made me scream for joy! This time last year, I was wearing size 22. Today, the jeans that I bought are size 10!!!!!!

HOORAY!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Tony