Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Wow!
Ok, so I've only lost 1 lb since my last post. (Ugh!) But, my body is loosing inches, so that's awesome news! (I'm hoping I'm gaining back some muscle mass, and loosing fat at the same time. Hopefully.) Overall I feel really good! No more pain from the gallbladder! I'm hoping it cools off soon so I can start walking/jogging in the evenings again.
Anyway, I have a before and after comparison picture for you! Here it is! The before is from December 2011. The after is from Elliot's 2nd Birthday party on September 1st.
Anyway, I have a before and after comparison picture for you! Here it is! The before is from December 2011. The after is from Elliot's 2nd Birthday party on September 1st.
Today's Weight: 174
Total Loss: 82lbs
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Picture Time!
Ok, Before I post the latest pictures, I thought I'd give an update as to where I am in my weight loss journey. :) Here goes!
I've plateaued. Again. Been sitting steady at 175 for a week now. Damn plateaus!
I went shopping for new jeans the other day. I'm wearing a size 11 at Maurices, and a size 32 in Silver Jeans. (Roughly an 11/12) I haven't worn a size 12 since the 10th grade. Yay!
The sales lady at Maurices told me I have tiny legs. (First time anything on my body has EVER been called tiny!)
In shirts, I'm wearing Larges and some Mediums.
In dresses I'm wearing a 12
I constantly have people asking me if weight loss surgery is for them. And yes Lynn, this section is for you! (among other people) I'm going to answer you with a series of questions. If you can say yes to most of these questions, then weight loss surgery is definitely for you!
SO
Is your BMI into the Obese category? (Above 32?)
Are you feeling sluggish and tired?
Does your weight prohibit you from doing activities that you want to do?
Are you ashamed of the way you look?
Is your weight causing health problems?
Are you willing to completely change the way you eat? (Especially if you see immediate results?)
Are you depressed? (Loosing weight dramatically helps depression symptoms!)
Are you ready to look good and feel good about yourself?
If you answered yes to most of the above questions, then weight loss surgery is definitely for you! I would do it again tomorrow. I honestly want to stop every obese person I see and tell them about it! (I don't, because I realize some people are totally happy being overweight, and that's ok!) But if you want to feel better, look better, have more energy, play with your kids, and be crazy happy, DO IT! If you health insurance doesn't cover it, start a savings account and pay out of pocket! IT IS WORTH IT!
Today's weight: 175 lbs
Total Loss: 81 lbs
Monday, August 6, 2012
How its Going
Hi! Well, I got past the big number drop! The day of surgery (to have my gallbladder removed), which was last Friday, I stepped on the scale at the hospital and it said 179! Eeek! Then of course I had surgery, which went well, and gained about 5 lbs just of fluid and bloat. Ugh. But today I stepped on the scale and it was down to 178! I'm so excited!!!!
Only 38 more pounds to go to my goal! And next week, after my post op appointment, I start going to the gym. I've signed up for a Power Up class, which is a lot like a boot camp class. I need it. I need someone in my face telling me I'm strong. I need someone to yell at me. I need someone to tell me I'm not working hard enough. Because honestly, I'm not. I need to work out. I was doing really well until it got over 100 degrees around the 1st of July, and has stayed there ever since. Even at 8 PM, its still around 94 degrees outside. That's just too hot to walk or run for that matter. So now, I'll go to the air conditioned gym, and hopefully the weight will come off quicker again. :)
Today's Weight: 178
Total Loss: 78lbs
Only 38 more pounds to go to my goal! And next week, after my post op appointment, I start going to the gym. I've signed up for a Power Up class, which is a lot like a boot camp class. I need it. I need someone in my face telling me I'm strong. I need someone to yell at me. I need someone to tell me I'm not working hard enough. Because honestly, I'm not. I need to work out. I was doing really well until it got over 100 degrees around the 1st of July, and has stayed there ever since. Even at 8 PM, its still around 94 degrees outside. That's just too hot to walk or run for that matter. So now, I'll go to the air conditioned gym, and hopefully the weight will come off quicker again. :)
Today's Weight: 178
Total Loss: 78lbs
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Big Number Drop
So I've told a few of my friends lately that the numbers on the scale I hate the most end with 1 and 0. Why? Because they are the last two pounds before the big number drop. I hated seeing 240. I wanted to be in the 230s. Then I hated seeing 231, because I was so ready to be in the 220s. And so on. And today, I'm at 180. I had a goal to be in the 170s before our yearly family reunion/ AKA, Camp Meeting. We leave next Wednesday. I'm having my gall bladder removed tomorrow. I hope it weighs at least a pound! LOL!
