almost to my halfway point...3 months out!!!

so crazy, i am 55 lbs down, and only 5 lbs away from being halfway to my goal of losing 120 lbs. i cannot believe its almost here already. i have never lost weight this fast, even when i was young!

i feel so good, i dont have ankle and knee pain every morning when i get out of bed, i can go upstairs without feeling winded. i really think i am truly addicted to exercising now. i keep pushing myself harder to do more, to work out harder, longer. pretty amazing.

I DID IT!! 50 lbs GONE!!!

so very excited to have lost 50 lbs. hard to believe, they are gone within 3 months! last time i lost 50 lbs, it took me about a year and a half. haha, thyroid, who is getting the last laugh!!!

i dare anyone to tell me that gastric bypass is the easy way out! i have worked hard to lose every lb! took my favorite workout class today, rumble. the guy instructor is merciless! but i think i worked off an inch off my triceps. that is a tough spot, i dont want to end up with chicken wings, that flap long after the arm stops moving. i wish i would of taken measurements the night before the surgery, then i could check out my progress. the only way other than lbs lost, is by my clothes.

former skinny jeans

my former skinny jeans are now getting baggy! how good is life???? i have a new pair of skinny jeans that i was wearing 5 years ago, they are my new goal. i tried them on today, and i can get them up, but not even close to buttoning them. maybe in about 20 lbs.

i am really starting to enjoy working out, they say it only takes 6 weeks to make something a habit. i dont know if its a habit yet, but i dont like when i cant get to the gym. i really feel like i am coming out of my shell with working out. i know, most everyone thinks i would never be in a shell of any sort...but being fat and working out, you are always thinking people are looking at you. you know they are thinking, "yeah, you better step it up fatass!!!" now, i just dont care, i know i am on my way to getting in better shape than i have ever been. i like getting all sweaty!

i love all this energy i have!

its a buffet, not a challenge...

had a hurdle this weekend...(scary music, dun, dun, duuuuunnnnnn) the buffet at golden corral. chad and i went away this weekend, on an overnight, so he could take a test sat am. we ate out at joes crab shack friday night, split one entree with fish and shrimp. and even got a piece of cake. we could only take a few bites of the cake, took it back to the hotel room with us, and had a few more bites later. food was great, atomosphere was fun. i am supposed to refrain from drinking until the end of april, it was still hard to turn down a hurricane!!!

sat on our way home, we stopped for dinner at the golden corral, didnt know it was a buffett, until we got inside. they let me have the kids price, since i had the surgery. :) OMG, one of the only times i wish i could reopen the stomach, and make more room!! they had everything! i had more fish, a little chicken, a little of this, a little of that, etc. i just ate only a bite or two of everything i wanted to eat, and i was full. my stomach was done, but my mind was still thinking about all the possiblities up there waiting for someone like me. or someone, like i was. i stopped before i felt full, because if i let myself eat until i feel full, i dont feel very good after it all settles in more.

it was a little challenging, mind over fatter!!!! but i made it past it, and the world didnt end when i didnt get some chocolate soft serve over hot chocolate chip cookies... who knew?