Christine F.
The Big 5 - 0 / Road Trip! (11/3/2004)
Nov 02, 2004
(Down 50# total!!!!!, 17 pre, 33 post, BMI of 48.4)
I cannot even believe my eyes...I have lost FIFTY pounds!!! I have about 15 pounds to go before I am below my lowest weight that I can recall being as an adult! THAT will be the day that I cry for sure...it's like breaking the bubble that has surrounded me for too many years. But I'll get to that when I get to that. Right now, I'm just enjoying where I am now.
This past week I went on a road trip with my pup Maggie like we used to do way back when. I first visited Wausau, WI to visit my cousin Kevin, his wife Gina and their 2-year old daughter Isabella. It was so wonderful to see them and we really had a blast. Then I trekked on over to Dallas, WI (by Rice Lake) and visited an old friend that I first met on a Schipperke e-mail list. She now has FIVE Schips and to watch them all run around like crazy was a hoot...I'm glad I didn't stay longer than I did or I would have come home with more than just Maggie...I fell in love with one of May's rescues named Quessy. Anyhow, after burning myself out with work and school this past year and then throwing surgery onto that bonfire...it was WONDERFUL to just get away.
A couple of weight loss observations on my trip... 1) I was able to haul my luggage, the cooler, etc. in and out of hotels without wiping myself out, 2) I am now able to fit into jeans bought at a regular discount department store and the best thing is how cheap they are. $14 jeans versus $30 jeans from The Avenue and since I live in jeans...I'm stoked! The clothes that Shopko and Target and even Wal-Mart carry have always run small and been cut weird for me...maybe it's just me. 3) I can go, go, go all day and not be miserably exhausted or in pain. Yes, at night I fell into bed half asleep but it felt good. The one issue that I did have was eating and drinking water. I have a bad habit of forgetting to eat or drink water...had it even before surgery when I'm traveling. And this time it wasn't lack of planning, I brought a cooler with snacks and packed plenty of mini-size bags of treats so they'd be handy and I wouldn't have to rely on gas station food. Since I plan to travel more, I guess I'll really just have to work on this...
Anyhow, YAY FIFTY...here I come SEVENTY FIVE!!!!!