Days Since Surgery: 84
Weight: 280 lbs.
Total Weight Loss: 64 lbs.
This has been such a wonderful week! The other day I finally went through my closet, you know, searching through the deep deep recesses of it in order to find those almost forgotten size 24's from years ago that I hadn't been able to wear for so long I was afraid they'd be falling apart by now!
Before Gastric Bypass Surgery I was in a size 28 pant and now the 24's that I've been wearing for the past 2 days are loose on me! I'm finally over the weightloss plateau that was frustrating me to no end for almost 2 weeks and entering into my 12 week marker today! 64 pounds in just under 3 months is fantastic!
I can already feel that I'm getting in better shape from all the working out and can't wait until next Saturday when I'm going to do a little SHOPPING for my vacation. I'm excited to see what size I'll be in when I go. I popped in to Lany Bryants the other day for a little look see and I loved the Summer line they have out. The colors are so vybrant and tropical and I'm looking forward to trying the outfits on.
I am adamant about not letting the beach defeat me this time as well, so I've really been trying to push hard when I'm working out. My 2 Self Workout videos are big into jumping jacks, jump rope, and just all around jumping period! So I've been trying to keep up as much as I can. Plus, I've been alternating a video that focuses on free weights every other day or every couple of days because I know that muscles burn calories. I also know that being a woman I do not have the physical make up to bulk up alot but instead will earn nice toned muscles from all the hard work. I feel that while the videos I have are great at working most of my body I need to start including a video that really focuses on the tummy since that is definitely a big problem area for me so I'll probably pick one up next week to include with the others.
The last time I went to the beach was on an excursion on a cruise my family and I took around 3 years ago. The beach was about 1 mile to maybe 2 miles, and that's stretching it, from the port and even with such a small walk by the time we reached the chairs that had so nicely been set up I was gasping for breath, trying not to fall down, and the last little stretch going from the sidewalk to actually walking in the sand had my calves screaming. By the time I reached the chairs I was so far behind everyone else it was enough to make me want to scream out my frustration because I felt absolutely awful about myself, my body, my endurance, everything. And by the time I finally reached the others, I was already done for the day; I didn't play in the ocean or build sand castles with my niece. I just sat there until it was time to go. It was an awful confirmation of the terrible shape that I had let myself get in.
Which is why I refuse to let it happen again.
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