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10 Months.. Time does fly! There really is nothing really to report. Im down to 190 losing about 5 lbs a month.  I have a plastic surgery consult in July.. Im hoping to be 175-160 by then so I have kicked up the protein and running.. Its nice out so I have been running outside 4 days a week and going to the the gym 3 days a week for weights.. Its been working pretty well. We bought new bikes so I will be working that in as well. I leave for Las Vegas on Thursday and it has been so much fun buying clothes.. Im still not sure about the bathing suit but we will see.. but I love buying size 15 in the jr dept or 14's in misses I just cant wait to buy 12's and 10's.. Well keep the good work you guys are looking awsome!! :)
Melanie

Well month 8 is running into month 9.. SO I will  make one post for both! Not much new still holding at 200lb. Because the scale gods hate me!! I have headed back to the gym after getting my life back on track, and Im loving it. I even ran for 20 min on the treadmill. I cant wait for the weather to change so I can be more active outside. I talked to my PCP about documenting so I can get plastics this summer hopefully. He is on board and I have an appt with the bariatric plastic surgeon the end of July. I want to be 175-165 before I meet with him so I better get my booty moving! Other then that not much new. Eating is going good, exercise is going good Im wearing a size 16-14 and an xl shirt.. Not complaining one bit.. Till next time!

I totally missed month 5.. But it went well!! Im down 100lbs!!! I cant complain about that.. My eating is pretty good.. I still am a little iffy with chicken. Some days its fine and some days it does not sit well.. And now at 6 months sugar is starting to bug me.  I never dumped or was effected by it nor did I try to dump or eat large quanities.. But that time of the month always brings the need for some choclate.  I usally eat one square of dark dove and Im good. Well this month it made me a little nauses. And I thought no biggie and tried it again on another day... same thing.. So I just dont eat it. I dont need it and since then I have not wanted it. So Im good..  I skipped out on the gym for a couple of weeks. I was in a funk and needed to get my house and life on track. We are planning to make some huge changes this year (location, location,location ) so I needed to get myself in order to get in the right mindset. I wish I was better with posting pictures but I dont know how... I still have no regrets and love the new me...  So back to the gym starting tomorrow and see what happens next. I have added a protein drink in the am. I just did not feel I was getting enough protein in, but I like them so it is no biggie.. Untill month 7!! 

Wow! Time flies!! Not much new.. My eating is finaly where I want to be. Since it is the holidays I have been doing a lot of shopping with friends and its nice to be able to order ice tea or water and drink it before my food comes I have it there to sip only if I need to.. (my DR said you can sip up to half a cup during meals, its the same amount as if you were eating soup) I order my salad and eat pretty normal.. well normal for me!  I dont feel like Im deprived if I crave sweet a little peice of dove dark choclate. A little peice is all I can handle.. Chicken is still not my friend.. I dont know why I have tried it every which way but unless it is fried (which I dont do) it does not like me.. My no foods are: eggs, chicken, and brocolli.. Which I love brocolli so that makes me sad. I eat my 6 meals a day protein first ALWAYS... I work my butt off at the gym.. And I do mean that because I have no butt!! My skin issues are not bad, my thighs and arms are good I think my tummy will be another situation, and the girls are long gone!! 
So its been 4 months and I have lost 75lbs.. not to shabby..
Oh and I love my RNY!! :) 

Soooo I went to the DR for the big 3 month visit... They of course  make you feel like a rockstar everytime you are there.. Im lost a total of 70lbs (if you count the 10lb gain from surgery.. hey weight is weight in my book) Which means I only have.... 80 to go!! My first mini goal is to have lost 100 lb's by Christmas.. I dont know if it will happen but we will see. Eating has been going ok. I still drink my peach nectar protein w/ orange crystal light every am.. Its good!!!  Its been hard to count calories and protein since I dont eat everything in the serving but Im getting better on a good day I get 90g of protein and less then 1000 cal on a bad day I get 79g protein and less then 1200 cal's but that is usually a weekend day.. Those days seem to be bad for me. I think it is because the whole family is home and instead of making all these meals I just cook for them or we go out and I just eat off eveyones plate... cheaper yes, but I pay the price.. The gym has been good..I have started a new arm routine that my husband set up for me.. I soooo want to wear sleevless shirts and dresses and not worry about the wings. To be honest. I dont mind having plastics on my tummy and the girls but good lord I dont want it on my arms or thighs.. So I work them hard!!  I still do not eat eggs.. They really dont sound good and I just dont want to go down that road again.. My favorite meal ever is salad..  A little bit of romain and a lot of cheddar cheese and grilled shrimp..  I think I eat it every day!!  I Love it!! We do eat a lot of ground turkey because I just  can not get chicken moist enough to stay down.. I make sure it is the lean and it seems to stay down pretty well.. Brocolli does not stay down.. ughhhh  

So that is it in a nut shell.. I do not have to go back untill my one year. My B12 was right on for a normal person but about 200 points to low for "us" so... Im off to get a B12 shot.. I opted for the shot because I heard it helps with the elastisity of your skin.. So heck ya Im all for it!! I will have to update some pics soon.. We went to a halloween party this weekend and I think I might have a good shot somewher... :) Cheers to you...

