Been 2 weeks!

Alright its been a while,  my fault!  Life has been crazy with job interviews (another one today!), kids, gym etc.  I was stuck in a stall for two weeks and it has finally broken :) i weighed in today at 265. I am officially weighing less than i did when i was at my lowest in recent years. Lowest i remember being was right before i got pregnant and weighed 268. That was in january of 2009

I have been going to the gym at least 3xs a week doing 60 minutes of cardio on elliptical or cross trainer machine. My calorie intake averages 600 calories or so (250 is my am homemade  protein shake. It includes frozen strawberries and low fat milk).  When i do cardio i knock out 800 calories or so. So that's an update on my life as of now. I am so happy with my sleeve :). On friday i will weigh but also measure and post results. I measure around 4th of each month but am antsy to measure because of that long stall to see since i felt clothes getting looser on me :)

Til later!

At a stall

I knew it would happen but it still sucks.  I weighed in at 272.2 on july 9 after two weeks. On monday i weighed 272.0 for week three. I did get to start regular food last monday, well semi regular. I can eat meat that can be shredded or chewed to like a puree and mashed foods. I am having lunch right now :) tuna!

I have been getting more active at the gym with cardio. Doing 40 min of cardio usually mixing up elliptical and treadmill. I tried to start where i left off with c25k but it didn't work. I couldn't keep up. So when i go to the gym tomorrow i will back up a week in workout to week 4 and repeat it. I am registered for 5k in November and want to be ready!

I also have a job interview on friday for a long term sub job at a private school. I am hoping I can get it so that way I at least know I have work at the beginning of the year through october.

Well that's about it. Nothing really exciting. Hoping this stall breaks soon because it definitely makes me anxious :)

Two weeks down, rest of my life to go!

This was written july 9 but i never hit publish. Whoops!

Well i made it through the liquid diet!  Today for breakfast i had scrambled egg (maybe about half an egg haha) and it was great!  So nice to not have soup and broth and jello :)

I have decided to put the scale up because it is resulting in being disappointed which i know i shouldn't be. When i was at the hospital right before surgery i weighed in at 297. At one week i weighed 278.6. In ONE WEEK. Now today i weigh 272.2. I know in my head that's a great loss for one week, 6.4 lbs. Before surgery i would have been jumping up and down. But now it feels like it doesn't measure up to week one. I need to be happy and i  am happy with it. But weighing in each day and seeing   -.8 or  -.2  is semi depressing compared to-3.2 in a day. So i am not weighing myself til thursday and will weigh Mondays and Thursdays and not in between.

In other news i am sitting at orthopedic surgeon office. Getting my right knee checked. I haven't been able to go up stairs without pain in a LONG TIME. In december they did an ultrasound and found a cyst in knee on right side. I dealt with it but in may it started hurting again so i got referral and appt for this. The dr wants xrays so waiting for nurse to take me back for that. Looking forward to hopefully getting answers :)

Well that's all for today!

11 days post op

I am now 11 days post op. I weighed in today at 273.0 pounds which is amazing since just 11 days ago i weighed 297. So total of 24 pounds in less than two weeks :)

I had my one week follow up appointment yesterday. My surgeon said i am doing a great job and on track to meet and exceed expectations. Their expectation is that u lose 10% of total body weight in first month. For me that is 29.7 lbs in first month. I am super excited :) 

I talked to donny and i set a goal for myself. By 9 months i want to be down 100 pounds. I think i can do this i just have to keep my focus. If i look at it from my highest weight i am down 42 lbs. If i consider just from pre op diet i am down 31 pounds :)

6 days post op

So its been almost a week post op.  When I was weighed in at the hospital they said I weighed 296 pounds.  I weighed myself on the scale this morning and weighed in at 280.4 pounds.  So just in a little under 1 week down 16 pounds! 

I am making sure I drink my water, because the whole dehydration and hospital iv etc is not a pleasant thought and i would rather avoid it! lol.  Tomorrow starts my chance to add in protein shakes to my diet.  I have been restricted to liquid broth, sugar free jello, sugar free popsicles, light yogurt, cream soup strained/watered down, and i can have milk (although honestly I have not had any).  Tomorrow adds protein shakes to the equation, and then on Thursday I go to see my surgeon for my first follow up appointment.  Next monday I will be 2 weeks post op and I can start my 'mushy' foods... The whole puree type and stuff you can smash down.  I am looking forward to getting some scrambled egg, banana, beans, etc.  I am excited for that in a week lol. 

I am feeling REALLY good, which is shocking.  I know I need to watch that I don't do to much.  Yesterday I did a bit too much and it was sore time for me for a few hours.  Getting dizzy when standing up, light headed, and whole stomach area sore and worn out.  Tomorrow Donny goes back to work so I definitely need to watch myself to not over do it tomorrow morning getting the boys up and ready to go. 

So, I am going to sign off from here but if you have any questions just let me know :)