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Seriously?  only 10 more pounds to go until I am at my goal weight of 180?  Wow, what a fantastic feeling!

I think I want to lower my goal weight to 150...I will see how thing go in the next few months.  That would be a great 2011 goal!
 

Well I am sad to say I got off track for a few months.  ugh.  weighed myself and a few pounds have crept back on.  All my clothes still fit fine, but I could totally see a bit of a gain. 

I have to admit I wasn't eating right, drinking alcohol and minimal exercise.  But all that has changed as of this week.

I am on track again, started bootcamp 3 days a week and am eating right for the most part.

We leave for Hawaii on August 23 so I am very excited and looking forward to a vacation.  For once I am not miserable about going some place where I have to wear shorts and a bathing suit!  I don't have to worry about fitting in the airline seat!  I chose Hawaii for that very reason...

I also got a nice promotion at work...so things are good. 

It has been 14 months since I started my weight loss surgery journey.  I have lost over 130 lbs and more than 5 feet in inches !

Physically this has been pretty much a piece of cake...not that I can eat cake, lol.  I am very used to the way I eat now, lots of protein, veggies, some fruit and almost no carbs, no white sugar, white flour.

I do splurge once in a while, but that is ok.  The weight is still coming off, just slower.  I can really see it in my face.  I actually am wearing a two piece bathing suit this summer....my tummy leaves much to be desired, but who cares?  So much better than  before.

Mentally it is much harder.  I find that just because you lose weight doesn't mean you lose behaviors and habits.  Like wanting to eat when I am stressed, bored, etc.  Alcohol is different too.  Boy cheap date these days.

Attention that I have been getting is really nice.  After feeling invisible for so long, I forgot what it felt like to get positive attention.  I feel really good and very confident.  Back on the exercise again.  Lots of time swimming and walking plus weights.

woo hoo!!!!

well, it has been one year since I had gastric bypass surgery.  It has been a heck of a year.  I am down more than 130 pounds, close to a 5 foot loss in inches and went from a size 28 to size 16/18, XL tops.

It came off really quick in the beginning...now has slowed to a crawl, but then I have some habits I need to tighten up on.  Like snacking and carbs.  And wine.  I started tracking my food again on FitDay.  What an eye opener.  It is so easy to add up those calories.

My goal now is to eliminate carbs again.  Snack on protein if I have to snack, which is bad, I know.  Another weird thing is feeling hungry.  I had 5 shrimp last night for dinner and woke up this morning feeling hungry.  It was my birthday yesterday and my friend brought over ColdStone cupcakes with lighted candles and it was great.  I made a wish, blew them out and didn't eat one bite.  my hubby and kid enjoyed them, though! 

I am still exercising, but not as much.  I wish the warm weather would get here quick.  Want to swim again and tighten things up.  I also need to start cooking more things the whole family will eat.  It is so easy to slide into the easy meals after work.

I feel great and am very happy with my progress so far.  I am paranoid that it would be so easy to gain again if I don't weigh and measure and track my daily food intake.  Thank goodness sugar is not my issue.  It is carbs.  I still eat no sugar except that naturally occuring in fruit. 

My energy level is so high compared to a year ago.  Marching all over disneyland from opening to close doesn't even wear me out.  I used to get tired just going to get groceries.  I love to walk now and am even going to try to start running a bit.  Things don't bounce like they used to. 

I am grateful everyday for this wonderful tool and realize it is not a miracle cure all.  The head demons don't get removed along with your stomach.  The bad habits don't get removed either.  I will stay mindful of these things.

Need to get some stuff down and out of my system.  The holidays are hard.  Too many temptations and opportunities to over eat and over drink.  I find myself struggling this month.  I finally went to the gym yesterday and it felt good.  Weight loss has slowed a bit but my clothes are still getting bigger.  I think my body is reshaping and even if the pounds are coming off slowly, things are tightening and firming up.

I have lost around 130 lbs since my March surgery.  I feel totally normal now.  I am able to walk into just about any store and buy clothes.  An XL tank at old navy was too big !  a far cry from busting out of 3XLs before surgery. 

Does anyone struggle with the social side of weight loss surgery?  Like having a glass of wine with friends or cocktails? 

Yesterday I had my gallbladder removed.  Luckily, it was laproscopic and the surgeon was able to use the same incisions left from my gastric bypass, only one new scar.

I feel 100% better already.  The gallbladder issues were bad...made me feel sick for about a month.  Hopefully my weightloss will ramp back up now that it is out of me.

The surgery was easy and I am up and around with no problems.  I wonder how much it weighed?  I can count on at least a few ounces lost today!

wow, it has been so long since I posted anything.  Have had a few stalled months with not losing as much as before.  As of this morning I weigh 228.  That is 20 lbs more than my husband.  Feb 2008 I weighed in at 354, so have come a long way. 

I have a pre op for gallbladder surgery today.  I wish they had removed that darn thing when I had the gastric bypass done in Feb.  This is one painful sucker!

Am exercising now.  Started an exercise boot camp 3x/week but have had to put on hold until after surgery, so am just walking and walking these days.

We spent the entire day yesterday at Magic Mountain, a huge amusement park in SoCAL.  I did not really want to go...had been putting it off the entire summer! My son won a pass at school last year, so really wanted to make the trip.

I was so worried I wouldn't fit in any of the big roller coaster type rides.  I remember not fitting in rides not so long ago.

I made sure we stopped at Trader Joe's on the way so I could get some survival food...cheese sticks, almonds, jerkey, grapes.  Good thing, there was not much that is WLS friendly at Magic Mountain!  I had a few sips of a frozen lemondade...so good!

Guess What?  I fit in every single ride with room to spare.  I have to say I almost died of fright on the Goliath...geeze...I used to love those crazy rollercoasters, but maybe I am getting old.  As I sped straight down, I just knew I was going to die!  Used to love that feeling, not so much now.

But we walked all over the park in about 100 degree weather with no problem.  I went on almost every ride except Scream..my little guy is not tall enough for some yet.

All in all it was a really good day.  Expected to have a huge WOW moment, but I guess some things that I was looking forward to before losing over 100 lbs are going to lose their appeal.  Nice to know I can if I want but don't have to ride those crazy rides.  Am I old now?  OMG!

So this is weird, but people are treating me so differently the last month or so.  Men that I have known for years at work are going out of their way to talk to me, hold open doors, etc.

I am getting attention again...like I used to get when I was much younger.  I guess it has something to do with my much smaller self.  It is nice, but really pisses me off that people can be so shallow.

Even women are treating me differently, smiling more, being more friendly.  I really hate the way people are so shallow and mean to obese people!