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be healthy and fit

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wear a little black dress

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Shop for clothes at a regular store

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cross my legs at the knees, not only at my ankles

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WEAR HIGH HEALS

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  • Comment by anewbecboo on 2/24/08 1:07 pm
    Michelle, tomorrow is your big day~yaaayyyyy!!! How exciting for you! I will be praying for a successful surgery, a smooth and speedy recovery, and the ability to use your tool for optimal success for a healthier and thinner new you!! May God bless your journey! hugs, Becky
  • Comment by judyanne on 2/23/08 12:20 pm
    Monday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench! ~JudyAnne~
  • Comment by kimcrain on 2/22/08 5:48 pm
    Whoooo Monday is your big day!! Congrats to you..got ya covered in prayer...keep in touch.....
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Measurements: 14 mths post-op
on April 30, 2009 9:19 pm
    02/24/08   02/02/09   04/28/09   Total Loss
    263.5 lbs   170.5 lbs   165.5 lbs   -98 lbs
  neck   15   12 3/4   13      -2   
  upper arms (x2)   16 1/2   13      12 1/2   -8   
  full chest   52   39 1/2   38 1/2   -13 1/2
  under chest   43   34      33 1/2   -9 1/2
  waist   45   34      34      -11   
  hips   55   44      43 1/2   -11 1/2
  thighs (x2)   33   26      27      -12   
  calves (x2)   17 3/4   15      15 3/4   -4   
  ankles (x2)   9 3/4   9      9      -1 1/2
 Total inches lost         -73   

so here is something weird...even though I've lost 5 lbs since the last time I was measured (which was 2 1/2 mths ago), and I've lost inches in some places - I've also added some inches in other places...such as my neck, my thighs & calves.  I dunno.  I'm now a comfy size 12 and just hit MACY's on a sale day & stocked up on shorts & skorts. 
If anyone is interested, CHARTER CLUB fits me perfect. So does LEE JEANS.  Not sure why...but they just do.

Here's something else weird.
This past weekend my husband & I ran a 12k run.  It just about killed me, but I did complete it in a little over 2.5 hrs.  I've weighed myself every single day since saturday & today's scale scared the crap out of me.  I've gained 4 lbs since Saturday, where I was still 165.5 lbs. 
Today's weight is 169.5 lbs!
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10k Run
on April 27, 2009 12:41 pm
04/27/09 - I am so proud of myself.  This past Saturday my husband & I competed in the annual HIGH ROCK CHALLENGE, which is a 10k run thru the Staten Island Greenbelt. Along the way - all kinds of "obstacles" are thrown at us, such as: scaling up a rock mountain, climbing over a 15' cargo net, pulling ourselves up a rope hill on a dolly, shimming along a 2 ft high drainage with rushing water, all while running along a muddy terrain (and let me tell you as the day progressed, it got muddier!) a little over 2 1/2 hrs later we arrived at the finish line & were BEYOND EXHAUSTED...but were damn proud of ourselves that we finished the course!
mich_randy_finishline.jpg picture by mishNotmush
Later on in the day, the organizer of the race - who happens to be a friend of mine told me that they added an extra 1.3 miles to the race - so instead of 10k, I actually completed a 12k run!!!   Ask me if this was even a possibility last April & my answer would have been HELL NO!
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13 mth post-op pics
on April 23, 2009 10:47 am
4/23/09 -  so here are 2 recent pics of me - I've been appox the same weight / size now for the last 2 mths

          in this one, taken march 30th - I'm 166 lbs
 Mich_March2009.jpg picture by mishNotmush
  and this one taken a week later, I'm 165.5 lbs
       Mich_April2009.jpg picture by mishNotmush 
today's scale still said 165.5 lbs...but I my size 12 slacks that I wore to work yesterday were loose.  Felt good for a sec, then I remembered that they cost me $79 (on sale from $119) + another $15 to have them hemmed.
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my next journey
on April 20, 2009 8:41 am
04/20/09....so I decided once I hit my one year mark - if I'm gonna do it, then do it....so I decided to do it:

me & my hubby are going to try to conceive and if it happens in 2009, then it's meant to be - and if not...then ces't la vie! 

I'm no spring chicken (I just turned 40 a few mths ago) and we have a teenage son, so if it doesn't happen - then no biggie...but in the last year - I just cant stop staring & playing & babysitting little ones.  They just smell good (even when they are stinky & squirmy).  If you asked me 5 yrs ago if I wanted a munchkin of my own, my answer would have been "idunno"...but i just cant seem to stop seeing munchkins everywhere i go.  My sis lives in hoboken, which is the munchkin capital of NJ and boy-oh-boy is it exciting to walk around there!

My biggest change was to stop the birth control pill and get on prenatal vitamins, which I did after my march period.  My NUT told me my only real change as my pill regimen goes - is to switch out the 2x/day multi for one prenatal (which after talking with a bunch of you guys on the preggie boards),  I decided to ask my gyno for: DUET DHA EC, cuz it has a very good supply of omega-3 fatty acids, which is really good for us RNY'rs.  I went thru the vitamin/mineral list with my NUT and she confirmed that this pill is an excellent choice.  The rest will stay the same - my vitamin D is still kinda low...so I still have to take a weekly 1.25mg dose of that.  I'm still taking extra B-12 3x/week and my calcium citrate 3xday (totaling 1500 mg).

I'll keep you posted

(oddly enough...my weight loss has started again - today I'm at 165.5)
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Update of my one year doc's visit
on April 13, 2009 12:22 pm
Boy am I getting lazy with posting things here!

I went for my one year labs a mth ago & this time the doc ordered all standard test with one addition - a glucose tolerance test.  If you have never had it...well, it takes FOUR LONG HOURS, so bring a portable DVD player so you have something to watch cuz magazines get old very quickly!. 

I showed up at my LABCORP & luckily they have a second waiting room just for people taking this test...with recycling comfy chairs (so I did fall asleep after reading US WEEKLY).  You drink this bottle of sugary liquid (which has 75 grams of sugar) and I can tell you that I personally DO NOT DUMP,,,,and I was going into some type of sugar shock.  I was cramping up so bad for the first 20 min (thank goodness for the chair) but then it went away. 
GlucoseTest.jpg picture by mishNotmush

Here is how often the blood is drawn after drinking:
1st time is before, then at the 30 min mark, 1 hr mark, 2 hr mark, 3 hr mark, 4 hr mark
I arrived at 8:30, gave the first batch of blood at 8:45, finished drinking at 9:05 and didn’t leave until 1:05!

So I showed up at my surgeons office 2 wks later & he reviewed my labs - all looked ok with the exception that I still am a bit low on my vitamin D, which is odd since he has me already on an extra prescription level pill each week.  He also said I was on track for my weight loss & can expect my appetite to come back soon.  HA - it's been back for 6 mths! 

On a seperate note, here is something cool that I'm doing that I could NEVER had done just a year ago - I'm participating in an adventure race called the HIGH ROCK CHALLENGE.  It's a 10K obstacle course and takes anywhere from 1.5-3 hrs to complete. I'm so excited to be part of the team!  I picked up cute workout gear (all size L) and have my beat up sneakers for the mudpit section!

Oh, my weight today is 166 even, so I'm now down a total of 97.5 lbs

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