Yeah I know long time no post, but as usual life gets in the way...and I don't feel like typing...I on this website all the time lurkin' reading other folks business but don't feel like keeping up with my on. N-T ways I've been divorced 3 months as of today and I am so elated. It dawned on me this morning when I had to write the date on some paperwork, then I realized that the clothes that I am wearing are the same ones (different black pants...but black...smaller size...same blouse...but looser ) that I had on three months ago. Things could not have turned out any better for me. So much has happened over these months I don't know where to begin. Well, actually I won't begin because I don't want to put all of my personal bizness in the streets (so to say) but nevertheless everything is so wonderful for me right now. On the 27th of this month I will be 18 months post op. I am not going to let that intimidate me either. Some people feel that you stop losing once you hit the 18-24 month spot but I am not going to stop losing until I say so or my body decides it's at a comfortable weight. I am proud to say that I weigh in now at 180lbs  !! Yep, that's right, I've lost 15lbs in three months and I know that is awesome. I would like to loose about 20 more pounds before I start matinance. Once I get down to 160lbs I will start hitting the iron harder than what I already do. I know this will possibly cause me to gain some but I would much rather gain muscle than fat anyday. I don't really (but kind of...always been a childhood dream) want to be a bodybuilder I want to be toned and cut up...not that bulky. I would wait until the 27th to do this but I guess I'll do it now cause it might slip my mind by then, so here's my stats as of today: My weight is 180lbs, highest at the beginging of my WLS journey 350lbs+ (stop weighing myself once I saw 350...but kept eating cause I fell into a deep depression). I weighed in @ 330lbs the day of my surgery (7/27/06) I lost those 20lbs on the 6 month supervised diet. Here are my measurements as of today: 36-32-42
Here are my clothes sizes: bra --then 48DDD, now 36C, pants--then 32W, now (misses...too much arse and hips for juniors) 10-12 (depending on cut)
tops--then 4x or larger, now smalls and mediums (can't beleive that a large top...misses or juniors...is too large for me! shoe size--then 9W, now 71/2-8 and I finally bought me some sexy boots that goes up my legs...now that was a WOW moment for me...I was actually crying in the shoe store. ring size: then 10, now 7. I am so proud of me and my prayer is that I continue to stay on track and never take my blessing for granted because me having this surgery was truly a blessing from the Lord. If you are reading this I hope I have inspired you in any way and always remember that those temptations that you encounter on a daily basis (as far as food is concerned) it's not worth it to give into. Yes, I have bad days where I eat stuff that I know that I don't need but I have taught myself to bounce back into my lil routine and keep going. I refuse to go back "there" and live the life of misery that I once lived. No, WLS does not fix nothing in your life, but TO ME it helps to look at life a better way and I can deal with different situations with ease whereas in the past I would have climbed back in the bed or in my corner with the covers over my head and cried and/or slept and ate my pains away. I truly am grateful! God Bless all who shares in reading my profile and I pray that your journey is great !
Much Luv!