Darla S.
See the last comment on my previous post...
Aug 16, 2007
I DID!!! I FIT ON ALL THE RIDES!! And the airplane, too - with seatbelt to spare!!! WOO HOO!!! Now I need to take my kids to Valleyfair - just a good excuse for ME to get to finally experience all the thrill rides there! I haven't been there in over 17 years!!! I love rides!!! Space Mountain was AWESOME! Riding a rollercoaster when it's so dark you have no clue what will happen next? Man.... I LOVE IT!!!
Need another SWAPKINS!
Aug 03, 2007
Okay, so I got these cool denim capris at the 6/10/07 Swapkins - they didn't actually FIT me yet, but I trusted they would. Then when I tried them on a few weeks later, they DID fit!! Crazy tight, but I could wear 'em with a roomy top.
Today? THEY'RE LOOSE!!! I can pull 'em down without unsnapping or unzipping! This tool is amazing. I may fit on all the rides at Disney and SeaWorld afterall!!!
AMEN-AHHH!!!
Today? THEY'RE LOOSE!!! I can pull 'em down without unsnapping or unzipping! This tool is amazing. I may fit on all the rides at Disney and SeaWorld afterall!!!
AMEN-AHHH!!!
Head Games
Aug 01, 2007
Okay, my head is messing with me today. I had hubby take my 3 month pictures last night, but I really didn't like them. (A photographer, he isn't...) So today, I wore a new top that I really like, I think it's pretty flattering on me! And I had a co-worker take my photo - a front shot & and side shot. And I hate them! I feel like I look just as fat as I ever did, even tho I know I'm about 75 lbs down and wearing 3-4 sizes smaller than I was pre-op. So why can't I be happy with my pictures? Why do I see the old me in them? It's like I was fine until I looked at the camera, and now I'm down. I want to wake up tomorrow in ONDERLAND! I know that's a long ways away for me yet, but sheesh. I want this weight loss to happen faster! I know, I've had a really successful first 3 months, but right now, it just doesn't feel like it's enough.
Damned hormonies...
Damned hormonies...
People are noticing!
Jul 24, 2007
Last night at the grocery store, my old daycare provider commented on my weight loss! She was so cool about the whole WLS issue, very excited and supportive. Then TODAY, our sweet lil' old courier man, Wayne, ALSO commented on my weight loss - said I was looking fantastic! Horribly politically uncorrect, but I don't care! I thought it was extremely nice of him to say something!
Have I mentioned I love WLS???
Have I mentioned I love WLS???
An interesting WOW...
Jul 19, 2007
I drive a PT Cruiser. I LOVE my car! but I've always driven with the steering wheel in its highest position, with my right arm rest up. Easier to get IN the car with the wheel up, and it made for more room to squeeze my belly in behind it, too! Plus, my booty made using the arm rest uncomfortable. But my hubby always puts the steering wheel in it's lowest position, and has the arm rest down. It has always annoyed me that he doesn't set things back the way I like 'em when he drives my car. (Kinda like the whole toilet seat issue, but I digress...)
So today on my way back to work after running a few errands at lunch, I realized - the steering wheel was all the way down, and the arm rest was down, too! I had driven from home to work (Baker Park), from work to Ridgedale, and almost made it back to work before I even noticed! Sure enough, hubby had taken the kids to the store last night, and left everything where he set it - but I didn't even notice!!! So I left both the arm rest AND steering wheel down (there was a good 3" between the wheel and my belly!), and That, my friends, qualifies as a MAJOR WOW for me!
So today on my way back to work after running a few errands at lunch, I realized - the steering wheel was all the way down, and the arm rest was down, too! I had driven from home to work (Baker Park), from work to Ridgedale, and almost made it back to work before I even noticed! Sure enough, hubby had taken the kids to the store last night, and left everything where he set it - but I didn't even notice!!! So I left both the arm rest AND steering wheel down (there was a good 3" between the wheel and my belly!), and That, my friends, qualifies as a MAJOR WOW for me!
Clothing sizes
Jul 18, 2007
Isn't it funny how not all sizes are created equal? When I started out on this whole journey, I was wearing 30's and/or 32's. I'm definitely down into the 28's now, and some 26's. But how is it one pair of 28's can be really snug, while a similar pair of 26's fits really comfortably? I know my body doesn't change between trying two different pairs of jeans on!
Oh well, I'm not gonna dwell on it, I'm just gonna look ahead to 24's! THAT will be cool, I'm pretty sure I haven't worn 24's since college!!!
