{"id":3878,"date":"2010-08-10T09:45:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T16:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2010-09-14T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T23:10:11","slug":"my-100-pound-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=3878","title":{"rendered":"My 100 Pound Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is a pretty special day for me.<\/p>\n

On September 22, 2006 I started a life changing journey. I stepped on the scale at 250 pounds<\/strong> and decided I’d had enough<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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250<\/p><\/div>\n

I was tired of being fat. I was tired of being unhealthy. I wanted a change. Less than two years later on August 10, 2008 I stepped on the scale at 150 pounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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143<\/p><\/div>\n

I had reached my goal of losing 100 pounds! It was one of the happiest days of my life. I’d been determined to lose the weight. I saw immediatel progress and that inspired me to keep trying to lose weight.<\/p>\n

I had set backs. I experienced many plateaus in my journey. I clocked in too many hours to count at the gym. But I never regretted a single moment of it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>These two pictures were taken over the weekend. I wanted to update my “Fat Pants” photo. Those pants are a size 24W–the largest I ever wore.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Putting those old jeans on this weekend was awkward and weird. Not only that, I had Michael take the pictures of me. I felt vulnerable stepping back into those 24W pants. And it was weird for Michael to see them (for me). He never knew me at 250.<\/p>\n

I am happy with my journey. I did not have surgery. I did not do fad diets. I did not join any “clubs” to lose weight. In retrospect, if I had struggled to lose weight I think I would have joined Weight Watchers for the support system.<\/p>\n

But I did it all on my own<\/a>. I counted calories religiously every day. I wrote them down by hand in a small notepad. Eventually I upgraded to an iPhone App that tracks my calories and exercise.<\/p>\n

The day I weighed in 100 pounds lighter, Michael took me out to dinner to celebrate. I’d stopped eating pizza for almost 2 years (one of my trigger foods) and he took me to the best pizza place in Portland. That slice had never tasted better!<\/p>\n

When I was 250 pounds, I NEVER thought I’d become an athlete<\/strong>.<\/p>\n