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It has been 7 months since my surgery. Well 7 months and almost 2 weeks. I have lost 118 pounds! I am wearing a size 24 in some pants and not quite there yet with the jeans. I haven't been that size since right after high school. I am in the 200's now. I weigh 298 which is unbelievable. I feel like it might be coming off slower for me but I am so thankful and happy for where I am right now. I am really hoping that by this time next year I can start planning to have children! That has been my main goal with this surgery. I want to be a healthy Mom. I want to be healthy for myself too though. Let's see things I can do now that I couldn't before. I can cross my legs, my rings are all falling off, everyone who sees me says my face looks so thin now, I can sit in any booth, I can fit in the chairs that have arms, I can fit in the little plastic summer chairs, I can stand without feeling like I am tired and weighed down. All in all I am just much happier and enjoying life much more now then I did when I was carrying around that additional 118 pounds. What a difference this has made!!!!!

So yesterday was my 3 month surgiversary (sp) I have lost 72 pounds. Can you believe it? It is sooo amazing this journey that I am on. I feel more comfortable in chairs. I fit into booths again. I used to work at On The Border and I went there for lunch last week and I fit in the booth! I fit! My chair at home used to be tight on both sides and I have room. Bob's Mom bought me a pair of pajama pants 2 or 3 years ago and they never fit. Now they do! Some of my 28's fit me! Not all of them yet but some! The jeans do! I am happy! I am loving getting attention from people who can see my loss. My favorite was a girl I work with who said you're looking damn good girl. Umm I don't know if anyone has ever said that to me before...well besides Bob! Thank God for DS!!!!!!

So I lost another 5 pounds today! So excited! I have been able to eat more lately no longer 4 bites before I get full. I am allowing myself more time to eat and that is helping. Before I would try to eat faster and then I would get so full and feel miserable. Now I can eat about 1/2 a cup of food depending on what it is. Breads are still a problem and always will be. But meat with gravy is one of my new favorites. I feel better then I was feeling a couple of week ago. I don't think I was eating enough protein. I tried on all of my 28's today and they fit over my hips now just can't button them at the top yet. One pair that still has the tags on it fits but would be too uncomfortable to wear. All of my other clothes are huge on me though. My jeans fell off when I was walking in the house the other day that was funny! I had too many things in my hands to pull them up and so I just let them fall. Luckily no one could see me LOL. I have more energy and I am feeling lighter now! I can't wait till my 28's fit me. Hopefully by Thanksgiving I will be down 70 pounds that would be awesome! Once I am in 28's again I will be very excited because then I can at least shop at Lane Bryant and Avenue without getting clothes that have elastic wastebands. Also can't wait to get into 24's because then I can shop anywhere that sells plus sizes! Then onto non plus size now that would be amazing. I am making it my goal this week to exercise more. I havent' been exercising and I need to. Life is good!

I can't believe it! I am amazed! I was so discouraged two weeks ago. I felt like what did I do this for and now all of the sudden I am down 14 more pounds! It is amazing!! I guess I will lose in 14 pounds increments LOL. That is what I lost on the liquid diet before the surgery and now another 14 is gone. I have NEVER lost 50 pounds before. I mean I have over the years lost 5 to 10 even 30 pounds but never this much before and it is just going to continue! I am watching Biggest Loser right now and this show is so motivating! I am so pumped! My clothes are feeling bigger now. I was in a size 32 and now I think I am in a size 30 I can not wear my 28's yet but all of my clothes are feeling bigger and that is a GREAT feeling. I took the dogs for a walk on Monday with my Mom and my friend Kaleena and I decided that we are going to walk on Thursday's and then my Mom and I will walk one day and I am going to try and train the dogs so that I can walk with both of them by my side without them pulling me. I am loving life right now!

So I have completed one and 1/2 months of post op. I feel great! I am only able to eat very little. I went out to dinner at Logan's last night and I was able to eat 2 bites of a roll, 4 bites of salad and 3 bites of steak and potato and I was sooooo full. I will have leftovers all week long!! That is the hard part to get used to. I was never full before. The waitress came around and asked how the steak was and I said I need a box. I don't think she even thought I ate any of it LOL. It looked like a full plate in front of me. Weight loss has been on the up and up now! No longer frustrated. I need to kick in my exercising though. I had a cold last week so I didn't do much but I am feeling better now! I have lost 48 pounds. 2 away from 50 and I can't believe it. That is the most weight I have ever lost....EVER! My clothes are starting to feel a little bit bigger but not much. People have told me they can see it in my face the most! What's funny is I never thought my face was that big LOL. Must be I was wrong. I can't believe it has been less then 2 months and I have lost almost 50 pounds! Maybe by Christmas I can lose 100! That would be amazing!!

I am wondering why none of my clothes feel much bigger. I had higher expectations then what I am getting. I figured a month out my clothes would all be falling off. That has not been the case so far. I have lost 45 pounds but I can't really tell. People say they can see it in my face but that is about it.