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!
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
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!
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!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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 :)
Thanks again for everyone's support! I appreciate it more than I can ever express :)
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