7/24/09 (47 lost & 43 to go)

Jul 24, 2009

Well I have now lost more than I have left to lose until goal! The scale drives me CRAZY!!! I am one of the people who lose inches alot faster than the scale moves!! I have lost 2 lbs in the past month but I feel alot better in my clothes! Still need to exercise more but I have everything else pretty much under control. Well ok, the occasional 'head hunger' gets to me at times but it is sooo much easier to get back on track with the sleeve!!! Slow loser and trying to be patient. This is for a life time---why am I rushing it???
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6/16/09

Jun 16, 2009

Well I finally added some photos. Now my OH family can put a face with 'twinz'. Not the best photos but I have never been able to take a good pic.!!! I have 47 more lbs to go. I am a super slow loser but I seem to 'screw up' on the weekends. I also dont exercise the way I should. I can really tell a difference when I go to the gym just 3-4 days a week. I need to make that mandatory instead of coming up with excuses! I am still grateful for my wls and I know I will get to goal.  I also didnt post after my visit last month with Dr. Avara but he said "you dont even look like one of my patients anymore"! I LOVED it!!!! Also ALL my lab work was great. I dont have to see him again until my 1 year surgiversary!! I cant wait to see my 'post' at 1 year!
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05/15/09

May 14, 2009

Well 6 pounds in 2 weeks! That's what I'm talkin' bout!!!!!! LOL I posted my 'pity party' and actually received lots of good advise and encouragement. Thanks to the sleeve forum for 'being there'! I have since failed my glucose tolerance test and was put back on metformin which I think is really helping with my weight loss. I have also increased my water from 2-3 bottles a day to 4-5 bottles a day. I have also increased the intensity at the gym. I think all 3 of these combinations obviously is the reason why I had a 3 lb. loss for 2 weeks in a row. It had been several several weeks since I had seen anything but -1 or remaining the same. I know this will happen again and I hope to look back on my blogs and see changes I need to make, feel encouraged etc. So far so good. I see Dr. Avara again on 5/29. I hope to have lost a few more by then. Clothes fitting better. Dr. Horne took me off 2 meds and I now see him every 6 months instead of every 3. Yea!!! I have no regrets. I am almost out of the 200's!!! That is when I will go crazy with excitement at 199.9!!!!!!!!!!!

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4/24/09.......

Apr 26, 2009

Such a crappy weekend!! Anyone who is reading this may want to stop now!! VENTING alot!!!!! I weighed and lost 1 pound!! tired of the slow weight loss but obviously not tired enough to start exercising regularly. I realize now that without exercise--this is going to go VERY VERY slow!! Makes me wonder if I should have gotten this surgery afterall if I still have to work my butt off and watch what I eat etc!!! 4/25--had to work ALL day today--Women's Life Conf. It was such a LONG and mostly boring day!!!! I had to have my picture made at our booth and I looked like a FAT COW and I feel like an elephant!!! I hate the picture and now it has to be shown all over at work!! I can only imagine what I must have looked like 31 pounds heavier!!! SO GROSS!!! I am completely exhausted and feel like I am on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Everyone says that the lack of estrogen (because it is stored in fat cells & I am losing weight) can make a person very moody, tired, depressed, etc. Maybe that is what is going on? My house is a wreak and I just really dont have the motivation or the energy to do anything about it. I soooooo hope next week will be soooooo much better!!
I realize things could be soooo much worse but its hard just to turn off the way you feel! I wish I could and I would feel GREAT 24/7!!!!
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4/17.........

Apr 18, 2009

lost 2.8 pounds today. Happy though because I didnt get to go to the gym much this week --only once--(boys had the flu).
last week either--only twice. So happy but need to get movin'
On a brighter note: 
GREAT GREAT NSV!!!  I wore my size 14 jeans to work and everyone was blown away at my weightloss---well my inches lost (scale doesn't seem to move much). One of my friends/co-workers started telling me about someone at her church losing weight and she said "she is a little as you" WHAT??!! I have NEVER heard that before!! I still weigh 217 lbs!!! I have no butt or legs and if I can just lose this belly!!! I wear scrubs all the time so I guess wearing fitted clothes will bring the best comments!  :) 
 
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4/6/09 whooooooHoooooo......size 14

Apr 06, 2009

I am NOT believing this!!! I just fit into a size 14 jeans & 14 shorts with NO elastic!!!!!!!!   LOL They were a little snug but the next size up was to big. It has been everybit of 11+ years since I have been able to fit into a size 14! The smallest size that I can remember getting into as an adult was right before I met my husband and that was a size 10 which didnt last long at all! I was crazy happy yesterday in that dressing room! Its been a LONG time since I enjoyed going into a dressing room!! I needed it desperately too! I went and had my taxes filled out and yes I owe, owe, owe!!!! I started to cancel my shopping but I desperately needed something I could wear now that I am in a SIZE 14!! Yes I am YELLING!!!!!!  LOL  I have also been a regular at the gym the past 2 weeks and plan on it being a part of my routine. I love my sleeve! I could have never done this without it!!

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3/23/09 gym.....

Mar 24, 2009

well I went to the gym today! ill the entire way--would have rather been going anywhere else!!  but hey they say the first step is the hardest----man, I hope it gets easier and the dread goes away soon!
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3/20/09

Mar 22, 2009

weighed today and lost 1 lb this week. its ok because last week between Mon. & Fri. I lost 3.5 lbs.! I suppose I am going to be a slow loser or it may just be the fact that I still have not started exercising! However I have started enjoying working in the yard again! so much more energy now! ok, I will post again next Friday--weigh day!
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SCALE UPDATE!!!! & Red Lobster 3/13/09

Mar 12, 2009

Friday the 13th not so bad after all!! YEA!!!  Well thank goodness!  The scale was much better to me today!!!!  MUCH MUCH better numbers!!  So I lost the 2.5 I gained and lost another pound!!  (3.5 total)  I am sooo much happier and more encouraged than I was Monday!! Ok, I wasnt able to start the gym Monday but I hope to start this coming Monday 3-16-09. Thank you Lord for helping me out with those scales!!  
We went to Meridian to see The Magic Treehouse Musical at the Riley Center. Afterwards we went to Red Lobster and what a nsv (non-scale victory) I had!!
I had not eaten since lunch except a protein drink. My boys (all 3) ordered and I decided that I just wanted to add 1/2 lb. crab legs to my husbands meal. Thats it. That is all I wanted. The waitress brought out those to die for biscuits and I nibbled on 1/2 of one!!!  I normally would have eaten 3 with a salad before my dinner came.  I had NO salad (to early out from surgery), NO dessert (before surgery--oh Yea I would have had or at least shared a dessert!), NO adult beverage (another oh Yea I would have before) soooo how many calories do you think I saved? I am just blown away by the amount of food I am UNABLE to eat now. I also cant believe that I no longer really 'crave' sweets & alot of high calorie food that I once did. Its just amazing to me!!!
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break down...

Mar 09, 2009

10.5lb  loss pre-op
 7    lb  loss 3-4 days after surgery
 4.5 lb  loss 3 week f/u
+2.5 lb  gain at 1 month   

starting gym tomorrow   ----will update again Friday 3/13/09 
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