twinz
7/24/09 (47 lost & 43 to go)
Jul 24, 2009
6/16/09
Jun 16, 2009
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!!!!!!!!!!!
4/24/09.......
Apr 26, 2009

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!!!!
4/17.........
Apr 18, 2009
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! :)

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!!
3/23/09 gym.....
Mar 24, 2009

3/20/09
Mar 22, 2009
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!!!
break down...
Mar 09, 2009
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 