KittyKarin
Swimsuit Pic!!!!!
Jun 03, 2013
June is here already! Boys get out of school this week and I can't believe it's summer... These last few months have flown by! I can't believe it will be 5 months since my surgery soon. Blows my mind.
This weekend was so fun... I actually felt small. I felt good about myself. I have been in a stall for about 2 weeks since my huge drop of 8 lbs in one week but I haven't really let it get to me. This weekend I had to get some blood drawn on Saturday morning for some labs and then I wanted to go to the farmer's market. My husband wanted to come so I came home after my blood draw and we took his Jeep with the top down to the market. When you have really long hair, its not really fun to have a car with the top down but I decided to indulge Jason and put a hat on for the day. I can't tell you the last time I wore a hat all day... actually, I don't think I have EVER worn a hat all day. But Saturday I did. We went to the market, then downtown to some little shops there and then rode around for a while just talking and looking at the scenery. It was nice and I felt normal... I thought I looked cute in the hat, actually. 95 pounds ago, I would have never done that. I needed my hair to distract from my beach ball body.
On Sunday, Jason and I took the boys to the beach, again in the Jeep. This time I braided my hair and put the hat on only while we were in the car. The water was finally not heart stopping cold so I got in and did a little boogie boarding. It was SO FUN! I forgot how fun it was. Unfortunately, I couldn't do it for long because my swimsuit bottoms kept trying to come off... I didn't want to scar my stepsons or the people at the beach so I stopped. I will have to get another swimsuit that it more suited to moving around in the ocean. I was using a boogie board a friend gave me so my husband took a picture of me with it and I put it on Facebook! Not only have I not taken a picture in a swimsuit in YEARS but I wouldn't post it on FB either. I was half hidden by the boogie board but still... it's still something I never would have done 5 months ago.
Hopefully, this week I can up my exercise to prepare for the 5k in two weeks and also to keep going toward the 100 pound mark... I am 5 little, teeny, tiny, measly pounds away! I am so ready to hit 100 pounds lost... I would have never thought I would be here at 5 months out, if at all. Today, I'm a happy girl.