I'M SHRINKING! ~ 65 pounds & 44 1/2 inches lost so far!

I lost one more pound this week!  IT'S SLOW BUT STEADY.  : )

I also caught the "Cold of the Century".  I had to come home from work yesterday because I was so friggin sick.  I flopped down on the bed and slept from 1pm to 7pm, got up ate a hot bowl of soup and then went back to bed and slept another 9 hours.  I am feeling better today, but may need to lay low this weekend.

I'm sure my immune system is low due to stress.  My new job is great, but very busy.  My living situation changed.  The landlord sold the house he has just rented to me and 5 other people.  He also keeps changing his story. We have not been asked to leave, and he said he is not sure what the new owners will want to do, but we will find out in a month or so.  

He has been acting extra weird lately.  He keeps creeping around the house, coming in whenever he wants uninvited and unannounced.  I think he has a crush on one of the women upstairs.  He is getting creepy and I don't feel safe here anymore.  I sat him down and read him the law and we discussed our lease and how it explains he needs to give us 24 hours notice if he is coming to the house.  EVEN THE LEASE HE GAVE US SAYS 24 HRS NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN.  He finally agreed.  Most all of us are looking for new places to live asap.  STRESSFUL STUFF.   The good news is I lost another pound this week!  I keep focused on what IS working in my life. : )

40 weeks VSG Post Op

65 pounds & 44 1/2  inches lost so far!

It really feels like it too.  I put on the new suit this morning that I bought for my interview a month ago.  IT LOOKS HUGE ON ME NOW.  It's way too big.  I am starting to see the real change coming in my shape.  I think the Leangains 16/8 intermittent fasting and doing my workout at at the end of my fast at 11:30am daily and eating an almost Keto lifestyle, is burning more fat off me than ever before.  I am getting leaner.  The scale is not moving that fast, but the inches are!  It's REALLY making a difference in blowing through weight loss stalls.

I saw some friends last weekend that I hadn't seen in almost two years.  They were blown away at my change.  It felt extra great, because one of them said some mean shit about me regarding my size and my weight back then.  I'm on my way to feeling better on many levels, but right now, I GOT TO GO BLOW MY NOSE.  I am on track to getting to my goal of 145 pounds this year.

I need one of these.

 

28 Weeks VSG Post-Op 61 lbs & 39 inches Lost so far!

I honestly can't believe it but I lost another pound as of this morning!  I ate all kinds of stuff over my big birthday weekend and drank eggnog, ate cake, and indulged a bit.  I thought for sure I would gain weight.  BUT NO!  I lost one more pound and lost another inch total.  I didn't eat a lot, but I tasted a little bit of everything.  I do have to say, I feel better when I eat protein first.  If I don't, I feel that empty hunger feeling, but nothing like I used too - they removed my Ghrelin "Hunger hormone" in the VSG surgery, it is certainly not the same.  I eat mostly, eggs, meat, soups and salads. 

220 lbs.  61 pound and 39 inches lost so far!

VSG and the holidays are easy right now because I'm still in the honeymoon phase.  Come 2016, I need to really focus on getting down to my goal weight of 145 lbs.  It may take me a year or so, but I am okay with that.  The most important part is my heart arrhythmia has gone away, I have normal blood pressure for the first time in 20 years and I no longer have sleep apnea.

I have more energy, feel younger and can do a lot more active fun things without the pain I used to experience everyday.  I still have some back, knee and joint pain, but it doesn't stop me from going out like it once did.  The quality of my life is much better overall.  I am only half way to my goal weight.  I am sure once I get small, I will be feeling much better.

I will be stepping up my work-outs to get toned and getting a sexy hunky personal trainer to show me the basics and getting my own treadmill will be something I am adding to my weekly and daily routine come 2016. 

IT'S ALL ABOUT STAYING MOTIVATED!