9 Month Pictures

Weight in top pictures 384 on October 11, 2006.
Current weight 242 on July 20, 2007.

8 Month Pictures

Busy Weekend

Weight 248

The last couple of days have been a blur. My 1st cousin got married on Saturday. It was a beautiful ceremony.

She asked my husband and I to cut and serve the cake. Neither of us were even tempted to try a bite. What was amazing to us was how driven people are by what kind, the size of cake and how much frosting is on each piece. These people were like addicts. I know I used to worry about the same stuff. I'm proud to say that I've been refined sugar free since October 11, 2007. (Of course there is natural sugar in many foods.) I've also not had any caffeine since then either. My last alcoholic drink was sometime in June 2006. GO ME!

I'm always surprised by how many people choose to talk to me now. People who wouldn't give me the time of day or look me in the eye before. Most people were very respectful in their compliments to both Tim and I.

Our family reunion was today. Let me just say that I did very well with my food choices. However, when I put everything into FitDay, I was shocked to see that I had eaten over 1000 calories and hadn't even had dinner yet! Yikes!

I decided to wear a tank top even though I hate my arms. People like to touch bare skin. That's pretty creepy to me. I don't like people just walking up and running their hand over my shoulder or bare back. That's just weird to me. I've never had to worry about this since I've always been covered up completely even in the summer.

Here is a before picture taken in 2003.
My weight was around 350. Tim's was around 330.




Tim and I before the wedding, June 23, 2007.
My weight is 249. Tim's weight is 237.

Being Accountable

Weight 254- down 130 pounds!!!

Things aren't moving too quickly on the weight loss front. I'm trying to be patient.

Felicia got my lazy butt to start being responsible for what I'm putting in my mouth. I've been brutally honest with myself by keeping track on FitDay. I haven't gone over 1000 calories yet, but my carbs are high at around 50. I'm getting in 65 grams of protein on average a day. I've also been getting more water in. I'm still only at about 60 oz. per day.

Here is a picture a friend took of me today.

Morphing

7 Month Pictures

Current Weight 258

Keep in mind how much I hate the green shirt as it's so tight. It has spandex in it. But, it is what it is (thanks Felicia).

Before (10/06, Weight 384), April 07 (Weight 267), May 07 (Weight 260)
















Highest Wt: 384
Surgery Wt : 366
Current Wt : 258
Goal weight : 180
Lost this last week: 3
Since Surgery : 108
Lost So Far : 126
Left To Go: 78
% Body Weight Lost: 32.8%
Current BMI: 41.6

6 Month Anniversary

I've lost 117 pounds so far. Here is my progress:

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That's Better

Weight 280

I wonder what weight tomorrow will bring?

The picture on the right was taken in July 2003 at a family reunion. The picture on the left was taken in March 2007.

I still can't believe we looked like that!

More 5 Month Pictures

5 Month Pictures

Weight 281

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I tried as hard as I could to get these to be the same size, but couldn't get it right. Because I've got so many pictures, they have to be split in half.

I can finally notice that my stomach is getting smaller *sigh*.

On a happy note, the jeans in the final picture are a size 24. I just bought them today. They are my favorite Denim Lite jeans from The Avenue. I don't think a regular 24 would fit so well.

Tomorrow I will post my pre-op pics vs. my 5 month pics.

Victory!

Weight 287 (Still!)

The weather was absolutely gorgeous yesterday. It was a warm 70 degrees F and the whole family had the day off.

Tim took the girls to the bookstore and I got myself together and trekked outside to do some yardwork. Keep in mind that last year, I was so mad about not having weight loss surgery that I didn't do much of anything. I was so focused on having surgery during the summer that really nothing else mattered.

I started out pulling last years dead flowers and leaves out of the front raised flower beds. As I stood on top of the landscaping bricks uncovering tupils and daffodils, I felt like I was a king on a mountain. I can bend and move like never before.

Tim came home and helped me tackle the garden. It was funny because there was still some snow on the ground and yet it was warm.

(Our youngest shoveling the deck in shorts)

As we finished up, I realized that it was indeed a good thing that I didn't have surgery last summer. I would have never felt as good as I do now and I get to spend the whole summer feeling great.

Whoa!

Weight 287

I was going through some pictures on disk and came up with some horrible before pictures. I hope I never end up like this again!

All of these were taken in 2003. I'm guessing my weight to be around 370. Not even as big as I got.

4 Months Post Op

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I'm afraid that wearing black for these pictures didn't do much to show whether I've lost anywhere.

Pictures on the left were taken 10-11-06 (weight 384). Pictures on the right were taken 2-24-07 (weight 294).

I can't believe how huge my belly still is. I don't see it when I look in the mirror. I guess we see what we want to but pictures don't lie.

A Day At The Beach

Weight 296 (still stuck!)


We took the family on a 3 hour round trip to see the frozen waves on Lake Michigan. The windchill was -1 degree.

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Lighthouse and pier

We forgot the chairs.

Maybe we need a (snow) shovel

Is this Antarctica?


Wait, Mom! Don't leave us!
(If you enlarge this picture, you can see
the snow blowing sideways.)

We found a new home.

The abominable blue snowwoman.





We missed the ice festival by one day.

The waves were frozen at least a mile out from the shore. It seemed strange to be at a place where we are usually so hot. In the summer it's not uncommon to have 90 + degree temperatures.

I know that I would never have ventured out on the ice before losing the weight I have (yes, I still have a long way to go). I'm proud of the fact that I didn't hesitate to do something so memorable with my girls.

Thanks to Cheryl for inspiring me to do this!