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OK, I think I'm just going to post like every month, unless I have a major wow moment! Anyways, I'm happy to report that things are going well. I'm learning more and more how to eat and what I can and can't eat! For instance....chicken is not always my friend! :) I'm so excited that I have lost a total of 86 pounds (45 since surgery)....and I only have 77 more to go! I feel so good! I have gotten rid of most of my clothes....I had 26, 24, 22, 20,....now I'm in 18's and sometimes even 16's, 14's, and I think one pair of 12's. It's so exciting! Every Friday night I try on clothes, because what didn't fit last week, may fit this week.....LITERALLY! It's just so crazy. I have posted my 2 month post op pics....I will do that every month for sure!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Has this been one heck of a journey or what? I still vary in what I can eat and how much. It's so interesting. Lately I am not really liking chicken or even turkey. I am liking veggies way more than meat. I will say that meat fills me up REALLY fast, as in I can only get a few bites. I am loving salads lately and try to eat one every day for either lunch or dinner. 

Anyways, I thought I hit a plateau this week, but I when I went to log in my weight, I noticed that I did actually lose some weight....3 pounds to be exact! I'm so excited because this week I reached PAST the halfway mark! I have lost 83 pounds and only have 80 more to go! WOO HOO!!!!!

So, I went in yesterday for my 6 week post-op visit...although I'm not "officially" 6 weeks post op until tomorrow! Anyways, I have lost a total of 76 pounds (35 since surgery)! I'm so proud of myself! I feel great and everyone says I look great, too! I can see a difference, but I have to admit I'm always eager to see more results and NOW! :) Patience...I have to remind myself. 

He said that the pain in my abdomen is just muscle growing back along with nerve endings. It's actually gotten a lot better in the past 2 days. It just lasted like a week or so. 

I'm going to the gym today....first time in a whole week!!!! My pass is about to run out anyways. I still work out EVERY DAY....just at home. Yesterday since i was released to eat "any food you want" as the doctor said....I went and had a salad. Just a plain house salad. I miss lettuce. I had 3 bites of my hubby's baked potato and then last night I worked out DOUBLE because of all the carbs I got from that potato. I'm proud of myself for starting to weigh the cost before I stuff my face!

I forgot to post yesterday...I try to do it every week when I weigh in! Anyways, I know I just weighed myself Monday (because it was my 1 month surgiversary) but I also weigh myself EVERY Wednesday, so I went ahead and weighed in twice this month. I weighed 240. I can't believe it! That means next time I weigh myself I should be in the 230's!!!! That's so exciting! I can't believe I have lost a total of 73 pounds (32 since my surgery). What an accomplishment! It's happening so much faster than I anticipated. I still work out daily and am learning to STOP eating as soon as I feel satisfied. Today for lunch I had some chicken I baked last night and only ate about 2 or 3 bites before I was STUFFED! Oh, and I had a tiny bite of a sugar snap pea....yummy! 

Today I had my bloodwork done for my 6 week post-op visit, which will be next week on the 5th of September! I am so happy! I feel great and have a new energy. I love all the compliments I get everywhere I go....it feels so good. I love fitting back into clothes I haven't worn in YEARS! I feel like I'm truly on top of the world!

Today is my 1 Month Surgiversary! YAY!!! I can't believe it's already been a month. In some ways, it seems like it's been a LONG month....but now when I look back at it, I see things have really gone by quickly. I am so proud to say that I have lost an even 30 pounds since the day of my surgery. What an accomplishment!!!! My goal was to lose an average of 10 per month, and I hit 30, which is ASTONISHING!!!! 

I have been hitting the gym every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I do cardio daily, except for Friday. For some reason, I never can make my work outs on Fridays because it's so hectic at home. This is my one "off" day but I hit it double and sometimes triple on Saturday to make up for it. I do some weights at the gym....upper body on Tuesdays, lower body on Thursdays, and both on Saturday. I feel good.

I don't always want to be sitting down, like before. I like to get up and walk around...I like to stand...I just feel so good, I cannot explain it! 

My goal for this next month is to hit another 30! Originally, I wanted to be 200 pounds by Christmas, but I see now that's probably going to happen closer to Thanksgiving and very possibly by my birthday (October 18th).

OK, well every Wednesday is my weigh-in day, so here goes:

I weigh 244 pounds! YAY!!!

