Floating in the 270's

I feel like I have been floating in the 270's for a long time. I know it has only been a week but still, good grief. I seem to lose a bunch and sit for awhile, frustrating. But.... I have to buy a new belt AGAIN because I am on the last notch and I am wearing a pair of 40 jeans and since I was wearing size 56 I really can't complain. Anyways, I thought I would post since in has been a few days, weeks... :)

Saw My Doctor Today

Every 4 weeks I have to go in and see my weight lose doctor. They want to know how I am doing and what changes are taking place, complications and things like that. I also can have the lapband adjusted. So, here is the official report for the doctors office; In the last 4 weeks I have lost 19 pounds and I am officially at 110.8 pounds lost so far. I did not get an adjustment because I am comfortable with where I am at, losing a good amount of weight and eating just the right amount of food. It's all good!!!!

My Newest Biggest losser Pose

I know I know, you will never look at me the same!!! But hey, when you look at the comparison it is a huge difference. I could not use the same shorts because they won't stay on!

The Key

Sorry, it has been a while since I was able to post. I have been so stinkin' busy the last week.... Exercise, exercise, exercise. It is hard to believe the amount of people who want to lose weight but are not willing to put in the work it requires. It seems that way with a lot of things actually. I tell you, it was hard at first but after a couple of weeks I started really enjoying my morning walks and now I feel weird if I don't get on in after I get up. It is amazing what a brisk walk will do, it is not hard on your joints, or your knees while jogging or running can be. Some of us "bigger" people can't run or jog anyways so we don't even go out and walk. NO! Go walk, just 20 min would work but if you can do 20 you can do 30. I will tell you straight up that I could not have done this weight lose without the lap band, it has not been my magic pill, it has been the tool to get me to where I am at. But the key has not been the band, it has been the exercise, I walk every morning, 30 - 40 mins and at least 5 afternoons a week I am on my mountain bike or the Bowflex we have at home. Eating right is a must but with out exercise, well...

100 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!

I DID IT... 100 POUNDS LOST!!!!!!!!!! Finally, over the last few days I have been getting closer and closer and closer but not there yet..... until today. The scale this morning read 287.6. Wow, it feels great to reach a milestone like that. It has been a lot of work, the lap band has enabled me to get there but I am not doen yet. 220 is the unltimate goal but my next mini goal is 279. The last time I lost a lot of wieght, about 7 years ago, I got down to 279 and that has been the lowest I have been since college when I was a bicycle messenger in downtown Bellevue. I will keep you "posted" a long the way. Thank you all for your encouragement and your prayers.

It's Stuck!!!!!

Well, they warned me this would happen. I had a big meeting to attend the other night with the local area chaplains that I work with so before the meeting a few of us went out for dinner. I had to be at the meeting early so I ate a little to fast and ended up not chewing my meat good enough and it got stuck. The band around my stomach makes for a small hole for food to pass throught thuse making me feel full WAY faster. If you don't chew good enough food will get stuck and will not pass through. When your food gets stuck the ony thing you can do is suffer through it, burp a lot and hope it passes or, throw-up. Sometimes you don't have a choice, you throw-up which is what most people do. I have not had that experience until now and that is what I did, I threw-up. What made it worse was that it didn't happen until right when I started the meeting. I knew it was stuck, I was burping all the way to the meeting thinking, "I am going to puke any minute." I got the meeting, started to welcome everyone and it hit me, I wishpered "excuse me" and bolted out of the room. Lucky for me the bathroom was directly across the hall and empty. It was horrible, I hate throwing-up! Definatly a learning experience, a great reminder to CHEW MY FOOD!!!!
As far as breaking 100... Ounces, I mean ounces away. Three days ago, 288.7, two days ago, 288.5, yesterday, 288.2, today.... 288.0 aaaaaahhhhhhhh so close!!!!!! 287.3 will be my 100 puonds lost mark.

Almost to 100

3 more pounds to go and I will have lost 100 pounds. Wow, that is almost hard for me to even imagine. It is amazing how good I feel after shedding 97 pounds! I get asked all the time, "Do you have more energy?" "Do you feel lighter on your feet?" Shoot, that much weight is hard to imagine. Yes, I have more energy, I don't think I "feel" lighter on my feet but I do feel different. I walk up stairs and I am not winded, I teach for a few hours and my joints do not hurt from being on my feet for so long. It was a $15000.00 investment and do you know what the cool thing is? We put that on the credit card and we now owe $1000.00. God has been so faithful. I will let you know when I hit 100 and we can all celebrate together!!!