I have now lost exactly 100 pounds :) I am THRILLED! The scale is moving again. We are working out more and now it's finally having an effect. My body did what it needed to do during my plateau. I did continue losing inches... and I will be posting all about that soon with my official 8 month update along with progress photos. But for now, I just wanted to share the big news :)

I decided I wanted "100" balloons. I found these number-shaped balloons today and my dad bought them for me :) They don't cooperate very well to stay in order, but I managed to get the photo above. I tried to show them off and get myself in the photo but this is the best I could do:)

And here is the official scale photo.

I was starting to worry this day wouldn't come. I am SO glad it finally has. I do still want to donate $100 of food like I talked about before, but my best friend is arriving in town tonight and will be here for 12 days, so it will be a little while before I am able to do that.

I thought I would celebrate this momentous occasion with a list of 100 ways my life has improved with the weight I have lost. I don't have time to finish the list right now so I will share it as soon as it's done :)

I am happy to report my BMI is now 34.9 (it started at 52!) and for the first time I am "obese" instead of "morbidly obese"... I find this to be pretty amazing.
I am also 2/3 of the way to my goal, having lost 100 and with 50 more to go. Wow.