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HAPPY FRIDAY! Man I am so ready for this weekend. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I thought it was Thursday; and then today comes and I thought it was Saturday! OH my word it has been insane haha. So yesterday I weighed 279.0, and weighed that exact amount this morning as well. I've lost exactly 1 pound so far this week and I hope to lose weight or stay the same over this weekend. So my brand new pants were feeling a little tight yesterday and ESPECIALLY last night. I was thinking what is going on? I've lost weight since I bought these and I can't wait to get into pajamas. Then last night we got home from a friends house and I had started my period, AGAIN! It's so frustrating that this keeps happening, but at least I knew what was up with me feeling super bloated! I want to thank you all so much for your suggestions and thoughts. You guys are all so amazing and I am going to be putting all of that together. Your encouraging words mean more than you could possibly know and I'm glad to have you all right there with me! I'm writing up a whole new menu (NOT all the same foods every day haha) and going to the store probably tomorrow morning. So we'll see how this weekend goes, and next week especially! I hope you all have an amazing weekend, and thank you again! Until next time :)

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY! Half way through the week yay :) It has been storming here in Texas, and right now it is POURING! I love it, this is my favorite weather, I can never be in a bad mood when it's raining! Oh my goodness I can't even believe I am on post 50. How insane is that?! Well thank you everyone for being there with me through it all! Okay I have lost .8 pounds since Monday and I am currently at 279.2, so at least I'm losing the only bummer is I was hoping to get to 276 this week and that is most definitely not happening! Okay I'm still on my diet and everything and I'm still wanting/needing to lose some major weight...but you know right before you start a diet and you get so much enthusiasm for it and for losing weight and you think, "Nothing can stop me!"?? Well I definitely had that the first two and a half months and I feel like I've lost that this last month. I am not giving up! PLEASE PLEASE realize I am NOT giving up. I have a life I need to take back, but I need to somehow find that drive again. I think that's why I've been messing up so much during these past few weekends. It's that stupid plateau everyone hits at least once during a big weight loss, I'm sure everyone's felt this before....right?? So what is it you guys do to re-motivate yourself? How do you just run and jump off that plateau? I just realized today that this is what has been going on, so I'm sure I won't have the answer by this evening, haha but I am definitely going to spend some time with the lights, computer, iPhone off. It's raining so it's perfect. I just want to sit in the dark hearing nothing but the rain and I want to think about what I want to do, and how I'm going to get there. I am still going to be doing the Thyroid Diet, and I'm going to continue to do the TTapp More DVD, just going to get my head and heart back in the game. If anyone has any suggestions PLEASE let me know! Encouragement is always very helpful too. You guys are all so amazing :) Have a great day! Until next time ;-)

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Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had amazing weekends! Mine was really really good! So Friday evening I come home with the hubbs and he says, "GET OVER THERE!" So I don't ask I just ran away from our door haha (I was figuring there was a wasp or something) but as I'm running I look up and I saw a black blob at the top of our door. Turns out it was a bat! EEK! I ended up naming him Squishy, my husband and another cop captured him and he was off to...somewhere? haha! Then Saturday I went shopping with my cousin and it was SO SO EXCITING! Okay when I started this diet I was wearing a 4X shirt, I bought three new 2X shirts!!!! and they fit very well :) Also, I started off wearing a size 22 pants (but I honestly think I was a 24, I had just fully stretched them out) and I am now the owner of a very comfy fitting size 20 pants! YAY!! I'm so excited :) Then Sunday we had lunch with my husband's parents and after he and I watched movies on our couch the rest of the day it was great! And our puppy was being so good! (Hubby bought her a HUGE...I mean HUGE chewing bone, this thing is about 3 ft long) So that bone has ended up to be the perfect baby sitter for her, haha! I do have some bad news and I'm very sorry for it...I blew it this weekend :( I had 3 meals off my diet, instead of my normal 1 meal and a dessert...and I ended up gaining 3 pounds over the weekend. I was 280.0 this morning. I'm really sorry if I disappointed anyone, I'm going to keep on going I promise! Have a wonderful day, until next time :)

