24 Weeks Out - Update

Dec 05, 2011

So, today makes 24 weeks since surgery. If you look at my profile and scroll all the way down, you'll see my weekly and monthly weight numbers and lost. It's interesting. This week, I lost SEVEN pounds. In one week. At 24 weeks out. That's the most than I've lost since like week 2! Crazy. You never know with this whole thing. I guess what I did worked. I cut back on the calories significantly again. I seem to have to jump up and down with them to keep things moving sometimes so I fully expect to have to play with it again soon. My period is overdue though, so I'm sure when that happens, everything will come to a screeching halt again. (You men reading this - you have it WAY too easy, dammit!). Whatever that I did right, I totally want to do again though. That was awesome. I blew right past my 100 mark and have now lost 104 pounds total. I'm in complete awe.

I just realized that I also started tracking my food and water intake a lot more closely this week - as well as getting a little more sleep. I guess I need to practice what I preach more often!

So, this has been a banner week for me. I told the general public about my surgery, not one bad comment (not sure what I was scared of there). I hit my 100 pound goal. I lost more this week than in, gosh... 20 weeks or so? I'm feeling good. AND I felt a couple of ribs this morning while I was laying down. I found my rib cage a while back, but these were actual ribs. Exciting stuff, I tell you. (laughing)

Something that I've been thinking about the past few days... I feel so different. I feel so good. It's weird. It's a completely different world for me than it was 6 months ago.

I also realize that I'm still quite complacent? Is that the word I'm looking for? There's still the part of my head that believes this won't work. Oh, I'm faking it pretty well. I'm giving away all my big clothes. I'm talking a good game. But that little bitch (I'm going to start calling her Ursula) on my shoulder whispers in my ear that this is all a dream or maybe my scale is broken and I've really only lost 10 pounds or maybe I'll gain it all back... *laughing* --- I have to kind of talk myself off the ledge sometimes because, realistically, I KNOW that's not true.

Sigh, it's hard though.

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