BethH
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Sep 14, 2008
I had surgery on 10/10/05 with a starting weight of 263. My personal goal is 163 but the doctor thinks I can get to 146. I can't imagine that weight at all yet.
1/5/2006- I am down about 54 or 55 pounds as of today. I feel better, but one thing that really shocks me is how my body looks so much fatter than I think it should look at this weight. The last time I weighed this I wasn't nearly as ripply, for lack of a better word. Even if I lose another 60 pounds, I don't think any of this cellulite will go away. I still feel like I have an old lady body with a young heart and mind. I wonder if that will change with additional weight loss. I hope so.
I have been wearing some new pants that are much too tight for me...but there is no use spending money on anything that fits me now because it will just be too big in a month...So I go tight for now. People at work say it helps show the weight loss better-wearing not so baggy clothes.
I am feeling so much better now, and am thrilled with my decision to do this!
1/18/2006- Well, the weight loss is really slowing down but it is still happening. About two pounds per week lately. I am not exercising enough these days. I think if I did start exercising it would boost the weight loss. The good news is that I am finally at 200 pounds! I am starting to accept the weight that the doctor suggested. I now realize I have at least another fifty before I will be "normal."
2/26/2006-Today I weigh 187.5 and definitely see the need to lose another 45 or 50 pounds. down about 73 pounds or so now. It feels good to be about two thirds of the way to goal.
People are really noticing the weight loss now. am almost getting tired of people saying stuff. They are the same people who say it every day. kind of weird.
3/28/2006-The past month has been very slow on the weight loss, but the past week I finally dropped a little bit. I went from 183 to 179-180. It's kind of hard to tell on my scale. But at least I am now at an 80 pound weight loss!! yeehah! Today everyone at work noticed more weight loss... funny how three pounds makes a difference!
Next goal: 175. This weight will put me close to my lowest since I was sixteen (my lowest weight as an adult was when I first moved to southern CA eight years ago- I weighed 172 but did it on Phen Phen...) I feel much larger than I felt the last time I weighed this.
4/6/06- My birthday. 178 pounds. I feel better at 44 than I did at 43 or 42 or heck, better than when I was 33! It feels good to feel good. I am going to the outlet mall to shop for some clothes at Chicos.. let's see how much I can get for a hundred dollars...hopefully a few good deals are waiting for me!
4/8/2006-Well, I spent 230 dollars at the outlet mall and got 16 items, so it was well worth it! I now have more than four pair of pants to rotate in and out at work. Also, on my birthday my daughter and my mother each got me shirts. I love them both, but my daughter's was really cute. Just like she wears and she got them in the Juniors section! They are XL's but they fit great. So now I am a hip mom with a brown cami tee under an olive green lowcut v-neck tee. It's perfect!
I walked/ran a couple of miles this morning and ate pretty well today. I hope I drop a little bit of weight. I feel like it is coming off so slowly now, but the fact is as long as the weight continues to go down, I need to be happy.
I went to the beach today. I didn't take off my sweats because of the saggyflabbyass I have now... but I had my suit on under the sweats and took the top off. Felt good to not be petrified of going to the beach...
Since I have had this surgery I have noticed:
1.I can wrap a towel around my body and not show any thigh.
2.Sit on an airplane and not lift the arm between me and Rachel
3.More leg room on the airplane...because I have a smaller butt I suppose.
4.Try on the first dress I see, and buy it! (I haven't worn a "Dress" in over seven years!)
5. Buy a fun belt and have it fit!
4/27/06-Easter Sunday was great because I wore a dress to Mass for the first time in too many years to mention. And it was a size twelve! Not bad! But it was a bit low cut for Easter Sunday.
I am now trying to build some muscle so I can try and lose the tummy and get some definition in my upper arms. It is tough to feel better but then see the skin flapping in the wind. I am taking Iron and B Complex in addition to the multi vits and calcium. Having to count my protein levels each day since those are also a bit low. Gotta keep to the basics so I can stay healthy!
5/18/2006- Weight 169 on my scale which makes me 172 on the doctor's scale so I have lost 91 pounds!!! Whooo HOO! But wow, this last bit was really slow coming off. When I look up there I see that that last nine pounds was about a six week process. But the good news is that I am only nine pounds from my personal goal of a hundred pound loss. Then after I reach that goal, I will decide if I want to lose more.
