Six Month Update

Oct 08, 2010

Yesterday I was six months out from surgery and the day came and went. I have been busy this week interviewing for a promotion at work. I've lost 131 pounds which is over 50% of my EWL. My goal was to hit 50% by my six month which would have been 115 pounds lost so I'm ahead at this point but I haven't lost any this week but that's OK. I'm still having trouble getting all my protein in. At times I get sick of eating so much protein but I'm looking in to new recipes and stuff to make things more interesting. I still can't do grilled chicken as it really bothers me but if I stir fry chicken I'm OK.

I actually bought me some new clothes because my pants were so big they looked like I was "Mc Hammer" as my husband mentioned. I have gone down a lot of sizes but hate to buy clothes because they won't fit in a month or so. I'm taking my first trip in a few weeks post-DS and I"m nervous. I am driving to Atlanta on a Thursday night to spend the night and then fly out to Boston to spend the weekend there with my husband who is going up for a week long conference. It will be our first weekend without kids in about three years so I'm looking forward to that. I love Boston and haven't been in over 20 years and it will be my husbands first time. I'm nervous to fly as I hate flying but I'm hoping it will be more comfortable now since I've lost weight.
After we get back from that, we have a few weeks and then we head to Orlando with the kids for a week to stay at Disney. We are members of the Disney Vacation Club so the accomodations are taken care of and it has a full kitchen so I'll hit my favorite grocery store when we get there - Publix. If only they would build a Publix here - then I'd be really happy. Kroger get's on my nerves.

I had my labs checked a few weeks ago. The only concerns were my D and my A so I'm working on improving them. All my other labs looked good except my cholesterol has shot up since surgery. My A1C is down in the normal range so my Type 2 diabetes is gone! 

I feel good except I'm still tired but that may be because I don't get a lot of sleep and we are having some issues with my daughter who we are in the process of getting evaluated to see if she has a chemical imbalance that causes her behavioral problems. It's stressful so that is one reason I haven't lost much this week as I haven't been eating good - not enough and not the right things because of all the stress with my daughter. Thank goodness the DS doesn't let me stray to far off the path because otherwise it would have been a week of Krystals and Firehouse Subs and Fuji in my pre-surgery days.

All in all, I'm happy and doing well. The loose skin though is about to drive me nuts already. I hope plastics are in my future - the skin and the fact that "the girls" have deflated and headed south are troubling. It does blow me away that I fit in the sizes that I am in now - I haven't been this small since college.

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