First Day of the rest of my new life

[paulachappell]

WOW You are amazing and such an incredible motivator.  Not much else to say that hasn't already been said here...............

[SherriPie]

Thank you Doug, Umpa, Paula and everyone for the kind words. We are coming up on a hard time of year. I LOVE pumpkin pie, it's already killing me not to have it or Divinity at Christmas. What is Christmas without it! So we shall see how it goes.

@ skychant you are my hero. I am going to try it too. I love my diet soda but every time I drink it I wonder if it's screwing up my eating plan. So tomorrow it's gone. I am going to give it up with you. As for loosing weight, when I started it just fell off. I was loosing 5-8 pounds a week...then it slowed. Last two months I I have been only loosing 2-3 a week and it is driving me crazy. Short of never eating again I'm not sure what I can do to loose it faster. I did buy a stationary bike this week and started working out so we shall see. Though my Dr says 2 pounds a week is the most you should loose to keep it off long term, but I would still like to be loosing 5 a week.

[joagain]

Wouldn't we all Sherriepie but that is not realistic I dont believe . we did not get this way over night that is for sure .

[CaliGirl]

Ditto what everyone said Sherripie! Wow! You look amazing.
Your weight loss is still great at 2-3 lbs/wk. Remember our livers have to process what we lose so they are working really hard too. You are definitely my inspiration and hero as well!

[beebs]

WOWZER! Hot mama!!!

[umpa]

2-3 pound a week there is nothing wrong with that skychant! Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.That is great!

[skychant]

2 to 3 pounds a week is something to be happy about.  Especially when I was drinking 4 diet sodas a day plus eating sugarfree candy almost every day. I did avoid caffiene and drank plenty of water.  I am going to try to cut out sweeteners and up my water intake and exercise every day .  I really do enjoy this way of eating and am so greatful for Dougs book and the forums.  I know I can lose all of this weight.

Sherripie lets see how much more we can lose before New Years.  I just think next year at this time I will be at a healthy weight and on my birthday I will have a slice of sweet potato pie.  This birthday I am making the Almond Brownies.  I am determined to stick to this way of eating through Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I have spent years of letting myself eat to much during the holidays and gaining 10 pounds.  That has come to an end with my new lifestyle.  I weigh in at TOPS every Monday evening and that helps me alot.  Maybe there is a TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) near where you live.  The support helps me stick to my goals.  We can do this!

[Maddysmom]

Oh my goodness Sherripie!! Your new picture is absolutely stunning!!  I am so happy for you!   

[umpa]

Skychant you should not be going without anything.This is a lifestyle change.If you want sweet potatoe pie we can do that.Just ask umpa.But you are setting yourself up to fail by not replacing your foods.Once you go back to eating *forbidden foods* you are gonna gain the weight back.Replace not remove, and you will lose the weight and keep it off like Katary and Sherriepie

[SherriPie]

I was just changing up my ticker style and checked the date. One year ago today I weighed 122 pounds more than I do right now! 122 pounds. I can't even imagine being that size anymore and I am SO thankful to Doug and Umpa for helping me through all of this with FTS. My life has changed drastically and I am just SO thankful.

[Doug Varrieur]

Ahhh....we love you to  218 pounds gone! 

[umpa]

We love you too Sherri! I am so proud of you!! You are a constant inspiration and give others hope!!

[SherriPie]

You guys are going to make me cry! I am such a different person now and it would have never happened without FTS.

[Amber]

218 lbs, wow!  Great new profile picture 

[suzlyn454]

Congratulations SherriPie.  Like I said to Eliruthy you should be soooooo proud of yourself.  Your picture looks great too!