Huge Milestone Reached!!!!

Hello peeps!!!
Merry Christmas to all.  I hope that during this holiday season that you take the time to celebrate the meaning of Christmas...the birth of Christ.  His birth gave hope to a world separated  from God. As we celebrate His birth I can't help but ponder the Cross.  I can't help but think of the mercy and grace he show a lost and dying world.  His death and resurrection gave victory over death to that same world.  His love for me still amazes me.

Now an update.  This morning I got on the Wii and weighed.  Guess what I was under 300 lbs.  The last time I remember being under 300 lbs was around 2000 and it was only for a few seconds, prior to that would have been in the military in the early 90's right after high school.  This morning I weighed in at 299...WOW. So here are the stats

4/2010  391
10/6/2010, date of surgery 371
10/18/2010, 341
11/22/2010, 321
12/22/2010, 299

I have lost a total of 92 lbs, 72 lbs in 77 days.   I am more than half way to my goal of 210 lbs and just 8 lbs from losing 100 lbs.  At this point I have 23.53% of my total body weight and am feeling great.

My knee is still hurting a bit but is slowly getting better. Not being able to take any type of anti-inflammatory SUCKS.  I have had a cold for the last few days and today nothing settled with my pouch very well.  Nyquil however is THE GOOD STUFF.  About 15 min after taking a dose of Nyquil I can walk sideways pretty good and am ready for bed.  It seems to go straight to my blood stream.

As I said at first, have a Merry Christmas and remember the whole point behind this festive season.

A couple of pics.

The one in the grey shirt was taken in 2008. I prolly gained 20 lbs between then and surgery, 10/6/2010.

81 lbs GONE...100 lbs from GOAL

Thursday evening I got on the Wii and weighed 310 lbs, Currently I have lost 81 lbs total and 61 lbs since 10/6/2010.  I am exactly 100 lbs from my goal weight of 210 lbs.  Wednesday evening Max and I went on a "walk".  I was feeling great and decided to push it a little so I jogged every other 100 yards...Thursday morning I woke up and could barely walk.  My right knee was protesting my choice, my normal remedy for this type of situation is 4 advil and 4 tylenol and move on.  Post op however I can no longer take advil because it causes ulcers. The bariatric program nurse said that I could crush some advil and take 1 dose and should be ok, not.  That was like pouring liquid fire into my guts, that won't ever happen again.  I went to the doctor yesterday and had a great visit, her scales were the same as mine.  She quote said "You are SOL".  I knew that before I went to see her, I was hoping for some help.  So here I am, my right knee is killing me.  Finally I wrapped it up and have been icing it, that helps a lot, but I need to get back on my bike and back to walking again.

My next goal is to be under 300 on New Years, should be easily do able if my knee gets better.  If my knee doesn't get better I guess I am going to be hurting while walking a lot.

Just a quickie.

First let me state that I love my Beavs and will always remain loyal no matter how much they suck.  I have lost 77 lbs to date and several clothing sizes.  Tonight Stefanie and I did some Christmas shopping and I was able to by my first ever Old Navy t-shirt.  My energy levels continue to be very high. I sleep 6-7 hours a day and never seem to run out of gas!!  I have been doing quite a bit of bike riding and or walking.  Last weekend Sarah and I rode the dike trails and had a great time.  It does seem to me that my loss is very slowly slowing down.  In the last 7 days I only lost 3 lbs, by the numbers I should be losing about 1 lb per day.  I can't say that I would be ok with not losing anymore but let me tell you, I feel so much better than I have in many, many, many years.  This losing and not losing or slowing way down is a normal cycle to this process. Some weeks you lose inches not pounds and some weeks you lose nothing. I need to remember that this is not a race. I need to lose 3.4 lbs per week to be at 210 lbs by July 4 or my 9th month post op.  Currently I am way ahead of goal

I had a great Thanksgiving, it was the first that I can remember really being in total control of what I ate.  This year I ate a bite of this and a few bites of that, several bites of turkey and I was done.  I did make some wonderful desserts that were WLS (weight loss surgery) friendly and everyone seemed to enjoy them.

Well until next time.