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Happy Friday! I'm super excited for this weekend and I hope you are all too! Okay so this morning I still weighed 277.0 :( But I'm hoping something will happen over the weekend or the beginning of next week! My husband gave me a challenge last night and I'm really excited about it and super pumped to try to accomplish it. Lose 20 pounds in 11 weeks...which goes for about 1.8 pounds a week! We'll see how it goes! So tell me...why are you guys dieting or trying to get your Thyroid levels in check? What is it that you want to do through this? As for me? I'm taking control of my life, I'm not going to live it how my Thyroid expects me too and also I want to be able to really enjoy myself, and have an amazing relationship with my hubby for years and years to come, and be there for my kids whenever we start trying to have them. I want to be able to keep up with them! In order to do that I need my levels to be at a normal range and I need to lose weight this lame disease threw on me! Can't wait to see your responses! Until next time :)

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Hey everyone!! Okay I know it's Thursday but I had to write a new post. So I've been thinking lately about how my posts are so short, there isn't a lot in them, and my weight loss has slowed down; so I just wanted to let you all know that I'm definitely not giving up! I am seriously so committed to this and I want this for myself, for my relationship with my husband, and just to prove that people with Thyroid problems can take control of their lives! Right? Cause that's how we all feel isn't it? We feel completely out of control, we rely solely on our Doctors and we just let these Diseases rule our lives! I'm not saying to not rely on your Doctor's knowledge, definitely not, but you also need to rely on yourself and what your body is telling you! So I think I talked about my Reverse T3 levels last week, well anyway they are crazy high and my Endo said that with how high they are they can slow down weight loss. She barely changed my dose and said hopefully with that my weight loss will start picking up again. And I definitely hope it will! I'm at 277.0 and I was there almost 2 weeks ago too! I want to get into the 260s come on body! :) Anyway I really want to thank everyone who reads this blog for being there for me and with me through all of this. Please don't give up on me, I'm definitely going to push past this plateau! I'm sorry if the posts have gotten somewhat dull, I'm hoping to shake them up again! Also, only 14 lbs until I have accomplished my first Phase, and only 15 lbs to go until I post my second round of pictures.

For people who are just starting this blog, I hope you can read the first post on here (1.) it explains so much! And also, I have phases set up: Phase 1- go from Morbidly Obese to Obese. Phase 2- go from Obese to Overweight. Phase 3- Go from overweight to healthy. And wherever I find I'm happiest I'll stop there...I'm really hoping to get to 170 though! Also, I post new pictures of myself every 30 lbs I lose! The three pictures on the top of the blog are the skinniest I've been, the heaviest I've been and my first 30 lb loss picture which was 2 months ago. I hope you guys are all doing amazing, please let me know what's going on with you! I've been there, and if I haven't I can totally relate. If you don't want to share your story on here please find me on Facebook: Molly Jester or email me! molly.jester@hotmail.com Until next time :)

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Hey everyone! We're half way through the work week yay :) On Tuesday I weighed 278.0, and I was thinking to myself...it's going to go a lot slower than I was hoping this week! But this morning I weighed 277.0 :) YAY!!!! I was seriously excited! I really hope I can lose 1 more pound by Friday! 277 is the lowest I have been so far, I hit it one day a week and a half ago but was 1.2 lbs heavier ever since. So I've lost 45 lbs and I still can't believe it. I really hope I can blow past this point, I always seem to lose a bit and then get stuck at the high end of a number, and then again at the low end (i.e. 281 & 288) and I stay there for a week or so and then I'll drop down to a different spot haha! Well I hope you are all doing amazing and thank you for the book comments I wrote them down and I will for sure keep them in mind! Hope you all have a wonderful day!! Until next time :)

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HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! Hope you all had incredible weekends! Well this morning I was actually really sick and couldn't get off the couch but I forced myself to get moving and go to work and no joke...as SOON as I got in my office I felt incredible! I wish I were home because the mood I'm in the house would be spotless and the laundry would be done! Hahah, y'all ever get in those moods where you just keep going? LOVE that! Alright so I gained .2 lbs over the weekend I currently weigh 278.2 and I'm really hoping to reach 276 by Friday, so I'll keep you updated. I don't want to set big goals since I haven't been losing much lately, but I have a good feeling for this week so I'll go for a little over 2! How are you all feeling? Anything you want to share? I love hearing from you guys!!!

Hey one more question...if I were to write a book what would you guys want to hear in it? Would you even buy it? Haha hugs to everyone!!! And have a wonderful week :) Until next time!

