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I've been walking like 2 miles a day and leg lifts, sit-ups.... down to 206!!!  Yay!!!!!!! SLOWLY getting there, but man I feel great!!!  :)

213... going so SLOW now... but I feel great! Can't wait to go "fall shopping" fall and winter are my favorite time of the year! For the first time in forever I'm going to get form-fitting sweaters and a cute small coat! I can't wait!!  lol   :)

214!!!!!!!

Happy 7-month -post-op to me!!!  Saw my PCM today and had to change my thyroid medicine. Hope I can get THAT under control!!   218 lbs and counting. My surgeon is planning a tummy tuck and hernia repair for me in about 4 months! I can't belive I'm only 45 lbs or so from goal! What a great 7 months it has been!!  Wow!!!!!   Now I can fit into size 14--- but still wearing my loose 16's. Feelin' really tired and dizzy sometimes (not enough water--- I keep trying) and need to excercise more!  Other than that, lookin' good and feelin' good and loving the new me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down to 221 lbs... I really am so stoked to be where I am!!! I found some pics the other day of the old me and couldn't believe that person is me! I started carrying them around in my wallet to remind myself. I went into Lane Bryant the other day and tried on an 18--- wayyyy too big... so I got a 14-16 and still had some room. It's sooo exciting!! Lane Bryant was my friend for many years--- but I think their stuff is just too big now! It's exciting for me! 
I love looking in the mirror and all the smiles I get from people now. It's really funny how different people treat you when your large. I get a lot of compliments now (especially from men) and they hold the door for me now (didn't used to before which is really strange)... it's funny how society treats you when you're obese, not really fair either. I'm so excited about life now, and when I see someone who's really heavy I want to tell them all about WLS, but rarely bring it up because not everyone wants to hear about it, I just want to help. But my view on it is that I wouldn't probably have had the surgery if my neighbor hadn't opened up to me that she'd had it years ago... it was one thing to see it on tv but another to actually meet someone who'd had it and talk about the pros and cons, the ups and downs, etc. This is the best thing I've ever done FOR myself and I would do it again in a heartbeat!!

Well, it's been almost a month since my last post. I think I have started to go off the track... I don't know. I'm down to 227... that's only like 6 lbs lost in the last month. I am getting a little discouraged. I have been eating more junk though and eating more quantities of food at a time. I need to stop, or I'll just get back into my old habits... it's hard though, but I really need to start working out more, I'm getting weaker I've noticed. Like I can't lift things anymore like I used to. I am very frustrated at the slowing down of weight loss, although I have lost 147 lbs in the last 6 months... but when you're used to losing a pound a day it's kinda shocking to just STOP losing.  I started up with a protein drink daily again--- which I had kinda slacked off of for a while. My hair was falling out like crazy but I started using Mane and Tail shampoo and conditioner and it seems to be getting a little better. I am also anemic now according to my last labs, which sucks... I'm tired all the time. Don't get me wrong though, I am SOOO stoked to be healthier and it's exhilirating now to look in the mirror... I'm just venting a little.

Well, I am down to 233... which is great! Hopefully this plateau is done with at least for  a while. I'm feeling great and looking great too! My friend gave me a bunch of 18-20 clothes and I love them! I haven't been that size for a very long time!!

Well, I have officially hit a plateau and it's driving me crazy! I haven't lost anything in almost 2 week! Arrgggghhh!!  It's really frustrating.
But on a good note, I went shopping on Sunday because I was down to one pair of pants that I could wear (jeans--- not always appropriate) and I couldn't find anything that fit well in the women's department. So, lo and behold, I ventured into the misses department and (gasp!) can fit into a 16-18 misses!!!!!!!  THAT felt so good! I haven't been able to do that in years!!!!  anyway--- I am still so amazed, but am scared that I have stopped losing and won't continue to lose. I hope this isn't the case! It's really freaking me out...

Hey, well I am still doing great. I haven't lost any weight so far this week, but I'm not too stressed over it. I had forgotten what it was like to fit into a seat at the movie theater, and to be able to move around with ease. I got an elliptical this weekend and 5 lb weights and my husband turned our garage into a gym/playroom/game room. It's so cool. I hope I just keep losing and losing. It feels great! I haven't been this weight in probably 8 years!  I've got my spunk back!  I've always been funny and nice and stuff but now I feel like I have a "spark" that's been missing for a long time.
I just love looking in the mirror now!  I AM starting to get some negative vibes from some people I know, like they're jealous or just tired of hearing people compliment me... I'm not sure, but I was told (even by my surgeon) that this would happen, which is SO weird to me... even at my heaviest I was always supportive of people I knew losing weight. I wouldn't say I was jealous, but envious... definitely I never spoke negatively about their weight loss.
Oh well... this has just been SUCH a wonderful experience for me and exhilirating as well. SUCH an adventure! And this is one of those things where you find out people's true feelings towards you. My family couldn't be more supportive--- and for that I am truly thankful. I have a wonderful supportive husband as well.
Now I am starting to get "baby fever" all my friends are starting on their second children and I still have to wait a while. It's all right,  when it's meant to happen it will. :) Here's to a happier, healthier, and oh-so-sexy me!!!   lol

242 lbs!!!  Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I'm feeling better and better, and getting a lot of compliments all the time, even from strangers; "you're really pretty," "you have a nice smile!" etc. It feels great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!