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So I have been feeling a little blue lately and I know it's because I have to get serious about reaching my weight loss goal. I started a smoothie challenge on the 31st to kick off my recommitment to losing this weight. My weight has really fluctuated after this last pregnancy and I find myself now 246 lbs smh. The smoothie challenge is supposed to be for the entire month if January, but I am thinking of making it long term. Anyway, I have a 20-24 oz smoothie for breakfast, another one for lunch, and eat a sensible dinner. So far I am enjoying coming up with smoothie combinations that work for me, but I have to get my late night snacking under control. So hopefully returning to OH and reading more at night will help me with that. My exercise plan is to do at least 45 minute workouts or walking at least 3 miles per day. So far I have been doing cardio and let's just say I am so out of shape...I thought I was going to have a heart attack lol. The goal is still to reach 160 lbs, but I refuse to put a time frame on it. Oh we'll that's what new with me...just trying to stay positive.

 It's been about 2 years and I can't believe how different things are today. I now have a 2 year old son and a 2 month old baby girl. Needless to say the scale is now tipping in the wrong direction. I now weigh 235 lbs after this pregnancy. I really have some catching up to do. So figured I needed to go back to the basics and draw inspiration from my OH family. I had some complications after my last baby and was just cleared this past week to be able to exercise again. I am going to have to start slow. It's been so long that I honestly feel like I am the girl I was before RNY surgery. I am trying not to beat myself up about it, but I sure thought I would be at my goal weight by now...guess God had other plans lol. I LOVE my babies and wouldn't trade them for anything in this world, but my body will never be the same LMBO. Anyway, if you guys have any advice or tips...send them my way PLEASE!

Well, I have been gone for quit some time. I hope you all have been well. I had a baby (Gavin) October 14^th and now I am back on OH. It is time for me to learn how to balance mommy time and me time. I now weigh 208 lbs, but my goal is to be about 160 lbs (give or take a few pounds). It is taking me a while to bounce back, but I more focused now than ever. I guess that is because I see that my goal really isn’t that far away. I am open to any suggestions on how to jumpstart my workouts and get back on track. I still look pretty darn good, but I am ready to start trying to tone up some. Anyway, I promise I will be checking in more frequently…

I haven't posted in a long time and so many things have changed.  First of all I now weigh 219 pounds.  Second of all I am 13 weeks pregnant.  I guess it is true that once the weight is gone, anything is possible.  I will finally graduate from college in May, so talk about perfect timing.  After I graduate I plan to at least stay home until the end of the year.  My life has really taken a turn for the better...this whole process has been a total rebirth.  Thank you to all of you guys who helped to see me through it all.

Today is my second birthday.  Well, that is what I call it.  I had my surgery 10/20/2008.  This year has come and gone so quickly.  I was a little down yesterday because I felt like I have not lost as much as i wanted to, but when I look back over this past year...I know I have accomplished some great things.  I was so caught up in that number on the scale that I forgot to pat myself on the back for all the other things i have conquered.  I am able to comfortably wear a bathing suit without feeling like all eyes are on me.  I can walk and play with my family without feeling like I am going to pass out.  I went from a size 26 to a size 15/16.  Yes, I have a long way to go, but damn it feels good to look back on where I came from.  I am enjoying life where as before I was watching everyone else have fun.  I have confidence in myself again and I believe that I can do anything I set my mind to.  My marriage is so much better.  I was so angry with my life that I made everyone around me miserable.  Today my husband and I enjoy spending time together where as before it seemed like I did everything I could to push him away.  I didn't feel like I deserved to be with him.  Hell, I felt worthless and I was always so depressed.  It almost seems like I was living someone else's life because the old me was so different from who I am today.   I love my life and I am excited/anxious to see where I will be this time next year.

I am finally loosing more weight.  I gained back up to 237 pounds and now I am back down to 232.  I hope to be out of the 230's by the end of next week.  I think increasing my protein has helped and I also gotten back in the habit of working out at least 5 times a week.  Thank you to all the people who gave me advice and helped me to get my weight just started again.

 

Gosh time has really flown by...as of yesterday I am officially 100 pounds down.  I feel soooo good!!!  I get a kick out of going into store now.  I spent the holiday weekend going into different store just to see if I could wear their clothes.  Before long I am going to need a bigger closet...LMAO.

I am so excited...I am now 236 pounds...2 more pounds and that will be an even 100 pounds...GOD is soooooooo good!!!!

I am now 239 pounds and feeling good.  I have not been able to work out as much due to a very hectic college schedule, but I am vowming to get back on track starting tomorrow.  I have been running into people I used to work with or went to high school with, and they are amazed at how I look.  Most of them didn't even realize who I was.  It has been great.  I even went out to the club last week...that was so weird, but I had a ball.  I am just having a good time right now because I am able to do so many things that I couldn't before.  I feel like I am becoming a new person, but for the better.  I am so ready to start traveling again and I look forward to doing more outdoor activities.  Bottom line...God has been so good to me!!!

  I posted this picture a couple of days ago. This is the picture I took during my first initial appointment with my bariatric surgeon.  I can not believe this is how I looked.  I can remember thinking I looked pretty good that day...boy was I wrong.  I had a very distorted view of how I thought I looked when I was bigger.  I looked like a line backer or something.  it is so hard to believe that I let my life get so out of control and this is what I became.  No wonder my body ached from head to toe, no wonder I would break out into sweats for no reason, and I have to believe that my husband must really love me because the woman in this picture was not the woman he married.  God is so good because I have come a very long way.  I still have a lot of work to do, but please believe that this picture is my new motivation.  When they showed me this picture I was speechless at first and then I was in shock.  I had no idea I looked like that.  Then I started to laugh because it was like i was looking at a picture of someone else and that person could not have possibly been me.  I know it sounds crazy.

Well beside the picture everything else is pretty good.  I had some blood work done last week and everything looks good, but I have to increase my protein.  I made my way to vitamin shoppe and stocked up, but even with the shakes it is so hard trying to get it all in when you never seem to be hungry.  I have not exercised in the last week because I have been so busy with school.  My finals are this week, so I hope to be back on track by the end of the week.