Becca Tennill

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Wow, it's been a while since I've been on here. I just read my last post and literally within days we found out we were having twins!! So... now that this much time has passed, I can tell you about my 21 month old twin boys!! They keep me very busy. My husband and I married just two months ago. His little boy is now 5 and my older kiddos are 14 and 16 now. I'll be celebrating my 5 year surgiversary next month, very exciting. I did have some weight gain with my pregnancy. I'm really upset about that part, but everyone tells me I look great. I don't see it myself sometimes. I think it depends on my mood here any more. Sometimes I just feel like I'm run down and don't have time to take care of myself the way I should. I'm seriously considering speaking to my surgeon about a revision, but my husband worries about that. Guess that's all for now, I hear a little waking up.

Wow, haven't been on here in a while! Now I'm back and I'm pregnant! I'm now 2 1/2 years post op and 6 weeks pregnant! So excited, I never thought I would have another baby! I have a 12 year old son and a 14 year old daughter. My finace has a 3 year old son so I am going to have this adorable (and rotten, gotta have both, lol) step-son. When he came into my life he wasn't even 2 yet and I started to get baby fever. We finally decided to try and have a baby, fist month trying to concieve and here we are! My kids are also excited.

I'm concerned about weight gain with this pregnancy, I went through so much to lose the weight I'm afraid I will have a hard time getting it back off after I have the baby. Hoping for a healthy weight gain during the next 7 1/2 months. Just have to stay active until the doc says I can't anymore. Eating hasn't been too much of an issue yet, I have been craving healthier foods.

Heres to my new baby, mommy loves you so much!!

Tomorrow is my one year surgiversary!!! I have lost 100 lbs in the last year and feel absolutely amazing!!

Wow, I have not been on here in like forever!! I have now lost 100 lbs! I feel amazing! I'm wearing a size 8 in jeans, same size as my daughter. I now love to go shopping for clothes. I did a photo shoot for Norton Bariatric over the summer. I still have some toning up to do in my mid area, but not much left. I did have a gallbladder attack and found out that I had gallstones, worst pain I have ever felt! I had my gallbladder removed. Then a couple of weeks later I was still having some problems and found out that I had an ulcer. I have been taking medicine and now I'm feeling great! I still have no regrets about having my bypass and would do it agin in a heartbeat!

Today is my 5 month surgiversary! I have lost a total of 80.4 lbs! I feel like a new person. I am only 3.6 lbs. away from the goal that my doctor set for me. I weighed in today t 169.6. I would like to get down to 140 lbs.  I can play and run with my kids, it is awesome! I feel so tiny. My husband can just come up and swoop me up in the air, that is awesome, too! Lovin my RNY!

Only 10 lbs away from the goal my surgeon set for me!

Today I ran 1.6 miles without stopping! My goal was to run  a mile and I didn't think I was going to be able to do it. I just kept praying as I ran, "God, please help me to do this. Give me the strength." I just kept pushing myself. Once I ran a mile I felt the energy I still had in me and just kept going until I ran 1.6 miles. Then I walked the rest of that mile to cool down. When I got back in the house I worked out on my weight machine for about 20 minutes and then stretched it all out. I can really feel and see my body toning all over. It is amazing how much stronger I am now then I was three and a half months ago when I had my surgery! I love that my kids are wanting to be active with me. My son ran the first mile with me. He wants to try out for track at his school. I say go for it!

WOW, I can't believe how easy this is getting! I just got back from a ONE HOUR bike ride with my daughter! Of course my legs feel like limp noodles now, but there was not one moment where I felt like I couldn't do it. It is absolutely amazing what a difference it makes to get all of that extra weight off. I've lost almost 70 lbs! I mean, wow, no wonder it was so hard to do anything! Just think if you were trying to ride a bike for an hour and you slapped an extra 70 lbs of weight all over your body... no way!

I just got back from a 20 minute bike ride with my 11 year old daughter and it was great! I only had a couple of moments where it was hard to keep up with her, mostly going uphill. She had some moments where she couldn't keep up with me when we were just on flat ground. Going downhill we were pretty even. It was a blast! I remember riding that same course with my kids before surgery and how I just couldn't do it. Before we would get off the first road I already felt like I was dieing and had to take a break. It would take absolutely forever to finish and I would feel like I was close to passing out when it was over. My kids were so scared and I was, too! Now I can ride and feel like I have more energy! I didn't even feel like I needed a break, but my daughter had to stop twice, so I rode around her while she rested. I was shooting for 30 minutes, but she said she wasn't feeling good from too much riding so we came home. Maybe later we will go back out. When my son gets back home from my mom's. I'm sure he will want to go, too.

I finally got out of my 190s! I weighed in this morning at 188 lbs! I haven't weighed in a couple of days so I was clueless as to if I were gaining or losing, but when I got on the scales this morning I was very pleased!