I'm in the Century Club!!!
Hey Everyone!
I just wanted to brag that as of Monday, I've lost 105 pounds! I only have to lose 43 more to reach my goal of 140 (I'm 5'3"). Before the surgery, I never imagined that I would have lost almost 75% of the total weight I want to lose less than 6 months post-op!
I know I'm not around here very often, but with weight loss comes many new experiences! I started babysitting in September (stopped 2 weeks ago due to scheduling changes of the parents) for two girls (ages 3 and 1). Before WLS, I wouldn't have attempted it for fear of not being able to keep up with them! Now I miss them terribly. I also signed up for college for the first time and started 3 online classes (which I'm doing very well in) on 1/3. I also scheduled my hip replacement (the main reason for the surgery) for this June.
I still don't feel as if I'm any smaller. I wore a size 28 before surgery and now I wear an 18 (some 16's). I can definitely see it in photographs and in the numbers on the tape measurer, though!
I don't know how to put my picture in my posts or on my profile page, but I do have a couple of links for anyone wanting to check it out.
Before WLS: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/shellymoe/before_WLS.jpg
5 Months Post-Op: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/shellymoe/shelly5monthsf.jpg
Thanks for letting me toot my own horn!
~Shelly