Howdy. I'm doing great! I am now at 16 weeks post-op, and I've reached a really cool milestone. I've now hit the mid-way point ... I've lost the same amount of weight that I have left to lose.
Here's my new update:
Original pounds to lose: 140
Pounds lost so far: 70
Pounds left to lose: 70
Cool, huh??
On my last doctor's appt., I had two things that I needed to work on. More fluids, and being more vigilant about having dairy twice a day. And I've really stepped it up since then on both counts. The fluids thing is really about remembering to have something to drink with me at all times. Like right now I just finished my iced tea, and I have a water in the fridge, but I need to get up and go get it. Plus I have to pee really badly, so the water doesn't seem that tempting right now.
The dairy isn't that hard - I really love milk (it has to be skim, but it's easy to get used to skim milk if you drink it enough) so I've been pouring myself a glass as soon as I get home and I take my vitamins with the milk. There's only two things that count as dairy in U.S. Bariatric World - yogurt and skim milk. And I get sick of yogurt really easily. But I can do the milk, so I've been concentrating on that more. Apparently calcium is super important to weight loss. Guess all those "Got Milk" commercials saying that is not just a bunch of crap.
Hmm, haven't checked out the Walmart fashion lately - maybe I should stop by there on my way home from the office tonight. :)
Hey, I found another really cool cheap source of clothes! And you would ALL love this! Sarah Jessica Parker has a new line of clothes out called Bitten SJP, and everything in the line is under $20!! It's sold exclusively at Steve and Barry's, and luckily they have one in Orlando, but if you're somewhere they don't have a Steve and Barry's you can find a lot of the line on eBay. OMG, the stuff is adorable. Most tops are $9.98 or $12.98 ... jewelry is $5.98 ... sunglasses are 9.98, purses are $9.98 ... even dresses and really cute denim jackets are $20 or under. You MUST check it out. I was in heaven wandering around the store on Friday night, and bought like 7 or 8 items and the total was around $70. Plus Rudy was with me and he was happy because Steve and Barry's has a lot of college t-shirts and athletic wear for guys, so they're kept occupied and out of your hair. :) Here's the site: http://www.bittensjp.com/ I bought the dress and top in these pics, except I bought the top in purple.
And the other cool thing was that even though the sizes go up to XXL and even size 20, I bought all XL's and L's. However, since little miss SJ Parker has such a tiny little ass on her, I found the pants run small. The same size I wear in all other stores were too tight for me in her line. But that's okay - I bought a size 16 skirt so I was happy about that.
So glad to be out of the sizes that start with 20... :)
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