Dana N.

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You know i do not know if anyone even reads my posts.. or my posts from long long time ago. .. but I feel like it is time for an update. 

I am 1 year 11 months from my Gastric Bypass.  I weigh 189 today... haha. My doctor says i have done fantastic.. but I wish it was more.. ya know. 

I started having gallbladder attacks at the beginning of this year.. and yes I had gallstones and HORRIFIC pain from it.. So i was the one out of 3 people who get gallbladder problems.  It is kind of funny because I have 2 sets of 2 friends who had gb and I am the 3rd duck with the gallbladder problems.  I had it taken out 11 days ago.  I am off of work and not very active.. I am getting tired really easily still and i still have uncomfortable pain on the incision sites. but I am doing ok and its par for the course.   i was hoping I would lose a lil weight from surgery and I have like 3 pounds or so.. haha.. but I am not able to be active as much as i am at work or even go to the gym.. Maybe I will start trying to walk a treadmill this week ... I feel like I am having a harder time with the gallbladder removal than with the gb.. but I also think I was more prepared for the gb. 

So almost 2 years away and still would like to lose 15 pounds.. yes JUST 15 pounds even though my bmi says 25 would be better.. I would take 25 but if I can get to 175 I would be estatic... They say the last few pounds are the hardest and lemme tell you they are.. you get so complacent with what is going on with life and then your body doesnt really want to lose the 10 extra pounds. or whateves.

I am happy again with my job, I am still at the same store but I went into the management route about 7 months ago.. i love it.. i am learning again.  I miss kitchen design ALOT but this is good for me right now. 

I just uploaded pics from this year I am having a great time being single doing things getting more attention from everyone. it is nice..

I guess that is all not too much excitement but I felt the need to write

OMG FINALLY!!! I surpassed the 200 lbs mark and i have held it for 3 weeks... I havent gotten past 197 but its ok I went to vegas for my sisters 21st  so i knew there would be some debauchery there... I have less than one week until my gasp 26th birthday.. but 25 was a great year so I am hoping 26 is even better!!

Im still at the 203 to 205 range.. it feels like my body doesnt want to get any thinner!!! but I am going to make it!!

Well talk about a shock! I have been skating along at the 210 215 since APRIL! and I went and weighed myself the other day fully expecting to see 208, and my scale said 204! then i did it again and again. 204, I think its trying to say 205 now.. but whateves I will take it!!!!

Sooo I feel like I am at a crossroads in my life.  I realized I am unhappy at work, which is really weird to me because if you were to ask me how i liked my job 12 months ago I would have told you it was my passion.... I had a huge cry fest with my boss/friend about how I am not dealing well with the negative energy coming out of my department and i don't know what I want I don't know why I am crying etc etc. He said he noticed me acting funny and not as cheery for like a few weeks, and was truly concerned so when he asked me about it I did the girl thing and said everything is fine.. but he pressed and I said no everything is fine if there was something wrong I would certainly tell you... But then that got me thinking.. if HE of all people is noticing i am not happy then what really is wrong with me... so I couldn't stop crying like all day which is a great thing to have at work... and I realized I think I need a break from kitchen design bc home depot wasn't really supporting me in my quest for knowledge.. so maybe I will try the management path, and become a department supervisor... I don't know... but it is good that i have people at my work that will support me in whatever decision i decide to make...

So yah.. my new goal is I really want to lose 15 lbs by vacation season. which for me starts june 28th.. I would love to be under 200 for when i go on my mexico cruise and then my 20 day debauchery roadtrip...  hahah.. So we will see if it all works out for me.. doing my modified detox phase one of the fat smash diet, adding in more protein of course... but it really doesnt make me hungry which is good.  ok thats all for now!

So i took my measurements today... something that I'm not very good at doing consistently... BUT.. I was amazed to find I have lost from my body the sum of my sisters height... so cool.. and soooo weird at the same time!!! The greatest loss was from my chest.. which is cool bc before I was like the same around my chest as my hips.. so im getting more of an hourglass.. me likey..----

Sooo What I was going to say on sunday was I am starting the "detox" phase of the fat smash diet with about 8 coworkers and my roommate... Now I know i dont have to do any "fad" diets to lose weight but I wanted to try it see what it does for me... Basically its nine days of no meat no bread no artificial sugars,... as many fruits veggies tofu beans as you want till youre full of course.. And I add a 35 g Protein shake into the mix so I make sure that I am getting my full amount of protein.. Well Sunday I made a bunch of meals because this diet isnt really easy to eat out on.. and if i dont plan then i eat out...  and now its thursday my weigh day... and drumroll please..... I lost 4 pounds since last thursday.. .. I havent lost that much in a week since months one and two of post surgery... I basically wanted to do this detox to jumpstart my weightloss and for the fact that I go to the river next friday... Now i know im not gonna be in a bikini from this 9 day detox but every pound helps... hehe.. PS I bought 2 swimsuits from target in size xl ... YAY!! regular xl! im so excited.. I bought 2... but then my lil sis wears size xl so im like hmmm maybe i should return one and just borrow a few of her swimsuits since i bought em and they are cute and who knows if an xl will fit me all through the summer... who knows!!!! its a great prospect though..

