3 months out!

Three months out and I hit the 50 pound mark!  I'm down 80 overall!  I'm at 215 and not looking back.  I'm on a roll and so motivated to keep going right now!  I'm halfway there!

Picture is worth a thousand words?

Well, folks, I finally got in front of a full length mirror with a camera in hand.  It isn't the best lighting, the photo is grainy for some reason, but overall, the point is that I like what I see in the mirror.  This was taken Sunday before church.

I am 2 months and 19 days post surgery, down to 219 pounds.  I was 295 when I began this journey and 265 the day of surgery.  That is a total of 76 pounds down!  I have not been 219 pounds since my freshman year of college.

As for clothes, I am getting to that funky size where misses are too small and plus sizes are too big.  It all depends on the brand, but overall, its frustrating.

I still have a long way to go, but I am feeling really good.  The weather is so great this week and it is spring break!!!  What seemed like such a huge goal of getting under 200 pounds again is now within reach and I hope to get there by Memorial Day.  I would love to say Easter, but I know the further out from surgery I get the more the weight loss will slow down as my body heals and adjusts to my new stomach.  So between Easter and Memorial Day I hope to lose 20 more.  Before school begins in the fall I want to be down to 150 and I really think that is doable with a lot of restraint and dedication on my part.  I have to do it.  This is all on me and I love being able to say I did it rather than, I failed once again.  Success is so much more fun!  I got myself this way, I can get myself back!

You can still find me here!

I decided to give up social media for Lent.  I spend entirely too much time checking people I knew 20 years agos pictures on Instagram, statuses on Facebook and reading random tweets.  I am also taking a hiatus from my Feedly and Pinterest.  Well, I've made a rule for myself on Pinterest.  I can do recipes or projects already pinned, but no new pins.  Oh I can waste hours on Pinterest.  I will stay in touch through my blog and promise to post some pictures soon, especially now that I'm coming up on three months post-op!  I will also post my weight and measurement stats!  I just wanted to drop a quick line in case anyone is looking for me--- HERE I AM!  I have all this new energy and as the weather gets nicer (maybe, hopefully... we just had an ice day in March in Texas so hell may have actually frozen over) I want to be outside with my son and not tethered to my phone or computer!  The point was to spend more active time with him so I see this as the perfect way and time to form healthy habits for us! 

Thanks again for everyone's support!  I appreciate it more than I can ever express :)