Well, today is my 2 month anniversary from my surgery!  Yay!!  I am feeling pretty good today, but the last few days have been rough. I have been feeling so tired and cranky and not sure how to get out of it.  I talked to a friend of mine who had her surgery the same day as me and she thinks I am feeling the effects of not enough protein.  So, today I am back committed to trying to get as much as I can.

When I woke this morning I decided to weigh myself since it was my anniversary.  I, of course, was nervous because it has been such a hard week.  I was happily surprised that I lost another 4 pounds, making my grand total 54.5 pound.  I think that weight loss was what I needed also to jump start my new commitment!

Lisa

A couple of the neighborhood teenagers told me the other day that I looked "really tall".  I had on my jeans that are just now fitting. I have come to accept any kind of comments like these as compliments

Finally got up some energy to get back to the gym today.  Not sure what is going on this week, but I have been wiped out!  Maybe it is the heat, it is starting to warm up pretty good here.

Anyway, I am now doing the Body for Life exercises and today I did the run.  In the book, Bill Phillips explains that doing a cardio exercise for 20 minutes with intervals is just as good for you as walking steady for 1 hour.  I really like this concept, because of my lack of patience and I get bored.  Also, I just read a news report the other day that was totally backing him up on this theory, so that made me feel good.

So, my goal is always to run 1 mile in the 20 minutes.  To some this may seem easy and to others hard, to me...it is just a good goal.  When I started a few weeks back, I made it to .73, then .83, and today I went .99!  I know, I could have pushed myself to get that other .01 in, but now I have a great goal for next time.  Last time I did this program I worked my way up to 1.32 and I hope to beat that this time!

The energy I feel right now is nice.  I wish I could just remember it when I have those low-energy days where I don't want to exercise....mind before body!

Lisa

Not really surprised my weight did not change this week, it was a busy week of eating and I feel like I am starting to get more and more hungry.  I actually worried for a minute that I may gain, but I still think there is no way I could be eating enough to gain back.  So, I am still just under 50 pounds down and although I love to see the loss, I will just try and be content this week.

I really wanted to get better on my exercise this week, but this morning I woke up exhausted and went back to sleep when the boys took their nap.  Not sure what is up with that since I had a really good gym work out yesterday.  O-well, I will get it together one of these days, right?

Lisa

Thought I would update a couple of my goals on here. 

Goals I have reached:

Big One: Lose 50 pounds!!! - I just hit this one today.  I don't like to weigh in the middle of the week, but I had a feeling I would hit it before Tuesday and I did.  Hubby is going to come take new pictures of me...yay!!!

Secret One: Weigh less than 288.  This one I never wrote down and only briefly mentioned it to Bobby.  When I was pregnant with the twins, I did not gain a whole lot of weight (which the Dr. told me about since I was overweight already).  So, after the boys came, I dropped a lot right away.  Then, the first 2 weeks I got really sick and everything I put in my mouth (even water) came back up.  The day I finally started feeling better I weighed myself because I knew I had dropped a lot of weight.  I was shocked that I weighed 288!  I knew that it was totally unhealthy way to lose and I would most likely gain it back, but hey...I was down.  So, when I did gain it back along with some friends, I knew I would be back there one day.  It was actually pretty hard to have the surgery and start way above this weight.  I just kept thinking that I had already lost this weight and here I was...starting over again at a higher weight.  Although my brain kept telling me that the weight was when I was sick, it was still hard.  So, now that I am way past that weight, I am so so happy.  I feel like I am in a place now that I have not been in a while and could have never been if not for the surgery...it is a good place to be.

Hilarious Goal: I went to the bank the other day to cash a check.  While waiting in line, I looked at my Drivers License and my weight said 250!  I started cracking up laughing.  So, now that is my new goal...to weigh what my Drivers License says I do!

Other goals I have reach:
1) Stop snoring (Bobby says I don't anymore)
2) Walk/exercise at least 3 times a week (working toward 5 times)
3) Play with boys 1 hour without getting tired (love this one)
4) Under 300
5) Lose 25 pounds
6) Walk 30 minutes at one time
7) Walk 45 minutes at one time
8) Walk 1 hour at a time
9) Start working out with weights (Body for Life)

Goals to reach:
1) Weigh less than 275
2) Lose 75 pounds
3) Weigh less than Bobby (stinker keep losing weigh also though!)
4) Buy non-plus size clothes
5) Fit into airplane seat without extender
6) Start running
7) Be able to run the "Womens Fitness Celebration" 5K in September

and my new goal:

Totally shock my friends in Colorado that do not know I had the surgery when I see them again!

Lisa

So, after worrying that we would all be sick and have a terrible Fathers Day, it turned out wonderful.  Toward the end of the week my antibiotics finally kicked in and I stopped having the headaches, Tate got better, and Bobby was over whatever he had...thank goodness!  Sat., we went to our friend's "Wing Off" where about 15 different group made wings, bbq, and sides to sample.  We had a great time and I got to eat some really good grilled wings.  I was also bad and had some rum soaked watermelon that was also yummy.  I did not feel anything, so it must have been pretty light on the rum.

On Sunday we started the day by giving Bobby his Fathers Day present...entrance into a local running race and the boys names that he is going to add to his tattoo.  We then all went for a swim and ended the day by having a last minute bbq at our house with the left overs from the birthday party and the left overs from the wing off.  I also got a seedless watermelon that was delicious and I worried that I was eating too much because I could not stop.  Thankfully I did not feel bad from it.  It was such a nice day.

So, I normally weigh every Tuesday since that was my surgery day, but since I am going to my support group tonight, I knew I would be asked for an update, so I did it.  I went to the bathroom and started the worry.  I worried that I had already drank a lot of water and milk this morning, I worried that I don't even remember if I ate right this past week, and I know that I did not get enough exercise.  So, I got up on the scale trying to "think thin" and almost jumped off it when it read that I had lost 6 pounds!  I knew that had to be wrong, so I got back on it and yep...6 1/2 pounds to be exact!  I was thrilled!!!

So, today I am going back to the gym....doing upper body and hoping for another good week!  I am very motivated since I feel better and want to keep losing!  I love being a loser!!

Lisa