I was sick for a few weeks with the flu, which hit me like a stack of bricks. Between that and some inflammation I had(due to carpal tunnel surgeries), I ended up needing steroids.

My weight stalled out for 3 to 4 weeks from then till today as far as loss-

and I really tried to not worry, focus on my water and got more vitamins going too that I'd been avoiding really taking (not great)

It was hard to not panic 😪 did not succeed at all times but tried to just focus on what I can do and enjoy my days, take care of my stress etc. This (as a recovering workaholic and someone not with the best track record of taking care of myself) is a big milestone for me.

Today I was nervous to look as I've been avoiding weighing myself, but today I was down another 7 lbs finally and also feeling better and more normal than I have in several weeks.

Also I realized today, only 5 more lbs to go till I hit my first 100 lb weight loss! It'll be from 417 lbs to 317 (when I hit that)

I'm excited and honestly the pounds aren't my biggest concern, the things I'm loving are:

• I Feel like I can enjoy going on a walk now and enjoy the outdoors

• I have so much more energy

-. I feel like I want to create again for the first time in a long which I never had the energy to do before or very little

• My blood pressure and blood sugar are cut in half already and hoping to be off most of those meds very soon.

• As of my last blood work my blood sugar was already in prediabetes A1c Numbers I am type 2 but I'm very excited to maybe one day be off of those meds or at least on a very low dose and avoid some of the long-term effects of diabetes as much as I can.

-i find myself able to focus on what I need, do I need my walk, do I need to eat and I plan my meals for the whole day, I take baths and try to relax. Before this surgery and mental changes, I found this very hard to focus on, and I felt like I didn't have the time to spend on me. Or that I wasn't worth the effort.

I had 2 family members pass away this year, one from weight and intense medical/heart-related issues which they never went to the doctor for,

and I'm not running from those facts and feelings with this surgery but it definitely put things into perspective for me and made me feel I needed to do this now

but I feel confident that everything I'm doing is putting my health in the direction that it needs and I'm just really excited about all these small winds and big wins and I feel like things are moving.

Just wanted to share some positive things, scale and non scale related!