Susan's Weight Loss Journey

I just discovered your blog (and saw your success story on NS). I've been wading through the success story for a couple of months now hoping to find someone like me. I'm 41, been overweight my whole life, except one summer when I was 15 (By teenager standards, I was still a little heavy, but now I would kill for that body). Lost 50 pounds once and eventually gained 80 back.. It's really helpful for me to read your story. I started NS a little over a month ago and have lost 20 lbs so far. I started at size 22 and just bought some size 18 pants and squeezed into them. I remember squeezing into size 14 when I was 16 yrs old (and feeling humiliated for having to shop at Lane Bryant). I can't imagine anything less than a size 14....

Reading through some of the other success stories of people who gained weight after pregnancy, or those who had those size 6 jeans from high school they eventually got into didn't really impact me. They've been skinny once before....their bodies somehow remembered how to do it. My body doesn't have a clue how to be skinny! But reading your story really has had an impact!

Single digit sizes still seem impossible to me, but you've shown that they are not.

Thanks for spending the time to post your blogs. It will really help me... I've got your blog bookmarked now to keep me motivated and headed toward those single digit sizes!