**FIRE OFF THE CONFETTI CANNONS!!!****

I DID IT!!!!! Well, actually it happened yesterday.....but I was way too busy to blog about it yesterday. But, here I am 100.6 pounds down!!!! WOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Such a HUGE and exciting accomplishment and I can still hardly believe it! I still want to lose about 50 more pounds.....but having the hundred down already is absolutely AMAZING!!!! The only piece missing, is being able to share it with my Mom. But, I know that she is so happy and beaming down on me!!! :)

Here's my 100 pound pic collage.....and then a pic of me I took today to show of my new 'do! :)

It's been a MONTH???????

Holy crow!!! Can't believe it's been a month since I last blogged. It's been partly due to the craziness of the season and partly because I've been hoping to come here with a big announcement. But, alas, the scale is playing games with me again. It never fails, when I am this close >< to a milestone that it happens. Actually, the last month has gone so s-l-o-w-l-y for me with weight loss. Except for Thanksgiving, I've been entirely on plan.
Yes, I had a planned "cheat" day and enjoyed Thanksgiving. :) I figure that I'd been entirely on plan for 7 1/2 months with ZERO cheating and deserved it. :) It actually ended up being a very good thing. As I said, the entire month went very slowly. BEFORE Thanksgiving. I think that taking myself out of ketosis shook things up a bit and between the day before T'giving and this past Saturday, I lost 5 pounds! :) I've maintained the same weight for the past two days. Going off plan made me very nervous. But, I've done so well and I think that's because it was actually planned out. I knew I was going to do it. I knew that I was going to be in control, that I would have a little bit of the things I wanted and not over indulge and be right back on plan 100% the next day and that's exactly what I did. :) It's very empowering to know that I really AM in control and can make and stick to decisions. :)
So......I'm at 98 lbs. I'm hoping (and my HAIR! is hoping) that I hit the big 1-0-0 this week. :) I'm rewarding myself with getting my hair highlighted, cut....the works when I hit 100. It's needing it desperately, so it better happen SOON!! LOL

Erik is doing fantastic. Several weeks ago he started transition and moved into the maintenance phase of the diet. When he started transition, he actually dropped 6 more pounds than planned on. But, that's okay, because in transition you tend to gain a few pounds back and he did. 4 to be exact. But, he has maintained that weight for several weeks now and it's right where he wants to be. So, he dropped 116 and with the gain is now sitting at a steady 112 pound loss from what he started at. :)

The best part of losing the weight is truly changing our lives. We are doing things that we haven't done in YEARS....literally since we were teenagers....and never would have dreamed of doing 8 months ago. This past weekend, we went ROLLER SKATING with our Cub Scout District. :) Yes, we actually put skates on and skated with our boys! It was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!! We're now planning a skating party for one of our boys' birthday party next month and I'm looking forward to doing it again! :) Gonna post some pics from Saturday. They are cell phone pics, so the quality isn't the best. ;)

Hope to be on later this week with some BIG NEWS!!!! :)