100!!!!!!

I am 7 months out, and last Wednesday (I was 7 months and 4 days post-op) I stepped on the scales, and weighed EXACTLY 100 pounds from what I was the day of pre-op.  Cannot believe it!!!!  I took a picture!!!  :)   Didn't ever really think it was possible to believe it, but it's here.  Next big milestone is making it into the 100's - even 199, would be a huge deal!

I don't know how to turn the picture.  It was taken with my phone...

 Here is me after work on Wednesday - the day I lost to 100lbs.  :) 

 We have traveled a lot this past month - first to Maine!!!!!!  Pictures below - and also to Las Vegas - pictures above.  I got this dress back in June.  Had a new bra, and the dress fit really really well.  I filled it up nicely - had some cleavage, just felt good.  (I still feel good in it), but I wore it out one evening in Vegas.  Ben asked me once, why didn't you wear the normal bra with your dress tonight.  I was like um, it IS!  I have just lost weight, and evidentally lost boobs, so now, the dress is not fitted so much anymore.  It's just kinda loose up top, not much cleavage....lol.  It's strange, but oh well.  :)

 I LOVE the fact that I can wear "normal" clothes now!  I can wear tanks, dresses, anything really, and most looks decent!  I like these two pictures of us in Maine - you can see my neck - and I see my clavicles (collar bones) quite often, and I LOVE that I can see them now.  lol.  I tell Ben - look, I have clavicles!!! 

It was REALLY cold in the evenings in Maine.  We had to buy jackets/sweatshirts.  We kept shopping around for them.  Ben picked up this hoodie, said i should get it, i was like no way - there is NO way that is gonna fit me.  He just looked at me funny, so I was like, here, i'll try it on just to show you!  Over clothes, it fit, and i LOVED it.  Then I loved the evenings in Maine even more.  It was beautiful, and the weather was perfect.  :)  LOVE being able to cuddle up in a comfy sweatshirt!!!!  That fits!!!!  I'm loving this. 

SLACKER

So, I've been WAY slacking on updating this thing.  I'm now 7 months post-op, but I'm gonna show you pics from 6 months.  The weight loss has slowed waaaay down, but I'm still loosing.  :)  At my 6 month check up - I had lost over 80 pounds.  They said I was no longer MORBIDLY obese, just obese.  lol.

Good news is the all my bloodwork came back NORMAL except my calcium is a little low.  But overall, that's a huge improvement since the last time they did bloodwork.  :)  I'm taking my vits now, now that I can swallow them!!!

My birthday!!

Saturday was my birthday - the big 3 - 0 !!  Yesterday we went to church, and I wore yet another dress!!!!!!  And then Ben took me shopping.  I went to Lane Bryant and got three bras in a smaller size, and 4 shirts - the shirts all in 22/24.  I easily fit into the 18/20s but I knew I wouldn't wear them - just  alittle too tight looking for me.  :)  Got some sunglasses and some dressy flipflops!  Had a really good time.  Thanks to mama and daddy for keeping the girls for us.  We ended up for dinner at this place called "steers watering hole".  They had everything - steak, hamburger, seafood, GATOR, etc...lol.  Ben wanted to try the gator - so we decided to get the appetizer sampler - it was HUGE.  Ben ate the gator, I ate some of the fried pickles with this AMAZING ranch jalepeno sauce, and about one cheesestick.  We still came home with a to-go container full of the left overs from that.  For our "meal" ben ordered a grilled salmon salad with lime alvacaldo ranch dressing (he said was very good) - and I ordered filet mignon with ceasar salad and baked potatoe.  I took about one bite of my salad and dumped the rest into another container to bring home, and when my steak got there - ate just a few bites (it was good!) and was able to bring the rest home of it.  Looks like I'll be good for a couple of days!!  We shared most of my potatoe.  (can't really bring it with you)... 

This morning I got up - took my chewable multivitamin that contains iron - AND GOT IT DOWN!!!!!!!  That is such a big deal for me!!!!  I had to hold my nose the ENTIRE time, and I still gagged a few times, but I did it!!! WAHOO!!!!  And I'm looking forward to todays lunch (because I can eat some leftovers) and this week, my sister in law (aka BFF!!!) are gonna start walking with the girls....Just loving things today.  :)  I went to dr. two weeks ago - lost two more pounds then last week, nothing  - not even a pound  - as of today I'm still stuck at 244.8 - so I've lost .2.  Oh well.  I'm sure I'll get over this stall. 

Here is me in my other dress!!  :)  And my sweet Allie bug right in front of me blowing on daddy's deer call!!

3 Months Post Op

So I am now three months post op and a few days.  :)   I went for my 3 month check up.  I have lost 67 pounds since jan. 5th.  That is pretty unbelieveable to me.  Still have a looong way to go.  Got scolded on not taking my vitamins like I should, not taking ANY iron, and low on my protien.  They did lab work for the first time - everything was normal except my iron, Vitamin D, and B1 - they were just a tad on the lower side...  :/   Uh oh.  I've got to do much much better.  I got some liquid Iron so that should help IF i can get it down...  I wore a dress to a wedding for the first time in years....it felt so good, but I felt very self-concious, because I'm not used to wearing them anymore.  It took my buying a total of 4 dresses (they ALL fit) for me to wear that one..lol.  Anyways - heres some pics.  From the left - preop night before surgery - then one month postop, two months postop, and then finally far right 3 months post op. 

Here is a picture of me and my girls - but I'm wearing a dress!  :)

Here are just the two side by side - before and now - since you can't see the ones above easily because they are so small...

Now looking at all of these "front" pics - I think I have a case of scoliosis!  Look how i'm all lopsided in everyone of these pictures...  I wonder if I compensate leaning to my right side from carrying my babies on my left hip...??  

2 months out!!!!

I did it!  Finally figured out how to do the side by side thing! 

So anyways - first picture (ratty old gown) - night before surgery - 1/19/2011 - 299 pounds

Second pic - today - 3/20/2011 - 259 pounds!!!!

Here are the side views.

Booths

St. Patty's Day we took the girls to a new park.  We let them play a while, and we had intentions on going to Lowes as well.  We decided to eat dinner at Waffle House (Abby's choice).

There are booths there.  Usually - I don't care to go there, because if I actually FIT inside the booth, it's very uncomfortable.  My belly is smushed.  And it's hanging onto the table!  NOT FUN!

We go in, and I have allie with me and I look at the seat, dreading sliding into that tiny space.  I sit down - and I have room!  It's not uncomfortable!  My belly doesn't even begin to touch the table!!!!!  I have about 2 inches between my belly and the table!  Can you believe that??!

Ben ordered some type of big "breakfast" meal - Allie and I both ate off his plate.  :)  Abby had herself a waffle.  It felt good!!!!!!!

4 weeks post op

These two pictures are 4 weeks out.  I am now six weeks out - will have to take more tonight - but I just realized, I never took any at 5 weeks.  Not sure why...

I really want to put up comparrison pictures - like do a side by side thing - but can't figure it out just yet.