6 Month Check-In

Aug 04, 2012

Well, it's one week before my birthday, and 6 month check in time!

I am now at 201 lbs.  My weight is coming off kinda slow compared to some of my friends on this sight....I've lost 79 lbs since surgery.  I look great, feel great.  I'm in a size 14, no real sag just yet (of course the boobs went south after the baby, but they're still kinda fluffy, not so bad) Can't wait to get to onederland, lol!

I go to the park and walk and do light weight lifting for my exercise.  I'm waiting until I get to 180 to run.  I used to run when I was much heavier, but running with all of that weight on me has caused complications with my joints, so I was told not to run until I get down to 180...can't wait, I really have the urge to do it now, but I will wait.

Eating still isn't very fun for me.  I can never tell what portion my tummy is going to let me have.  Sometimes it's 2 bites, sometimes it's a respectable (but very small, as it should be) meal.  I am able to eat whatever I feel like eating, so I haven't had problems with dumping, or different textures of meat or anything like that.  I do stay away from bread and pasta for the most part.  I find that it fills me up way too quickly.  My problem with food is that often times I get that feeling that a rock is just sitting in the center of my chest, while I wait for the food to go down the tube.  Sometimes it goes down peacefully, sometimes I go intentionally bring it back up.  Sometimes, I take a walk, and something about that causes the food to go on down the tube.

I think I would like to have just slightly less restriction, so that eating is not such a chore...but I guess that will come in time.

Really, I'm doing great though.  My daughter tells me how cute I am everyday.  Yesterday she came home after being gone for a week, saw me in my fitted workout clothes and said in a surprised voice 'Mama look at you!'  She doesn't remember me being this slim before, so she's impressed. 

Everytime I go to sit in a chair, I expect to take up more space in the chair than I do.  I actually sat on a basic kitchen chair with a guy sitting behind me...didn't feel like I was going to fall off or anything.  That was nice.

I can walk really fast now too :-)

Ah, well that's all for now.

Take care.

~elle

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