It's been a while.

My friends are visiting this weekend. The first time I met them, I wonder whether I knew I would still love them eight years later. I met them all in El Salvador, Central America. After I left El Salvador, I wrote about what it felt like to be changed by a place and when I look at my friends after 8 years of feeling like they're my brothers and sisters, I know that it wasn't just the place that made me who I am today.

Izzybeeeee

Last night we visited our niece Isabel. Even though it was past her bedtime, she was full of energy

Putting it all out there..

I had my third weight-loss meeting UPenn's psych department last night. On Thursday we started the lifestyle changes and I've lost 1 pound since then. One pound doesn't seem like a lot, but I'm actually pretty proud of that.

Recording everything I eat is a pretty empowering experience for me because it helps me control what I put in my body. At the end of the day, I can look and see everything I've consumed. Normally, I can't remember what I had for breakfast by the time I go to bed.

I'm battling the hunger pangs and the bad moods related to the hunger pangs, but I know that in time, that will get easier and as my stomach shrinks the hunger pangs will occur less and less frequently.

Thursday I weighed 253.8 and last night I weighed 252.8 (ahhhh...yes, I said it! Putting it all out there!)

Aaron and I took some "before" pictures, but I was in my bra and spandex shorts. Not sure that I'm ready to broadcast my bare belly all over the internet, so here's the most recent full-body picture of me at 253.8:




I'm on my way.