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Made The Century Club!!!! on July 17, 2008 1:37 pm
I officially lost 100 lbs. since surgery exactly 7 mos. ago today. Amazing journey it has been. I had also lost 12 lbs. pre-surgery so all together it's 112 lbs. so either way you look at it, I'm a Big Loser!!!! Hooray. Well I have found lots of new energy, and love keeping up my own pedicures, working out in the gym. I want to buy a bike and do that again, I haven't been on a bike in years but sounds fun. Dating is a trip, sometimes you just don't get men, but think I'm starting to figure things out in that arena. Thought a couple of times I had found someone special but it wasn't meant to be. So for now I'm content on just dating and getting to know new people. I am in btwn a size 16 and 14 ~~~~~~ Hooray! New panties every so often is always good, makes a woman feel special to put on a pair of lace panties and look good in them. lol. I do get a lot more attention than I've had in years and that's all good. But mostly I feel great about myself and who I am and now how my body looks. It's not perfect by far. Lots of hanging skin on my arms that I hate, but deal with and some on my tummy. I will be heading back to the gym to start working on weights a lot more often. Well here's to my new life - my new Century Club card:
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Life is going by at rocket speed! on June 1, 2008 12:12 pm
Okay, so I thought for sure I would be the one to take pictures and post them and do all the comparison's. However, the weight is coming off pretty quickly and life is just zooming by. The someone special I met did not work out, but that's okay because I am out there socializing and dating and having a great time. I haven't felt like this in years. I had hit 2 major goals since last writing and I was sitting here thinking how could you wait so long to write about it? Tell the world right? I just keep going on with life and how much fun I am having now and forget to stop and write about my successes, even though I feel it each and every day. So first big goal reached, I AM UNDER 200 LBS. for the first time in a long long time!!! I reached that goal 4-26-08 and what a wonderful feeling! Now as of friday, 5-30-08 I reached a 100 lbs mark, this is total weight loss, not since surgery but it is still 100 lbs. gone forever. Imagine that!? (10) 10lb bags of potatoes, it's a lot of weight to carry, I couldn't carry those potatoes in my hands, no way. So how did I manage to carry it on my body? Clothes are just going going gone, I keep taking loads of clothes to Goodwill, have about 7 bags of it now to go. I just bought size 18 jeans last mos. and now none of them fit. Time to go find size 16's now - by the way a great feeling. I have to wear a belt that I stole from my son, lol. Funny thing is though even though I feel great and when I'm dressed and look in the mirror I think I look great, but there are still those glimpses of me looking "fat". Just an illusion I'm sure and I just stop and tell myself "doesn't matter, look how far you've come!" Life is good so no matter what the day brings there is always something great to think about. I am positive now that I will need some plastics so I'm trying to think of ways to finance that in the log run but I am waiting til I am probably a year and a half to two years out to make sure I'm stable where I am. In the meantime, I will be working on my "Batwings" and jiggly thighs in the gym to get them as tight as I can before I have to go there. So many changes after surgery, learning the eating thing is a never ending story. Just when you think you understand something new comes up, lol. One thing I am not liking right now is the hair loss at what seems to be an incredible rate. I am very lucky I have thick hair to begin with but I now notice how thin it has become. When I shower it comes out, when I blow dry it comes out, when I curl it comes out, when I run my fingers through it comes out - so it can be despairing. Lately I have noticed it's not coming out as much so hopefully it is coming to an end and I can start growing it back. Well that is my journey thus far and I know I have more to come.
P.S. bought my first 2 piece bathing suit, al beit shorts and tankini, but still a 2 piece!
