No longer high risk? HELLO?! How freakin' AWESOME is that?!!!!!! WOOT! WTG!

And TY for the note about donating blood. I know I'm due to donate & am sure the blood center will be calling soon to schedule me, so now I know not to do this yet.

Hard to believe 2 months has cruised on by already!

I put the morning of surgery pic up next to my 2 month pic last night and my initial reaction was "wow, was I really that big?". Seriously, I don't think I really ever saw it. I mean, I knew obviously because of my size 24 pants, but I don't think I understood how "puffy" I was. ugh!

So things that happened this past month:

*I realized my kids clean off my plate now vs. me cleaning off their plate! (not at every meal, but it did happen and I was like WOW, what a turn of events)
*I bought a size Large shirt and size 18 pants on the 75% off rack at Macy's last week and cried tears of joy in the dressing room! That moment was when I finally SAW my progress.
*I had an outdoor event to go to with my oldest son and I went to put my snowpants on & they were way too big!!! yippeee!
*At said outdoor event, I spent 5 hours outside participating in snow races, etc. and had a blast with my son! I got a little winded but nothing like before. And it reminded me that I was ALIVE!!!
*I'm officially down 40 pounds.
*My blood sugar has been in the normal range! WOOT!!! Cannot wait for my A1C re-check next month to see how the number is.
*My mom said she better be careful or I'll be shopping from her closet pretty soon.  (she's a size 10)
*My sister said "I can tell your losing weight in your mid-section because your boobs are sticking out!" - LMAO!!! (I'm not telling her about the LB Balconette bra's! haha)

And I'm sure there are many more that I'm not recalling right this moment, but it's been a fun ride this past month.

I still find that I'm not hungry most of the time so sometimes I forget to eat and that is so odd to me and I always thought you were all crazy when you'd say that, but dang, it's true!

So, onto the pics. First one is surgery morning. Second one was last night, 2 months.

Congratulations... 70lbs is quite amazing. I am down 29 lbs since surgery... not as much but I like it. I figure almost 15 lbs a month is good. I had a lovely stall there for awhile, but hopefully it's breaking. Since I've been hopping from 250-248 lbs lately and this morning I am down to 246. YAY!

I am down 45 lbs and very much glad that I did the RNY.  It truly is a great feeling to have loose fitting clothes! and I have already taken 3 tubs to the 2nd hand store.

I think a big part of it is the weight loss, but a bigger part is the regular exercise I'm doing.  My  lungs actually get to fill with air now!!  It truly was a great feeling.  I imagine that you'll notice a difference, too, if you're looking for it.  I was so surpised!

I see you are doing GREAT on your loss!!  Keep up the amazing work!  I so love getting to hear about everyone's successes!!!