Still around!

 

10 months out from surgery and 115lbs down. I’ll take some updated pics and get them posted by the weekend.

I have been doing great, no problems. I eat what I want and very few things have given me any trouble. I stared in a size 24-26 and now my size is a 14 but that seems to be wanting to change soon. Come on 12!

Last time I posted about worring about riding the rides at 6 Flags, well that was so much fun. I love amusement parks now. I can’t wait to go back to Knott’s Berry Farms and ride all the ones I wanted to but couldn’t last time.

WOW #1: I don’t flaot! And yes, that’s a good thing. I love to relax in our hottub but ever since we got it I had been complaining that I couldn’t sit in the deep jetted seat. I thought I needed to get seatbelts installed, LOL. But now that I have lost so much weight I see that it was just my fat rolls that kept me floating out of the seat. NOW, my bony butt sits in there just fine, all except for that if I put the jets on high, they now have more power to push me out of the seat.

WOW #2: Another funny thing is that I CANNOT walk out great dane. He now has the strength to pull me wherever he wants to go. We took a family walk the other night and he wanted to go meet another dog that was barking at him from behind the fence and no matter how hard I dug in, I had no control. Tone and I had to switch dogs. Lady, our 12 yo lab/pointer cross) is only 45lbs, where Diesel is well over 100lbs by now.

I try to run every morning, which usually ends up ever other morning. I take Lady with me, she’s a great mush dog. When I start slowing down she keeps pulling me along.

Most days I feel great but then there are some days that I feel like I look so old and my body is so saggy and baggy that how could I possibly go out like this. Thankfully there are more good days than bad.

OK, well theres my ramble, but I just wanted to get an update posted.  Thanks everyone for the encouragement, it means the world.

Howdy lovelies!

Well 6 months out from surgery and 97lbs down. I’ll take some updated pics and get them posted by the weekend.

I have been doing great, no problems. I eat what I want and very few things have given me any trouble. I stared in a size 24-26 and now my size 16’s are getting loose. It is such a trip.

We are planning a trip to visit friends and family over spring break and I can’t wait to see everyone and reveal the new me. My father has always been a health nut and I know he has been ashamed of just how out of shape I had become. He had been a fan of me getting the surgery even before I made the jump. This will be an interesting visit. I have TONS of energy and wow; I really don’t take crap from people like I did before. I have a newfound self-confidence that allows me to stand up for myself and refuse to let anyone walk over me. But, I am having trouble with one thing, here it goes… One part of our spring break trip we will be doing the theme park, 6 Flags over Texas and I must say I am still scared that I won’t fit into the seats. I have the fear of having to take that dreaded “Fat Girl Walk of Shame” like I did so many years ago when we were at Knott’s Berry Farms. I love to ride the rides but do I pay for a rider ticket and risk it, or do I just pay for a visitor ticket and wait until next time…?

On another note, I reached two great goals!!! I no longer qualify for weight loss surgery based on my bmi, AND I now weigh less than my husband! I really don’t remember the last time I could say that, surely not in the 12 years we have been married. Maybe in high school, before we were together, when we were just friends.

I still exercise everyday and even RAN, or jogged a few times. Sometimes I am walking so fast that I just have the urge to pick it up and when I do it feels GREAT! I did this the first time over the New Years holiday and my son loved running around the park with me, his “poor, wittle, weggs” got tired before mine! It was the best day ever; I remember it like it was yesterday. Oh and I got this really cool thing to help with my exercise program. It’s called the Nike+. Well I didn’t even know I had the shoes already but my hubby pointed out that Nike had this contraption that fits into a pocket of your shoe and a receiver that plugs into your ipod. Then, while you are listening to your play list the Nike+ voice comes on and tells you your stats like “5 minutes reaming”, or “300 calories burned, 1.6 miles,” stuff like that. Then when you plug in your ipod to the computer, itunes automatically sends your workout info to the NikeRun website and it’s great. Kind of like this site but for exercise only. Totally cool. I highly recommend it.

Anyhow, I better get this posted before I get sidetracked and it doesn’t get done again.

