Chasity

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 Well I went to Rochester for my 6 month appt. and I could not have been happier with the news. I am at 64% weight lose and at 6 months out we are averaging a 35-45% weight lose. At a year out we should be between 60-65% so needless to say I am pretty happy with myself. OOO and did I mention I am no longer OBESE! I am now overweight... YAY! I still want to lose like 20-25 more pounds but Dr. O says no, he thinks I would look sick, I dont agree but I dont know I have never been down to this size b4. But if I can lose 20 more then I will have that extra play room for when the lbs start to be a bit harder to maintain. Not that it isnt hard to lose now, trust me I am working every pound off. I want the sweets, I want the junk, but instead I choose something else. I work out, I think I need to step that up and will be soon. I submitted my YMCA application so I am just waiting now. I'm just worried about going at it alone, o well I shall get over it and get toned! hehe.. and I am sure my cousin Jaime and my mom will join me if I nag enough, they already seem interested. So its just a matter of time i guess..

but thats about it for now..

Until Next Time...
~Chasity~

 

 

  Seems like just a blink of an eye ago I was sitting in the waiting room just b4 my surgery.. Now its been 6 months! I cant believe it!! So much has changed in my life in just a short time. I am beyond grateful for this tool! I have lost 100lbs on the nose in my past 6 months, I have gone from size 26 pants 3xl shirt to size 12/14 pant and size L/Xl shirt. I am not fully adjusted yet, but I am working on it. I do find myself trying more "bad" foods and I need to keep that in check and remind myself that the weight can and does come back. I am really into walking right now, however the weather is about to change and I will be joining the YMCA. I am scared but I am sure it will only take a few visits to change that. I will be going alone so thats where the fear comes from, but I am sure I will be just fine. who knows maybe I will be able to talk my hubby into joining me.. (yeah right).. well I have b4 and after pics for you and if I can figure out how to post them I will.. I only look forward to how much more my life will be in the future.. 




and this is me now:

 Well I am sooo excited to say I put on some levi jeans that are size 12 and they fit, I didnt have to lay down to zip or button or anything, lol.. BUT i have one heck of a muffin top, lol.. sooo the size 12s will have to wait for a couple more weeks b/c I'm just not comforstable with them yet. I totally skipped size 14, I'm not complaining! haha.. my little sister is a 12 and NEVER have I even been close to her size.. She is taking it rather well but that could be b/c I am not really into them comfortably yet. OO but soon enough.. HAHAHA *gigles*

I'm no longer in the 200's YAYYYY! and I can shop in the NORMAL size clothes, how about that! I still have to remind myself that, b/c naturally I head straight for the plus side, but I'm working on it, lol.. wow i dont remember when i was less that 200lbs.. YAY!

 I am in a 16 comfortably now! I am so happy.. I am 4 months out and feeling GREAT! I struggled the first 2 months with myself, but wow is this ever worth it. I didnt think I would make it through and that I would always be stuck at that part.. But now I am doing great. 16s I dont remember when i was a 16, like highschool for sure.  I am down 80 lbs I could be more if I would get my butt back into working out! I still get sick off anything milk related. as well as sugar. but its all worht it.

 

I can shop in normal places finally YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Here is the formula my Dr. uses to measure your percent of weight loss:

Take the number of pounds you have lost and divide them by the total number of pounds you're supposed to lose. 

69/139 = 0.49 (rounded off) 

* this is according to my docs goal for me.. I didnt set my goals so high, but it looks like I might be able to do this after all.*

Multiply this number by 100 (or just drop the zero and the decimal point).

0.49 x 100= 49%  and at 3 months out I should be @ 30% 

YAY.. I am so proud of myself.. I was beating myself up a bit and then I read this formula and plugged in my numbers and now I am feeling on top of the world. I work my ass off. I like to eat healthy. I dont crave the junk anymore. I have come so far and I really need to focus on that. All my life ppl have not been afraid to speak their mind to me and I hold on to things and let them bother me.Recently something was said and it made me feel like I should be Lil miss skinny mini by now and then I did a reality check and seen how far I have come. The surgery helps with the weight loss but that in no way takes away from the fact that EVERYDAY I work hard to lose just a lb or 2. I am soo thankful that I have the help from the surgery but I am the one also working to be where I am, its not just from surgery. I dont care how informative you think you are about this surgery you still dont know everything and your still not with me everyday when I am sweating sweat out of every pore just to take off one or 2 pounds. I am tired of the ppl who think they know more about what is going on with me than I do. I had to go through a year and a half of different classes and meetings and appt.s b/c in my opinon I have the best doctor and he wanted me to know everything I possibly could b4 during and after surgery, so I dont need someone else to preach what they think they know to me. Just b/c you work with a person or 2 that may have had bypass or you know someone or even if you had it, that doesnt mean your experience is the same as mine. Have you ever just sat there thinking to yourself is this person trying to hurt my feelings. Maybe they are trying to push your buttons just to see how far they can go. Why?? when they themselves have been hurt by other ppl who have said similar things to them, why would they do that to you..So anyways.. sorry I sorta got off track, so I had to find a way to shake myself and say no I am doing AMAZINGLY well and I dont need to be compared nor put myself in that type of situation. I need to smile at myself and be happy that at 3 months out of surgery I am walking 2 miles jogging the last stretch of it, I am eating well and I have somewhat of a great support system. My hair loss sucks but that will get better, thankfully I used to have a full head of hair so that helps a bit. I have come so far and only hope I will be the same happy person years from now. 

