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Well, I am finally back. It has been over a year since my last post. It has been a roller coaster of emotions and events. I was doing so good. I had gotten down to 155 and a "non stretchy" size 10 jeans-size small/medium shirts. Looking and feeling good. BUT...I was in a very bad place emotionally and could not eat hardly ever because of a nervous stomach. When I cared about eating, I couldn't keep it down. I was living over in Norway at the time to be closer to my son who had went to live with his father there. I ended up having to come back to the states without him and after a very painful breakup...VERY LOW PLACE :( Once I got back here, I was still feeling low, but I was able to eat. VERY EMOTIONAL and ate too much of bad things, started working over night shift, stopped exercising. I am ashamed to say I have gained back up to 203. I am wearing a stretchy size 12 jeans BARELY. My emotions have gotten better over the last year, and I have started going for my Masters degree. So now I am a full time student and working full time, doing anything and everything to keep busy so my mood doesn't turn sour again. I am leaving for Walt Disney World in Florida with my son who is here for a 5 week visit until next summer and my parents and sisters' families. We will be returning just in time for my son to catch his flight back to Norway on the 5th. I will be starting back to basics once we return. I will be really watching what I eat and keeping a food journal on the trip. I will control and stop my grazing habits. I know I have to change...I feel sick almost every time I eat no matter what it is now. THIS WILL CHANGE!! I WILL NOT BE FAT AGAIN!!! I bought a new scale, and about to buy a treadmill, and me and the guy I work overnight with are going to start working out at work. It can get pretty slow overnight, and there is time for at least a 10 minute workout a few times each night. I found a site that has 10 minute workout videos free online. It was on pinterest...dang, I wish I could remember the sight right now to post here. Anyway, I hope to get this unde rcontrol before it is completely out of control. i am scared....

 March has come so fast...I have lost a total of 121 lbs so far! Unbelieveable!! Starting weight was 285 lbs and I weigh now 164. Start size 24 jeans...now size 10~12 jeans. So happy I made this decision! LOOOVVVVEEE IT!!!

Well, I am late posting my 11 month post op info. Things are going great! I feel great! I was down 118 lbs on the 12th of Feb. Weighing in at 169! I am still wearing a size 12 jean, although they are big on me and I can probably go down a size. I just haven't shopped yet. I need to exercise more, and I really would like to weight train also. I am a little concerned about the skin issue on my bottom half, but I keep telling myself that it takes time for it to adjust and then I will see what the actual damage is. But I am a little self conscious about it right now. I will just have to see.

Well, I am now 10 months post op and I feel great! I am weighing in at 178 lbs and my size 12 jeans are starting to get loose now. I have lost a total of 108 lbs now! My skin on my thighs are starting to get a little better now also, but that will probably get a little worse again now that I seem to be going down sizes again. I have been wearing this size for a few months now with no real changes except giving my skin some time to adjust.

I have been very sporadic with my exercising to this point. I am trying to get into a habit, but with all the other changes going on in my world right now it has been difficult. I hope it will get better soon. I am not giving up on getting this exercise thing into a habit though

Today, I weighed in at 185. A couple of days after my 9 month surgiversary I am now down 100 lbs! I do not know what weight I really want to land on, for sure around 150 would be good. I am so excited!

Ok...I am going to reveal an embarrassing moment that happened at the state fair a few years ago. A couple of friends and I were getting on a ride. I had to jump in order to get into the seat. After managing to jump high enough, I couldn't fit my butt completely into the seat. The man came by to push the bar down and it wouldn't go. He comes running at me and tries to force it...it wouldn't go. He then, very loudly, says you are way too big get off. So I get off and walk the walk of shame to wait for my friends. I was trying to hold back my tears and couldn't enjoy the rest of the night.

Fast forward to a couple of days ago. I went to a carnival with my nieces. One of them really wants me to ride with her, so I do. We ride a couple of things and then I see the exact same ride that I couldn't get on at the state fair. She really wants to ride it...I am VERY worried about not fitting. But I decided to try. I had NO PROBLEM getting up into the seat and fitting down into it.  I even had a little bit of moving room! I ended up riding it about 4x, just because I could! I feel GREAT!

Yes, I am early by a day...Oh well. I am so happy! I went to Goodwill to look for jeans this week when I got back from my vacation in Norway. The jeans I bought 4 weeks ago before vacation(tight when bought) were getting big. Anyway, I bought size 18 and they fit! I haven't been in 18s for 11 years after my son was born. Yay! I also weighed this morning and I am 219! I am so close to being in Onederland...I don't know when the last time I was there, 1996 maybe...

I am not doing that great with my vitamins or exercise for about 3 and 1/2 weeks now. I want to get back in the groove now that I am back from vacation. 
 
I posted pics today also.

Next doctor's appointment is Wed. and by my scales I am down 66 pounds!!!

Today is my 2 month surgiversary. As of today, I have lost a total of 56 lbs since I started this journey and 34.5 lbs since surgery! Yay!! I am 2 sizes smaller (20 jeans, XL shirt).

I hope to post new pics today.

I have been reading everyone's posts and it looks like all are doing well. Keep up the good work!

I love my sleeve!!

Ok, I am going to adjust what I post about weight. It is too confusing the way I have been doing it. My scale says I am down 51 pounds from my heighest. The doctor says I am down 29.5 from surgery date. My ticker is going with the doctor. I am going to go with my scale I guess, since that is the one I see regularly. It is five pounds less than the doctor scale I found out Wednesday.

High-285
Surgery- 274
Current-238
Goal- 150

Well, had my one month appointment today. I am down 29.5 pounds from my surgery date!  Whoo Hoo...Oh yeah...Uh huh... They really didn't do anything there, just weighed me, and took my blood pressure, then i went to a group session. That was interesting...That is the first time I have been in a room with others who have had the surgery recently. It was nice. I did ask the doctor if I needed to get a medical id and he told me that he didn't think i needed it. He use to work in an er and they didn't need to run a tube unless they were overdosing, unless very rare cases, inwhich the patient was awake first. He told me unless I planned to try to overdose(in that case just write the info on my wrist before i do it) I don't need it. so that put me at ease, I have been worrying about it. I am not doing so well eating today. I didn't have time for breakfast, just drank water all day. Missed lunch, drank water. Finally at about 4 I ate the stuff out of a bean burrito from taco bell. I got home and ate 2 snack cheeses. I am going to try to eat tonight once more and drink a protein shake. Not a good day on the run for my nutrition.