• A year and a half ago - a week before the quarantine/pandemic madness started - I had to stop breastfeeding my little man COLD TURKEY because of my worsening glaucoma (my eye drops couldn’t be taken while breastfeeding). That was BY FAR the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do. I really needed to put myself and my health before anyone else’s, but it also led to a downward spiral of depression, which definitely worsened when the quarantine started. I dealt with the depression by baking A LOT with my kids, but in turn, you guessed it…I gained a TON of weight! That, in addition to stopping breastfeeding was my kickstart to all the weight gain! 😔 9 months later, my doctor tells me that I am borderline pre-diabetic and I am at the heaviest I’ve EVER been! 😱 That seriously scared the heck out of me as I started thinking about my future and my kids…and I knew that this was definitely the sign I needed to get my butt moving and lead a healthier lifestyle! The past 8 months have actually been the most difficult and of course, the most rewarding! I have been working SO HARD (as we all have!!❤) and today, I officially hit the 40lb weight loss mark since that day my doctor told me I was the heaviest I’ve ever been! Oh…and I’m no longer pre-diabetic! My AC1 level went down SO MUCH that I’m no where near being pre-diabetic! Today, I feel absolutely AMAZING! I honestly believe I was able to do it mostly because of the “excitement” of the DietBet! So thank you!!!!!!!! My goal is to lose another 40lbs before I turn 40 in 1 year! Cheers to a healthier lifestyle!❤❤❤
  

• Like Tye posted, I too will be 60 in a few months and decided to get healthy last September. Since then I have lost over 130#, and over 150# since this 2019 picture. I lost a lot before I ever heard of diet bet, but this really helped me extend my weight loss below what I ever imagined possible. I used to think 350# was a good goal, and now I am on the cusp of the 250s. I have a lot of dining out happening in the next month so I will try to hold steady for a few weeks before a push to get to 250#.  This past weekend while cleaning out my parent's house I found an RPI sweatshirt that my sister bought for me when she was a freshman at RPI in 1985. I don't think I ever fit into it or wore it in the mid-'80s when I got the shirt. I now have a new nice-fitting new throwback RPI sweatshirt that may lead people to believe I have a kid going there. Also in this clean out, I found a mid 90s picture album that had pictures of me at over 500# and was a shock to see.
  I bought a Peloton last Sept when I started and recently completed a 52-week streak for activity, it was just what I needed to get fit. In April, I got an outdoor bike and this past Saturday I did the 75-mile Bike MS: City to Shore ride. Last September I would have never imagined I could do such a thing in my life, proving big change is possible. 
  Meeting this Transformer goal was nowhere near an issue, as a matter of fact when I recently had COVID (vaccinated breakthrough) and suddenly dropped 15# I was more worried about losing too much weight. I can not imagine how much worse my bout with COVID would have been if I were 100# heavier. 
  

now at 100% of their goal

Total weight lost is now 5,117 pounds! Average is 12.2 pounds.

• My meals have been lame this week…