Until then..
Chasity

Well I just went shopping to find an outfit that actually fits me for my cousins wedding this weekend and I am now in a loose 18 oo Yeah goodbye 20's.. hello teens.. ..

I am going to try a drink with some alcohol this weekend dont know how that will go but so far the only thing I have really had problems with are foods high in sugar, and thick bread. 

Its been what 3 months now and I am down hmm over 65 lbs I'll have to check again soon to see now its been a while since I've weighed myself.

My little brother calls me his -65lbs sister.. haha he is 10 and he came up n told me how good I look and how much happier I am.. how special is that!! My son went shopping with me today and he told me I can wear anything cuz it will all look good on me now.. hehe he is so sweet, he is wrong I still struggle to find clothes that look good, but still sweet! well thats about it for now..

Until next time..

Chasity

WOW, last night we were getting around to go to my son's tball game and my father-n-law came up to pick up his dinner (My son sold chicken BBQ for TBall) and my father n law whom I dont really talk to much says "Holy smoke look at you SKINNY BUTT" I did a double take turned around said who you talkin to, he laughed and said "YOU, you look REALLLLLY good!" I said my thanks and then all night I had an extra smile on my face. NEVER in my entire life have I been called SKINNY! I am not skinny right now, I am working on losing all this weight and I have heard things like boy your getting skinny and you look great but NO ONE has EVER called me Skinny!  I think I will go visit him more often, LOL!!but anyways.. I feel great still working out, and trying to eat right.. 


 O and Happy Mother's Day...

and did I mention its my 2 month mark from surgery :) YAY!!!
Until then..
Chasity

Well I have been walking every day, started out at 1 mile a night, now I am up to 3 which feels amazing. I also do my gazzel but that sucker kicks my a$$ so I do that for 30 minutes and thats it. I love being the one in the house full of energy.. My hubby weights maybe 175lbs. and I made him walk with me last night and he was bitching by mile 2 about his legs hurting and what not, I just laughed. He is a hunter who walks up hills and what not and here he couldnt keep up with me and I even had my weights on my ankles to slow me down a bit. My son well he runs most of the time to keep up but he enjoys it, burns off his energy. I had a panic attack when I went out for my walk by myself the other day and that sucked so I changed my route and now i walk the field behind my house n then out and around town, so far things are working good. I just hope the guy who owns the feild doesnt care if i walk it..my weight isnt changing tho, and that sucks.. but i am building muscle so I can see why.. I know I have more energy. I used to like to sleep in, now I am up n at it by 7:30. which is good for me, usually i am up and getting my son off to school n laying around or going back to bed.. but today is sat. and I was up at 7 n cleaned the house while everyone slept, it was so peaceful!!!

ok until next time..

I am down 50 lbs. how amazing is that! I feel GREAT! I have been walking 1 mile every night and then playing ball with my little one.. I just went down and bought my Gazzel for my Mothers ay gift, and weights for my ankles/wrist when i go for my walks.. Someone close to me once told me that once I started to feel good I would look back on the times that sucked the worst and say I guess they werent all that bad. At the time I didnt think that was possible, I thought of how bad it sucked not being able to eat whatever I wanted but now I am looking back and saying I would do it all over again in a heartbeat and that it truely wasnt that bad. I've also read someone say to try and enjoy the journy even the tough times, which I thought was crazy, now I see why she says that. Everything seems so slow one minute like tomorrow is never going to come and then the next you blink and its been a few weeks. It does get better, I heard that time and time again, but truely it does.. I have such a long road left ahead of me and my only hope is that I can now just enjoy each step and appreciate them for what they are. I'm still not allowed to eat whole foods/fresh fruit or veggies or bread, or pasta but I can appreciate the reasons and see that my new life isnt about food anymore. I have so much more to put my attention to other than food. I didnt know how controlled I was by food until now, it took the hard times as well as the good for me to see a peak into my hidden self and that I think is the way to help make a change in me for my future. This surgery has changed me in so many ways and I thought I was doing it just to lose the weight.. Yet I think I have gain myself.. dunno.. more to come the further out I get I'm sure.. But -50lbs and it hasn't even been 2 months! I am so excited!!!! 


Until then...