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Can you see Me … I’m doing the Happy Dance Now !

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 07-06-09 Weight ( 199 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 65 lb )

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201 & Ready for Fun !

Tomorrow is my annual 4th of July BBQ & Pool Party. I’ve been cooking up all of the favorites for the last day or so, getting ready to party with my friends & family. I’ve really been looking forward to this party, it’s the first big party since I had my surgery. I know it seems funny, Me looking forward to making, serving and eating FOOD, real Food, something other than protein bars. But it has nothing to do with the food for Me, it’s kind of like getting my life back.

I told my hubby before the surgery, I didn’t want to lose all of the time with my friends & family just because I can’t eat like I did before. I don’t mined do all the work it takes to have a party, even if I can’t eat the foods. I just want to be back to normal and talk, play cards or whatever with the people I love.

This year will be a big treat, cause my Sister’s grand babies are staying with her and that means we will have Kids. Kids that will enjoy the Pool & Fireworks ! Not to mention the Hugs and Kiss I’ve missed from them over the years they were away. I hope you all have a Happy 4th too!

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-30-09 Weight ( 201 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 63 lb )

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I had to do it. After the last trip to the hair dresser, my hair was sooooo damaged I just had to do it. … You guessed it, I now have short hair !
Honestly, I can’t remember ever having short hair, but I do now. I also had her put in some more blonde high lights, they help to cover the lingering Hot pink from the last disaster.

Bonnie said, It’s cute and I look younger and Hubby really likes it. He went to far as to say ..
I look HOT.
Me Hot, that’s odd. He thinks I should keep it this way. …
Personally I think I look like a cute little boy, but there are some advantages to short hair. It’s a lot cooler and faster to blow dry and I my case, I no longer have to brush out enough hair from my head every day to make a fur ball the size of a small animal any more. So that’s good.

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-30-09 Weight ( 202 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 62 lb )

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This morning’s weigh in was a real treat, I have officially lost 60 lb. That makes me just 5 lb. short of my first goal of getting under 200 lb.

Don’t get me wrong, 60 lb is nothing to sneeze at, and I’m very happy to get that far in such a short time. But I really want to see the scale drop under the 200 mark.

I guess the next goal is to get under 175 then 150. then … God willing maybe even 125.
But for now…. under 200 is a big goal for me … so when I finally do get under 200 …. let the Party Begin!

I have to say, I do love all the comments from my blog readers. It makes me feel like I’m not alone and helps to keep me on tract. I would love to hear your story too, so keep the comments coming and if you get some time feel free to tell me your story.

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-26-09 Weight ( 204 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 60 lb )

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A few weeks ago Hubby & I deceided to paint the Kitchen & Dinning Room. Remember Hubby & I are not exactly Old, but not all that Young either … so painting a large space like that is not all that easy for us.

We started Friday night with all the prep work, you know moving furniture, washing down the walls and taping off ect.
Not to long ago that would have been all I could do for one night, but I felt pretty good and couldn’t wait to see how the color I selected for the accent wall would look … so I popped open the can and dove in.
A couple of rolls into it, a big smile over took my face. Being so pleased at my selection, I was motivated to keep on rolling.
Then when I got to the trimming out, the smile fell of my face. I was so angry with the inferior paint we had purchased, it pulled right back off the wall. I was soooo pissed off, because we were told, it was the stores “finest paint” and it sould cover in one coat, no primer and so on and so on. A great sale pitch, but the biggest lie ever told. I was skeptical at the time, but you never know what new innovation that have been made over the years so we gave it a try.

So… with tears nearly forming in my eyes and a sore back all for nothing, I Sealed the cans and quit for the night, then reassessed my big plan for the room. The next day, Saturday, Hubby and I went to a different store and bought 2 cans of “tried and true” paint we’ve used hundreds of times before with NO problems, and had them tint the new paint to match my original color selection. We also bought one can of proven primer to insure the proper results and started again, only this time we started with the other color for the kitchen side allowing more time on the dinning rooms accent wall repairing primer to dry. I Popped open the new tried and true paint and it worked just fine, like there was any doubt of that.

We painted and trimmed and cleaned up for most of the day putting the kitchen & dinning Room back in place. After admiring all of our hard work for awhile, I was so inspired I couldn’t wait to buy the “Pretties” to go with the New Look. But here is the surprising part…. I cleaned myself up a bit, grabbed my purse and drove off to the stores and shopped the rest of the night.

I found several items that I felt would be great with the new paint and rushed home to get them ready to be put in the newly painted space. As I was getting them ready to be install in their new home, I realized that I had not only Prepped, Painted and cleaned up, but that I also shopped and I didn’t drop. I was amazed that I had so much energy, something I haven’t had in YEARS! I’m so glad my Doctor insisted I have the By-pass Surgery. She did it to save my life and the Surgery has now given me my life back.

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-20-09 Weight ( 206 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 58 lb )

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Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-15-09 Weight ( 207 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 57 lb )

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The weight is coming off quickly again and boy am I happy

I found that I had to actually eat more to get it started again. I have to eat mostly proteins i.e. Protein Bars and Jerky, just to get enough proteins I need in one day. I end up eating 2 to 3 (20 Gram) Protein Bars & 1 (1.5 Oz) bag of Jerky a day … and that doesn’t leave any room for anything else, so my diner is really small and again mostly just the meat.

I went to the doctors a few days ago and I told him what I was having to do ( eating mostly proteins) and I ask him if the lack of fruits & veggies would be a problem down the road.
I would hate to think that 1 boob may fall off over time, if I don’t get enough fruits & veggies in. He said No, not if I was taking the supplements. I assured him that I was and that I have been working out 5 days a week. So he said everything looks good and I was doing fine.

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-12-09 Weight ( 208 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 56 lb )

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The Plateau is still happening and I can’t wait for my body to understand that I’m not starving and that it doesn’t have to store fat to keep me alive. God knows I have enough fat reserves to last a life time of starving. I’m still following the guild lines, but it’s hard not to lose sight of my goal. Last weekend I noticed that I was wanting to eat more than I should. Then I realized that it was do to a boring lazy Saturday of T.V.
That night I told Hubby that I just can’t stay home and watch T.V. all weekend or I will blow all I want to accomplish. He understood that … big time, because he also has the same feelings of wanting to snack will veging in front of the T.V. So the next day he bless his heart, surprised me with a morning of unusual excursions. I was delighted that he when out of his way to tried and help.

Weigh In:
Surgery Date 02-23-09 Weight ( 264 lb )
Today’s Date 06-3-09 Weight ( 211 lb )
Total Loss to Date ( 53 lb )

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