This week was a hard ass week!!!  I FINALLY have lost 122 pounds, and that brings me to an exact weight of 200 pounds. I think I may have been in middle school when I last weighed 200.  lol  So this means next Monday morning when I weigh in I get to finally be in numbers and a new territory that I've can't even remember being in... in what seems like forever. 

Yippppeeeeee!!!!!  Working out like a mad woman, still struggling to eat one whole cup of food per a meal.  I usually still have to do my mid-morning, mid-afternoon and mid-evening snacks to supplement my meals.  And I'm drinking LOTS of water/beverages.  lol

Anyhow... Yipppppeeeeeee for me!!!! 

So I was stuck at a plateau for a while....   I bounced between 93 and 95 pounds for over 2 months.  I was so pissed off at me.  It was a damn tease every Monday morning when I'd step on that scale.  Ugh.

But I started to finally work out seriously.  And damn it...  WhoooHoooo...  100... and now 102.5.  Though tomorrow morning I weigh myself again and I'll hope that changes yet again.

When I lived in Ohio (before moving to Colorado) I had lost 120 pounds on my own.  The good old fashioned way, working out 6 days a week for no less than 1.5 hours and eating less, eating better.  After I moved here to Colorado and stopped smoking my pounds kept adding on and on.  Until I was almost at 350.  (So if we count what I lost before surgery cuz Dr Fedorak made me lose some on my own it would be well over 100.)  Anyhow... even in Ohio after losing that weight I think I only got down to 222-ish.  Well, now I'm in the teens.   I was as of last Monday 219.5 - Yipppeeeeee!!!!!!

I'm loving myself like I have never... I'm doing stuff I NEVER thought I'd do (white water rafting in TWO weeks and sky diving is to follow)... and I'm dating.  Not one fellow, but I'm dating a few fellows.  lol  I'm single not dead, and I'm not exclusive with any of them and they all know it.  (And I'm not being a hoochie either, I'm good enough to myself.  lol)   And the compliments I get from strangers... people from work I never talk to come up out of no where to tell me how awesome I look.  The compliments from fellows just blows me away. 

So I have NEVER been happier with me or my life.  I owe this happiness to my success with my surgery... that isn't even over yet.  :o)  Yipppeeee!!!!!

So I had to go back to Cleveland, O-hi for 10 days for my job.  That's where ALL of my family live and though I was supposed to go back in November that trip (for work) was cancelled.  So... this was the first time since June of '06 I'd seen my family or friends.

It was EXCELLENT!!!  Everyone, and I mean everyone, including strangers I don't even know... commented on how good I look.  Now besides losing the 95 pounds, I've also now gone back to being a brunette (hadn't been in about 12 years) and I have new glasses and I have piercings, oh and more ink. lol

So everyone noticed and just commented on hwo great I'm looking. They even said that I'm glowing that I'm so happy.  So this felt damn good.

I'm still pissed that I'm stuck at only 95 pounds, but I guess that's still better than being 95 pounds heavier.

This was a great trip, very much needed.  :o)

So tomorrow (Monday) morning I will hop on the scale to see my updated status.  However... as of last Monday I am down 69 pounds (I think that's my lucky number, LoL).  Anyhow... I don't remember a time that I was this happy.

I used to LOVE pizza... but NO pizza ever made me smile like this, or happy like this.  So I'm not really sure why I ate like I did.  All I know is now, there is NO food that will take my happiness away.

I had a fissure (I think that's what it's called), the opening to my stomach was blocked down to only 7 mm due to scar tissue.  It's a VERY common occurence.  Anyhow, Dr Fedorak expanded it via a balloon to 14 mm and I have been FANTASTIC ever since!!!  I no longer have a hard time drinking all of my waters!!!  :o)   

I went to Vegas at the end of September and wore some outfits that I would NOT have worn pre-op.  I wore some sassy tank tops and just let my arms be seen, who cares?!!?   I have been having the TIME of my life as I move along on my weight loss journey.  People notice at my job (who don't even know about my surgery), guys are noticing me again (and I LOVE it), and every day is another day of fun for me.

I am just SO happy that I went through with surgery, and did what I needed to really start living.  In November I will be going back to O-hi (where ALL of my family lives) and I'll see them again.  I saw them last in June of '06 ... so they saw me as a pretty fluffy girl.  I'm hoping to knock all their socks off!!!  hehe  I've been keeping up my tan by fake n' baking so I really looks good!!!  

Anyhow... so far so good, and I'm happier with every passing day!!! :o)