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Well it's been (countin on fingers) a year and five months since surgery and life is GRAND!!

I had fallen off the exercise wagon but now I've got a partner and we're back on it. This past Sunday I ran my first race of 2010 a 6K to benefit water for Haiti. I'm not gonna discuss the time lol Def my worst ever, but hey, it's a start. I also started taking rollerblading lessons on Thursdays. There's this park in DC, Haines Point, and people run, walk, bike, and rollerblade. Well honey, the rollerbladers look like gizelles in my eyes. And thier thighs are like ROCKS. I want rocks!!! I need something to keep my interest so last year I was determined to be a runner (check). This year my goal is to be a rollerblader. I also started P90X. Woooowsers. It's only week one but I feel better all ready. I'll keep you posted.

Eating wise I've set myself some limits. No starchy carbs after 7P. No more than 2 drinking days a week. Nah, I'm not an alcoholic, just extremely social. Clubs on the weekends, happy hours and dinners with the girls during the week. And lets not start on me and hubby's new found love for frozen margaritas that I make at home. Tequilla, Gran Marnier, frozen tropical fruit, pineapple juice, sour mix....GOOD! Let me get off this subjext cause I sho do have all teh ingredients handy LOL  I'm drinking a mandatory 2 protien shakes. Tryin for 3.

My weight stays between 168-172. I think I'm gonna get it to 160-165. We'll see how I do on the P90x. although I haven't gained any weight it def shifted. My gut is def bigger than last year lol. I made the mistake and put on my official running clothes and drove to the park without looking in the mirror. Honey, while walking to the trail I caught a glimpse of myself in another car's window....(gasp) Spandex don't lie!!!!! So we're gonna work this thing out.

I'm so excited for my plans this year. Going to Vegas with the girls this month, then Miami with the girls in July, then a cruise with the hubby in August. Costa Rico in October with the girls. I'm sooo excited about going on all of these trips wearing cute outfits, layin on the beaches and not wondering if somebody's about to throw me in the ocean, and pigging out on the cruise and not worrying about people giving me the " she know dayum well she don't need all that food" look. LOL

Well that's all that's new.  I'll post my 30 day P90x pics when I get to that point next month. I WILL finish this. Got to. And since I've told my "imaginary friends" online, I have to LMAO

See ya when I see ya!

One year........and man has it been a rough one! Maybe rough isn't the right word. Well if I think about all my ass posts on the DS board, YEA it's been rough LOL If you can't laugh at yourself, get the stick outta your butt! Obviously that's my motto.

This all started because I was fed up of being fat. Even though back then I would never say that I was fat, I was thick....chubby.....plump.....shoot I had more cushion for the pushin! But now I look at the old pics and I'm like, DAYUM I was big as a house. I always had high self esteem, which was good, but I was def in denial. Even though at surgery I had no health problems they were destined to come my way.

I started out at 262 lbs. The heaviest I had been at in my whole life. At consult I was 250 and at 5'6" Dr S was a lil weary about giving me a DS, but he decided if I got the 150 Common channel he would do it. I agreed. I've been complication free since surgery. Well besides me almost shittin myself a few times in the beginning (PSA never eat a whole bag of chocolate covered almonds one night and go to work the next) to not pooping for 4 days and getting da roids for the first time in my life.

I'm happy to say that me and my DS are now as cool as a fan! I got my constipation taken care of. I take a stool softener with each vitamin dose and at the first sign of any stool firmness I take a dose of Miralax. And thanks to Vitalady's suggestion instead of paying $20 I got a prescription for it and pay $1.50. Wooohooooo!

This morning I weighed in at 168 pounds. For now 170 is my uh-oh number. If I see it go over that I know to get it together. I am soooo happy at my size this very moment. I wear mostly 10s and some 12s depending on the store. I really don't want to lose another pound. I have no interest in a normal BMI. Some might think that's short changing myself but, any smaller and I would be crackie LOL

I have this whole time and still do eat whatever I want. I eat dessert almost everyday. I was never a low carb fan and rarely lasted more than 2 days. Can this work for everybody, prob not. But so far it has for me. I was also an excersise Nazi! I went to the gym 6xs a week then I started running. The weight started falling off then. I remember my first race EVER with Tom and G-Ann. I was sooooo nervious. But I have to tell you, the sheer pleasure I got when G-Ann pinned that number on my shirt.............I can't even explain it. I always wanted to be one of those skinny bitches running on the treadmill with thier coordinating outfits, ipod on thier arm strap, just a hint of perspiration on thier brow, and looking like they were made to run! (Yes I was a hater......I can admit it. I always hoped one would loose thier footing and fly off. All this while I eviously gritted on them from the elliptical machine as my heart was about to bust outta my chest) But NOW....THAT'S ME on there with my cute outfit and Nano on my armband. It doesn't get better than this.

