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December 02, 2008

Comparison

Our 15th anniversary was a couple of weeks back.  Do we look that different?  


THEN:

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AND NOW:

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He bought me the most fabulous boots as an anniversary gift. I love them almost as much as I love him!  What I love the most though, is that he's loved me at every size in between an 8 and a very tight 20.  Now that's what I call true love!


November 18, 2008

Cabo (finally)

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Brian and I had a fabulous time in Cabo as usual.  We braved Hurricane Norbert (which was nothing more than a little wind and some warm rain).  We lounged pool side.  We tried to see Sammy Hagar.  The picture of him getting out of the SUV was as much as we saw.  It's a long story, I was really bitter, now I'm over it.  I rode the jet ski for the first time.  I can't swim and large bodies of water scare the crap out of me.  I guess I figured that there was less of me for the life jacket to hold up if it needed to so what the heck!  It was fun!  I'd do it again.  I love that you can see my collar bones in these photos.  They weren't there a year ago.  And as you can see in the last photo I did in fact wear a bikini.  My sarong is covering up my tummy in this photo but the bottom was a cute little skirt.  That's our trip in a nutshell.  Questions?  : )

PMS=

131 Baby!  Oh Yah!

October 23, 2008

Barely Normal

Yesterday the scale said 132 which puts my BMI at 24.9.  It's the high end of the normal weight range for someone my height but I'll take it!  Only 10 more pounds to goooooal.  A Cabo review and photos to follow soon.

October 03, 2008

YAS

Yesterday I went to a YAS class.  It's a half hour of spinning and then a half hour of yoga.  I was nervous but after sitting on the bike for a few minutes and peddling to warm up I thought, "Sure, I can do this".  Ha!  I was fine until we had to stand up on the bike.  I thought my leg muscles were pretty strong after months and months of yoga.  Oh boy, was I wrong!  I could barely make it five seconds before I had to sit  fall down in muscle wrenching agony.  The gals who brought me told me to just keep peddling even if I couldn't do all the different standing positions, which I did manage to do.  There was a couple of 30 second intervals where I was able to stand the entire time but it was not easy.  When that 30 minutes was over my legs were like jello.  I wasn't sure they were going to support me the short distance to the yoga studio.  


The yoga part was fairly easy for me.  The only problem was that I was sweating like a pig in August so I kept sliding all over my mat.  Actually, my muscles were so warm from the spinning that my body was super duper flexible.  Even as a fattie I was flexible but I was able to bend and twist like a dime store Gumby figurine.  It was great.  The only down side is that today I feel like I've been riding a horse for a month.  The muscles in the front of my legs are so flipping tight.  I think I need to go for a walk to get rid of all of that lactic acid that's built up.  Ouch!  Not sure there's too much I can do for the saddle sore issues.  : )

P.S.  I'm down to 133.2

September 25, 2008

I Am a Crappy Blogger

It's true.  I suck at blogging. I love reading blogs and even silently curse my favorite bloggers when the page loads and there's nothing new for me to read.  I am a blogging hypocrite but I will try, dear readers (all 3 of you), to do better.  The last three months have kicked my butt but I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel now.


Let's see...what's new?  I weigh 134 (a half pound shy of 80 pounds lost).  Not a huge difference since my last post but progress just the same.  At my 1 year check up the doc said I am in the "gold star" category which means that I've lost about 85% of my weight.  Most patients only lose about 75% so he feels I'm in another league.  Although, I kind of feel like that's a sad approach to take.  The reality is that most RNY patients will only lose the 75% but wouldn't it be more motivating if docs expected them to lose all of it?  Are they setting the bar too low or are they just setting their patients up for garanteed success?  In any event, I don't feel like that's good enough for me.  I didn't have my guts permanantly rearranged only to make it to the finals and then choose not to finish the race.  He says I can do my plastics at any time but I'd like to try to lose a little bit more weight (I only have 12 pounds to go) before I have things hacked off.  

What else...?  The kids, the dogs, and I spent the bulk of August in Phoenix with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.  It was great spending nearly everyday at their pool just hanging out and relaxing.  They took great care of us and I got in some much needed down time.  And I wore a bikini every single day.  It's true.  I've the tan lines to prove it.  Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a super model and I do not look like one but for a gal who weighed over 200 pounds at about the same time last year I looked pretty darn good!  It was not a string bikini, mind you.  I do have some sagging skin issues that had to be creatively covered but overall, I felt very comfortable in my own skin.  That in and of itself is a colossal hurdle for me.  My new found confidence could have been due to the fact that I was surrounded my family who is very loving and supportive of this new, smaller body I have.  Not sure if I'll feel as confident parading around in a bikini when we go to Cabo next month.  Stay tuned.

Another thing I've noticed about this new body and new attitude that I have...guys check me out.  You know how sometimes you think someone may have been checking you out at the grocery store or the mall but you're not sure?  You feel good about it anyway even though you're not sure because hey, let's face it, even if you are happily married it's still nice to feel like you've got it.  Now, there is no doubt that men are checking me out.  I'm not being a snot but it's true. : )  Rest assured I am a happily married woman but it's so flattering that other people find me attractive.  In August we were at a concert and a woman (who was actually kind of creepy) pulled me aside in the ladies restroom to tell me that she and her boyfriend found me very attractive and I would I be interested in "hanging out" with them.  At first I wasn't sure she was talking to me and then I couldn't believe what she had just proposed.  I'm sure my jaw was on the floor.  I lifted up my hand to show her my wedding ring, explained that I was very happily married, and politely declined her offer.  She was persistant though and told me that they didn't care if I was married.  Again, I politely declined and told her I was the mother of four and got the heck out of there before she tried to harvest my kidney or something.  It was pretty crazy.  I wasn't sure if I should've been flattered or scared to death by that whole encounter!

I bought my first size eight, a skirt, a couple of weeks back.  Haven't been bold enough to try on jeans in an eight yet though.  I find skirts to be a little more forgiving and much roomier than pants or jeans.

My hair has started to fall out again. : (  I was a little lazy in the month of August about taking my vitamins and keeping track of my protein.  It's not in the super scary stage yet.  As soon as I started to notice it I immediately upped my protein by drinking two shakes a day.  I've also been religious about taking my vitamins.  You can't let up for even a moment!    

That's really all there is to report.  I will try really hard not to suck at blogging in the future! : )

August 20, 2008

A year ago today...

photo.jpg These size 20 jeans fit me like a glove. Now they will hold both Sydney & I. It's a good day.

July 28, 2008

Month 11 = No Loss

This is the only month that I have lost NOTHING so far.  A stall?  Should I be disappointed that I'm almost a year out and not at my goal weight yet?  If I'm 100 percent honest with you all, exercise never was and still is not my strong point.  I'm definitely still far more active than I was a year ago (still doing yoga but I can't stand going to Curves) but probably not putting in the time I should be in order to lose the last 15 pounds or so.  Maybe it's time to call in a trainer.  

July 18, 2008

Busted!

Had to remove my last post per hubby's orders... : )

June 20, 2008

138.8

I FREAKING LOVE PMS!