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So yesterday was 5 months for me, and I hit my 1st goal of losing 100lbs!! And on the day my brother-in-law was getting married, so I got to get all dressed up, get my hair and make-up done so it was a very fun and exciting day!! I feel great, however i have not been to the gym in FOREVER. I am however playing outside with the boys, walking to parks and such but nowhere near enough. I am aslo becoming very self concious about the loose skin under my arms, and never realized just how much skin I owuld have on my belly. So Im already researching plastics even though I know I am a long way off I would like to weigh around 150-160 before any surgery so thats 44-54 more pounds! But I wanna be prepared with all the info I can!

Nothing even remotely exciting to report. I have been in the hugest stall EVER.....3 1/2 weeks and no weight lost!!  =(  Very frustrating!! I am stuck between 218-220 my scale keeps going back and forth and DOES NOT want to budge. It feels like it will never break! Very down about this, I am obsessed w/ that scale moving and so I step on it daily with NO change in the results!

So today I am exactly 3 months post-op, scale says down 77 pounds!! Very excited!!  And yesterday was my 31st b-day  first bday since I was born that I didn't go out to dinner or have cake & ice cream. But this week I will by myself a piece of sugar free strawberry cheesecake, from Cheesecake Magic, Loive that place!! One year ago I wasn't sure of surgery or anything else for that matter, I was blowing out the candles making my wish saying please let this year be my year to lose weight & like myself & here I sit one year later doing exactly that!! Wow what changes a year can bring?!?! Next year at this time I hope Ill be preparing for plastics. I gotta say the first 2 months were rough as hell!! Its only been this last month that I can tolerate more food choices, less foamies, less things getting stuck, now I swallow all my vitamins & im actually starting to enjoy this journey!! I hated being noticed before, but now I dont mind. Almost everyone at the hospital where I work knows about my surgery & is so supportive and they too are enjoying my journey. I get compliments on a daily basis about my changes & I kinda like it...LoL I haven't been at this weight in 10 years or more and that was only for a brief time...This time its permanent. Well thats enough rambling on for now, Ill post 3 month pics in the next few days . . . . .

I am down 70 pounds!!! I never thought Id even say that!! I started @ 304lbs and now Im 234!! 35 pounds until Im at my first goal of 199!! First time in a long time that Im saying....Cannot wait until Summertime!!!! As I lose more weight I keep getting more worried about the whole loose skin thing, uggghhhh oh well It'll all be worth it in the end!

So last sunday 1-10-10 was 2 months post-op for me and I am down 65 pounds, go me huh!?!?!? Im still so having problems w/ NOT eating enough in general, and not eating enough protein. I have been faithful w/ my vitamins for over a week now, that great 4 me! Im taking capsules that I can swallow, Sooooo much better than them nasty a$$ chewables...blah!! OBSESSED, totally OBSESSED w/ sugar free sweet tea from Wal-Mart...It is the BEST. I thought Id be missing my mickey D's sweet tea forever, now I have a new obsession! I just wanna weigh 199, that was my 2nd goal, so Im trying to get there ASAP. I have my 3 month check-up on 2/24/10 and by then I wanna be down another 15 pounds or more. Im just so ready to see my before/after photos posted like everyone else on here when you reach goal!!

So I weighed in on new years day and I am officially down 60 pounds!! I'll be 8 weeks out on Tuesday 1-5-10....My main issue is lack of taking my vitamins and then being soooo tired & unable to work out. I hate these Chewable vitamins, They are AWFUL!!!!! My next goal is to be down 45 pounds by 4-10-10 for my brother-in-laws wedding!! That would put me @ 199 and thats m next goal!! Cannot wait!!

So I had a 3rd EGD on December 23rd & they dilated my stricture again. Felt fine until about 2 hours after my EGD then I couldn't stop being nauseated & vomiting so I had to go to the E.R. after some meds/tests they sent me home & I have been doing well since then. Since surgery I am down almost 38 pounds & since October when I started the liquid protein I am down 58 pounds!! Feeling good but still kinda blah at the same time. I do NOT take my vitamins daily...I Know I know Awful you say!! They make me so sick that I cannot stand it. I have had 3 strictures and feel like I have had so many set backs! My New Years resolution is to resume taking them daily & hit the gym 5 days per week again. I have been so exhausted the past two months from not being able to eat properly related to the strictures. Most of the time I have lived off of sugar free popsicles & flavored water. Sounds horrible I know. I really need to focus on getting my protein in now that they say they fixed the stricture. So here is to New Years Resolution.....

1--Continue getting 84 oz. water/clear liquids
2--Hit the gym a minimum of 5 days per week
3--Aim to get atleast 60 grams of protein in per day
4--TAKE ALL MY REQUIRED VITAMINS/MEDS
5--STOP weighing myself DAILY
6--Take new photos on the 10th of every month to track my progress
7--Start a hobby to give myself my me time
8--Get a pedicure monthly to relax myself & make me feel better
9--Keep my life simple & avoid unwanted drama
10--Be a more active/involved Mom

So exhausted & wore out from this process!! When will the stricture be gone for goooood!!????!! Have to have another EGD this week for a second stricture in 10 days plus I have an ulcer!! Geeeeeezzzz!

Please add me back to your friends list!! My Profile got a virus & I had to start over, for 3 weeks Noone, not even myself could view my profile, so I had to start new.....Grrrrrr Frustrating!!