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199.5!!!!!!!!


AHHHHH!!!!!

So, on the 5th it was 8 months out for me. I am down 126 pounds & sitting at 201. My body is so close to being in ONEDERLAND!! I can't wait to be in the one hundreds. AH!!

Not too much to update. I am training for a 5k in October! I am super excited! If you want to start running, and you haven't done it in a while, check out the couch to 5k program. It is pretty awesome!!!

Hope all is well. I will scream from the rooftops when I hit 199 so keep your ears open. :)

I am OVERWEIGHT!! WAHOO!!  Kiss my bootay OBESE! NEVER AGAIN!!!



I'm kinda excited. Go me.

Just sayin'.

I have beefed up my workouts because I had an A-ha! moment the other day. When I was 300+ pounds, working out for 20 minutes was good enough to have m body burn some serious calories. Now that I have lost 122 pounds, my body needs more exercise to burn the fat I have left on my body. Duh, right? I know.  Anyways, I have started the couch to 5k program & I love it. I am into week 2 & I truly enjoy it. So right now, I run for 20 min, do the elliptical for 20 min & then do the row machine for 20 min. I want to have Ali from Biggest Loser arms! She has GUNS!

I hope all is well! Enjoy your summer & be safe!

XOXO
Katie

Today is my 7 month anniversary. I am down 117 pounds. Pretty nuts, right?  I have had a lot of awesome moments lately. The biggest one is that I now weigh less than I did my sophomore year of high school. My mom & I got in a car accident & were taken to the ER & when I was weighed, the numbers 2-1-1 were burned into my brain. I was sick to my stomach, not because I could ave been killed that night by a car full of illegal mexicans, but because I weighed over 200 lbs & I was only 15.  I made a promise to myself that I would lose 12 pounds so I would be under 200 again but we know how that story ends. The weight didn't go down - it only went up.

But here I am now, weighing in at 210 this morning. I am officially smaller than I was in high school. I am also wearing the same size I wore my freshman year - 14. That is a really cool feeling to know I have gone from a 26 to a 14 in 7 months. Thank you, God, for this blessing!!! 

So my hubby & I are at Target over the weekend & I bought a really cute red skirt. I grabbed an XL & didn't try it on there so once I got home, I wanted to see how it fit. Well, it was way too big. So today I go back to Target & return the XL & get a Large. I ( of course ) didn't try it on in the store.  I got it home & tried the Large on & it is too big too!!  I need a medium! That is one size away from a SMALL.

What the h?? 

I'll take it! WAHOO!

I have lost 102 pounds! WAHOO!  I am officially in the CENTURY CLUB!  It felt like it took forever to get here but man, am I happy that the day as arrived!



My doctor's appointment went really great. He was super excited with my weight loss. He does metabolic testing in office so I had to lay down & breathe in a tube for 10 minutes. It was actually really relaxing. :) Of the 102 pounds I have lost, 96 of them were fat & 6 of them were muscle. He said that is right on target & the muscle loss was probably muscle I used to carry around 300+ pounds. We talked about feeling "off" & he brought up a ton of great points about what I have gone through in the last 6 months. From losing 100+ pounds ( what that does on your mind alone is trippy sometimes) to transitioning from working full time to staying home full time. There is a lot of emotional things that happen on this journey. I am thankful for every one that I have gone through because I think they make it that much sweeter.

I hope you are all doing well. I feel good today. I am thankful for my family, for my friends, & especially my health.  Have a great day! 

I have been at 227.5 for the last 3 days but it feels like FOREVER. I need to lose a half a pound & then I will have lost 100 lbs but its like my body doesn't want to let it go! Argh!   I know it will come off - it can be frustrating some days, ya know? I know you know - you've either been there or you will be there. This is a wild ride but I don't wanna get off!

I have a doc appointment with my surgeon on Monday. I will let you know how it goes.

I have felt really weird lately. I have been super irritable, moody, emotional, & anxious. I have just kinda felt like blah. I was reading in the latest issue of Shape today about perpetual dieters & how it reeks havoc on your body, It talked about how calorie deprivation can lead to symptoms of depression It listed everything I have been feeling. What a crappy situation. I was fat & unhappy & now I am getting thinner yet I still feel blah. I knew that going into this that I was in for a wild ride. I didn't realize that weight loss & calories had such a huge impact on the way our hormones & bodies work. We really have been given a gift through this surgery & this is something that can happen as a result.

I am going to call  & make an appointment with my surgeon so we can talk about this.  I hate feel like I am on edge -  I want to discuss the natural ways we can get this problem under control.

It feels good to vent. Thanks for listening, er, reading?