Sistergrl25
60% of my excess body fat gone forever at 9th month!!!!
Jun 26, 2009
Hey OH fam! I know its been a while. YESTERDAY WAS MY 9 MONTH BANDIVERSARY And I promise you I'm working on the pics I will have my before and currents up this weekend (I'd rather not post pics while at work.) So I'll work on it at home. But I'm pleased to announce that I'm down 112.5 as of this morning (76.5 more to go.) I was stalled for almost a month which was sooooo...frustrating especially since I've gotten used to dropping 2-4 lbs/week since I started this journey. And I don't use the word "journey" lightly! This is a process/journey in every since of those words. I've had sooo many ups, downs arounds and so forth. But hey no one said it would be easy...just that it would all be worth it in the end! And I must admit that so far it definitely has been! I have waaaay too many NSVs (non-scale victories) to even list. But they include:
-Being unrecognizable to people I haven't seen in a while (an old friend almost bumped into at the mall b4 she knew it was me)
-Compliments coming from some of everywhere: neighbors, my dr.'s, friends, people at the gym, people i've never even spoke to before, family...everywhere.
-Being able to pack up my (formerly skin-tight size 28 clothes) Now I'm a 16 headed for a 14!
-Being able to shop at NY&CO instead of being confined to Lane Bryant and Ashelye Stewart. So freeing!
-Being able to jog, run, speed walk on an incline w/o feeling like I'm struggling to breath!
-Being able to cross my legs...I can give myself a pedi now! (I still go to the nail salon though...lol)
-SITTING COMFORTABLY ON THE TRAIN, BUS, PLANE even with someone sitting next to me ON BOTH SIDES!)
-No longer being the fattest person in the room...anywhere I go!
I can go on forever but you get the gist and I can't wait to experience many more!
But let me explain what I think helped my out of my plateau for those that are struggling. I got a fill last week because I felt like I was eating way too much. Which is funny before last time I had my fluid level altered my doc removed 0.1 ccs. I had 0.2 ccs added last fri and there is a major diff. I now have 10.7 ccs in my 14 cc band. I subsequently changed my diet to include smaller portions and more whole foods (I relied alot more on atkins protein shakes before...dr. recommended it.) I changed my workouts to include more cardio (about 6-7 days/week...before it was about 4-5.) And I now workout in the morning before work. Its brutal, but worth it. I still weight train 2-3 times/week and eat about 4xs/day...maybe 5.
But gotta get back to work my OH people...ttyl!
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JERSEY CITY, NJ
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29.8
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Surgery
09/25/2008
Surgery Date
Aug 14, 2008
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