I had a few plastics consults and I still have to send my pics to Dr Sauceda in Mexico, but I think I've going with the surgeon that is within walking distance and gave me a good price. They said they could get me in Jan, but now I'm scared lol. I got the money, I can get the time off, now I'm more chicken than before my DS. The nurse that works there is a sweetheart and she said she would walk over to me everyday and drain my drains and change my gauzes, just because. That gave me warm cozy feelings knowing I would be given that extra attention.

Dag, I'm getting like PastorDi with her long azz posts. Ok, I just want to give a shout out to all the people on this board that answered all my questions, laughed with me when I was down, broke bread with me, partied with me, and gave me advice that otherwise I wouldn't have been so successful...........THANK YOU from the botton of my (now extremely healthy) heart!

And it wouldn't really be an update w/o pics

Before



AFTER
in Miami- I shoulda put on makeup b4 the pic lol

In my diva coat and you can't tell but those are thigh high boots I have on...me in official hooker boots!  LOVE IT

Me and my girls in Atlantic City 


My first pic ever not smiling lol


and in this pic drunk and cheesin too hard lol

Kinda like how people say a celebrity hasn't made it till they've been called gay...........................

You're not close to goal till somebody says you look sick!!

Ladies and gents, I HAVE ARRIVED!!! I got my first sickly comment this morning from one of my co-workers. He pulled me to the side and said.....Shani, please don't lose anymore weight, you look sick!

In my head I'm thinking bout how I squeezed (oh and I mean squeezed!) into these non-stretch 12s this morning  Then it dawned on me..........I MUST be getting there. I'm all smiles for the rest of the day.

I went into the bathroom and took a pic. It's not as stylish as some of you guys bathroom pics, but hell I had to remember the day! Loving my small waist, flat stomach, and nice size thighs. With this tiny T on the girls look pretty good too LMAO. I have to buy some more work shirts. They give us an allowance once a year to order new shirts and since I've spent mine early this year I'll have to actually pay out of pocket for some. The old ones look like tents on me now. I think I'll get some schmediums.....now that my stomach is flat I like my shirts tight!!!!

I had been stuck at 191 FOREVER!!! So me and some other DSers are doing a challenge to sticlk to whatever goals we think we need to. Mine were:

Keep carbs under 50g
100 oz water
no Likka (jeesh gonna be hard)
exercise 6 days a week

After 2 days here was my post:
I have had 2 days of low carb life, and I gotta admit .......it aint so bad.

AND IT"S WORKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got dressed this morning, I always put my jeans on before my shirt so I can digust myself and see my muffin top hang out. But today something wierd happened. My stomach was flat! Ok not tummy tuck flat but no hang out. I finished getting dressed and then it dawned on me......GET ON THE SCALE. So in a mad frenzy I tore off my clothes and went to the devil himself.....my Tanita. It did not fail me today, my friends. I'm so excited! I felt like testifying this morning!

(Insert frantic organ playin in an old Baptist church and old ladies waving church fans and somebody fallin out in the pews from catchin the holy ghost) Yea....it's that serious! Halllellluyer!!! (Singing) I was once a DS sinner.........but now I am saved. The devil carbs tried to bring me down! But I picked my self up......dusted myself off.......now I'm walkin PROUD!! Anybody know what I'm talkin bout? (DS board screams) The doors of the DS righteous kingdom are now open, come join me.

Tuesday morning- 191.4
Thursday morning- 187.1 (we're gonna round that down to 187 lol)

HOLY CRAP BATMAN!!!  That's more weight in 2 days than I had in 2 months!!! So I am officially keeping it going till the end of the month.