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Well today is a week shy of being 8 months out..........as of today I am 82.7lbs down!!!! I am now no longer severly obese and only overweight!! I am 21.8lbs from haveing a normal BMI and 27.8lbs from my goal!! I truly feel blessed to be given this second chance at life!! I am happy, feel good, have not been on my two blood pressure medications since 2 weeks after surgery!! My blood work-ups have been right on!
I have been working out at the gym..............trying to keep it on a regular schedule! I have also gotten my husband to agree to take ballroom dancing lessons!! :)  My birthday present!!


Life is good................I feel great! Just wanted to share!!

Well today is a week shy of 7 months. I am down 77.7lbs and have just moved down in my BMI chart to the "just" Overweight class! Coming from severely obese makes me truly feel good! I have lost a total of 43.88 inches!! I feel wonderful and am shrinking out of clothes left and right!!

Doing good and feeling good! Just so happy I have had this done! I truly feel blessed for this new lease on life and the opportunity the Lord put on me to have it done!

Well I am just under 6 months out................I have lost 73lbs..............and FINALLY I see a gray hair!!! I know, I sound crazy for beign happy to see a gray hair but rememeber............My hair has been falling out like I have been in Chemo! So a gray hair means it is GROWING!!! WHHOOOO HOOOO!!!!

I am back in the gym after family stuff going on for the past few weeks...............feel sore but feel good!! Starting to feel like I am on top of the world again!! :) 

I do want to say thanks to all who have taken the time to help make me feel better about my hair fallling out panic mode!! Nice to have all of this support around me!! 

Well as of this morning I have lost 67.7lbs!! Whoo Hooo!! I am feeling so wonderful..........and eating different foods which is nice! Still dealing with the hair loss...............hate it!! I feel like I am going through chemo!! Seriously it is falling out so bad and I have bald patches around my face!! Thank God my hair is long and I can cover them up!! Still wish I had an idea when this would come to an end!! Its kinda scary!! Taking vitamins............getting in protien............and taking Biotin............HELP!

Besides the hair ..............I am feeling great and truly feel like I am looking great too! I guess I just need to hang in there about the hair as long as I can!!

Well it has been 4 1/2 months since my surgery. My weight loss has started to slow down a little.........but I will not complain with a 2 - 3 lb loss a week. My hair, however, is another story! Falling out!!!! Glad I have enough.........I hope!!

Other than that things are going good! Happy to have done this .............and happy to wear such smaller clothes!! :)

I went to the Dr. yesterday and all looks great! Blood work came back good and I am really doing and feeling wonderful!! This morning is 11 weeks and 2 days and I did it! I am at 199.8lbs...........I am officially out of the 200's. And as my wonderful friend would say "I AM IN ONEDERLAND!!"

Summer is almost here and I am well on my way to having a summer body! Whoo HOO!!

Well I am eating fish and chicken and it is wonderful! Just have to remind myself to eat slowly!! Other than that I am doing well on my weight..........40.5lbs today!! Whoo Hoo!!

Going to the gym and working out a couple of times as week and getting to start yoga again 1 day a week! I feel great and am so glad I started this journey!!

Well people lesson learned here!! I was using the lotion that I wrote about last and low and behold it gave me a terrible rash around my incisions!! I was afraid I had made them infected but after going to the Dr and getting some steroid cream I am doing much much better!! Thank God they had already closed up and were healing. I thought I was going to scratch my stomach off they itched so badly!!

I am 5 weeks out this last Wed (Feb 3) and I weighed this morning and lost a total of 25.9lbs!! I had a four days where I didnt loos but a pound and it bothered me, but I picked back up working out in the gym and the next day I had lost another 2lbs!! It pays to do some kind of excersize for sure!!

I feel so much better an am so grateful to be eating more food like items!! I have noticed I need to eat SLOWLY!! I ate fast the other night becuase I was at school all day and when I got home I stuffed my face and guess what..........I got a stuck in my chest feeling......it hurt so bad and then the food came back up!! I NEVER want to do that again!!! Small bites, chew well, and swallow!!!

All and all I am feeling great and am so very happy with my decision!!

Well today was my second walk........I did 1.2 miles on Tuesday. It was fast then slow but I felt better the longer I did it! I have started back at school this week so I have been doing more actvity than what I did the first couple of weeks after my surgery. Today how ever I went out there and walked pretty fast and did 1.8 miles in 30 min!! That is a 16.6 mile walk!!! I am just really proud of me right now :) Glad to know I can get out there and really help this process a long! My goal is to work up to doing a 5K or heck even a marathon!! (or a 1/2 lol)

I have read that the loose skins issues in some people can be almost eliminated with muscle building exercises. I still cant lift more than 25lbs for another week, but after that I plan on doing weights more! I also read about firming creams......found a good article reviewing them all from fancy brand names to drugs store ones........one of the top ones was Nivea with CoQ10.....I bought it at WalMart for about $8.00. I figure it is worth the try!! Cant hurt!

Well I am at my 3 week mark! So glad to be eating a little more than liquids!! Moved up to a few more like food items and am thrilled!! Started walking this week did 1.2 miles in 25 min. Thought that was pretty good for my first time out! Glad it  is all going to very well for me! Also glad to be down almost 16lbs!!