But I'm so ready for the big number drop. I'm ready to be in the 170s again. (I was 17 the last time I saw 170) For those of you who aren't good at math, that was 12 years ago. (And good God, that math problem just made me feel really old!) Hopefully, I'll wake up in the morning and the scale will say 179. That way once they take the gallbladder out, the scale will be even more sweet to me. :)
Speaking of sweet, my scale apparently has a sense of humor. Its a digital scale. Some days I will step on it and it gives me some absurd number. Like yesterday, when it said 157. Then I stepped off, stepped back on, and it said my true weight yesterday, 180.5. It's like, "Here's a number to make you happy." And then when I step back on its like the scale is saying, "Psych! Try again next time!" Stupid scale and its mind games!
Today's Weight: 180 lbs
Total Loss: 76 lbs
But I'm so ready for the big number drop. I'm ready to be in the 170s again. (I was 17 the last time I saw 170) For those of you who aren't good at math, that was 12 years ago. (And good God, that math problem just made me feel really old!) Hopefully, I'll wake up in the morning and the scale will say 179. That way once they take the gallbladder out, the scale will be even more sweet to me. :)
Speaking of sweet, my scale apparently has a sense of humor. Its a digital scale. Some days I will step on it and it gives me some absurd number. Like yesterday, when it said 157. Then I stepped off, stepped back on, and it said my true weight yesterday, 180.5. It's like, "Here's a number to make you happy." And then when I step back on its like the scale is saying, "Psych! Try again next time!" Stupid scale and its mind games!
Today's Weight: 180 lbs
Total Loss: 76 lbs
Thursday, July 19, 2012
What's Up?
So, what's up with me lately? Not much really. OK, I guess there is a lot.
First things first, I'm sitting at 182lbs as of yesterday. Weight loss is slow. I'm not discouraged, but I do wish I was still loosing 5-8 lbs per week like I was at first. But I guess my weight loss is normal, and maybe even accelerated, which brings its own set of challenges--more on that in a bit.
Next, I joined a gym! I was going to get a personal trainer, but decided its just not in the budget at this time. (It was going to be over $1200 for 5 months! Gah!) However, starting next week I'm planning on trying to at least go on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a Power Up (bootcamp style) class. I'm hoping that I can loose my last 42lbs quickly by building back some muscle and exercising. Hopefully the class won't kill me. And I'll be honest. I haven't been in a gym since I was about 17. So 12 years without stepping foot in a gym, and this wasn't Curves people. This was a hardcore, body building, crossfit style people gym. Nuts. It was hella intimidating. But I'm going to go back. Because even if I don't look like the bodybuilders and fitness models that frequent that place, I am at least doing something other than sitting on the couch, or browsing Pinterest.
Now for the bad news. Apparently, rapid weight loss can cause gallstones. I kept getting weird pains in my right side, right below my ribcage. I though I was just pulling muscles while exercising. Wrong. I went for an ultrasound, and my gallbladder is full of gallstones. So, for the second time in less than 6 months, I will be going under the knife. I have been assured that this procedure is much less painful than the gastric bypass, and its outpatient, so I'll get to go home the same day. Hopefully I'll heal quickly, because we all know I don't have time to be down!
Lastly, I wanted to let everyone know that just 4 days after my gallbladder surgery, I'm planning on going to Jon's family's campground for a week. Its kind of like a huge church camp for families. Its awesome. I'll be missing the first weekend due to my surgery, but dang it, I'm going for the second half of the week! The camp is in the boondocks in southern Arkansas. (Hollywood Arkansas actually. Never heard of it? Yeah, that's because the population is less than 40! haha!) Its actually been incorporated into the town of Arkadelphia. If you've heard of that and are thinking, "oh, that's not that far out" just remember, from the campground, we have to drive about 10 minutes before we can even get any cell phone reception. Yeah, that's how far into the boonies we will be. :)
As a parting gift to you, I'm posting a few pictures taken last week. :) Because I know you've all been loosing sleep at night wondering what I look like this week. Bwahaha!
First things first, I'm sitting at 182lbs as of yesterday. Weight loss is slow. I'm not discouraged, but I do wish I was still loosing 5-8 lbs per week like I was at first. But I guess my weight loss is normal, and maybe even accelerated, which brings its own set of challenges--more on that in a bit.
Next, I joined a gym! I was going to get a personal trainer, but decided its just not in the budget at this time. (It was going to be over $1200 for 5 months! Gah!) However, starting next week I'm planning on trying to at least go on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a Power Up (bootcamp style) class. I'm hoping that I can loose my last 42lbs quickly by building back some muscle and exercising. Hopefully the class won't kill me. And I'll be honest. I haven't been in a gym since I was about 17. So 12 years without stepping foot in a gym, and this wasn't Curves people. This was a hardcore, body building, crossfit style people gym. Nuts. It was hella intimidating. But I'm going to go back. Because even if I don't look like the bodybuilders and fitness models that frequent that place, I am at least doing something other than sitting on the couch, or browsing Pinterest.