I am doing better on the protein. Trying really hard in that regard.
Today my BMI was 24.9 ... in the high normal range for the first time since I was sixteen or seventeen years old. Wow....
May 21, 2006 WEIGHT 168 ON MY SCALE
Freaky thing happened today. At church, Father Fred told me to stop losing weight. Then he told my daughter not to let her mom lose any more weight. That was weird. I still have 25 pounds to go to get to my ideal body weight!
Then tonight I picked Barb (my sis) up at the airport. She said I looked even skinnier today. I guess these last couple of pounds have really made a difference!
You can never be too skinny or too rich, right? I am still going to go for a minimum of eighteen more pounds. I would like to weigh 150, even if I don't weigh the ideal weight of 146. If I keep up with the exercise, I can do it!
On my scale I am 168 which means I am 171 on the doctors scale, so I could probably lose another twenty one pounds to get to the 150 mark. I have at least ten pounds in each thigh.
Oh, but here is one more thing to add to the list. When I walk up the stairs to my apartment, there is a fire hydrant in a glass container. I can see my reflection in the glass and when I walk up, I see a space between my legs. Thighs still rub, but less of them rub!
May 28, 2006- Okay, here is the latest. Today at church I saw a guy I used to work with and he didn't recognize me at all! That was really funny. I also bought and wore a "Tankini" type bathing suit. If I can lose five more pounds, I will weigh what I did when I was a sophomore in High School... how cool is that?
I am starting to sense some jealousy now from other women. It's odd... but it's okay. That's their issue, not mine.
I need some work clothes...badly.
I have lost ninety five pounds as of today.. that is really amazing...95 pounds in seven months....wow.....I never thought I could do this. Now I don't want to stop. I really want to keep going to get to that "Ideal" body weight...
7-14-2006 living in WHite House now and weigh 161....
12-13-2006 well, I didn't think I had lost much in the last few months as I have been holding my own for about three months. Now this week I dropped another five and now weigh 143... My legs look like prunes....How did the biggest looser look so hot tonight on TV? they were all so buffed and lost so much more than I ... How can that be?
2/3/07- I am still 143...how can that be? I love the way I look..but my daughter wants me to gain a little.... weird...
9-14-08 I am 151-153 consistently...keeping it right there for over a year... I am going to get back into this website and make some new friends!
1/5/2006- I am down about 54 or 55 pounds as of today. I feel better, but one thing that really shocks me is how my body looks so much fatter than I think it should look at this weight. The last time I weighed this I wasn't nearly as ripply, for lack of a better word. Even if I lose another 60 pounds, I don't think any of this cellulite will go away. I still feel like I have an old lady body with a young heart and mind. I wonder if that will change with additional weight loss. I hope so.
I have been wearing some new pants that are much too tight for me...but there is no use spending money on anything that fits me now because it will just be too big in a month...So I go tight for now. People at work say it helps show the weight loss better-wearing not so baggy clothes.
I am feeling so much better now, and am thrilled with my decision to do this!
1/18/2006- Well, the weight loss is really slowing down but it is still happening. About two pounds per week lately. I am not exercising enough these days. I think if I did start exercising it would boost the weight loss. The good news is that I am finally at 200 pounds! I am starting to accept the weight that the doctor suggested. I now realize I have at least another fifty before I will be "normal."
2/26/2006-Today I weigh 187.5 and definitely see the need to lose another 45 or 50 pounds. down about 73 pounds or so now. It feels good to be about two thirds of the way to goal.
People are really noticing the weight loss now. am almost getting tired of people saying stuff. They are the same people who say it every day. kind of weird.
3/28/2006-The past month has been very slow on the weight loss, but the past week I finally dropped a little bit. I went from 183 to 179-180. It's kind of hard to tell on my scale. But at least I am now at an 80 pound weight loss!! yeehah! Today everyone at work noticed more weight loss... funny how three pounds makes a difference!
Next goal: 175. This weight will put me close to my lowest since I was sixteen (my lowest weight as an adult was when I first moved to southern CA eight years ago- I weighed 172 but did it on Phen Phen...) I feel much larger than I felt the last time I weighed this.
4/6/06- My birthday. 178 pounds. I feel better at 44 than I did at 43 or 42 or heck, better than when I was 33! It feels good to feel good. I am going to the outlet mall to shop for some clothes at Chicos.. let's see how much I can get for a hundred dollars...hopefully a few good deals are waiting for me!
