My Journey

All about my weight loss journey.

Monday, January 30, 2006

YES!

So I am finally out of my funk. It was so nice to have all of you be so supportive. I don't know what my problem was, but I am all over it now. I am not as skinny as I had hoped but I still look 10 times better than I did a year ago so it's all good.

Monday, January 23, 2006

Depression

You know it's weird, when I was heavy I never realized how freakin' huge I was, but now that I am losing weight I am so aware of my size. You would think with me losing 128 pounds I would feel better about myself, but I don't really. For a while there I was trying to blame my unhappiness on my marriage, but it's not Mike's fault at all, it's all mine. Something is seriously wrong with me. I want to lose all this weight but I won't get my fat butt off of the couch and do some exercise. I really need to though, and I know that, I just can't get motivated. I think that's why I have been so depressed lately. Next month I will be a year out. At a year out I thought I would be at my goal weight, but not so much. I am hoping to lose at least 50 more pounds but that's going to be the toughest 50 pounds to get off. I am going to have to exercise and eat right and that sucks! I think me getting skinner is causing me to get depressed. It's like when I was heavy people didn't expect anything from me and they all thought I was a total loser, now they expect more from me. In turn, I am starting to expect more from me. This is all so odd for me. I have never before in my life been depressed so it's a weird feeling for me and I am not quite sure how to shake it. I am hoping I can work through it, but if not I may need to see counseling. I am not super depressed like the people who think about killing themselves or anything, but I am a little down. sorry I had to get it off of my chest.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

11th Month Check in

This weekend I weighed and I am down to 208. So to date I have lost 126 pounds! I am in a size 16 pants and a size 20 shirt. I thought I had gone down a cup size in my bra but I went to the Bust Stop and got measured and I am still a DD cup I just went down from a tight, tight 46 to a more comfortable 40 inch band. I am so happy I didn't lose any of my boobs, I was real worried about that. I am going to have to go to my Mom's and do all my measurements so I can see how many inches I have lost in 11 months.

I must admit that I thought I would have lost more weight by now, but that just doesn't seem to be the case. The doctors weren't lying when they said this surgery is a "tool" not a cure.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

I Am Getting Frustrated

I am getting frustrated with my plateaus. It's becoming quit annoying. I haven't really lost any substantial weight since August. In August I was at 123 pounds or something like that and now I fluxuate between 118 and 112. That just doesn't make sense to me. Shortly after Christmas I weighed 208 but now I am back up to 214. So I am just getting sick of it. I want to be below 200 so bad. If I could just get down to 180 I would be happy with that. Hopefully I will start losing weight some time soon. My doctor keeps saying that my body is just playing catch up and I have to wait it out and increase my water and protein intake. So if any of you have any suggestions on how to keep my spirits up please post them here.