So i had my 6 month check up,... I forget how much the doctor thinks I have lost because I go by my own scale and whatnot... Everything is going well for 6 months.. I think I am eating too much and /or too fast but I dont know... I definitely can eat more than my friend who is 3 months out but I think thats pretty typical...

So the last 3 weeks I have been holding steady at 228, I havent held steady at a weight since the beginning.. I have lost every single week.. SO i was like ok heres my first plateau at 228... cool... But this morning i  woke up and the scale said 224.4 and I checked it 3 times... so yay the hold is OVER! well hopefully.. I know why my weight has been on hold for a few weeks... February and March are BIRTHDAY MONTHS... I have had a birthday celebration to attend to since the first weekend in feburary and it ends this weekend... So that means too many drinks in a 2 month period.. hahaa... thats what i was gonna ccut back if i was still 228 this week.. but I am gonna cut it back anyway.. because my next birthday celebration is in april at the river so i need to fit into my sisters bathing suits by then so i dont have to buy one.. haha..

So I have a few friends along this journey with me and we hang out on a regular basis... Well I was discussing this week how  they all look like DRAMATICALLY different.. and I feel that I do not... I  have lost almost 100 pounds since this time last year... but when I look in the mirror or at pictures I feel like I look the same... well a little thinner but basically still the overweight girl I have always been, maybe  a lil smaller now....

I had read about people with mirror dysmorphoia or whatever, and thought oh no I will KNOW that I have lost weight... But here I am 5 months out and hmmmm I still see the 300 pound girl in the mirror... I know I am NOT but still its a lil annoying...

SO its half way through January... I survived my Vegas new years trip, and my best friends birthday  all without stopping the weight loss...
I had something funny happen to me yesterday... I was at my PCP office bc I have a rash on my wrists, and she looked at my chart asked if i had the surgery,,, yes... then she went on to look at how much i have lost... Now mind you I have always thought I was a sloooooooooow loser and I was generally ok with that... but she looked at me and said... " Are you loosing faster than they want you to ?"  I was SHOCKED! I said nope... I definitely am NOT loosing faster than they want me to! I am loosing just fine thank you!  But it does make me feel good that she thinks maybe i am loosing too fast since I always thought i was a slow looser... so yah Im plugging along.. THe one thing i really need to make a commitment to is going to the damn gym.... I like it when I go its just the getting out of the house part... but since its negative degrees inside my house here it makes it a lil easier...  I need it to become a habit... Next week I work all 10 to 7 shifts basically.. so I am going to go to the gym straight from work... so then i wont sit in the extra 15 30 mins of traffic like i did this week.... So yah Im starting it now... My friend kenna is my inspiration.. shes going 6 times a week with our other friends... so I need to push myself just as hard... I have a diff gym membership but its ok I like La fitness.. i just wish more people did too!

SOOOOOOO

Why is this the hardest time of year!!!! Why do people make such delicious delights and WHY cant I resist!?!?!

I mean I HAVEN'T gone overboard on anything... a piece of dark chocolate sees candy here... a couple cookies with less than 15 g of sugar tomorrow... etc... 

Im trying not to be hard on myself... cuz its not like I ate the entire box of sees candy  or an entire loaf of pound cake like last year but still I wish I  didnt want to eat it at all...

Oh well... tomorrows a new day....

Happy Holidays Everyone!

ok so Ive been bitching to my friends about not being able to wear my clothes because the 24s are waaay too big everywhere 22s sometimes are too small at the waist and too big everywhere else.. and yay.. I started this whole journey wearing a size 24 stretch jean sometimes 26 but u know I always thought of myself as a 24.. so here i am almost 60 pounds later (yay) and still wearing the same damn size!!! which to me is a very frustrating thing.... well anyway i went shopping yesterday at walmart of all freaking places and my friend was making me try on mens jeans ( cuz i got noooooo hips and asss... ) but the legs were just toooooo wide and no stretch gave me horrible muffin top... so i prolly tried on 10 different pairs of jeans and i picked them in 20s and 22s.. i full on expected the 20s not to really fit.. well guess what they did~ i was soooo happy these 20s were TOOO big in the hips and thighs though such is my life... so my friend went out and brought back 2 pairs of 18s and said try them.. so i did and one fit ok but was a llil tight.. the other fit reaallly good on the hips and thighs and is a bit tooo tight on the waist.. but shapers and 2 weeks later im sure they will fit fine! GUESS WHAT?? they weren from the damn JUNIORS section!!!! I bought size 17/18  jeans in the juniors dept! wow (now mind you they do have a TON of stretch but still thats pretty damn exciting to me!!! now i just need to find a good shaper so i can wear em on my new years weekend in vegas!)