I broke down and bought a new bra today.. It was getting sooo sad!! Anyway.. I went in and they measured me because I have stinkin clue what I wear now.. I used to wear a 44D... So imagine my suprise when the girl said.. oh my you are a 40B... Did you read theat right yep 40B!! My reply.. do they even make that size??  But of course they do.. I bought two new bras in hopes that they will at least last untill Christmas! I tell ya this weight loss surgery is spendy when it comes to new clothes!! I did go to old navy and I bought a new pair of size 18 sweetheart jeans.. LOVE THEM!!  They are not that oh look at my butt crack low but are perfect!!  And my husband said I finally have a booty again!!  3 month appt on Thursday Ill update more then!!  Take care

I totally missed my 2 month mark!! It just came and went like just another day!!  Well as of today I am down 50lbs..  Did you read that right?? 50 lbs in 2 months.. Ill take it!!  The food thing is going better.. I can finally eat chicken!!  I have not tried eggs again. For some reason bread products are now making me feel really bad.. I used to eat pitas with canned chicken for lunch but not anymore and the south beach pizza's that I love!! Not anymore.. which really bums me out. SO this weekend is all about finding new foods I can eat!! Exercise is going good! I have been doing 45 min on the eliptical and 30-45 min strength training.. My arms are shapping up nicely and my legs as well.. My stomach....ughhhhh not doing much!!  But the say the first place you gain weight the last place you lose weight!! How unfair is that?!! Other then that life is just peachy! Somedays I almost forget I even had the surgery.. My life is kinda almost normal!! And hey who does not want to be normal.. 

My only regret.... I have no preop pics nor have I taken measurments!! That part sucks.. But I will get a new pic soon!! I just really hate the camera!!! 

Went to the Dr today for my 6 week which is actually 7 week follow up!  Things look good Ive lost 43 lbs (on there scale woohoo) and 24% of my weigh... Hey cant be that!  He said I was a little ahead of the game.. But I dont think so!! But hey Im not complaining about 43lbs in 6weeks but I would like to lose at least 75 by Christmas if not more.. so we will see that is 5 months and I dont see why not!! Im doing pretty good on my eating but eating carbs are much easier then eating protein. Im clear to eat whatever now.. So Im trying things slowly and see where they are going. But I diffently need to buck up and stop with the carbs.. When I say carbs I mean the 8 wheat thins with laughing cow everynight at 930pm...  Not to bad but they are addicting  and I dont want to go down that road.. So far my protein's are beef, fish and shrimp.. Chicken and eggs do not like me.. Which sucks but oh well.. I keep trying them about once a week in a different way but no luck! I kick some butt at the gym. I will say that I will not have any problems with skin on my arms, or thighs.. woohooo!!!  My tummy well we  will see.. Im sure there will be some there but you never know.. Now the girls are about gone!! Sad really but that is what they make wonderful push up bras for.. and to be honest those would be about the only thing I would have PS on.. So we will see.. It is a crazy sexy journey that is forsure...

I think scales were created by the devil!!!  My scale at home weights 7lbs LESS the Dr office... So Ive been going by it and adding 7lbs... the scale at the gym weights 7lbs more then the one at home so sometimes I step on it there.. Then I thought hey I will weight my self at work (I work in a ER) there all same medical scales well it weight 3 lbs more then the one at home.. So Ive decided that I need one scale and one scale only...... So I pick the one at  home.. Hey its at home so I can use whenever and it weights me 7 lbs less then the rest!!!! Besides its not a number with me.. Its a healthy BMI a size 8-10 and m-l shirt... .When Ive reached that Ive reached goal in my eyes!!!  Ha I still weigh myself every am... ughhh the thing I avoided the most I know cant wait to see......

Here I am at one month!!  It has been quit the journey so far!  I am down 36lbs!!  Well first off... I dont regret my choice to have the surgery anymore.. Yes I had a little buyers remorse but I think that is kinda normal.  I also dont cry anymore. Which is a big thank god!!  Ive started going to the gym which I love.. I have a pretty good schedule at work so it will be easy to stick with this.  Food is getting there.. Chicken comes back up everytime same with lunch meat and eggs... So I still drink a protein shake a day to get in all the protein..  Red meat is all that really agrees with me. I have not tried fish yet..Im not real big on it but I will this month. I go back to work on Tuesday! So that will be a big change.  I know that I made the right choice for me. I could not have made this choice or survived the last month without my husband!! He likes to remind me all the time that I made the right choice! So 36lbs this month wouldnt it be sweet if I could do it again next month!!! We will see...:)