9/15/09

Yesterday, Sept 14, 2009....127!

woo hoo!

4 pounds till NORMAL BMI

We had a 'boot camp' game going on at curves (those measurements in the above post), and i WON! you got points for weight loss, inches lost, workouts per week, buying the monthly shirt, having someone visit curves, someone join curves, going to the weight management class. the only thing extra i did was bought the shirt because i liked it. the rest of my points were from inches and weight lost and my workouts. I usually go 6 times a week (i've missed very few saturdays).

I won a PRETTY silver curves overnight bag.

at first i thought, oh, this will make a nice gift to my mom because i just don't use bags often...and that one is not big enough for when we go out of town (it's more for one night).

by the time i drove home, i had changed my mind. it will be PERFECT for my trip to the PS consult (we are sleeping in TX the night of my appointment) and for the night before my surgery!

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9/08/09

I'm plugging right along. the weight it coming off steadily...and i'm more than thrilled! EVERYONE has been noticing and commenting on it. these last 10 pounds have REALLY made a HUGE difference in my appearance.


today ended a promotion at curves, so i had to get measured and weighed. It was for 4 weeks.

I lost 11 pounds (according to them...i must have been UP on the day i weighed in and LOW today because i don't recall ever losing 11 pounds in 4 weeks besides in the VERY beginning!) anyhow....

i lost 2" in my boobs
4" in my waist
4" in my abs
3" in my hips
2" in my thighs
1.5" in my arms
HOLY COW! my waist is now 29.5" DOWN from 45" from my first measurements (which isn't from my highest weight! YIKES!) that's 15.5"! I'm only 4'11" (4'10.5" actually...LOL) i was as round as i was tall...or short if you will! LOL

I'm really excited with my arms. i have a little wiggle action going on at the bottom, but very little! muscles are filling it out nicely!!!

my legs, holy moly..... they are TONED UP! i get asked at LEAST 5 times a week now, WHAT do you DO to get your legs so muscular?!

to ME....my face is still big.... everyone says no though. i just have a BIG HEAD...runs in the family. LOL

and my belly. it's the place that just wants to hold on to the very end. in clothes, it's not THAT bad, but nothing fits right, i won't tuck shirts in either. if i could lose the rest, JUST there...i'd be doing good.

my butt could use some fat...it's SOOOO flat. i've NEVER had a butt.

i CANNOT wait until November for the PS appointment. if we hadn't planned a trip around the appointment, i would consider moving it up. i'll survive though, and it will be less time between the consult and the actual surgery this way too. I HAVE to have it in march. THAT can't be moved. we have to make sure taxes are in (we don't want to finance any of it), hubby needs to be able to take off, and my mom needs to be able to help. March is probably the soonest all of those things would fall into place.

I took new pics yesterday. i need to upload them and compare to the 44 pounds lost pics. Oh, i'm 63 pounds down!!!

That's only 8 pounds to my original goal (i'm thinking i'm going to lower it. I'm thinking i will keep doing what i'm doing and if i lose after i get to 120, then i do. GOOD! if i maintain, then good! I'll do that until i see the PS and see what he says. if he thinks i should lose more, then i have time. if he thinks he will take off the parts i'm trying to still get rid of, and take a few more pounds during surgery, then i'll be there already! i want him to have enough fat to do the fat into the bootie like he did for Josie, since i have NO BOOTIE!!)

I got my 6 month blood work script in to go do...it seems like i just did my 3 month (they were a little late sending it, and i took my time having it done)! I still haven't had to get a fill since April 23! I do like going in to the Dr's office though....he always tells me i'm doing wonderful and that i look great. He told me at my last appointment that my body might be happy where i am (i was around 140 or a little less i think).....i wonder what he would say NOW!! I know what i'd tell him.....NOPE, my body isn't happy with THAT...i'm going down, down, DOWN!!!

i LOVE MY BAND!!!!

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!

9/01/09

I don't know if the predisone i'm on (i have poison ivy from yard work) is helping things along or what, but holy cow


....weighed this morning and i'm 130!!!

either i'm at my sweet spot, where i can eat just about anything, but small portions and stay full....or the steriods have UPPED my metabolism and i'm not letting myself eat all day, so i'm losing...but I'll take it!!

7 pounds to a normal weight!

10 pounds to goal!

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8/31/09

8/31/09

Down to 132 this morning!!
could i POSSIBLY make 60 pounds gone by my 6 month band date?!?!!? (8/3/09)
I'm going to eat great, exercise and get my water in....
I CAN DO THIS!! I'm a lot closer than i thought i would be to making this goal!!
that will also put me 8 pounds to a NORMAL weight range and 11 pounds to goal!

I had LOTS of people tell me i was so skinny this weekend! it was VERY uplifting.

THEN, i saw pictures and i was NOT happy. I still look so puffy... if i'm not standing up STRAIGHT and TALL, it showed every little (and big) imperfection !

I know in my head i'm MUCH thinner than i was before the band, but i'm still far from being happy with what i see.

I know most won't change until after PS because the flab is just not ever going to tone up completely....

