Month 4

So October has been an interesting month..... I'm not soo good at math and realized that I have been doing my months  when I have dr apts which don't always occur on the month mark.... :)  Thennnnn I realized that not only did I put the wrong month on the last pictures ... but  I also messed up the lbs. from the last drs apt they said there is some normal slowing down from month 2-3 and it picks back up then starts slowing down by 9 months.. Soo I  have to kick it in to high gear so I can lose as much whooo hooo....  I can  drink but have yet to because its beyond inconvient... apparently I will get drunk fast .. it may wear off quick and then I will still be legally intoxicated, which means no drinking  almost always. Not a big deal so far soo we will see. 

As you can tell in the pictures there is no halloween costume... sorry for those who thought that would be awesome.... ummm  ya moving on...... I am excited to say that I am  9 lbs away from 100lbs since  July 2011!!!!!! I am supppper excited about that.. and for those that dont know that when I started this  crazy awesome journey! Some more amazing sarah's weight trivia..... I am a little over 23 lbs away from what I weighed in my sophomore year of HIGH SCHOOL when I started one of many diets.... and I'm 40 lbs away from the smallest I HAVE EVER BEEN since high school !!!! and  I am 50lbs from 100lbs since surgery!!!!!! pretty darn awesome to think about all that. 

Here's to hoping I can stay away from  Gabby's candy this Halloween :)

3 months

So 3 months freaking awesome!!!!!!!!  Having some ups and downs along the way but really excited... still having some issues with eating  beef.... but i can eat steak kabobs :) just nothing else. I have been working on the wardrobe have to admit that's a pretty awesome feeling to literally get rid of all your clothes because you cant wear them!!!  Got the green light from the dr on my blood work everything is great and in a normal range  which is even more awesome because I suck at taking my medicine and my vitamins..... i mean seriously i rather  get some type of vitamin an medicine implant every month or something rather than take the pills.

So the big thing  I have been thinking about to day is  when I talk about my weight and how much I have lost do I go with my  starting weight from last July or  from surgery...... I lost 40 some lbs from before surgery sooo my total loss stands at 81 lbs which sounds amazing in its self but I don't know if it really counts... well it does but does it  really count in the weight  I am counting now?? My surgeon doesn't go off that number because they didn't know me then... but   the OBGYN who  I started seeing for insulin resistance/ PCOS  and who  had started me on the path of my weight loss  , well they use that  number.  With thinking about all this I also can't help thinking that I am very close .... extremely close to 100lbs less than I was last July.... and  then my mind is blown.


Soooo back to the important news..... I am offically down 47 lbs  wooot

2 months!!!

YAYYYYYYYY two months........  things have been really busy around new class for the program hopefully they wont get too annoying :) best of all we got to go on a retreat as a family this past weekend and we all got to have a decent time.. when I wasn't being forced to walk up a mountain... but enough of that..... back to me and my weight loss :)

Drum Roll Please.............. official weight today 299!!! whoooo hooo I'm officially down 35 lbs from surgery and 65 lbs year to date. I am 3 sizes smaller  in my shirts and pants!!!!! I needed new work clothes and got to hit up fashion bug it was quite a nice shopping trip!!!!!  I am looking forward to having to buy more clothes as time moves on

6 weeks and COUNTING

FYI Im still here :) just reallly  busy classes starting back up and I had to go back to work :( booo... But the awesome  side is that I think I will have a good class this year and really hope not to the have the issues like last year!!!  btw I am just over 30 lbs and doing great... on regular foods  as of last monday and  doing good as long as i dont eat the beef jerky I really like and want.. or eggs... oh well in time i guess... I am able to exercise now and I can SWIM.. Gabby is so excited about that you have no idea......<3 ya all

ONE MONTH

So its been a month..... seems like  such a short time and a long time all at the same time.  I am doing really good not really having much pain but when i do its cuz im still doing things. I got to move onto soft foods last week was AWESOME!!!  My  first meal consisted of a hotdog.... pretty sure it was an all beef one and i reallly dont care for that.. i love my fake dogs any day! Finished that meal with some salmon.  Kevin is finally home from his deployment and I cant tell you all how excited we are to have him home... now I dont have to make excuses about why I didn't mow the grass to my self :). Still  getting dizzy here and there but its getting better-ish. 

So one thing I haven't talked about is the numbers where I was at  where i wanna be and where I am.... well last July when i started this whole mess I was about 374. Since then I have been seeing a OBGYN who specializes in  PCOS/Insulin Resistance ..odly enough Dr. Foley lol .  I am not sure i buy into the juju but I lost 40lbs  from July till about March... then i was stilling about 334 lbs until I had surgery. Today I am 307 and some change..  So total I have lost 67 lbs in one year!!! and soon to be more.  There is no set number I will be at but i should be in the 170- 180 range according to some chart and blah blah blah.... whos knows where I will be I just know that I will be a much.. much  smaller me!!!  Today we celebrated kevin being home with massages and  I  looovvvveeeddd it... can't wait to do it again!

The best thing about having kevin  back was the comment he made about being able to actually fit his arms around me... I wonder if it is odd that I never really noticed.... either way  love the fact that he at least noticed.

2 weeks... really?

Sooo its been a bit and  I have been avoiding it.... so before I go to bed I'll give you a  quick update...  Back pain last week that was pretty horrible  which .. with a lot of prayers!!... ended up being nothing... I have a theory but we will see because today I got my shipment of RTD Isopure  protein drinks.. for those who aren't in the know... lol ... RTD is ready to drink.... I just learned that :D...   I got enough to make sure I'm getting in the protein I'm suppose to.. which I haven't been because its rather hard when doing all the rest of the crap i have to do!....    So back to the pain... next time im not suppose to wait 2 days and call sooner... :) I think thats the king in me? oh welllll......

So currently,  I went back to work today... seems how I am just teaching just one class its really not like work at all :)... This weekend will be interesting because I have 2 day 8 am-5 pm seminar that I am putting on at the school. I am trying to plan now all the things  I and Gabby will need to survive this.  Really not having any issues my penrose  drain is  draining which is suppose to be good.. but rather nasty actually....  I verified today that the penrose rain wasn't soooo pen size... it was rather large like a manacotti noodle... the next time you eat some or if i make it for you.... I really want to give you a nice visual!!! lol ...

Other than that doing rather well I think... I need to work on cleaning this house  and that's about it for now.

Tomorrow is 1 week since my surgery.  I can't believe how fast time has gone!  One of the most common things that I've have been asked ( and that I have been wondering ) is  would  I weigh less  right after surgery?? Well  I didn't weigh less right after surgery (prolly due to the excess fluid  and such just from surgery alone)  but  within the days after surgery I saw that number going DOWN on the scale!  I have been noticing a change in the size  of my stomach but thought  I was crazy..  Today the scale officially said  10 lbs less! woooo hooooo....  Makes me wonder what How much I will  have lost  by the time my husband comes home from his deployment in the next few months!  Being so excited about when he comes home I am trying to plan  what I would wear and for once its frustrating in a  good way :). I am fighting the urge to go shopping and buying a lot of  clothes and hope that  I can make good use of goodwill  for the majority of my clothes.  I haven't been feeling hungry at all  and they say for the 1st year I shouldn't ever feel hungry!  I am doing my best to  get in enough liquid  sip by sip  I need 64ox clear liquids a day majority being water... so far I have been able to do it a couple days but  its hard for me to remember! I found this great android app  for  keeping track of water intake! and that has helped!

~till next time!