Jenny2009
January 11, 2010
Jan 11, 2010
Hello!
These past few months have been very good, and yet very hard at the same time. Going through the holidays without being able to eat whatever I wanted was somewhat difficult at times. At Thanksgiving, I did not overeat or even have any sugar free desserts, but at Christmas I did make some pumpkin bread with splenda and a apple pie with splenda. They were yummy!! I don't regret eating them, because I think there are times when you have to give yourself a little room to enjoy food, but I have not made any of that stuff since then. I did gain 3 pounds during Christmas, but I lost it all plus 5 more pounds since then! Yeah!!! My weight loss has slowed down alot in the last 4 months. I have only lost 30 pounds in 4 months, which is slow for me. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy to have lost 168 pounds in 10 months, but I was dropping the weight so fast and now it is slow going. I think my "honeymoon" faze is over :-(
I am working out more with my husband, we like to go to the gym after dinner and work out together. That has been very nice!
As far as how I have been feeling, that has been great! I was very tired all the time the last few months, and after getting blood work done, they found that my vitamin D was very low. I am on a special pill for that, and I feel much better. I am so thankful to not have had any harsh complications from my surgery, as I know some people can have. My surgeon and my doctor both gave me the OK to try to get pregnant. I am ECSTATIC about this! My husband and I have been trying for 5 years to get pregnant, but with my PCOS, and my weight it just never happened. We had even gone through 1 round of fertility treatments that did not work for me. So now we are praying, and hoping that the Lord will give us a child, (twins, perhaps!) as we really want to start a family soon.
I don't know if any of you are like this, but since loosing so much weight, I have wanted a complete change in how I look. I went out before Christmas and got my hair highlighted and low-lighted and cut short. It looks really cute, and I love it! I don't look drastically different or anything, but it was a change for me. I never had my hair done like that before. I have been loving shopping, although I have not really bought much of anything. It is a little overwhelming to be able to go to most any store and find clothes that I can wear. Before, I could only shop at Catherines, and even then it was hard to find things that fit well. I made all my skirts because I could not find any skirts that fit me either. Now I can buy them, and it is a big difference! I love it! So those are some of the perks about loosing weight that I am enjoying. I am just so happy that I had WLS!
I will go for now, and hopefully the next time I post, it will be to say that I am pregnant! :-)