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Happy Friday! I weighed in this morning at 278.0, so I didn't lose as much as I wanted this week, but at least I lost at all! I had my Dr appointment with my Endo today, and it went pretty well! My T4 and T3 are normal, but on the high side of the normal range and my TSH is <.006. After finding out I've lost so much weight my Dr wasn't worried about the TSH level at all. She thinks the only reason it switched over to hyper was because of the big weight loss, which was my thought process too! I said I want to go really slow with the transition to get it to normal, and she said that was fine! (Because I'm afraid if we do a leap I'll start gaining weight again) So I'm going to continue to do a 275mcg Mon-Sat and then on Sunday I will only take 200mcg. So YAY! She was great, and I was really excited :) Anyway I hope you are all doing well and have a fabulous weekend! Until next time ;-)

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Hey everyone! We're half way through the week! I weighed 278.4 this morning, it's going slow since Monday and that was really frustrating to me...but then I started my time of the month today so I feel much better knowing what's going on, and I know once a couple of days have passed that extra 1.4lbs will shed off! I'm hoping to be 277.0 on Friday morning so I hope all goes well with that! I have my Endo appt Friday morning so I'll wait until the afternoon to post my Friday blog so I can let you all know about it! I hope you are all doing well. And here's a little tip for those of you trying to diet. If you are seriously craving chocolate or something sweet and you don't want to use your treat for the week yet, try the new Jello Mousse! They are only 60 calories and you can just have it as a cheat treat, instead of fully counting it as a treat! Hope that helps! Have a great day, until next time ;-)

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HEY EVERYONE! Happy Monday! Sorry I was MIA last week my mom was my special visitor and I don't get to see her very often! I had a blast with her, even though I did miss my hubby while he was out of town for a conference. So I did really well on my diet last week and I weighed 277 on Saturday! I was super excited but I tried not to get too excited since I was going to be having my treat that day. So Friday I wasn't feeling amazing...but I didn't feel sick, it was really weird! Saturday I was still feeling that way and every time I would eat it would get worse. Saturday night I started throwing up a lot and it scared me at first but then I realized I was throwing up everything I had eaten since Friday morning...none of it had digested. It was so weird...has this ever happened to any of you? I mean with the food just sitting there? A Dr I was seeing for my stomach problems last year told me once that when you have thyroid problems, you don't digest all of your food usually. So I don't know; like I said weird...but whatever!


Anyway so about that, whenever I throw up...I tend to gain weight which is even more bizarre. I weighed for whatever reason Saturday evening and it said 278 which was fine because I had been eating all day right? After I threw up I weighed 279.5...crazy. Anyway yesterday I ended up having my regular food treat and I had lasagna it was amazing! And I lost .5 lbs yesterday so I weighed 279 this morning. I have to be 275 by July 25th. So I'm kicking it up and pushing through! We'll see how the rest of this week goes :) Hope you all are well! Until next time ;-)

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Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great 4th of July! My husband is out of town for the week and I'm so bummed :( Okay you guys are going to think I'm crazy but I totally forgot to weigh this morning! I had to rush to get ready to go to work then I had to say bye to the hubbs and when I got to work I was like DANGG! :( Sorry everyone! But I will say I had a little more than just my treat this weekend :( We'll see what happens. Also I have a guest coming in tomorrow so I don't know if I'll have much time to get on and blog! I'll try but no promises, so if you don't see anything this week I'll be back next week! Hope you all have a wonderful day! Until next time :)

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HAPPY HAPPY FRIDAY! So excited, I get to see the Twilight: Eclipse movie tomorrow morning! Yay! alsoooo I DID IT! I weighed exactly 278.0 this morning! YEA!!! I have lost 44 pounds in about 2.5 months! I can't even believe it I'm SO excited! I only have 15 more pounds until I am done with phase 1 and another pound after that until I have lost 60 lbs and am posting my next round of pictures! Anyway I'm really excited and thanks for all the encouragement! I also lost 5 inches off my body this week! Woo hoo! I have someone coming to visit me on Tuesday night, and about a month ago when we were talking about my weight loss I said I bet I would be at 275 when she got here...so 3 lbs in 4 days with the weekend coming? Might happen might not...I for sure hope to be there by the time she leaves on Friday though. Let's see how this goes! Hope you all have a great weekend! Happy 4th of July and be safe! Until next time :)