7 months and finally 100 POUNDS!!!

Aug 15, 2010

It's been 7 months and I am 100 pounds lighter.  Wow that's a pretty amazing to say.  I know that surgery absolutely helped but I feel like I have worked for very hard for every one of those pounds.  I've noticed that weight loss has definitely slowed down, which was expected and I feel like I'm hitting stalls a lot more often, but as long as I'm continuing to lose inches that's fine with me. 

I had my 6 month follow-up on July 21st, sad news is that Dr. Brochi has moved on because he has completed his fellowship.  The good news is that the appointment went very well and I continue to be in the upper range of weight loss expectations.  Given that I am now doing endurance sports (triathlon training) my nutrition was modified again.  The new goals on days that I am exercising are 1,300 calories, 150 grams of carbs, and 85 grams of protein.  Dr. Elariny was a little confused as to why the numbers were so high and wanted to make sure I was still losing weight.  DUH!! When I told him I was 6 months out at 94 pounds he was like "oh you're doing fabulously."  Interesting thing about my appointment is that my vitamin A levels were low?!?! I take 25,000 units of vitamin A every day, so his recommendation was to go to another lab.  Since I'm only 20 pounds away from Dr. Elariny's expected weight loss goal, I've up'd my goal be in the 140-160 range.  I have NO IDEA how I'll look by then, but this is considered the healthy range for someone my height. 

Other news is that I've completed my 2nd triathlon on August 1st.  It went well, I ran the fastest 5k that I've ever done, but it still took me 38 minutes-lol.  I'm feeling strong, now I would like to see my times get a little faster.  I have 3 more races left this season.  September 12th in Williamsburg, September 18th in Dewey Beach, and October 3rd in Lake Anna.

Well that's all for now.  Hope all is well for everyone.
 

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