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Hitting New Milestones and Someone Special! on April 3, 2008 12:48 pm
I have hit several milestones in the last week. First and foremost, I have reached my halfway mark and gone past it now! Yippee  . It has not taken me as long as I thought it would to get that far, so hoping the second half of my journey goes just as fast. Second, I am now wearing size 18 so I am officially and forever out of size 20's and don't have to shop in Plus Size anymore!!! Yahoo  . Third and the best, I had to buy new panties, I was changing clothes yesterday and looked in the mirror and my panties were hanging off my butt, I was like "woah, time to get new panties, this looks crazy!"  . Went to Walmart's, discovered I could wear the size 18's while changing in the dressing room and again my panties were hanging off my butt. So what to do with these old "granny panties - not really but their big" shrink em up in the dryer a bit and wear them to the gym to workout in I guess!
So many wonderful things happening right now I am walking on clouds, not only because of the milestones above but mostly because I have met someone special and he thinks I'm special too. We both think we could do something long term and this is great for me since I have never been married. I have waited a long time to find someone for me, thought I did before but it wasn't meant to be. I truly hope this guy turns out to be Mr. Right. Wish me all the luck.
Jen
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Happy Days Are Here Again!!!! on February 28, 2008 7:07 am
I am walking on clouds lately. Even with my computer crashing on the 18th, needing my brakes done and my son having serious issues at work. I still feel like I am a mile high (living in the Mile High city, lol) I have lost 62 lbs. which makes 50 lost since surgery. My clothes feel great, I look much better, I am working out 3 days a week. I am losing on avg. about 4 lbs. a week now and hope to keep up this pace. This will have me down to 170 lbs by my birthday in June. A pretty good way to celebrate - think I will go white water rafting. Then if I can keep up this pace I will hit my goal by mid August - Yay!!! It won't be long now, and even if I don't keep up this pace I'm sure to hit my goal before my one year anniversary. Feeling magnificent!
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Stall ~ Lose ~ Stall ~ Lose ~ Stall ~ Lose~!!! on February 8, 2008 7:06 pm
What is going on!!!! This is crazy but I am getting used to it, my body is almost on a stall-lose-stall schedule. I stall for like 5 days, then I lose for like 3-4, then I stall for another 5 days, then I lose for 3-4 days. It is a bit frustrating but not horribly bad. I can work with this as long as it is going down. I have been going to the gym at least 2 days a week and trying to up that to at least 3 if not 4 days. I am somewhat enjoying going to the gym because I know weight loss is soon to come (if not in a stall, lol). However, getting used to working out all over again is not the easiest task. I have my sis right there pushing me though. I am so sore from yesterdays workouts I can barely lift my arms. I think that I can get into a regular schedule of workouts, but want to still fit the Tae Kwon Do in once a week. Once I get a little bit more stamina then I will work that in once a week and do the gym 3 days a week. Things are going pretty good. Eating food is getting easier, there are still moments but I have learned a lot of cues from my body so far and one of them is knowing when to stop! I hope I keep that sensation forever. I should do some kind of mind word memory thing for me to remember the sensation forever. Well, now I am figuring out what things I can eat and how much. I want to find some recipes for casseroles and stuff, then I can portion it out. I will dig around for that next. I think Eggface has some great ones on her website, will check it out. So now I am at 51 lbs down total and 39 of those lbs. since surgery. YAY!!!!
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End of Frustration! on January 27, 2008 9:33 am
So frustration has met with me twice so far on this short journey since surgery. I have stalled twice, once in my second week and once in my fifth week. I knew things would eventually move on but it is very frustrating when your in your soft foods weeks and things just aren't staying down. So if I'm not able to eat much and I'm not too far out from surgery you would think the scale would be moving - NOT!!!! The scale was staying exactly where it was. I just kept the faith and kept trying, my Dr. gave me an rx for Carafate - to soothe the stomach - and it helped a bit. I have been getting more food down and finally the scale has budged! In fact in the last 2 days it's gone down 3.5 lbs. Hoorah!!!! So life goes on and things do get better. It was very psychological and I had to, everyday, confirm with myself that things will move along eventually and you will not be stuck forever. I took my mind off things and kept busy.
I also now have a gym membership to 24 Hour Fitness, thanks to my new angel - My SISTER!!! She has helped not only to join but to motivate me to keep on moving! So yesterday I worked out for 35 minutes and did 80 crunches - a good start for the gym I'd say!
