On the move again......

Well my weight loss is definitely on the move again, I have lost 8 lbs in the last 7 days....yippee! Since WLS I am down 50 lbs in 68 days. Since this time last year, when I was at my highest weight, I have lost 73 lbs. I have been keeping track of my measurements since surgery & I am down 36.5 inches all over my body. I have gone from a size 26 jeans, at my highest, to an 18! I am pretty excited about that. Last weekend, I went shopping for some new sweaters, because I am COLD all the time! Clay had me try on an XL sweater of the normal ladies rack, & I figured it would be tight....WRONG! it was too big & I ended up getting 2 size L sweaters! They were on sale, by the way, I am not paying full price for anything right now, as they may not fit for long.

I out on an XL WKU t-shirt this morning when I was getting dressed to realize that I didn't have to pull it down over my boohind...it simply fell into place. It wasn't tight at all, I used to have to pull an XXL shirt down over my boohind...my family inherited rump is starting to disappear.

Everyday I have people at work that I haven't seen for a while stop me & tell me how great I look...that they didn't even know who I was at first. It is weird, but these types of compliments bring up completely mixed emotions. They excite me at first, because everyone likes to be told they look nice. But then I think to myself, "damn, I must have really looked like crap before", because no one ever told me I looked nice...unless of course you count when you ask, "does this outfit look OK?"

The problem really lies in the fact that before surgery, I completely avoided all mirrors & having my picture taken, because I hated what I saw. The image staring back at me completely destroyed the false image I had of myself in my brain. In my minds eye, when I was 309 lbs, I saw my body more like it actually is now (at least in clothes), at 236 lbs. WLS, or weight loss at all is truly more than a physical journey, it is really more mental. I know that I have lost 5.5 inches in my thighs, but I can't really see the difference in them...I still see stuffed sausages! I have always hated my legs, & more than likely I will always hate then. This girl definitely did not inherit her father's chicken legs...wish I had!

Well I guess I wrap this post up, because my laptop battery is about to die & I don't feel like getting my plug! ;-) Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday...this year I am thankful for my health & the health of my girls, & for the wonderful man in my life & the support he gives me everyday. I don't know what I would do without him.

Slowly but surely....

Weight loss is NOT easy...not even after WLS. Yes the food temptations are easier to deal with, because the alternative will literally make me sick. SO I have no issues avoiding foods I shouldn't eat. Exercise, on the other had, is still just as difficult to stick to. Before I went to work, it was easier, I didn't have anything better to do than get out and walk. But since I have gone back to work, it has been much harder. There is the craziness of getting the girls up, dressed & off to school & daycare. Then once at work, there is always something there to distract me when it is time for my breaks/walks. It is very easy to keep working to finish something up, thinking I will take that walk in just 10 more minutes...then I forget all about the walk. Before I know it the work day is over & I have barely moved. I am exhausted from the day, have a family to feed, homework to do, children to bathe & get in bed. By then I am wiped & I just hit the sack, never having exercised all day long. I have really got to start focusing on moving more. So tonite I dug out my old Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds 3 mile DVD. Morgan had a blast doing the video with me. I hung in there & did the entire 3 miles. I plan to do it again in the morning after I get Clay off to work & before the girls get going for the day. I just have to remember that this WLS journey is like anything else, simply one day at a time, & one foot in front of the other.