Now for the bad news. Apparently, rapid weight loss can cause gallstones. I kept getting weird pains in my right side, right below my ribcage. I though I was just pulling muscles while exercising. Wrong. I went for an ultrasound, and my gallbladder is full of gallstones. So, for the second time in less than 6 months, I will be going under the knife. I have been assured that this procedure is much less painful than the gastric bypass, and its outpatient, so I'll get to go home the same day. Hopefully I'll heal quickly, because we all know I don't have time to be down!
Lastly, I wanted to let everyone know that just 4 days after my gallbladder surgery, I'm planning on going to Jon's family's campground for a week. Its kind of like a huge church camp for families. Its awesome. I'll be missing the first weekend due to my surgery, but dang it, I'm going for the second half of the week! The camp is in the boondocks in southern Arkansas. (Hollywood Arkansas actually. Never heard of it? Yeah, that's because the population is less than 40! haha!) Its actually been incorporated into the town of Arkadelphia. If you've heard of that and are thinking, "oh, that's not that far out" just remember, from the campground, we have to drive about 10 minutes before we can even get any cell phone reception. Yeah, that's how far into the boonies we will be. :)
As a parting gift to you, I'm posting a few pictures taken last week. :) Because I know you've all been loosing sleep at night wondering what I look like this week. Bwahaha!
Today's Weight: 182 lbs
Total Loss: 74 lbs
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
WHAT???
I stepped on the scale this morning, and guess what I saw? 186!!!!!! I distinctly remember weighing 188lbs when I graduated high school. Which means I've not only lost 70lbs since Christmas, but I now weigh less than I did the day I graduated High School 11 years ago.
Sometimes I wish there were do-overs in life though. Like my 10 year reunion that I skipped last year. I skipped the reunion partly because I went to high school with a bunch of overprivileged douche bags who I really didn't care to see again, but also because I was ashamed of how overweight I was. Isn't that sad? Now I wish I could go and show everyone how awesome I turned out. (AKA, show off pictures of my kids and my good looking husband!)
I also wish I could re-do my wedding. I really wish I could wear that beautiful Monique Lhullier dress that I wanted so badly, but didn't have the figure for. Although my dress was beautiful, it was not my dream dress. It was the dress that hid my fat the best, and flattered my unsightly figure the best. And it was one of the only dresses that came in a size 22.
But, there are not do-overs. Just lessons learned. What's the lesson here? If you are overweight, unhappy, and ashamed of yourself, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW! YOU GAIN NOTHING BUT MORE WEIGHT BY WAITING! I wish I had done this right after I graduated College and before Jon and I got married. That way I could have worn that $5,000 dress and given my dad a heart attack when I asked him for his credit card. And I could have gone to that reunion and been proud of myself and my accomplishments.
You know what though? I am SO PROUD of myself. I am currently talking to three people who are considering weight loss surgery. I think that two of them are amazing candidates. (One just is not ready for the lifestyle change, and I get that. She'll get there eventually!) I hope that by sharing my story, I can show the world that being overweight is nothing to be ashamed of. And that doing something radical, like weight loss surgery, is nothing to be ashamed of either, and that it is NOT the easy way out.
You know me, changing the world one ass kicking at a time! Lol!
Today's Weight: 186
Loss since Surgery: 63lbs
Total Loss: 70lbs
Sometimes I wish there were do-overs in life though. Like my 10 year reunion that I skipped last year. I skipped the reunion partly because I went to high school with a bunch of overprivileged douche bags who I really didn't care to see again, but also because I was ashamed of how overweight I was. Isn't that sad? Now I wish I could go and show everyone how awesome I turned out. (AKA, show off pictures of my kids and my good looking husband!)
I also wish I could re-do my wedding. I really wish I could wear that beautiful Monique Lhullier dress that I wanted so badly, but didn't have the figure for. Although my dress was beautiful, it was not my dream dress. It was the dress that hid my fat the best, and flattered my unsightly figure the best. And it was one of the only dresses that came in a size 22.
But, there are not do-overs. Just lessons learned. What's the lesson here? If you are overweight, unhappy, and ashamed of yourself, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW! YOU GAIN NOTHING BUT MORE WEIGHT BY WAITING! I wish I had done this right after I graduated College and before Jon and I got married. That way I could have worn that $5,000 dress and given my dad a heart attack when I asked him for his credit card. And I could have gone to that reunion and been proud of myself and my accomplishments.
You know what though? I am SO PROUD of myself. I am currently talking to three people who are considering weight loss surgery. I think that two of them are amazing candidates. (One just is not ready for the lifestyle change, and I get that. She'll get there eventually!) I hope that by sharing my story, I can show the world that being overweight is nothing to be ashamed of. And that doing something radical, like weight loss surgery, is nothing to be ashamed of either, and that it is NOT the easy way out.
You know me, changing the world one ass kicking at a time! Lol!
Today's Weight: 186
Loss since Surgery: 63lbs
Total Loss: 70lbs
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