Weigh in and Measurements November 1, 2011

Note: Just Copied over the same Stats as last month cause i haven't lost any weight, well like 1 pound or something, it fluctuates between 270 and 274.

November 1, 2011

Weight:  273

Measurements

Waist: 52

Hips: 57

Breasts: 50

Ankle: 10

Wrist: 7 1/2

Thigh: 29

Neck: 16

Upper Arms: 19

Clothing Sizes

Dress: 2X-3X

Pant: 2X-3X Jeans 26

Skirt: 2X-3X

Shirt: 2X-3X 18-24

Note: I have been on a major stall for the past few monthes, my weight fluctuates a few pounds up or down, but its basically staying around 273 for now, I really need to get my butt into gear and shape up, I’ve been working out almost every day at least for 30 minutes or sometimes more, they said at the support group meeting that we need to work out 60 to 90 minutes at least for weight loss, so that pretty much sucks, my body doesn’t want to work out that long right now, I can probably manage an hour but I spread it throughout the day, I do intervals of working out 10-15 minutes at a time several times a day, either doing my elliptical which I try to do at least 3 miles a day on or do other exercises off exercise videos from hulu.  My eating habits aren’t that great though, I haven’t managed to get down to the 3 meals a day the surgeon wants me to be on.  Plus I still indulge in things I really shouldn’t be indulging in.  I’m trying to do better, I’ve been drinking a lot more water then I was, I don’t think I was getting enough liquids in, and all I was drinking was wylers light its like crystal light but cheaper and tastes a little better….but I quit that stuff and now just drinking water with the occational cup of coolaide made with splenda, trying to take out other artificial sweeteners and just using splenda.  I have a ton more energy, I can actually run some, not very far but still its an awesome feeling to be able to run, I can walk around our park without being out of breath or in severe pain, I tried it back when I was 366 and oh my god I could barely make it around the thing and my back was killing me, now I can run around a portion and walk and switch back and forth between walking and running and feel fine, no pains at all, and not out of breath, its so nice.  

Measurements for October

October 5, 2011

Weight:  274

Measurements

Waist: 52

Hips: 57

Breasts: 50

Ankle: 10

Wrist: 7 1/2

Thigh: 29

Neck: 16

Upper Arms: 19

Clothing Sizes

Dress: 2X-3X

Pant: 2X-3X Jeans 26

Skirt: 2X-3X

Shirt: 2X-3X 18-24

Down 80 Pounds and Feeling Great.....But Sugar Cravings are NO fun

Well I've lost 80 pounds, I'm at 286, and I can go shopping at so many different stores now its really awesome, i love to shop.  I've been doing good at the gym, going from being able to only do 30 seconds on the elliptical to now doing 16 and a half minutes (1 mile) on the elliptical, is really amazing.  I can't wait till i can do more, I would like to take some of the classes my gym has to offer, but i know i'm not in enough shape right now, there's just no way i would be able to keep up.  When i get to 250 or so I'm going to get a couple of personal trainer sessions at my gym so i can know how to kick up my workouts a notch. 
Food issues are still really hard for me, i hate it, i wish i had some of the problems with food that i hear alot of people have, but i have no problems with anything really, salad makes me gurgle a bit though, and i think popcorn gives me a weird feeling, but i have never puked, or had anything come back up, not to mention its really hard to get down to just the 3 meals a day that my surgeon wants me on, and at my support group meeting yesterday the dietician said you should have 3 meals a day plus 2 snacks, and i know your suppose to listen to your surgeons guidelines, but i wonder if the 2 snacks would help.  I seem to be fine when i'm busy, i don't think about food or anything, but if i'm home not doing anything like today, it seems to be all thats on my mind, and yes of course i did bad already and its only noon, i did good this morning, i had a 250 calorie breakfast or so, mostly protein, but then after a while i started thinking of the icecream in the freezer, and i kept telling myself no i don't need it no don't get it, ugggg, and then of course i ended up getting some, banana pudding ice cream....I hate this I feel bad about it now, I know i shouldn't have had it, but its like i didn't have any control....I know i shouldn't keep that stuff in my house, i should just get rid of it, and usually I'm good at not keeping the bad stuff in my house, but lately i have just been craving sweets something feirce.  The simple sugar free pudding cups or sugar free popsicles aren't covering the sweet cravings right now.  I'm thinking about going through my pantry and maybe donating some of the unopened stuff that we shouldn't have to the battered womens shelter down the street i'm sure they could use that stuff way more then i could. 