I CANNOT wait until my consult and most of all for MARCH when it will be cut off and the girls were they belong!!

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!

8/27/09

today, i looked in the mirror and thought, WOW...when did my collar bones start sticking out so much...mean, i remember a while back thinking, could that be collar bones starting to show...now, they are DEFINITELY sticking out...a lot! i'm SURE it didn't happen overnight, but gosh, i didn't 'see' it until now!


I want to have a bit of lipo on the inner thigh...the rest of my legs have hardly any fat on them.

i bet that was scary having a unfill....we think the weight will come back over night!

I must have kick started something with how busy i've been this last week (we are getting the house ready for the little's b-day party. Our family doesn't come this way very often, and this is the one time we get a LOT of them to come. I use it as my reason to clean house from top to bottom...base boards to molding and everything in between! The yard too!)

As i said before, my weight has SLOOOOOOOWED down a LOT....well, i weighed this morning..133!!! 2 pounds from 60 pounds gone! i did NOT think i would make 60 pounds by my 6 month mark (9/3/09) and i'm thinking i CAN do it now! 131 here i come!!!!

My goal is coming up quick...wow! i knew i would be successfull with my band, because i was determined to make this work, but wow.... i'm losing an average of 10 pounds a month since march and it's STAYING OFF!!!

I cannot wait until Saturday. there are some people that have not seen me since before surgery! can you imagine what THEIR reaction will be!!!

my 6's are up, on, and BUTTONED too! the pooch under the waist isn't pretty....and i wouldn't be comfortable ALL day in them, but wow, wow, wow....i can put them on and breathe!!

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!

8/22/09

just to document when i got here...

135 on 8/21/09

i weighed this when i had my fitting done for my wedding gown! I lost 5 pounds in the week before the wedding....so i can't wait to be 130! the weight i was on my wedding day!

Before i get to that, 131 will be 60 pounds GONE! (4 more pounds)
then 130- wedding day weight (5 more pounds)
after that: 123-NORMAL WEIGHT RANGE! (12 more pounds!)
121- 70 pounds gone....(14 more pounds)
120- GOAL (for now anyhow! althought if i get to 120, then have PS, that will take off a few more and i'm sure i will not care if i don't lose another pound!!!) (15 more pounds!)

it's all getting SOOOOO close! the pounds are coming off MUCH slower these days, but as long as they keep going DOWN....I'll eventually get there!!

I was weighed and measured at curves yesterday. I'll also add measurements i do in addition to what they do:
:amount loss (actual measurements)

Neck: 1/4" (12.75)
arms: 1" (10)
top of chest: 2" (35 1/2)
boobs: 3" (38) (i REALLY think this was from a different bra or something!)
under boobs: 3" (32)
waist: 2 1/2" (32.5) (WOW!! that's 12.5" from the first measurements!)
abs: 1 1/2" (37.5) (11.5" gone from my BELLY!!)
hips: 3" (35)
thighs: 1 1/2" (19.5)
knees: 1" (12)
calves: 1/2" (13 1/4)
ankles: 1/2" (7.5)

i wish i had measurements from my starting weight!

I'm also going to start making myself do 10 miles a week. walk or run, 1 or 10 a day...whatever it takes to do 10 miles a week!

NSV: last night we went to a concert. me and the friend that came with us were talking about jeans and being short (she's right around my height) and having to wear heels if we don't get our jeans hemmed because even the 'short' sizes are long. She asked me, "what, you wear about a 6?' HEEHEE....it's SHOWING....i "look" my size. I still don't see it, but it was GREAT to hear it from an outsider (ie. NOT HUBBY).

Hubby came with me the other day to look for shirts. he LOVED this bright pink, low cut shirt. I on the other hand thought it was tight because it touched me....he, thought it looked great.

I put it one to wear to the concert and said out loud that i didn't think i was going to wear it because i would be tugging on it all night.

he told me i'm too hard on myself, and don't know what i see in the mirror because it looked great.

i ended up wearing it, because i knew he wouldn't let me go out looking ridiculous, so he must have meant it.

While we were walking into the building, he told me he was proud of me because he knew it was WAY out of my comfort zone and i looked great. :-)

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!

8/17/09

I am doing great with exercising. i do something everyday except sunday. Sometimes i do walk and run on sundays, but i don't make myself on that day.


Eating on the other hand, hasn't been so good. i still get full quick, but i seem to want to eat sooner. I feel like i'm making really bad choices at times.

I went to my LAP-BAND® Dr. today. I made the appointment about a week and a half ago, for a fill. I didn't end up getting one. I was worried i would end up too tight if i got one. over the weekend, i had that same tight feeling i had a while back. the strange thing is, i think it being caused at the same time i'm having migraines!

The Dr. said i probably was getting hungry quicker from adding the running to my exercise. He didn't think i needed a fill, thinks i'm being impatient, and that i'm doing EXCEPTIONAL (his words!) .

i think i'm at a plateau and i want to see the scale MOVE DOWN! LOL

I've been at 137 for what seems like forever and i want to get past 135 then out of the 130's! I'd be happy with staying at ANYTHING in the 120's for forever (ok, until my PS which will help me look like i've lost more! )

EDITED to add: i weighed right after posting this and i'm at 136!! (and at the END of the day!!)WOO HOO!!! i hope i've broke the plateau!!

