stuck, but still moving

I'm stuck again, as far as weightloss goes. I've been fluttering between 176 and 174. This is still less than I weighed back in highschool, where I was 181! I haven't really done anything to fix this. I don't know why, maybe because I've been working so much lately. My gym membership has lapsed, because I just don't have the time to go anymore. I don't have the energy to go anymore. I got promoted at work, and now I run around all day like a chicken with my head cut off! However, I'm still moving. I recently went down another size, despite the stand still on the scales. I was shocked when I fit into a size 12. Which, as we all know is the high end of my goal range. So imagine my surprise, when I hadn't lost anything more, but the size 12 shorts I was going to buy were too big! I tried on the 10's and they fit PERFECTLY! I ran out of the dressing room to try on a completely different pair of 10's, just to make sure it wasn't a fluke!

I'm totally looking forward to this summer! I got a cute swimsuit, so I can gaurantee I'll be at the lake with the kiddos all the time! We have a zoofriends membership, so we'll be there a lot too! I'm gonna start taking the time to take my lunch to work too. I think it's all the McDonald's crap I've been eating that's got me stuck at 175. Not that I'm complaining. I mean OWLO taught me the right way to do things, I just haven't been doing them lately. Maybe I'm scared? A size 10 is in the middle of my goal range. What happens when I get down to the small end of that range? I always said I didn't want to be smaller than an 8, and definately no smaller than a 6! What if I get down there? Yikes!

Anyway, so new things on my mind too, I've been starting to think about the cosmetic surgery option that some post op's take. OWLO recommends waiting 18 months, says that your skin can "catch up" to your weight loss, it just takes time. But I can't help but want to do this soon. I have bat flaps under my arms that I'm not fond of. My boobs have completely deflated, and they're NOT pretty! My stomach is covered in horrible stretch marks from my babies, and now even my thighs and butt have begun to get saggy! I know that's a lot to fix. I don't even know if it can all be done in one surgery or not! Yikes! Another surgery, or two! I find myself wondering how much more weight I'd lose after getting rid of some excess skin I've got going on. I don't have a whole lot, but it'd sure be nice if I could get it gone. Have any of you had cosmetic surgery? What did you have done? How long were you down for? Any tips for finding a great surgeon? I think I'm gonna start looking into that now. I know I'm only 8 months post op, and I still have roughly 30 pounds to lose, but I know at least half of that is sking at this point. I'm thinking about starting my search now, and working on the health insurance approval, and getting it done early this fall, as I hit my 1 year bypass anniversary!

Well those are my thoughts as of now. I'm totally gonna post a new picture soon, so stay tuned folks! Love you guys, and hope you're all doing well! Sarah

No longer obese

I've hit that magic number, which for me is 179. According to the BMI scale I am no longer considered obese! This is a big BIG deal for me. Even before I got "fat" I weighed just enough that my BMI classified me as obese. Well Sarah is no longer obese! I'm just simply overweight now. I've got to lose 29 pounds to fix that. 29 more pounds and I'll be what's considered healthy for my height. I've only got 34 pounds to go to reach my goal. I'm starting to see why some women can obsess over those last 5 pounds now. One stinking pound was the difference between overweight and obese for me. I don't really get it, but I'm glad I'm no longer classified as super overweight. It's crazy to think that just a few short months ago I was "super duper" overweight.

That's my update. Hope you all are doing well! Take care, Sarah

slowly yet surely

Needless to say the weightloss has started to crawl off now, instead of melt off. I joined the gym, but I've been working so much lately, that I haven't been in nearly a week! I'm horrible I know! I'm going in the morning though. I was going with a girl from work named Jennifer. She hasn't been in awhile either though. We're both going in the morning though. We would have gone tonight, and I would have liked to, but my babysitter had a dentist appointment, so I couldn't make it. The weight is still coming off, just slowly now. I'm down 114 pounds, go me!

I learned last week at the gym that I can very nearly run a quarter mile without stopping. When I'm actually able to accomplish that, I just know I'll feel great. Then of course I'll have to work up to a half mile! I told my husband that I'd like to be physically fit enough to pass a military PT test. I'm sure I'll get there, but it'll take work, and lots of it. I still don't know that I'd be able to do a push up, not a REAL push up anyway.

That's the Sarah update. I hope everyone else is doing well! Take care!

Joined a gym

I've always wanted to join a gym, and I know I should have months ago, but I finally got around to it yesterday morning. I went and joined before I went to work, and then I went yesterday after dinner, and again this morning before work! One of the girls I work with has been going and she goes in the morning, so I'm really excited to have a buddy to go run on the treadmill with! I did 45 minutes on the treadmill yesterday, did a mile this morning, and then did a few of the weight machines. I couldn't find the one for your abs last night, but I found it this morning. I'm gonna be using that one super a lot! That's the part I don't like the most right now. And I'm hoping that I can get my arms into shape and get rid of the bat flaps I have going on. I don't reckon they're too bad, but they're bad enough to bother me, so it's time to get that all taken care of.

In the way of an update: I've lost 111 pounds now! I have 39 to go to reach my goal! YAY!

Take care, love you guys, you're the bestest! Sarah

40 pounds to go

I only have 40 pounds to go before I hit my goal of 150 pounds to lose, or to weigh about 145! That's completely insane! I can remember when I figured I needed to lose 40 pounds to be healthy. I doesn't seem like that long ago! I can't believe I've lost 110 pounds in the past 6 1/2 months! It's like a dream, a dream come true. Thank you Dr. Nelson and OWLO! You gave me back my life!

Hitting Goals Now!

I never really had so much of a weight goal as I did a size goal. I mean, when I was in highschool, I weighed 180 pounds but I was solid, and I was muscle, and I was a size 14. I set my size goal between a size 8 and a size 12. I bought some cute little capri's at WalMart the other day. Did I mention that I'm in a size 14 now? I got them home, and tried them on, and of course, they fit. BUT.....oh yes, there's a but, and the good kind too! I have to wear a belt, cause they're too big around the waist, kinda. So the next time I was at WalMart, I found the same ones in a 12, and tride them on, and OMG they fit! I'm IN my size goal range! That's crazy! Anyway, it's really exciting! I'm hoping to be down to at least a 10, if not an 8, the next time I see Paul! He's getting R&R, we found out! I can't wait to see him again! They're trying to push his dates a bit, so he can come home before the kids start school again next fall. I'm reaching goals now, 6 mo. post op! This is insane! Awesome, but insane!

weighed in a day early!

I usually weigh in on Fridays, but sometimes I cheat, just to see where I am. Well I cheating last week and snuck a peek on Tuesday. Since the scale hadn't moved from last Tuesday to last Friday, I didn't write it down. Well my calendar was getting lonely so I weighed in a day early this week.

OMG, I'm down 107 pounds! I weighed in at 188 this morning! I haven't seen that since highschool! Holy Cow! Go Sarah!