GOAL HIT: 222 pounds!

Today I was surprised to find that I hit my closest goal! I was 222 pounds on the scale today and that was before pooping, LOL.

My next goal is 215. That will have me out of the 220's.

The weight is dropping off so quickly. It has been just two months since I had surgery.

I stood in a restroom yesterday looking at myself in a full length mirror and the thinner person that I saw just didn't look like me. I am so used to looking into a mirror and cringing. There was no cringing as I saw the person in the long black skirt and white sweater. I looked lean and trim.

And, other than this blasted cold, I feel good.

Some new goals

I want to set some new goals that are not scale-based, and some of them will be scale-based.

I had said I wanted to be out of the 200's by our vacation in May, but that is too hard of a target to hit. It's like climbing a steep grade looking at the very top, rather than just picking a focal point a few feet away -- which makes the climb easier.

Here it is:

Right now (March 17, 2015) I am 231 pounds and my next goal is to be in the 220's. I have been waiting a long time for this goal.I got into the 230's on Feb 24, 2015 and today is March 17, 2015. It would be nice to be out of the 230's soon. GOAL HIT ON 3/23/15

222 is my lucky number and seeing that on the scale is my second goal. I was married at 2:22 and since then it has seemed like whenever it is 2:22, something good happens. 333 is my UNLUCKY number and I want out of the 230s. GOAL HIT ON 4/6/15

After I hit 222, then my goal is going to be 215. I remember being 218 and want to be a good couple of pounds under that. GOAL HIT ON 5/3/15

Fitting into all XL sized clothes rather than 1X clothes is my goal. Right today I put away all of my size 2X clothes, which was hard, but I am solidly in 1X. GOAL HIT ON 6/11/15

Changing a bra size would be great. GOAL HIT ON 3/25/15 and again on 9/20/15!

Next weight loss goal is 210. You notice these are pretty close together. I don't want to have to wait too long between goals. GOAL HIT ON 5/28/15! YIPEE!

202 is a big number for me. I remember having my third child and weighing 202 after his birth. I have six kids and each one put a solid twenty pounds on me. I love turning back the clock. GOAL HIT ON 7/11/2015


Size 16 is a goal for me. That is a size Large in the US and that is one of my goals. GOAL HIT ON 6/12/15

198 is the next goal, which is 100 pounds lost and also puts me 2 pounds into Onederland -- a Double Onederland! GOAL HIT ON 8/9/2015

190 is the next goal. GOAL HIT ON 9/25/2015

Being firmly in a size 14. Like size 14 non stretch pants. GOAL HIT ON 11/29/2015

After that I will aim for 185. GOAL HIT ON 11/13/2015

180 is after that one. GOAL HIT ON 12/25/2015

Being in a size 12. GOAL HIT ON 2/26/16!!

178 will be next. GOAL HIT ON 1/26/16!!

Then 174, which represents 100 pounds lost since I went for my bariatric evaluation.

169 is next. Gotta love those transitions.

165 is my ultimate goal and time to assess how I feel. The BMI charts tell me I should be about 135, but as a former 5'11" person, I doubt that that is reasonable.

I will add goals as time goes by and list when each one was hit.

A new low! Weigh in before surgery.

Hi all,

I know you are out there, I see the hits, but seldom have any comments. Hopefully this post will generate some.

Today is TWO DAYS until my VSG surgery and I am really excited. I am so ready! I have run the gamut of emotions, but today I am just pumped.

My pool closed down for renovations, but I got a pass from a LA Fitness pool to swim until Monday and will get a pass from the Y for Tuesday, I plan to swim right up to my date, but here is what I am really excited about:

I have hit my second goal! I now weigh less than my husband. This morning I weighed in at 256. I have not been in the 250's since 2007! I started this journey at 298 pounds and went to the first weigh in and weighed 278. In the past six months on the required diet, I have lost 22 pounds.

I have learned:

How to slow down my eating.
How to chew more and eat without drinking.
Which vitamins to take to nourish my body after surgery.
To journal my foods and exercise with every meal/workout.
That overestimating workout and underestimating portions is a recipe for diasaster.

Bring on surgery.

My next goal is 220 pounds. I don't set time limits because my body doesn't work that way.

Getting Excited! & Some info about baby utensils

It is now 28 days until my VSG surgery. I got a call this morning from the doctor's office and they went over everything that they have and what they still need from me. They needed my endoscopy study and they wanted me to do an online anesthesia orientation, which I completed yesterday.



I called my GI surgeon and had them fax my endoscopy to the doctor and I received the rest of my instructions:

• They asked me to move my history/physical and pre-op bloodwork up, seeing as though my surgery was moved up by three weeks. I have now scheduled that for next Tuesday.
• I am to stop taking NSAIDS (which I stopped after my endoscopy, when the GI doc said to never take them again).
• I am to stop taking any vitamins which contain Vitamin K, which can change the body's clotting process.

So, that really pumped me up. I did forget to ask if I meet with the doctor before the surgery for an appointment, but I am 99% sure that I don't see her again until I am wearing the paper gown.

So, 28 days.

Next week is a busy one with my last insurance mandated weigh in on Tuesday, then my pre-op workup on Tuesday and my last bariatric support group meeting before surgery on Wednesday.

Busy is good. Keeps my mind off of things.

I was scheduled to have a tooth cleaning on January 28th, but I have decided to cancel that. I have that mitral valve prolapse and there is an ever-so-slight risk of endocarditis with a dental cleaning and they used to pre-medicate with antibiotics prior to appointments. They no longer pre-medicate and I am just jumpy enough not to want to have even a slight risk of a heart infection.

It's getting close, peeps!!

By the way, I did buy myself a tiny set of flatware. I did not want to eat, post-op, off of plastic baby spoons and forks. Especially since the forks tend to be spork-ish.

So I bought this set online. It really does slow me down. I have been eating with it every day and also using the smaller bowls and plates that I purchased and it does, indeed, slow me down and make me take smaller bites.

Now, when I look at typical forks, I think, man, that looks like a shovel!