Oh well, I'm not gonna dwell on it, I'm just gonna look ahead to 24's! THAT will be cool, I'm pretty sure I haven't worn 24's since college!!!
Saw Barb today -
Jul 12, 2007
I'm down 58 pounds and 6 inches in both my waist and hips! WOO HOO!!!
Oh sure, I was HOPING for a bigger number (aren't we all?), but I'm happy! And not being down as much as I had HOPED seems to have lit a bit of a fire under me - to step things up even more! Like making SURE I get all my protein and fluids in. I'm pretty good, usually, but I could do better... My next goal is to be 100# down by my next appointment, which is on October 11th. WOO HOO!! I CAN DO IT!!! That's 42 pounds in 3 months? Heck - I WILL BE IN THE CENTURY CLUB by 6 months out!
God Bless every one of you!
Oh sure, I was HOPING for a bigger number (aren't we all?), but I'm happy! And not being down as much as I had HOPED seems to have lit a bit of a fire under me - to step things up even more! Like making SURE I get all my protein and fluids in. I'm pretty good, usually, but I could do better... My next goal is to be 100# down by my next appointment, which is on October 11th. WOO HOO!! I CAN DO IT!!! That's 42 pounds in 3 months? Heck - I WILL BE IN THE CENTURY CLUB by 6 months out!
God Bless every one of you!
STRIKE!
Jun 29, 2007
Today I put on a pink "bowling" shirt I've had for years.... haven't been able to wear it for 2 or 3 years, in fact I couldn't button it shut 2 or 3 WEEKS ago. But today? IT HANGS!
Dear GOD, I love WLS!!!!
Dear GOD, I love WLS!!!!
I kicked it up a notch!
Jun 25, 2007
I must confess, I haven't been the best at exercising. I go for a walk a few times a week, ... okay, probably two times. I should do better, heaven knows. Tonight, I took the ol' Schwinn cruiser out for a spin! Only about a mile and a half, maybe two, but DANG - I feel muscles in places I forgot I had 'em! (**cough! **BUNS** cough! **) So I have to challenge myself to do that route as MANY TIMES A WEEK AS I CAN - until I don't feel quite so rubbery when I climb off! Then, change the route/increase the distance! I SHOULD bring my bike to work and take advantage of the trails I work in the midst of, but I HATE coming back in to work for the afternoon all red and sweaty! I've done it before, and believe me, I turn RED!!!
But hey, tonight was a START!!!
But hey, tonight was a START!!!
Yet ANOTHER "WOW" moment!
Jun 20, 2007
Today at work, my dear co-worker mentioned something about my jeans, about how they're hanging on me, and wondered if I had any that might fit better. I do - I went to Swapkins and picked up a couple in the next sizes down, and had a couple saved in the deep, dark recesses of my closet. I believe they are somewhere between 20-25 years old, but YES, I still have 'em! She asked me why I wasn't wearing them, and I had to admit - I hadn't tried them on yet, because I was afraid they wouldn't fit! (That whole brain not catching up to the body thing is kinda messing with me...)
So anyway, I got home from work today and went right up to my bedroom to dig 'em out & try 'em on - (can you see this coming?) and THREE of the four FIT!!! WOO HOO!!! Doin' the HAPPY DANCE!!!
So I'm down one size, and have some new threads to wear!!! Two jeans and one pair of capris!!! (I think they may have once belonged to Tracey or Sabrinna - so, THANKS!!)
As for the one pair that doesn't fit? I think that's fate. They're painfully obvious 1980's acid wash, and have a hole in the thigh from when I used to "polish" my engagement ring on 'em regularly.. I don't think my daughter would let me out of the house wearing them even if they DID fit!
WOO HOO!!!
So anyway, I got home from work today and went right up to my bedroom to dig 'em out & try 'em on - (can you see this coming?) and THREE of the four FIT!!! WOO HOO!!! Doin' the HAPPY DANCE!!!
So I'm down one size, and have some new threads to wear!!! Two jeans and one pair of capris!!! (I think they may have once belonged to Tracey or Sabrinna - so, THANKS!!)As for the one pair that doesn't fit? I think that's fate. They're painfully obvious 1980's acid wash, and have a hole in the thigh from when I used to "polish" my engagement ring on 'em regularly.. I don't think my daughter would let me out of the house wearing them even if they DID fit!
WOO HOO!!!
About Me
Maple Grove, MN
Location
26.5
BMI
Surgery
04/27/2007
Surgery Date
Jan 12, 2007
Member Since