4/8/2006-Well, I spent 230 dollars at the outlet mall and got 16 items, so it was well worth it! I now have more than four pair of pants to rotate in and out at work. Also, on my birthday my daughter and my mother each got me shirts. I love them both, but my daughter's was really cute. Just like she wears and she got them in the Juniors section! They are XL's but they fit great. So now I am a hip mom with a brown cami tee under an olive green lowcut v-neck tee. It's perfect!
I walked/ran a couple of miles this morning and ate pretty well today. I hope I drop a little bit of weight. I feel like it is coming off so slowly now, but the fact is as long as the weight continues to go down, I need to be happy.
I went to the beach today. I didn't take off my sweats because of the saggyflabbyass I have now... but I had my suit on under the sweats and took the top off. Felt good to not be petrified of going to the beach...
Since I have had this surgery I have noticed:
1.I can wrap a towel around my body and not show any thigh.
2.Sit on an airplane and not lift the arm between me and Rachel
3.More leg room on the airplane...because I have a smaller butt I suppose.
4.Try on the first dress I see, and buy it! (I haven't worn a "Dress" in over seven years!)
5. Buy a fun belt and have it fit!
4/27/06-Easter Sunday was great because I wore a dress to Mass for the first time in too many years to mention. And it was a size twelve! Not bad! But it was a bit low cut for Easter Sunday.
I am now trying to build some muscle so I can try and lose the tummy and get some definition in my upper arms. It is tough to feel better but then see the skin flapping in the wind. I am taking Iron and B Complex in addition to the multi vits and calcium. Having to count my protein levels each day since those are also a bit low. Gotta keep to the basics so I can stay healthy!
5/18/2006- Weight 169 on my scale which makes me 172 on the doctor's scale so I have lost 91 pounds!!! Whooo HOO! But wow, this last bit was really slow coming off. When I look up there I see that that last nine pounds was about a six week process. But the good news is that I am only nine pounds from my personal goal of a hundred pound loss. Then after I reach that goal, I will decide if I want to lose more.
I am doing better on the protein. Trying really hard in that regard.
Today my BMI was 24.9 ... in the high normal range for the first time since I was sixteen or seventeen years old. Wow....
May 21, 2006 WEIGHT 168 ON MY SCALE
Freaky thing happened today. At church, Father Fred told me to stop losing weight. Then he told my daughter not to let her mom lose any more weight. That was weird. I still have 25 pounds to go to get to my ideal body weight!
Then tonight I picked Barb (my sis) up at the airport. She said I looked even skinnier today. I guess these last couple of pounds have really made a difference!
You can never be too skinny or too rich, right? I am still going to go for a minimum of eighteen more pounds. I would like to weigh 150, even if I don't weigh the ideal weight of 146. If I keep up with the exercise, I can do it!
On my scale I am 168 which means I am 171 on the doctors scale, so I could probably lose another twenty one pounds to get to the 150 mark. I have at least ten pounds in each thigh.
Oh, but here is one more thing to add to the list. When I walk up the stairs to my apartment, there is a fire hydrant in a glass container. I can see my reflection in the glass and when I walk up, I see a space between my legs. Thighs still rub, but less of them rub!
May 28, 2006- Okay, here is the latest. Today at church I saw a guy I used to work with and he didn't recognize me at all! That was really funny. I also bought and wore a "Tankini" type bathing suit. If I can lose five more pounds, I will weigh what I did when I was a sophomore in High School... how cool is that?
I am starting to sense some jealousy now from other women. It's odd... but it's okay. That's their issue, not mine.
I need some work clothes...badly.
I have lost ninety five pounds as of today.. that is really amazing...95 pounds in seven months....wow.....I never thought I could do this. Now I don't want to stop. I really want to keep going to get to that "Ideal" body weight...
7-14-2006 living in WHite House now and weigh 161....
12-13-2006 well, I didn't think I had lost much in the last few months as I have been holding my own for about three months. Now this week I dropped another five and now weigh 143... My legs look like prunes....How did the biggest looser look so hot tonight on TV? they were all so buffed and lost so much more than I ... How can that be?
2/3/07- I am still 143...how can that be? I love the way I look..but my daughter wants me to gain a little.... weird...
9-14-08 I am 151-153 consistently...keeping it right there for over a year... I am going to get back into this website and make some new friends!
