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Been a long time and a lot has happened. In the last 2 years I have been hit by a truck and spent my summer of 2013 learning to walk and care for myself again. Lost both of my parents within 6 months of each other and being an only child has been really hard. I have put 50 pounds back on and now I want it off. I need my life back. I can't walk much and i hurt all the time.  But this is my way back to me. One step at a time. I can do this.

I have to admit that I haven't been here at OH posting like I should be.  I have been so busy getting back to living life that I haven't had much time.  I am walking for an hour at least everyday and riding my bike for 5 to 10 miles at least 3 to 4 times a week.  Now I have joined Curves and loving it.  I am down 179 pounds today.  I am 2 days short of being 9 months out and really feeling great.  The scale and I have not been happy with each outher over the holidays but I am back on track and back to working out every chance I get.  Today I am joining my mother at the YMCA to play water volleyball with her.  The last 2 months my weight hasn't moved on the scale but I could tell from my clothes that I am still losing inches.  I have gone from wearing size 28/30 pants and 4 x shirts to wearing size 12/14 jeans and M/L shirts.  I can wear my husband's leatehr pants which I have to say I never thought it was possible to do.  Now he is going to have to buy me a pair for riding motorcycles this summer.  LOL  Now the scale is moving downward again I am really thrilled.

I have to admit that I haven't been here at OH posting like I should be.  I have been so busy getting back to living life that I haven't had much time.  I am walking for an hour at least everyday and riding my bike for 5 to 10 miles at least 3 to 4 times a week.  Now I have joined Curves and loving it.  I am down 179 pounds today.  I am 2 days short of being 9 months out and really feeling great.  The scale and I have not been happy with each outher over the holidays but I am back on track and back to working out every chance I get.  Today I am joining my mother at the YMCA to play water volleyball with her.  The last 2 months my weight hasn't moved on the scale but I could tell from my clothes that I am still losing inches.  I have gone from wearing size 28/30 pants and 4 x shirts to wearing size 12/14 jeans and M/L shirts.  I can wear my husband's leatehr pants which I have to say I never thought it was possible to do.  Now he is going to have to buy me a pair for riding motorcycles this summer.  LOL  Now the scale is moving downward again I am really thrilled.

Wow I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted anything.  I have been so busy with living life again I tend to forget to keep up to date here.  I am now wearing a size 16 pair of jeans and I have to be honest I can't remember the last time I was this size.  I am sure it was back before I was in high school.  It does feel great to be able to do things I never thought I would or could ever do.  This choice for WLS saved my life.  It has given me another chance. 

My weight loss has slowed down but I have been testing the waters more and more with my food choices. I do dump on foods that are high in fat.  I hate dumping so I have been really good about watching my sugars and fats more carefully.  I still have 50 or so pounds I would like to lose but know that I am really going to have to work at it and use this tool that I have been given. 

I stopped writing down my food intake or my exercise workouts but I am back to doing both.  I really want to get down to goal and stay there so if it means that I write everything down again that is what I will do.  My best friend and I are going on a cruise next summer with our daughters and I plan to be at goal by then and to enjoy myself in a swimsuit and be able to keep up with our teenage daughters.  My friend was suppose to do the lap band the same time that I did the bypass but for some reason she backed out but now that we are working together at the ESD and have our breaks and lunches together we go for walks around the capital and around campus.  She is really getting motivated to have the lap band done again.  I am so thrilled and will be there with her through it all.  It has been great to be able to help her and my friend Richard.  They keep me motivated as well.

I still have a hard time thinking of myself as getting smaller.  Today I am down 126 pounds since I started my journey.  It is amazing when I try on clothes that fit 2 weeks ago and now they don't.  I haven't been down to this weight in years.  I am really enjoying my life again.

Thanks to everyone here on OH for all the help and suggestions along the way.  I am looking forward to the OH event next weekend.

My daughter and I went on a trip to Oregon to see our friend David. And while I was there I met this really great gentleman named Jack.  He spent time with me and really gave me the strength to know that when the time was right for me to go back to work I would get a job.  I am looking forward to getting the chance to take my husband James to Portland to meet Jack and feel the strength and presence I did when I was with him.  Thanks to David and Jack's son Bill I was able to meet this gentleman and find my faith and strength again.

After getting back to the hotel room I was going to take a nap before we tried to figure out what we were doing for dinner.  My daughter is 13 and she has to remind me that she does require food and not just a protein shake. We decided we would have a nap then go for a swim and dinner afterwards but instead my cell phone rang.  The call was a job offer with the Department of Corrections.  I start July 1st.  I am really thrilled.  Needless to say I didn't take a nap but we went out for dinner which my daughter had a burger and I had some grilled chicken to celebrate. 

As of today I am down a total of 92 pounds since I started this in December 2008.  This makes me very happy.  Since surgery I am down 49 pounds (with 43 pounds before surgery). 

WOW today I went for a walk with a friend for 2 miles. She had to stop 3 times for a rest and I felt really good that I didn't need to stop. We walked really slow because she hasn't did anything like exercise in years.  After we were done I felt like I could have walked another 2 miles.  So I decided to go to the YMCA and I rode a bike for 7.5 miles.  It felt so good.  I am so thrilled to find that I love to get out and exercising each day. This afternoon after I got back home I made some protein ice cream that I found the recipe on the website for "The world according to EggFace." I tasted it when it was first finished and it tasted pretty good.  I am looking forward to having a treat tonight. 

Wow I can't believe it has been 3 weeks.  I am not going to say that it has been easy but each day gets better.  I went for a walk on Saturday with my friends Deb and Cindy.  I am so glad they told me about the walk.  I managed to walk 3 miles.  It felt good to get out and start living again.  On Mother's day yesterday I was trying to find some jeans that wouldn't fall down after taking 2 steps.  And I had a pair of size 24 jeans but didn't think there was any way I was going to get into them.  But to my surprise they fit.  I was speechless.  I went outside to find my husband who was working on the trailer in the backyard.  He thought something was wrong but I just said "remember those jeans I said would take a few months to get into?" and he nodded.  I then said "well I guess it won't really be a few months because I am wearing them."  When I started my journey back in Dec until now I have lost 68 pounds and 25 of those just since surgery.  This has got to be the best thing I have ever done for myself and my family.

Well I think I am ready for this.  I just need to get my B12 from the store but other than that I have everything I need.  At least I hope I have it all.  I am going to VitaLady today with my mom to check out some of the different proteins.  Mom and I will get a couple that we both like so if after the surgery I can't stand it then Mom can have it.  Plus we are going up to Federal way tonight for Mom's doctors support group.  I am trying to stay busy so I don't spend too much time thinking.  I did find out yesterday that the one person that I wanted to be at the hospital for me will be there.  I didn't want to ask him to take time off from work but when we talked yesterday he told me that he is off work for the next couple of weeks. When I asked him to be there at the hospital he was more than willing.  That really helped comfort some of the nerves.  Now just to get through the next 6 days then I can start my new life......

I can't believe that my surgery date is almost here.  It is in 10 days.  I had been down 45 pounds but this morning I seem to be up 5 pounds.  Not sure why.  I don't think I have had enough water for the last couple of days.  So I am uping that today.  The last thing I want is to have the doctor tell me that I gained weight since my pre-op appointment and re-schedule it. Maybe the little weight gain is due to stress.  I know I am a nervous wreck.