get healthy by eating less and exercising more.

I made my goal!! Of course, one of my big things was to make it to Onederland by my birthday. I'm a week shy of turning 29 and I'm 196.8lbs (every ounce counts!) I've lost 87lbs so far. So I am enjoying the new me. I'm dating now, and I haven't told that special someone about my wls. I don't even know when it will be appropriate to say, especially since it's only been about 6 weeks. So who knows where that road is leading?!? I'm so looking forward to the summer break; its less than 15 days away! By my 6 month surgiversarry, my goal is to work out 5 times a week because for the most part, I will be sitting on my @$$ all summer.

It's kind of weird since I don't feel any differently from today to yesterday. I just know that I got on the scale and finally saw 199.6!! I thought I would have jumped for joy, but as exciting as it is KNOWING I'm in the 100s, it's no comparison to the emotional joy of: spending time with friends and family, finding out your best friend is pregnant, or being in love with that special someone. I guess I'm just in a place where the joys I share with others is more enjoyable than these personal milestones. I'm not at my goal weight or anything (not that I even know what that truly is). I think I have a goal size, I want to be a size 8, I think. I don't know what that will look like on me. My lowest adult weight and size was 170lbs and a size 12! I can wear a tight 14 now. I don't know, I'm just rambling. I just wanted to share that I finally reached that goal, 16 days before my birthday! Thank you God for this gift!!

I am losing the weight at a steady pace. I'm actually looking forward to the summer. I can so see me wearing shorts this year. I've lost about 78lbs. I really focus on weights and crunches when I go to the gym. It seems like no matter what, the weight is still coming off. I do try to eat right and exercise, but cardio is not important to me right now. Everything on my body is soft, so that's a little scary. I don't know what the "end product" will be, but I'm definitely being noticed more. That's always good for the self-esteem. I've been using Bio-Oil consistently for the stretch marks and surgery scars for like 3 months. I really think that it works, maybe even good to try before wls. It makes things less noticeable. I'm enjoying life, even starting to test the dating waters. Well things have been good for me, so I hope everything is good for you too.

Short and simple. Life has been great. Spring Break is here and I finally went out. St. Patrick's Day was my debut. We had so much fun!! I've lost about 63 lbs. If I lose about 25 more lbs in the next two months, I will reach a really big goal, which was be be in onederland by May!! We'll see. I got my belly button pierced!! I'm so excited about that one!! What's a girl to do when your drunk friend is getting a tattoo and you're not into ink?!? I can't wait to debut that! My food intake is good. I go out, but I've stopped trying to order food. My friends are so great! I might order an appetizer to share and then eat off their plates! I haven't ran into anything that I can't eat lately, from Taco Cabana to P.F. Changs, and I'm not food obsessed. I'm looking forward to the future and enjoying every moment!

It's Valentine's Day! So what I'm loving right now is the fact that I'm at 231lbs and I've lost 52lbs so far. What I'm not loving is that I went to Bob's Steakhouse and Chops and I threw up most of my food because I ate too much and I think they put Coke in my Cuba Libre, when I specifically asked for Diet Coke. I also hate that we followed that up with Martini Park and we got complimentary champagne, which also had me running for the bathroom because I couldn't handle the bubbly. Otherwise, things have gone well. I'm satisfied with my weight loss thus far. I've been able to eat pretty much anything I've wanted as long as my food was in the right portions. The main area where I need improvement is that I do need to go back to the gym. I had been exercising on the weekends and for the last 2 weeks, I haven't even done that! The good thing is that I've gone from "morbidly obese" to "severely obese." Anyway, those are my updates for now...