I have now lost:

69 pounds since I had my baby in February
28 pounds since my surgery (July 27 - 3 1/2 weeks ago)
4 pounds since last Wednesday (August 15)

I was really hoping to have lost one more pound than I did, but I guess 4 pounds in a week is good. I have been doing a little weights, so maybe some of it was muscle tone?! They say muscle weighs more than fat, and blah blah blah. That's still good though cause if I lose 2 pounds by Monday, which I'm sure I will, then that means I've lost 30 pounds in my first month, which is GREAT!!!! My original goal was to lose 10 pounds per month, so 30 is meeting that goal TIMES THREE! I really hope this continues through month #2. My goal was to be 200 pounds by Christmas but I'm starting to think more and more that it may happen by Thanksgiving!!!

OK, last night it happened....my first episode of vomiting! I decided to eat some macaroni and cheese....and I decided to scarf it down FAST without chewing properly. I ended up vomiting about every ten minutes for 40 minutes....it was the WORST feeling in the world...much worse than being sick with gall stones. It was horrible. On top of that I have a cold, so I feel miserable today! I'm taking Children's Triaminic strips that dissolve on your tongue for my cold. I just want to be at home today in bed. I was kind of glad I threw up the macaroni because I didn't need all those calories....I felt so guilty for eating it. Anyways, lesson learned. I need to lay off the carbs anyways....pasta is a bread, I have to keep telling myself this!

Well, I weighed in yesterday....my friend pointed out that weighing myself monthly probably isn't a good idea....it's hard to reflect over a month and evaluate your diet and exercise and compare it to your weight loss or gain. So, I figure weekly will be better so I can catch any bad habits that may start forming. Anyhoo, I lost 5 pounds since last week! YAY! I now have less than 100 pounds to my goal weight....I've lost 65 pounds since I had Aiden in February, 24 pounds since the day of my surgery, and 5 pounds since last Wednesday. 

Something odd happened to me this morning. Usually for breakfast I can have MOST of a scrambled egg, a slice of turkey bacon, and a little piece of cheese. HOWEVER, this morning I had the same thing, wrapped in a low-carb tortilla with a little bit of picante sauce....I took 2 bites and was OVERLY stuffed!!!!! I couldn't believe it. I was like "Am I full?" I was disgustingly full....I didn't dump, thank God, but I was looking at my plate thinking "I know I can eat more than this!!!!" But I didn't push it. I just wonder why I got full so fast, especially after having a COMPLETELY empty stomache.....it was good, though. I have been worrying about eating TOO much.....

I've decided not to weigh myself again until my 6 week post-op check up, which is on September 5th. I find that I keep weighing myself like every day, sometimes twice a day, and I think I have become obsessed. I get so discouraged...and my husband was like, "What? Do you expect to lose like 100 pounds overnight?" I think he made a good point....so I say monthly will be good for the first couple months. I just want to see MAJOR results. And fast! But I feel like I'm doing OK. I think I can tend to eat more than most people at this stage of WLS, but I don't think I over-do it. I haven't experienced much dumping...never thrown up or anything like that. I'm just so used to hearing people say "I could only eat like 2 bites and then I was FULL!" Makes me sick! lol I have been doing my walking every other day and I want to start EVERY day. It's hard with a 3 year old and a 6 month old though. I'm not making excuses...I'm just sayin'! Yesterday I did 2 1/2 miles and I am so sore....even my butt muscles hurt! But it feels good.

Just a quick update - It's been 12 days since my surgery and I have lost 19 pounds! YAY! I am fitting into clothes I haven't worn since I was 21 and in college - BEFORE I got pregnant with either one of my kids! Actually, right now I'm wearing some shorts I bought for that first year of college for school. I'm so glad I never got rid of any of my clothes. I weigh 253. In February I was 313! I was 272 right before my surgery. 

Today was my first day off liquids and on soft foods. For dinner I had 1/2 of a scrambled eggs with not even a half teaspoon of ketchup; a little piece of cheese and a little piece of turkey. I got comfortably full pretty fast. I'm so glad the liquids diet is over with. It was so boring.

There was one night where I had some friends and family over to my apartment and everyone ordered in Chinese food. I actually went to my room and cried. It was so hard. The first week after surgery EVERY MINUTE of every day all I could think about was food! I would fantasize about what I wish I could eat or what I miss eating or what I was craving. After a week though, I noticed I started getting a little better each day and now I notice I usually have to tell myself "it's time to eat now". It's hard for me to remember to eat slow because I'm used to trying to shove as much as possible and as quick as possilbe into my mouth! I have had to relearn what "full" means....my friend said full means not hungry anymore. Great definition. And I have realized that I have had a food addiction all my life....I was no different than a heroin or crack addict! I have spent 25 years abusing my body with food. It's so sad, but I thank God I have had the opportunity to heal myself of this sickness!!!!

Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I haven't had internet access, but I'm back now. Thank you everyone for keeping up with me!