on to 2012

couple days before the new year, thinking of my resolution that i want to make. this year, instead of focusing on weight loss, i tried to focus on meeting some challenges.

i was pretty happy with the results, and proud of myself for doing the mud run, and the 10k.

this year, i am going to focus on getting my education. yes, you read it correctly...i am going to college. i went to beauty school, i took a computer class, but really havent gone to college. so here i am at 42, getting ready to start classes in two weeks.

i am nervous about going, anyone who knows me, know how bad i am at math! and i have to take a math class. i am very excited about doing something to further my new career in the fitness world.

so again, i challenge everyone to do something this year that you have always wanted to do, but never had the guts to do!!!! GO DO IT!

been a long time...hello again!

wow, i cannot believe its been 7 months since my last post. my goals this year were to run the mini-sprint triathalon labor day weekend, do the marine mud run, and run the 10k on thanksgiving. so far i missed the tri, did the mud run, and getting ready for the 10k tomorrow morning.

i read my blog from last years 5k, my first, i was really stressed about it!! i cant say i am stressed about the race, i am sure i will finish it. i am not going to worry about how long it takes me, i am more worried if there are going to be port-a-pottys around!!!

will be running this year with a couple of friends, kristie, who has run many of these, and lindsey, this will be her first 10k too. i dont think either of these chicks realize how much i admire them. all three of us have lost a lot of weight. they both inspire me, and are going to keep me motivated to keep going!!

sooo, 2 out of 3 goals for the year, not too bad! i am still not sure if i love running, but i definitely love the benefits. even started a beginners running class at the Y for people like me, who had never been able to run a whole mile before. i figure if i can do it, anyone can.

speaking of being inspired, i never realized how many people inspire me every day. sometimes its my kids, sometimes my hubby, sometimes its just different people i talk to at the Y who just trigger something within me to do something new, different, or better. i have been inspired to do something that i never thought i would do...go to college. i start in january, and will be studying health/fitness/nutrition. i am so excited!!! if you knew me back in school, you would understand how BIG this really is!!!!!:)


so, if you get anything out of this whole jumbled up mess of a blog, its GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING!!!! TRY SOMETHING YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE!

2 weeks to go!!

only 2 more weeks to go until i can work out!! never, ever thought i would hear myself say anything like that! to be totally honest, i have been cheating a little bit, and working out here and there....i cant help it! i have run a few miles (one at a time) just to get my feet wet again. but i am anxious to get moving, i guess i like running much more than i thought i did. i have a couple races i want to run this year, so i need to get moving. i am going to have to get in the pool, and brush up on my swimming too. i have so many tings i want to accomplish, in the next couple weeks, months, year, and years to come. i love it, that i am going to be able to do them too! i am going to do my 5 day cleanse thing. two days of liquids, two days of soft, mushy foods, and then onto regular food the 5 day. should take me back to where i was for food volume intake, after the surgery. i dont like how much i can eat now, its scary. still making, for the most part, good choices, but i need to get on the stick with journaling!!!

havent posted for a little while.

things are going okay, cooling my heels for 8 weeks is really taking a toll on me.

i am so ready to work out, it is almost painful, especially while i am teaching a class. i want to be right in there! i have about 3 and a 1/2 weeks to go. fairly sure i will end up overdoing it when i am given the release!! i will try not to, but i am itching harder to go at it, more so then when i was waiting to work out after the gastric bypass.

my goal of hitting a 5k this spring is not too distant, i hope i can do it in a month. we will see.

one year anniversary today!

i had my gastric bypass one year ago.
weight 1 year ago: 260 lbs
weight now: 182 lbs

clothing size 1 year ago: 24/26
clothing size now: 12/14 just depends

miles i can run 1 year ago: 0
miles i can run now: 4

quality of life a year ago: good, happy but not healthy
quality of life now: excellent, limitless

i would like to take some time to say thank you to my husband chad for being my biggest supporter, there is no way i would of done this without you. i love you so much baby.

thank you to all my family and friends, you guys have given me so much love and support this past year. lifting me up when i am doubting myself, reminding me why i did what i did. and a thank you to those of you who maybe didnt think i could do it, this is for you too!!! whoever you are.

my life was great even before the surgery, but now... words cannot even describe how much i look foward to every day. i may still have to drag myself out of bed in the am, but at least now i can do it without the symphony of aches and pains that plagued me for years.

and last, but certainly not least, big thank you to everyone at the Y, ESPECIALLY rodney and brenda who really pushed me to go beyond what i ever thought was possible. you guys rock!!! i aspire to be just like you!

i cant wait to see what is in store for me this year...ohhh the possibilities!!! i am going to start thinking of what goals i am going to accomplish!

new years day 2011

so here i am, almost a year out, and down 90 lbs. what a year this has been!!! cannot believe all the accomplishments i have made this year. i never really thought when i went in that i would be this far. i am pretty excited with the way things have turned out after the surgery. not only am i losing weight, but i am totally embracing exercise as a way of life now.

i am still stuck on my plateau, but i know its only temporary, and i will move past this. i have about 42 more lbs to go to get to my goal. i was going to wait until i got to my goal to reveal my starting weight, and current weight, but.... here goes!!!!

i was 272 at my heaviest, that is what i weighed in the new years eve picture from last year. i had to do a 2 week fast before my surgery, so they wheeled me in at 260 that morning. i am now down to 182. i would like to weigh about 140, that is the weight i was before i got pregnant with andrew. i may not look healthy there, i may go lower, i dont know. i have to wait and see where i am at, and how i feel. i am not going to obsess over the numbers anymore. i want to get to a healthy bmi. i went into my surgery as morbidly obese, i am right now in the overweight range. major improvement there!!!!! i am at a 29, and i went in as a 45!

even with all the improvements, i still see where i need to go. but for the first time, i think ever, i can actually see myself getting there!