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.

70 lbs gone....REALLY!!!

I am still not sure where it is going.  I have lost 70 lbs total and 50 lbs since Oct 6th 2010.  My clothes fit differently on almost a daily basis.  My blood sugar and pressure is doing great so far.  Today i actually climbed 5 flights of stairs without dieing even once, the elevator was broke.  I did however call someone to fix the elevator.

This past Sunday as I was getting ready for church I thought "I will just see if these tiny 48 jeans fit yet".  Guess what they did. They even fit good enough that I wore them to church!

Note to self: no more grape juice even at church!!!

Well thats all for now, cause I am getting kinda tired.

Blogging between Bites. Sounds like a race or something....Prizes for the right answer

Ok so i am supposed to take 20-30 min to eat a meal. that meal is no more than 1/2 cup by volume. By the way there are 3 T in 1/4 cup and 3 t in one T so the amount that I am eating is super super small.  Don't misunderstand I get full but the Lord blessed me with a HUGE mouth for consuming large quantities of food in a short period of time.  Eating so slowly is BORING to say the least so I am blogging to between bites.

I have lost 47 pounds since surgery and 67 total, again if you have found it, you know what they say "finders keepers", you keep it. I don't want it back.

I am selling all of my work Carhartts on ebay because they no longer fit and I need some new ones.  Right now I am wearing a pair of Carhartt bibs that I last wore when Sarah was 2 now 12, Emily was just born the last time I had these on. Holy cow batman!!!!

Just kinda a random question that I hope someone can answer for me.  I have been pondering this for a long time and have no answers yet.  So here it is:  The need to urinate (pee) increases exponentially as the distance to the bathroom decreases lineally.  I will translate this for you non mathematically inclined peeps. When I have to pee it starts as just a slight urge, the closer I get to the bathroom the stronger the urge. By the time I am preparing for business I am about to burst!!! Why??? That is my question for you today.

The first person with the correct answer wins---some pocket lint from the Carhartts that I am selling.

Have a great day!!!!

I am done with lunch,  2.3 oz of tuna.  I have to go back to work, wiring door alarms.

1 month 4 days post op

A good friend reminded me that I was supposed to be blogging, I forgot about it a little. Or maybe I was just being lazy and didn't have anything smart to say.

So here I am a little over 1 month post op and I feel great.  I no longer get up 7-8 times in 6-7 hours to pee so I am sleeping more.  I am no longer taking high blood pressure meds, I do need to watch that very closely though.   Today at my dietitian appointment I weighed in at 332 lbs, only 4 lbs in the last week and 10 in the last 2 weeks.  I need to lose 3.2 lbs per week to meet my goal weight of 210 at 9 months post op or by 4th of July, 2011.  Milestones for me:

1. Off of my meds related to weight. This is huge both mentally and financially.
2. I started the process wearing a 5X jacket, a few days ago I bought a  2X and it fits!!! I still however cannot fit into 4X work shirts, whats up with that?
3. My Carhartts are 56 and HUGE on me now, but that extra looseness will help keep them from rubbing on my belly, I do have a pair of 52s that fit ok.
4. I bought a pair of sweats and some underoos (superman) from normal people stores, whoohoo. This means that I spent $18.00 instead of $80.00 for the same quantity of clothing.
5. Eating is no longer expensive, $1.50 for lunch and I am good to go. Who wants to buy me lunch??
6. This is BIG, BIG, BIG...unless you are or have been heavy you won't get it.  I fit in a booth at Subway and it was comfortable to eat while in said booth!!!
7. I have been riding my bike or walking nearly everyday. My highest mileage so far is 6 miles on my bike (today) and 4 miles walking.  The best part, is that I am still alive and can move after words and don't hurt for days after such stupidity. 

This surgery is in the best thing I could have ever done for me.  I know that there are peeps out there that say "You took the easy way out".  My response is this "Maybe, but this way just WORKS. By the way how is that 'will power and exercise thing working for you?'"  If anyone thinks this is "easy" we need to chat.