OH, i don't think i mentioned it here. I made my appointment for the PS! i'm going to go to Dr. Adam. the one Josie used. My consult appointment is Nov. 12! I want to lose about 17 pounds by then. I'll see what he says and go from there. I will schedule my surgery for March. that will give me time to lose more or learn to maintain for quite a few months before surgery.

I think being at 120, then having surgery, it will make me look like i'm closer to my OMG goal! i'd be over the moon if so!!!

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7/29/09

Ouch. I. am. sore! but it's NOT going to stop me from dancing!


139...even! i lost a pound ANNNNNND....... I am now OUT of the 140's!!!!

I LOVE my band!!!

i worked out at curves yesterday, but did NOT walk/run. my legs H.U.R.T! my workout at curves showed that too. my calories burned were WAY down from the day before because i just couldn't push as hard as usual because of the soreness in my legs.

I will go to curves again today (i go everyday except sunday) and even if i don't try to run today, i'm going to go walk (maybe i'll put the littes in the double jogger and take them walking). Just so my muscles stretch....try to work the soreness away!

Oh, and my (overfill feeling?) tightness is gone. I still get full quick, but it's not causing everything to make me think i'm going to get stuck with the first bite. Last night i made enchilada's for the family. i cut a few bits up for the little ones, who didn't eat it and i tried it. i was able to eat it! i couldn't do bread or tortillias before! i was full REALLY quick, but hey, THAT'S the restriction i WANT! i want to eat ANYTHING, but not nearly as much as i used to.

I did my lab work friday before last and hadn't heard from the Dr's office yet so i called them yesterday. I wasn't sure if I was suppose to call for an appointment or THEY would call ME. she said they haven't gotten all the results back yet and when they did, they would call and make an appointment. I'll see where i'm at with restriction then and talk to him about it depending on how my weight loss is going. at my last appointment which was for my port insicion not healing completely(and it was over 3 months AFTER surgery) we both agreed i was at my sweet spot. I guess from losing more weight, you lose that and could need more fills....we will see when i go for an appointment.

did i say I LOVE MY BAND?!

my goal of being AT goal for my birthday doesn't seem like the impossible anymore. Bring on OCTOBER!!! I'll be looking great at 38!

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!

7/28/09

what a difference a day makes.

Yesterday i did great.
i was sticking to my shakes.
i went to curves.
I got a pedometor in the mail from my insurance.
I put it on about half way of my day.
a friend asked if i wanted to go walk/run with her in the evening.
i decided i should eat something if i was going to run later, so i had TUNA FISH.
we did 2 3/4 miles and i RAN almost HALF OF IT!!
I was SOOOO proud of myself! she was too! she has been in this running club for over a year and has been doing this program for a few weeks after a break from running and i kept up with her!
i can remember not being able to run to the end of our driveway to catch one of the little ones from going into the street and now i'm running MILES....ok, not all at once (the longest distance we ran all together was 1/4 of a mile) but it was much much farther than the end of my DRIVEWAY!

the bonus....this morning i was 140! EVEN.
an OUNCE and i'm OUT OF THE 140's!!!
I'm using that as MOTIVATION and i WILL stay on track today!
I tracked over 14000 steps and i didn't even have the pedometor on for the first half of the day!

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!

7/27/09

what a weekend. i don't know WHAT was wrong with me. oh wait. it was probably that i had SNACKS in the house to begin with!


I could not...or i should say, WOULDN'T stop eating. a handful (or 2) of mini oreos, ice cream (and NOT my normal frozen yogurt that is lower in cals and fat), honey teddy grams, almonds (i'm usually ok with a few at a time a couple times a day....try HANDFULS, ALL DAY). thank goodness they are gone. all of it.

i'm sure it still wasn't even CLOSE to what i used to do. I would have finished an unopen bag of any or all of this back before the band. the bags were almost empty, but still, i DON'T snack like that anymore.

i know some of it was boredom. Hubby was working evening shift, leaving me home with the kids from 3:30 until i went to bed.

i usually have much more control than that though.

the good thing is that i'm back to 141 on the scale (but could KICK myself because i probably would be in the 130's had i stayed on track all of the past week!)

i'm going to go back on liquids again, like i did to break my cycle of snacking a couple of weeks ago. Protein shakes and water...for a couple of days. it seems to kick my butt back on plan.

NSV- Saturday while working out at curves, a lady asked me if i've been going there a lot. i told her i've been a member for 2 months. She said, no, i mean, you have been coming in working out a lot....days in a week.

I said, oh...yes. i TRY to come everyday they are open, if not to workout, but that that is MY TIME to be ALONE (NO KIDS!).

she said, it shows....that she sees the difference and that i look great!

wow....a stranger noticed! (and what did i do? came home and SNACKED! ARGH! i need to work on using those things as MOTIVATION and not a license to CHEAT!)

my magic bullet is calling....time for my shake.

Wanna B thin again...is almost there!