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I'm 36 years old, married and have 2 little busy busy boys that I want to do so much more with. I've been unhappy with my excess weight my whole life and I am so excited to see a new me
Drop it like it's HOT!! on August 26, 2008 9:51 am
231.8
As of Aug 25th, I weighed 231.8. I would've liked to have lost more this month. I'm sure it's because I haven't exercised in about 3 weeks. My sons both started football and I'm at their practices every night so I haven't been able to walk w/ my friend that I was walking with. And I haven't been swimming because there was no time afterwork before practice. But now the boys have started school and I'll get home 3 hours before they have to be at practice, so I'll try to get some swimming in. I started walking mornings this week with another friend. I've got to pump it up a couple notches to really take advantage of this losing time.
My husband and I went to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago and believe me, we did a lot of walking in the 108 degree weather. If you're familiar with the strip, we walked from one end at the Wynn hotel to the other end to the Mandalay Bay. It was late and we were tired and took a cab back to the Wynn, the taxi driver said it was 4 miles and we had already done a half strip and back earlier that day. We weren't there long enough to see everything we wanted to, but it was a lot of fun. 4 months ago, there would've been no way I could've done all that walking in the heat. I'm still so amazed at my body and how I haven't had any back problems since surgery like I did before. Oh, and I didn't even worry about fitting in the airplane seats and not being able to buckle my seatbelt. It was fine and I was comfy. If I got on an airplane 4 months ago, I know I would've needed a seatbelt extender (embarrassing....)
Sunday was our anniversary and we took the kids to the last Fresno Grizzly baseball game of the season (romantic, huh?). I hadn't been in 2 or 3 years, but I remember how uncomfortable and squished I was in those stadium seats before - this time was very comfy. I can really see the changes in my body now. Even my toes look less chubby. I'm feeling really good and can't wait to see the scale continue to go down. I haven't been under 230lbs since????? Maybe 1990-91? Soon out of high school I'm sure. I haven't weighed under 200 since I was 14 yrs old. Sad  . I have so much to look forward to - I hope the same for everyone else that's struggling.
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Great Week on July 29, 2008 9:59 am
239.8
Well, this has been a great week of weight loss for me. I'm now in the 230s. I haven't seen that in almost 4 years. I'm so happy to have lost 54lbs so quickly. I feel great and I'm now able to wear all the clothes I've been hanging on to that were too small. I'm excited to know that next month I'll be going shopping because I'm running out of clothes to wear. Even my bathing suit is so baggy, it's crazy!
I'm getting lots of compliments which is nice. My husband says he's going to miss me. I don't know what that's about . I think he's just unsure, like I am, about what I'll end up looking like. Who cares what I'll look like. It'll be better than worrying about not being able to fit in a chair or on a ride and not being able to walk up a hill.
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On Track on July 22, 2008 10:55 am
244.0
Went in today for my 3 month follow-up and I have lost 50lbs exactly  . I'm hoping to lose the next 50lbs in the next 4 months. I met with Alice, the RN at ALSA, instead of my surgeon. We'll see how it goes. I've pretty much already been doing a lot of things that they suggested today as far as eating, such as having 1 slice of whole grain bread and cutting off the crust, toasting it with lunchmeat, having peanut butter or nuts for a snack, sticking to protein, fruits and vegetables. One thing I guess I should stop is the popcorn, even though it's light, I should only have 1 cup. It's one of those to avoid because of the expansion such as other breads, tortillas, rice, pasta, etc. She did say though that I should only be having about 1/4-1/3 cup serving size at each meal. I'm sure I've been eating more than that, so I will try to cut back. She suggested making my own trail mix (I never buy it because I know they add so much sugar) with nuts and cranberries and prepacking those snacksize baggies. That would be good to have at work.
I feel really good. I pretty much only drink water, which I thought would be boring, but it's been fine. I haven't had a diet coke in about 16 weeks now. It didn't bother me at all, but now sometimes I look at someone elses and think "I know that would taste good". I'll stay away from it though. My husband's birthday was a couple days ago and we went to Cold Stone Creamery for ice cream, his favorite. I ordered a Sinless something or other that was white, low in fat and no sugar added and I had it topped with strawberries. I didn't eat much of it because it just tasted like artificial sweetener and it really wasn't worth it.
I hate that I haven't posted any more pictures so I'm really going to try to do that soon. I can't stand my pre-op pictures  .
Melting Away on July 8, 2008 9:46 am
247.4
According to my scale, I'm down 46.6 lbs. since surgery and feeling great. Last night I got some great swimming exercise in and walked 2 .25 miles. It's supposed to be 106 F degrees here today, so I'm sure I'll get some swimming in again.
Today I'm wearing one of my size 18/20 button up shirts that I haven't been able to button up in a few years - today it's buttoned up  . My pants are definately looser and some sliding off, but still wearing my size 22s. 3 years ago, I got into a size 20 stretch jean for only a few months before I gained weight again. I am so looking forward to wearing a size 18 jean. I'll be excited to go shopping. I keep forgetting to post new pics so I'll try to do that soon.
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Back to the Valley Heat on July 1, 2008 9:13 am
PreOp 294.0
today 252.6
I haven't really set a weight goal yet, I'm just waiting to fit a size 18 jean - that's what I wore when I graduated from high school in 1989 and haven't seen that size since. I'm just starting to really notice my weight loss now and getting lots of compliments from others which feels really good.
My family and I just spent a few days at Pismo and Avila Beaches and had a great time. We go every year and I always have a clam chowder bread bowl from Splash Cafe so I was feeling a little bummed that I wouldn't get to have that - but I did end up having a cup of chowder at another restaurant and it was good.
Regular sliced bread doesn't go down too well for me, but I've found that other types of bread are ok, but I know I should stay away from it. My fav snack right now is beef jerky (get that protein in).
My oldest son just turned 9 and has some extra weight around his belly. I find it so hard to know how much I should or shouldn't be concerned about it. He's pretty active and we certainly limit his time in front of a screen, but the boy can eat. I feel bad to tell him he can't have more food even if I know he's had plenty, but I also know it's my responsibility to teach him good eating habits and portion control. I don't want him to think there's anything wrong with him but at the same time, he's going out for football again and he's always the slowest runner and I don't want him to feel bad about that either. Any suggestions? | Click here to leave a comment.
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I'm a wife to a very wonderful and supportive husband and mom to two very active young boys. I've been fighting the fight my whole life and I'm so looking forward for this burden to finally be lifted and for me to be set free. I want to be able to keep up with all of the fun times our family will have. I found so much from reading everyone elses stories and blogs here, that I thought there must be others like me searching for support; so here we go.....
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