Officially down 100 pounds yesterday..

So my weight loss "journey" as I call it… like its some fun trek through the ******g Andes and **** began in December of 2009. I was at 275 and realized I couldn't live like this anymore. I had been unable to diet at all up till then as I was breastfeeding and its not recommended and I didn't want to **** with my milk supply which was already tough enough to maintain with little fatty Maxs non stop eating.  A girlfriend who is a very athletic soccer player and coach drug me to the Community center track with me fighting her all the way, trying to talk her into going to Jack in the box after for a root beer. She said "you know what my dad always told me, Soccer players don't drink soda" I said "Im not a soccer player" she said "pretend *****"…. and I did. I did not even own walking shoes… or work out clothes for that matter. I did a mile feeling like I was dying with her telling me to "pick up the pace" the whole time. She called every night and never let me miss a day. After a few weeks I was loving it. I even invested in some fancy Nike+ Shoes and an Itouch to help my workout and make it feel a lil more fun. With a month we were up to 3 to 4 miles a day and I had joined a killer boot camp (and by killer I mean I thought I was going  to die). I went from 275 to 225 in about 3 months. I kept this up feeling great but the scale did not budge after those first 3 months, if anything I had a 4 pound regain. Every night, rain or shine my fat ass was at the track. In November of 2010 I had enough! I had given myself one year to lose the weight, and for months and months of working out like a man woman and eating super lean and low carb nothing was happening and I was feeling like a  failure. It was then that I went to see my PCP who suggested the Sleeve and gave me a referral, at first I was offended.. I mean could I be THAT big?!?!?!? Yes I was…..I went to see the Surgeon in Dec and was sleeve in Jan. I was lucky to have all of my weight up and downs documented by my PCP as well as my work out and healthy eating history so they gave me no wait time or expected presurgery loss. Some people say you shouldn't count loss before surgery in your ticker… I think thats bull****! I worked my ass off to lose that weight, it was much harder to lose than the weight I dropped after the sleeve and it paved the way for me to even consider the sleeve. My families eating was totally overhauled in December of 2009, everything we ate from there on out was made from scratch, the kids loved all of the cooking projects and I love seeing them make good choices without being forced. I still look in the mirror and don't really see much change. In pictures I do… but I still feel like a fat girl. Its more of a mental change. I guess that takes time but I am so happy to be where I am and cant wait to lose the last 24 pounds and get to goal! Wooo ******g Hoooooo
Thanks for all your support and amusing posts… I have made some great friends here on OH and am so glad to have you all to bounce ****  off of (not literally, well expect you Jimbo).
Hugs, kisses and 100 ******G pounds….
Jen

Fantastic! And count every freaking pound, you did the work losing it, doesn't matter if it was before or after!

 
Way to go Jenn !!!!

"Pretend ***** !"

You learned me a new phrase !!!

frisco

You go girl! You look amazing! Keep rockin' that sleeve.  I can't wait to be there someday too!

100lbs!!  Jenn you are rockin what ya got girl!!  And I too count every ounce I have lost since the start of this weight loss journey.  We work hard for it whether we had a sleeve or not!! 

 High Five!!!!!!!!!

Congrats

Feels great, doesn't it? Congrats!

You go girl!! You definitely deserve to talk about that presurgery weight loss. You earned it and you can pimp it if you want...lol Keep doing the damn thing!!

You go girl! Keep up the great work. Do you write any, if not you should think about it?