Frustrations.....

I haven't been on this blog for a while and thought that I needed to come on and read the post that have been published and to see how everybody is doing. I know how you all feel when you say that you crave chocolate and cheese burgers and that you are to the point when there are no changes in your weight loss.

I know that six months ago that I had a Gastric bypass and that the weight has come off really fast for me; but I am getting to the point when I think that my weight loss is going to start slowing and down and changing. I've lost one hundred and thirty four pounds and I have ninety four pounds more too loose to hit my goal.

The surgeons say that in every ones weight loss they hit a point when there body is comfortable where it is and it naturally slows it's self down. I've also been told that you will seventy five percent of the weight and they your body slows down.

I know that it is really frustrating but it happens to all of us. Right now I have only two weeks of the month that I loose weight. Two weeks ago I gained six pounds (i started my period its wonderful to be a girl) this past week I lost the six pounds that I gained; that leaves me two weeks to loose weight before I start the whole process all over again.

I am grateful that I have lost the weight that I have; and that I have wonderful friends and family to help me through the precess, and I hope that in return that there is something that I can do to help all of you. Good luck this week on what ever it is that you are working on and I wish you all success.

Get it together girl!

I wish I was one of those people that can't eat when they are stressed out or blue. No, I get to be the one that craves chocolate and cheeseburgers when I am feeling crappy. Which of course, you feel even crappier after you eat it. Ugh... I need to get out of this funk quick.

busy

I really haven't weighed this week. But I have been watching portions and drinking more water. Not to mention going and going...and got in exercise! I don't have a scale here so I will have to go weigh myself at Jens! This week I want to keep up with the water portions and exercise! After I weigh myself i will post if I have lost anything!

Food

I need healthy food ideas, please post some yummy ideas for me Id much appreciate it. I didnt do to well last week. I didnt fall off the band wagon completley, but if I dont step up my game this week I will be mad at myself.
My new goal: My anniversary is Sept. 22 I want to weigh 175 by then. I can do it I can do it I can do it I can do it I can do it.....

no change!

Once again I am in the no change category. I do feel a little better and my blood sugars have been alot better so the little bit I have done this week is doing something. I just wish it was weight coming off. We always have this week right?

Debs update...

(WOW can we say hefty picture I am a bit smaller than that now!)

So last week I started back on exercising but I didn't achieve my goals! During the week I started having a hard time breathing....Freaked me out. Thought I was having another pulmonary embolism! I was in the ER for hours for test after test.

6 hours later test all clear....I had a breathing treatment and felt a lot better. Lucky for me it was not a clot. That would have been a frustration and a whole change of life for me. Melanie would understand...It would be back to injections to thin my blood and a hospital stay...so needless to say I have not kept up my exercise.

TODAY IS A NEW DAY! I got up and exercise and I fell great. I have to use my inhalers for tightness but all in all I am good...it did take me back down to 18 Min's on my exercise but I feel that decrease isn't to bad considering it could have been far worse.

My goal is to keep up the exercise, drink more water, watch portions and try to eat several small meals during the day to kick in the metabolism!

Stayed the same

No weight loss this week. I did good this week but I know I could of done better.
I am going on vacation this weekend and I hope two have 2 lbs off by thursday.More water and more exercise is the goal this week.

Weekly check in!

Okay this week was mixed for me. I did lose my 2lbs for the week but I did not exercise. I watched what I ate too. I am going to continue with my 2lbs a week goal and I am going to be adding more water to my diet and more exercise. Wish me luck!

shame on me!

so I wrote that I was going to work out..I didn't! I have been suffering from head aches and edema...not to mention weird sleeping habits and feel tired all the time. I know that if I get going again that will change. I just need to do it!

so goals for this week are
#1 get my scale from Jen and weigh in!
# 2 get back to exercising
#3 work out for 20 Min's each day this week
#4 work on drink up to 1 gallon of water through the day each day...
#5 to make sure that I eat something every 3 hours to get my metabolism up and running

Yay I did it!!

It has been a week since I started my weight loss. I accomplished two goals last week, first one was no french fries and no soda. yay ( I still crave soda though) and the second is that I lost 4lbs as of this morning yay! Now my new goals for this week are to get down to 179 and to add more exercise.
For food last week I just ate Special k red berries. I tried some smart ones frozen lunches and I just ate what my family did for dinner just smaller portion. I used the smaller plates and that helped. I also used South Beach Bars for the protein and the sugar cravings. Oh and Gum. I am the type of person who has to have something sweet after I eat so this has help me.

No more excuses!

Okay I got some great news today that I am going to mexico in November for a week so you know what that means. I have 3 months to work my hiney off so I can feel comfy in a bathing suit. I think I might do better if I have something to look forward to. I also think 3 months is a good amount of time to lose what I want. I know I still won't be the skinniest on the block by then but I still would feel better. Wouldn't it be great if I could go and just relax and not care what people think of me. So my goal is 2-3 pounds a week for the first month. Then we will see what happens next month. Please, please, please help keep me encouraged and motivated. My health is back in the crap zone too. So I would like to get that under control again. You all are giving me such inspiration. Thanks!!!

tired

so here is a vicious circle...

I have been so tired lately that I haven't exercised...but I know if I exercise that I will get more energy. I want to exercise I just can't seem to get my butt up to do it.

The cool thing is I have gotten my workouts up to 25 Min's. Yep I was bounce this fat body all over. (hopefully all that fat moving every where will burn extra calories...LoL). I am writing to let you know starting tomorrow I am back to exercising. I worked out until Friday so it hasn't been that long but I cant let it go longer or I will be back to square 1.

So my goal is to get to 30 Min's this week exercising and to drink more water!
I am going to buy me a out fit that is a size smaller than I am and my reward will be the outfit when I get in to it! My hubby thinks this is a bonus for him and he things I should get a nightie for his reward...the outfit is more appealing to me...we may have to get 2 things so we both get our rewards for my work! (I am not sure what he is thinking there)!

My excuses, Caution: They're lame

Why I did not loose 5 lbs before the end of July, which means no new cute sandals. Ugh
Excuse #1 I'm stressed out. So this means mindless eating is occurring. Especially since I just discovered Pirate Booty. I could not put that bag down this weekend.
Excuse #2 Went to a wedding this weekend. HAD to have wedding cake. And they served fudge and egg rolls, and Caesar salad. Come on people! It was a sad and quick defeat.
Excuse #3 I love to read. And I have been devouring some good reads this month. But its a very passive activity. Maybe I should only get to read on a treadmill or elliptical?
Excuse #4 I'm tired after a day with two toddlers. I have skipped the gym too many times.
Excuse #5 We have a larger family dynamic that we are living under the same roof. This results is large family dinners every night and some lunches ( fried chicken, fried bread, french bread, potato salad.) I tried to stay away from the kitchen, but that didn't always work.

My excuses were lame, but I warned you about that. I just needed to see them written and be accountable for them. I am shameful about how I let these lame excuses get in the way of my goal.

NEW GOAL: Loose 5lbs before my trip to Michigan on Sunday.
REWARD: Cute sandals for the beach trip

Fluffy me

Ok today is the first day of my weight loss. I hope to loses 2 lbs a week. My starting weight is 186 as of this morning YIKES. I am setting a couple of donts this week and so on they are NO SODA, NO FRENCH FRIES hence the pictures above.haha They are no longer in vocabulary and Im sure I'll even save money too.Bonus. Im just going to be watching what I put in my mouth and I need to drink more water. Exercise wise Im going to do Yard work and go walking.

I hope everyone is doing well. Lets all skinny on down.