6 Week follow up and missed the support group meeting

Well today was my 6 week follow up and they said I'm doing great, that i had pretty high weight loss compared to most of their patients for the first 6 weeks, so that's pretty cool. 
Oh tonight was suppose to be the monthly support group meeting, but unfortunately we had to skip it, because well we would have been stuck in Plano all day which is about an hour and a half away from where we live, its where my surgeon is and where the support group meeting is.  We went to lunch and then afterwards went to the mall to try to kill some time, had about 6 hours to kill till the support group meeting.  Well we tried to buy a bottle of water and they denied our debit card, and we're like what the hell, and we called the bank and found out we only had like 3 dollars or something in the bank,when last night i had checked and we had a little over 100, so we decided it was best to skip the support group meeting cause it would have put us at getting home after 10 pm and we couldn't have gone all day like that with no food or water, so we came home and checked our bank account and it was because of a bill i paid 2 weeks ago finally decided to take itself out, so that sucked really bad, we're paying that bill from now on in person, cause that's pretty ridiculous, it was the first time we had paid it through our online bill pay, and never again, i couldn't believe it, so yea luckily tomorrow is pay day, but it still sucks i had to miss the meeting, oh well, there's always next month. 
Monday i went to the gym and the pool was closed, so a 45 minute drive to find out the pool was closed was pretty dang annoying, but i was already planning on trying the elliptical that day, and i did, and i was able to do it for 15 minutes, which 60 pounds heavier i was only able to do it for 30 seconds and then my legs went into spasms, but this time i was able to do 15 minutes and was really wobbly went i got off, and wobbly for the rest of the day, and then the next day i woke up barely able to walk, today was a little better though, still a bit sore but not as bad, I'm still gonna try it again on Friday, tomorrow the pool is closed for cleaning so I'm not gonna drive all that way again just to do 15 min elliptical. 

My Gastric Sleeve Journey Video 3 May 13, 2011

This is my 3rd video taken may 13, 2011

May 1, 2011 Month 5 of my Journey

May 1, 2011

Weight:  315

Measurements

Waist: 66 ¾

Hips: 63

Breasts: 53 ½

 Ankle: 10 ½

 Wrist: 8

Thigh: 31

Neck: 17

Upper Arms: 21

Clothing Sizes

(note) swimming in the 5X’s 

Dress: 4X-5X 32-24

Pant: 3X-4X 30-34

Skirt: 3X-4X 30-34

Shirt: 4X-5X 32-34

Ok i think my hubby is not taking accurate measurements, cause my waist measurement went up from jan.....ya i don't think so......oh well he tried...lol, i'm just gonna leave it cause no way to tell where exactly he was putting the measureing tape each month, so i'll just continue and just remember it's the best he could do :) I love him.....he's my booger butt :)  He's over here next to me right now eating something yummy a frozen icecream treat....at least it has pecans in it, so its not tempting to me at all not into pecans in my icecream so i told him it was ok for him to eat it in here with me..... 

Oh and i'm currently swimming in my 5X tshirts, and some of my pants are pretty big on me too.....its soooo cool, going to start going through my tubs of clothes i had when i was under 300...i'll have enough to last probably just till i get to 250 and then oh boy the shopping starts.....my favorite part :) 

April 18, 2011 Day before Surgery

Day before surgery measurements, April 18, 2011

Weight:  337.8

Measurements

Waist: 58 1/2

Hips: 65 1/4

Breasts: 56

Ankle: 11 1/2

Wrist:  8

Thigh:  32 1/4

Neck:  18 1/2

Upper Arms:  22

Clothing Sizes

Dress: 4X-5X 32-34

Pant: 3X-4X 30-34

Skirt: 3X-4X 30-34

Shirt: 4X-5X 32-34

These are from April 18, 2011 the day before my surgery.  The next two weeks were ugggg....the first week wasn't to bad, i was in pain but it wasn't as bad as i was worried it was going to be....the second week uck the constipation kicked in and that was a bitch, worst pain ever, even worse then the dang surgery pain, it was no fun at all, not even gonna go into details as to how we ended up getting rid of it, but it last like 5 days or so and it was godawful, i was screaming for my life while on the toilet it hurt so much......well just letting you pre ops know what your in for, but hope i don't scare you away, cause i'm still so happy that i had this surgery....my life is going to be so much better now....:)  

February 1, 2011 Second month of my journey

February 1, 2011

Weight: 358

Measurements

Waist: 62 ½

Hips: 65 ½

Breasts: 57

Ankle: 11

Wrist: 8 ½

Thigh: 34

Neck: 18 ½

Upper Arms: 21 ½

Clothing Sizes

Dress: 4X-5X 32-24

Pant: 3X-4X 30-34

Skirt: 3X-4X 30-34

Shirt: 4X-5X 32-34

These are from February 1, 2011.  I lost my actual stats, but I figure they were probably about the same as january since i only lost 8 pounds that month, i actually lost it the first week of january, i stopped drinking sodas and stopped eating at buffets not that we ate at buffets often but still something you kinda need to give up if your having weight loss surgery otherwise it'd be a way waste of money....