Well not much to add. But I just added some before and after photos.
Pretty revealing, still look huge to me but the complements have been flying by with great things from from everywhere I go. Even strangers. I had the worst stall over the past 2.5 weeks. I was STUCK, nothing happening, so I actually STOPPED working out for three days and whoosh,..down another 5lbs  in a blink of an eye. Not to say that is the right thing to do but I just think I needed to change it up a bit. I am going to try Jazzercise instead of the gym. A friend is an instructor at Jazzercise and she said that going to the gym, I have just been doing the same things over and over so I needed to change it up and she gave me a few coupons for free classes. She said that at least in the class setting they are always changing up the routine and that should help the weightloss start back up again. Wish me luck!!! I'll let you know how it goes!

Friday, 11/7 was my 3 month check-up with Dr. Syn.
The dreaded 5 hour drive each way wasn’t too bad. I meet up with another lady who had her surgery just  hours before mine nad we drive together, Well, her husband drives and we visit.
I am officially down 50lbs according to his scale. That is 6 lbs heavier than my home scale but I guess who cares. He was happy. He said it was a bit slower than most but good anyway and to keep up the good work. He also commented that perhapse it was my extra gym activities that is building muscle and that is weighing more than the fat.
So back to work and back to the gym. Dr Dyn gave me a goal of another 47lbs gone by my next visit,…2/6/09! I’ll be doing that elliptical while I sleep.

OK, where do I start? Well things are going good. Seems a little slower than most. Maybe?! I’ll know more when I see my surgeon for my checkup on Friday.

Since being home I have lost, according to my scale, 60 lbs. I have gone from a size 24 and some 26’s to a comfy 20 and some tight 18’s.  And shoes, they are starting to feel big and fall off my heels when I walk.

I have been pretty good about getting in all the pills and protein. Eating has been good for the most part as well. I have had a few dumping episodes. Once was with some baked beans. I only had a couple bites but that’s all it took. Then there was the chicken nugget, my son loves McDonald’s so my hubby took him and I just ran in to meet them before we went home and since I hadn’t eaten I grabbed on of those nuggets and whoa, not good. I had to go home, lay on the bed and cover up from the chills.. I haven’t thrown-up from anything though I sure wanted to that day.

Then for about a month, maybe all of October I have had this BURNING pain just to the right side of my incision area and it hurt so bad. I put back on my binder and wore it forever. I couldn’t sleep on my side, I couldn’t get up using my right arm, I couldn’t do anything that required any abdominal strength or use of my arm without feeling like I was being stabbed with a burning knife inside. So with my trusty best friend, my binder we got thorough it. I wore that binder everyday and night. The firm pressure helped and kept me from getting to confident and reminded me to be careful. I just took off my binder this past weekend when I noticed there wasn’t any pain after taking a bath so I haven’t had it on since and everything seems to be fine and pain-free. (knock-knock on wood).
 
I have a few wow’s to share:

Wow #1: I was called into my boss's office. And when I sat down in her guest chair, (one of those pesky conference table type chairs with the metal arms) I didn't have to squeeze... I just sat down; and was actually comfortable, not touching the sides. I just smiled my biggest. It didn't matter what I was there about or what she was going to tell me, I was having a moment.

Wow #2: notice my new profile pic?? Well for the first time in my entire life I took a picture that I thought I actually looked pretty. No double chin, flawless skin and white teeth.

Wow #3: I actually went camping! I haven’t been camping since I was maybe 15. Well I guess it’s my new found sense of adventure but I arranged a family camping trip and we fished, we hiked and spent quality family time together.

Wow #4: I LOVE THE GYM! I caught the working out bug and I love it. I am out the door by 4:15am for 45 mins every workday morning, again after I get home from work. Each visit to the gym is at least a 45 min cardio workout. Then while at work, I take a 30 min walk for my break and just to get out from behind my desk. Then on Saturday mornings, it is Carson and mommy mornings out. We both get ready in out workout clothes and go to starbucks for a coffee. We chat about what else we are going to do that day and then we head off to the gym. He is 3 (will be 4 in two weeks) and they have a FitKids class that he loves. He does his class while I sneak in one short 30 min cardio workout and off we go about our day. I’m so happy to be including him in my new healthy habits. He has even been reading food labels and looking at sugars and fats before he makes his choice at the grocery store.

Well, so that’s about it for now. I have been going through my closet and trying to organize my old clothes to get rid of to make room for the new ones. I have been buying up “goal clothes”. I got this cute chocolate brown with light pink piping skirt that I can’t wait to get into. One day…

Thanks for letting me ramble, I’ll try to update more often so it’s not so looong.