90 pounds gone!

I hit the 90 pound mark this morning. Hip Hip Hooray! When I had surgery my initial goal was to be at -100 lbs by Christmas. I should make it there - I'm hoping to hit it by Thanksgiving. Dr. Evanson said he expected me to be under 200 lbs by my one year surgiversary. That's 39 more pounds in 5 months - I can do it! I know I shouldn't focus only on the number on the scale, but I like to have goals and a number to shoot for. Helps keep me focused. I'd like to say I'm not obsessing about it, but I am still weighing myself everyday - it's a hard habit to break.

I'm doing pretty good at the gym. I usually do 30 minutes on the eliptical and 30 minutes on the treadmill and 1-2 days a week I also do some resistance training with weights and the exercise ball. I've started doing some running on the treadmill - I've been walking 4 minutes and then running 1. Ok, it's not a ton of running, but it's a start!

I'm wearing size 18/20 tops and size 20 pants. Although I do have some size 18 pants I can get into. Only another size or two and I'll be able to buy clothes in the non-plus sized department! woohoo! Speaking of clothes - Kevin (who is only 15 pounds from his goal of 230) had to buy some new jeans because his were falling off of him. He bought new ones that have a 40 inch waste - the ones he wore last winter were a 44 inch waste. Go Kevin go!

I go and see my family Dr. in November for a BP checkup, but I had a follow up appointment with my OBGYN a month ago and my BP there was 118/76 - that's the lowest it's been in a long time! Also, my BMI was 54.6 before my surgery, and now it's 39.6......getting healthier!

I'll post pictures at the 100 pound mark. Hopefully that won't be too long!

Love to all,
Sarah

My quote for this post is long, but I loved it.....

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person. -Og Mandino

Checking in

I'm at 84 pounds right now. All of a sudden the scale has started moving again - whoop whoop! Only 16 more pounds until the big 100! This is the most weight I've ever lost at one time. The exercise is definitely paying off. With the scale and my clothes - I'm fitting into everything better and I pulled some clothes out my tub of "used to fit" clothes and have added some of them back into my closet because they finally fit again!

Now with Mary getting engaged and planning the wedding for March, I'm doubly motivated to get these pounds off asap - this will probably be the last wedding I'm in and I want to make sure I don't look like a parade float in my dress! Luckily she is thinking she is going to have us get black bridesmaid's dresses, so that will be slimming - thanks Mary! I'm heading up to Fort Wayne this weekend to go wedding dress shopping with Mom and Mary - I can't wait! Wedding planning is going to be so much fun!

I'll check back in at the 90 pound mark!

BMI on April 2 = 54.6
Current BMI = 40.6

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." -Norman Vincent Peale