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Been sick with the miseries since Friday.  I really thought I was gonna bypass this one.  But NOPE- Not quite that lucky.
Weight has not changed... still 229.  I seem to constantly be hungry becuase I'm trying to make myself 'feel' better.
Old habits die hard.
Havn't been to the pool cause it's too friggin cold.  Havn't been to the gym cause I got a friggin cold....

Tomorrow- I'm there. Damn it.

On Saturday, 11/8 I hit my all time low of 229.8. I took Mike to Judo class and tried to swim in the pool at the other YMCA. I don’t know why, but I just don’t like it. I only swam like 6 laps.  On Sunday I was feeling really rough and didn’t do much of anything. I ate about 1175 calories and burned nothing. I also couldn’t seem to stay out of the bathroom. Needless to say, this morning I was back up to 232. I know much of this is water weight because I’ve been peeing all morning...   Hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be close to what I was on Saturday. I went to the Y today and did pretty well; 21 laps- which is just shy of a quarter mile. The pool is going to be closed the whole month of December. I’m gonna have to figure out how to work out in the gym instead of swimming. I just can’t go to a different Y. I can’t seem to concentrate and mess up my breathing every time. Size wise... I am down to a 16W or an 18 misses (tight). I was quite surprised. I’m still bigger on top (my arms...not the boobs- they are leaving me) and need a 1x to be comfortable around my arms. Pretty soon it’ll be time to do the measurements again. My next goal is to reach 225 by Thanksgiving. I don’t see that happening, but I can hope. I lost 5 lbs last week so I probably won’t lose any this week; maybe just one or two. I’m being a lot more careful today in what I eat, and have already walked on my break- That’s another 100 calories burned!! I thought by eating a little more yesterday and not being terribly active, I could stimulate my weight loss over the next 2-3 days by really stepping it up. Let’s see if it works!!

Just checking in...   Today I swam 4 laps shy of a mile.  (32) It seems that if not many people are there, I can control my breathing and swim for longer.  Today it was about 1 hour 10 minutes.  My weight is 233.  That's the lowest I've been in a very long time.  My goal is to be 230 by November 6th.  I don't know if I'll make it, but I'm pretty close.  That would be 51 pounds gone by 3 months out.  I don't count the weight I lost before surgery because it feels like cheating to me.  Besides, it's was only 11 pounds and took me 3 months to do just that. 

And to think... all this time I thought I was eating like 900 calories a day...  sheesh- more like 1300.  For the past 3 days I've been putting EVERYTHING in- along with exercise.  I've lost 3 lbs!!!  I wish I would have done this earlier...

 

This morning I weighed in at 239 again.  I have to think that when I weighed in at that on the 7th, there must have been something wrong with the scale. Thank God it’s moving. It is amazing how I am only down 7 lbs from the last time I went to Orlando for training. The pants that I bought there were VERY tight. They were the 18W. Now they fit just fine. As a matter of fact, I might go buy a pair of “wish” pants a size smaller. I know they make 16W, but I wonder if I should buy a regular 18. I have NOT done that in um....13 years? I had a short time when I went back to college in 95-97 when I discovered Phen/Phen. I got down to about 170 and wore a size 12-14. Granted, I was starving myself, plus I had that drive- I had had 5 kids, was 28 years old, had horrible self esteem and didn’t know how to carry on an adult conversation. I did, however, know all the Barney songs by heart! So I decided to lose a bunch of weight, go back to college for Nuclear Medicine (cause they said that was the hardest and I wanted a challenge) and bought a new car. (new to ME car) There I was, all skinny and stuff, making a 4.0 GPA and loving life. Then, of course, the world came crashing down around me. The ex decides first, he doesn’t want to work anymore but go on an adventure with an old Buddy, trying to make a business start up. Ya, like with 5 kids we have the money for that. My student loans went to pay the mortgage which finally did get foreclosed on. Then he decides he doesn’t want to play daddy anymore and takes off. Well, one cannot go to school full time, take care of 5 kids and work...  so the school had to go. So did my weight, so did my self esteem, so did a natural sobriety, so did everything.  All that is behind me now. I’ve got a great husband, one more kid and two grandkids. So, I am coming back into my own. I’ve got a great job and I think my head’s on a little straighter this time. Besides, I’m not putting a bunch of drugs in my system. It’s weird, really... Before I had the surgery, I had really come to accept who I was for WHO I was. I was ok being fat... I had lots of friends and of course the great hubby. I did it because it was time. Yes, time. I wanted to be more active, but knew I couldn’t at the weight I was. I am SO much more active. Swimming ½ mile 4 days a week- bowling once a week- parking my car far away from any door I have to go in..(there was a time I’d circle for an hour to get a place up front), and wow... that married thing...

Last measurement was taken August 31st (blue), which is 6 weeks ago. 
The ones in red were taken today.
Neck: 14.5       14.25
Under arms: 46.5    42
Breast with thin bra: 48    44.75
Largest part of bicep: 21   19.25
Largest part of forarm: 11.5   11.5
Wrist: 7     6.75
Shoulders: 50    47.50
Waist: 44.5    41
Belly: 57.25 (yep, you read that right)    52.25
Hips (biggest part of butt, but under belly sag) 52.5    49.75
Thigh: 31   30.5
Knee: 19.5   18.5
Calf:  18.25   17.5
Ankle: 9.5   9.0 

This is a loss of 24.75 inches...   Ok, I don't feel so bad about not losing any weight this week!!!

So this is why you are NOT supposed to weigh yourself every day.  On Wednesday, I was back up to 244- but I also started my monthly.  Today I am back down to 242.  Still... that's 3 more than I was on Monday!  Maybe the scale was wrong on Monday...
Anyways, I went swimming 3 times this week.  I just got back from the Y.  I swam 17 laps- which is one shy of a half mile.  I surprise myself...
Size 18W fit me on the bottom now...  Kindda tight, but that's ok.  XL on top works, but I prefer 2x because I'm just that way. So, I've gone from a 22/24 on the bottom to an 18W, and a 4X to a XL/XX.  Not too bad for 9 .5 weeks.

I went swimming with my sis at the Y yesterday morning.  I swam 10 laps. (20 if you count each way).  It was the first time I've actually exercised in a very long time.  Well, got on the scale this morning, and YEP! I am now 239.   Amazing...  
That's 41 lbs. since surgery exactly 2 months ago today.
Hurray!

Hurray!!!
The scale finally moved.  I am now 243.  This is a weightloss of 37 lbs. from date of surgery (august 6) and a total loss of 48 lbs from my highest of 291, 4 weeks prior to surgery.
I'm happy!

Same weight different day. After posting a few times about how long a person goes without losing weight this soon after surgery, the general concenses is about 2 weeks.  I'm a few days past that and getting disheartened.  Most folks said to change up the routine; either what I am eating or doing.  So--- I am now a proud card carrying member of the YMCA.  But that's all I got.  I've been away on business all week and couldn't go.  But- tomorrow- I'm there.
.....Just hoping!