On January 1, 2009, I weighed 263 lbs. Vowed that day that I would lose 100 lbs in 1 year. Now almost 10 months later I am only 3 lbs away from my goal and still have 2 months to lose it. Of course I know it will be gone before January. My main goal is to be at 135 or less by my 30th B-day in July. 

I am still trying to get used to the new me. Going from a pant size of 24 to 12 in 10 months is amazing. I used to hate shopping. My husband refuesed to go into a department store with me. He says its cause I would always get so depressed when I couldn't fit into the clothes that I liked. Now I love shopping. I will try on everything that is in my size if I can. i love the way I look in the mirror now.

One thing that keeps me motivated is when I go down a size. I will go out and by a size smaller than I am in. I hang them up on my closet door so that I can see them every day. I make it my goal to get into them comfortably, not tightly. My husband says he has spent a fortune in clothes that I don't get much wear out of. But I don't have any complaints. I am thinking of taking all the clothes that I shrink out of when I get to my goal weight and donating them to a women's shelter or something. No sense in holding onto them when I never plan on wearing them again.

UPDATE: I am happy to say that I reached my 100 lb goal on 10/12/09. Almost 2 months early. I am now at 161.  102 lbs down. Only 26 to go.