Already one pound lighter.  I tried on the free clothes I got from the church giveaway this afternoon.  They all fit, but were very, very snug.  So, I guess I'm too small for a 3x, but too big for a 2x.  My 26/28 clothes hang on me, but the 22/24 size outfits are hard to move around in.  I was really bigger than a 26/28 when I started. 

 I had started to outgrow my 3x and would have had to order things in a 4x from those special plus size catalogs.  I had about resigned myself to plus size 'by mail only clothes' when I was diagnosed with diabetes in May.  Thank goodness I changed my diet and started to get healthy.   

It's weird to think my 3x clothes were once as snug as these 2x clothes I'm trying on today.  I try to remember what it was like to drive without a seat belt because it wouldn't fit, and the anxiety I felt when I tried to sit in a booth at a restaurant, but those are already fading memories.  My ankles no longer swell, my blood pressure is normal, and I can roll over in bed without sitting up.

I was 268.2 pounds today when I hit the scale.  Today I'm hopeful again and ready to tackle the 260s.  I live with the fear everyday that I will slip back into old habits and become that 300 pound woman again who didn't want to get out of bed.  That person haunts me.

Two words I will think about this week:  'Perseverance' and 'Hope'.  Here's to 268!  Only 113 more pounds to go!!!