All in all, I am still 100% satisfied with my decision to have surgery and can't wait for more change. By the way, I have lost another 10 lbs. since the last pics so more pics will be on the way! | Leave a comment.
1st day back at work on January 7, 2008 5:22 pm
So back to work today after 3 weeks of recovery and all went well. There were a few little bumps with Human Resources and it turned out okay, could have been better though. I did a lot of catching up and remembering processes today. Saw all my friends and they were happy to see me and that I am doing well. I felt no pain or soreness from being at work, only my usual back ache from sitting in office chairs all day. I am officially down 26 lbs. today, which is my 3 week mark and that is very pleasing. I realize it is time to get into a regular workout routine, no more blowing it off, so that is my task tonight to think of a schedule and some variety to workout to. I think it will be at least a month or two before I can handle the vigorous Tae Kwon Do I want to do, so will be planning on that in the near future.
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Down 24.5 lbs. from surgery on January 5, 2008 10:49 pm
Well I finally budged from my stall and have lost 2 more lbs. A total of 24.5 lbs. from surgery and 36.5 lbs. from my highest weight. Yay!!!
So I went to the movies tonight with my sis (saw The Waterhorse - cute movie). I took sugar free Hersheys bars with me, they are mini's. I ate 3 of those and was pretty damn satisfying that I could actually have some chocolate. I ate 3 little pieces of popcorn after sucking on them and chewing them to death, was not really worth it anyways. Popcorn is only good if you can gobble it, lol. The great news is that I sat in a movie theater seat without having to squeeze into it, those days are GONE!!!! That felt great, I didn't even notice it until I sat there for about 5 minutes. Wonderful things happening, besides all the nonsense my Human Resources is putting me through for paid time off, all is going great. I also have new vitamins that I am getting along with much better -  . So back to work Monday, same day I start soft foods, so hope all goes well!
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Stalling on January 1, 2008 2:35 pm
Well I have been at the same weight for 6 days now, it's a little frustrating but I am not too worried about it. I know I will not be stuck here for long. So yesterday I did a small 10 min. workout along with some house cleaning and today, I did the 10 min. workout and also took my pup for a 10 min. walk. I hope this will help budge the weight in a downward direction again. I plan on doing another 10 min. workout later today as well. I am working hard at getting my protein in but is difficult when you can't eat much and your not hungry. But I will keep trying. I am definitely satisfied that I made the right decision and want the changes to come faster, however I know complete satisfaction is just down the road and I will enjoy the journey as I go. I am already fitting into some older clothes much better and I did take my measurements and compared them to measurements I took in June and have lost 2 inches off my chest and hips and 4 off my waist! Yahoo! Next New Year's Eve I think will call for a huge celebration! | Leave a comment.
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My Story I have not been fat all my life like many others in this situation. As a child I was thin, same thing as a teenager (even though I thought I was fat, I wore a size 8). At 18 I had my one and only son. I still lost most of my weight after he was born. It was in my early twenties when I started gaining. I went all the way up to 205 lbs then joined Weight Watchers with my mom and started losing. Funny thing is that I had lost most of my weight in my late twenties when I got down to 142 Lbs. I was happy, healthy and never felt better. Then like many others I did not maintain it, I thought I could get away with cheating here and there and soon I was back up and even more. Now I am at my heaviest in my 35 years of life and I feel every bit of it. I have almost constant back pain, my knees and feet hurt occasionally. I get out of breath going up stairs and bending over to tie my shoes or paint my toes. It is finally enough. I think choosing to go with a surgery option will be the best thing I can do for myself. I will be able to do things with my 17 year-old son that I have not been able to do in years. Go hiking, camping, play football and tag and who knows what else. I want to ride my bike again, I want to dance again, I want to feel normal again. This big body does not feel like me. I know my dog will love me more because I will be able to take him on more walks. The tool that is WLS will help me to achieve all these goals and more.
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