For shame!  I've been doing seasonal work in my former career (tax accountant), so now I'm done and I'm baccckkkk!!  I've been in a stall for the past few months and I've decided to kick things up a notch by starting hip hop abs.  Today was day one and I feel it all in my back!  But I will persevere and get this last 5-10 lbs off.

I had my 1 year surgiversary last month and my doctor made me feel so good.  She said I was right on track, in fact I had done better than average.  It made me feel that all my work (and my doctor's work lol) were not in vain.  And I feel so good!!  My pressure seems to still be above normal so I guess I'm stuck with bp meds for life. 

I guess that's pretty much it in a nutshell.  But I'll be back more often now... Lots of time on my hands.

Oh by the way... I've gone from a 26/28 top, 24 pant.  To between an 11 and 13!!  

Every year i have sat down and said, this will be the year I lose weight.  Last year I said it and meant it.  And on 3/20/2012 I changed my life forever.  Surgery day wasn't a new birth for me, it was the day I took control of MY LIFE.  I can not lie and say I never had days that I questioned my decision.  Whether it was as I stood over the toilet in my bathroom bringing up whatever I had just eaten that my pouch didn't like, or the times where I had that one bite too much and felt like I was dying for HOURS later, it has all been worth it.

Today, January 16th I hit a milestone.  Last night I got on the scale just for the fun of it and saw 200.8 . Now as we all know, we always way more at night so I knew I had to step on the scale the next morning to see what me "real" weight was.  So there I was, 6:45am, undressed and ready for my moment of truth.  And there it was.... 197.6!!  What?!?!?!??! So what do we all do when we don't believe the number, you step off, let the scale go off, and step back on again... and what did it say the second time? 197.6.. I showered and you guessed it, stepped back on again... 197.6!!!  You couldn't tell me nothing!!!  I've been on such a high today that I haven't eaten all day SMH!  I don't remember ever being below 216, let alone being below 200.  I am so excited!!! I can actually say that I have achieved a weight that I am happy with.  I am large framed so this weight is perfect for me, if I lose more it's okay, but if I don't I am so fine with it!!!

So that's my update.  I just really needed to share my joy with my OH fam.  To all of you in the same stage of the journey as me.. this summer is going to be HOTTTTTTT!!!

Love you all!!!

Well fam it’s been a minute but yes 1Haute Diva is back and finally ready to blog.  I am now officially 6 months out and feeling FABULOUS DAHLING!!  My goal was to be down 100 lbs by my 6 month appointment and guess what… NOPE! It didn’t happen.. I was only 99 LBS down!  Too funny!  All I could do is laugh and do my infamous HAPPY DANCE !!!  My doctor is so happy with my weight loss so far, he says I’m well above the curve (64% of my excess weight is gone!) so of course that too made my day.

So in numbers , I’m 216 lbs now (from 315).  I honestly don’t remember when I was this size.  Clothes are falling off of me daily and I have no idea what size I am, all I know is that I can fit L/XL clothes and I shop in the regular section now, no more plus size for me.  You know, I used to laugh when I read about people going into the plus size section out of habit after they lose weight , and now I find myself doing it too.  My friend always looks at me and reminds me that I no longer fit those clothes and steers me to the *gasp* regular sizes lol.

What else is going on… aahhh yes constipation.  It’s the reason why I didn’t hit my 100 lb goal (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it lol).  I was having such an issue with it that my surgeon put me on Amitiza.  It has made life so much more bearable and hopefully my weight loss will stop stalling as much on me.

Being 5’11 my ultimate goal is 180 (I’m already getting the wow you’re getting too thin comments), so I have 36 lbs to go!  Who would have thought at 6 months out I would only need to lose 36 lbs??  This journey is truly amazing and has been such a blessing. 

On another note, I have been looking into breast augmentation and butt implants… don’t judge me LOL!  Even at my highest weight I barely wore a C-cup bra and had no booty whatsoever, so now… Chile… let’s just say a surgeon in Atlanta will be getting all of my money in 2013 or 2014.

I’m glad to see all of my post-op friends doing so well and I look forward to seeing all of my pre-op and newly post-op friends having as much success as I have thus far.

Hugs to you all!