Friday, 12/21/12

Current weight: 208 lbs.

Total Weight Loss: 152 lbs.

It took some time but I'm able to eat more proteins in my diet, it's just a matter of slowly building up to those foods but I can now eat about a cup of soup at a time without getting sick. According to the nutritionist I can now eat up to 6 oz. of food at a time which is actually around a standard meal, maybe a little on the small side, but the proportion on her little fake food plate looked about average for what most people are supposed to eat. You notice I emphasized the supposed to because while we all know the amount of food that is supposed to satisfy us we never seem to stick to that when loading up our plates. 

I'm not pushing myself on the 6 oz. thing though because I still have 60 pounds left to lose to reach my goal so I stick to the smaller 3-4 oz proportions on food. A friend of mine asked me recently when I would be able to go back to eating normally and I told her that I would be able to start eating normally again when I had lost the last 60 lbs. and I don't mean that in the sense that I can return to eating tons of unhealthy food all the time but in the sense that I can eat my 6 oz. of food but the 30-60-60 restriction will become a little more flexible. For instance I think that in celebration of reaching my 150 lb. goal I will treat myself to six ounces of Chinese food! Yep, that's right I will FINALLY be able to have Chinese and Japanese again. I can have a little sushi right now but I really really miss Hibachi and Mixed Vegetables with Rice..Oh, and Chicken Fried Rice, now my mouth is salivating. But as I told my friend, this is a one time surgery for me, I've heard of other people regaining the weight later on and having it again and that is not an option for me. One surgery, that's it, so no matter what from here on out I have to make absolutely certain that I NEVER go back to the way I was with food. I'll have to continue tracking my calories at least twice a week for the foreseeable future (as in years) and working out five days a week FOREVER which I will have to stay particularly vigilant about because over the years I have come to the conclusion that I am NEVER going to be one of those people that misses the gym. I hate working out, always have, always will, but I do it because it's necessary...I was tempted to call it a necessary evil but felt that was exaggerating just a little.

On another note, I'm ashamed to admit that the first thing I ate after my six month marker was mashed potatoes...for two weeks. In my defense I believe I was very honest about my love of the potato early on, =D as I told anyone within hearing on those tough days when I was grumbling about no carbs and no starchy vegetables, "If they would just let me eat mashed potatoes I could live on those alone!" So I went a little overboard when I could finally have them but no worries, I'm ok now, I've restricted my potato consumption to once or twice a week and am trying to concentrate on proteins and non-starchy vegetables once again.

As for exercise, for the last couple of days instead of going to the gym I was babysitting my niece so I put in my Self exercise video, which I haven't done in a couple of months because I've been going to the gym, and am proud to say that I was able to complete the entire 40 minutes doing the high level moves! You know, all those jumping things: jumping jacks, jumping squats, jump rope, bunny hops,  (which is exactly like what it sounds like) etc. and I feel fantastic! I am so proud of myself for finally being in good enough shape to complete all those high energy moves! I'm going to continue going to the gym to run because I really want to build up to running a 5k but I still don't think that any of the machines there can give you as good a workout as aerobics does so I'm going to start doing my aerobics videos again 3 or 4 times a week too.

I've only got 2 weeks left until the police exam and I'm hopeful, but while I've come a long way I don't know if I'm in the physical condition I need to be in to rock the obstacle course portion of the test but I am going to give it my all! It's a timed event so even if I don't have the best time out of everyone who is trying out this time I will definitely try again next time. I know I just need 2 or 3 more months to reach my goal and I'll be stronger than ever when I get there!

LOL, you know there's something else that's been on my mind a lot lately, something that I told myself I would do if I ever got the weight off to celebrate the dedication it took to get there. Getting a tattoo covering my back, I have a little tiger cub on my left shoulder and it's almost time to give her a friend! But what kind of design? I know it will be of a tiger but a lot of thought has to go into the kind of design because when you're going to have something on your body for the rest of your life then it better be something you love!

Anyways, that's enough for now. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

12/4/12- 8 Month Anniversary since the Surgery!

I am so happy today! Today is the 8 month anniversary since I had Gastric Bypass and I am ecstatic to say that I have a total weight loss to date of 150 pounds! How amazing is that!

I have been released to resume all exercise activities since the gallbladder surgery and cannot wait to go to the gym tomorrow and really hit it hard because now I only have 60 pounds left to lose to reach my goal weight!

In these past few weeks since the gallbladder surgery I have strangely been suffering with an even harder time keeping my food to stay down than I was before and I'm not sure if that's because I was eating mainly soft foods before the surgery but changed my diet to include mostly soups once I realized that I had passed the 6 month marker and could begin including starchy vegetables and carbs as long as I stayed within the 30-60-60 guidelines. That is 30 grams of fat or less a day, 60 grams of carbs or less and day and 60-75 grams of protein a day.

I am active and so so happy!