Today was my 3 month appointment. I met with Ranssa (psych) and Dr. von Ruedon. Everything is going great. My blood work came back right on the money, except for my iron and protein levels. We are going to watch the iron for now. As for the protein I am to change my target from 60g a day to 80g. The protein is probably due to all the working out I have been doing. I remember that from my pre-op class, some people just need more especially if you are doing intense exercises.
I think we finally figured out my dizzy spell issue. Basically, when I go from sitting to standing, or laying down to standing I get super hang onto the wall, fireworks in your eyes dizzy. Doesn't happen every single time, but it does happen a lot. Lasts about 10 secs and then I am fine. He checked out my pressure today and resting it was only 100/50! Every time I stand up your BP dips normally. With mine already being low, that is why it is causing me to almost pass out at times. So for now we are going to increase my fluids. I am going to have to get up at 4:00am to get all of this in! LOL
He also wants me too add a veggie snack in the afternoon. Normally, when I eat I am full before I get any veggies in. This new afternoon snack should help get more in.
There are new official numbers. I had my surgery weight wrong. It was a little too low. So officially, I am 62 lbs down from surgery, and 94 down total! I have decided to celebrate my 100 total weight loss with something special. I am thinking another charm! After this it will mark every 50 lbs till I get to goal. I go back in another 3 months for another check-up unless there is a problem.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Weeks 11 & 12 and A Little Pondering
So I am a little behind in posting. I have been a little busy with Chris' Graduation and party! So all good things, but I want to take a minute to get caught up.
Last week was a milestone week for me. I hit an important number, actually passed it! I celebrated with a trip to the jewelry store and purchased the Inner Strength charm for my Pandora bracelet. This milestone was super important because I haven't seen these numbers since right before I got married almost 12 years ago. I am on track to weight less then I did on my wedding day. A lot less, before our anniversary in June. That is very exciting.
I was proud of myself for making good choices at Chris' party. I have more to say about something that happened there, but this blog isn't private so I am just going to evil grin to myself. I am only including any of this so that when I read it later on I remember. Moving on....
This week started out slow. Just wasn't feeling good on Monday. But, I lost another 3 lbs. bringing my surgery loss to 58, total to 92! The biggest news of this week comes from my couch to 5K training. I made it a full 5K on the treadmill! I am still walking, but I am just about to jog. I am just still right under that line. I love it! The race itself is about 2 more weeks away! I think that is pretty good for only 5 weeks of training!
So here is my ponder.... there is something I REALLY want to do. REALLY REALLY want to do this. But I am just not sure I can get myself there physically by next Feb. I want to run in the 2013 Princess 1/2 Marathon in Disney. I think that having done so well with this 5K has lit a fire under me, and I want to keep going. I am going to talk to Liz (AKA the exercise lady from my surgeons office tonight) and see what she thinks. I have been looking into it today and I need to walk or run a 15 minute mile. If I start training now for it, I bet I could do it.
Kathy, Paul, Kim and I are all doing The Color Run in DC in Oct, so that would give me more race experience. By February I should be pretty close to goal weight. I could go run the race then come back and have my hernia repaired! LOL
I will update on this once I talk to Liz tonight (if the rain holds out!).
Last week was a milestone week for me. I hit an important number, actually passed it! I celebrated with a trip to the jewelry store and purchased the Inner Strength charm for my Pandora bracelet. This milestone was super important because I haven't seen these numbers since right before I got married almost 12 years ago. I am on track to weight less then I did on my wedding day. A lot less, before our anniversary in June. That is very exciting.
I was proud of myself for making good choices at Chris' party. I have more to say about something that happened there, but this blog isn't private so I am just going to evil grin to myself. I am only including any of this so that when I read it later on I remember. Moving on....
This week started out slow. Just wasn't feeling good on Monday. But, I lost another 3 lbs. bringing my surgery loss to 58, total to 92! The biggest news of this week comes from my couch to 5K training. I made it a full 5K on the treadmill! I am still walking, but I am just about to jog. I am just still right under that line. I love it! The race itself is about 2 more weeks away! I think that is pretty good for only 5 weeks of training!
So here is my ponder.... there is something I REALLY want to do. REALLY REALLY want to do this. But I am just not sure I can get myself there physically by next Feb. I want to run in the 2013 Princess 1/2 Marathon in Disney. I think that having done so well with this 5K has lit a fire under me, and I want to keep going. I am going to talk to Liz (AKA the exercise lady from my surgeons office tonight) and see what she thinks. I have been looking into it today and I need to walk or run a 15 minute mile. If I start training now for it, I bet I could do it.
Kathy, Paul, Kim and I are all doing The Color Run in DC in Oct, so that would give me more race experience. By February I should be pretty close to goal weight. I could go run the race then come back and have my hernia repaired! LOL
I will update on this once I talk to Liz tonight (if the rain holds out!).
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Dead and Gone
I figured I would use my vitamin time to share a few things that I have been swimming around my head.
I am still pretty fresh on this path of my new life, and there are still new things everyday I am learning. There has been something pretty new that has been happening. I am finding out how much I really want this. How I strong I am, how deep I am willing to dig to get it. Yesterday was 5K training at the park. Chris really wanted me to stay home, and that was making my already not really wanting to go feeling grow stronger. But I knew I had to go because I cannot go Saturday (unless I blew off his Commencement!). So I got myself ready to go and off I went. It was really cloudy and dark by the time I fought traffic and got there. I chatted for a minute with Liz and got started. We were setting out to do 3 laps (2.4 miles). About 3/4 of the way around I felt a drop of rain. By the time I made the first loop it was starting to drizzle. I knew that today I was not going to the gym, so that I could clean for the coming weekend. I also knew that I did not drive all that way to only do one lap. I continued. By now it was a straight rain. I am not gonna lie right before I hit the point of no return I did ask myself if I was crazy. Still I pushed. By the time I made it back around I was soaked through my clothes! I am talking to the bone! Honestly, I have never been more proud of myself. I didn't do the 3rd lap because I noticed that my workout bag was missing. I knew that Liz had it, but I didn't see her and I didn't want her to have to wait for me. I spotted her in the parking lot and got it! Thank goodness, because my inhaler was in there!
This is just one of the times recently I find myself pushing through whatever it is. Pain, tired, soaking rain. In my old life I would have stopped. I know I would have. There is a song on my 'Werk it' playlist called "Dead and Gone"
No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away
Oh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And oh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead and gone
This is exactly how I am feeling right now. Old me is gone. I don't want that girl anymore. I love this new girl!
I am still pretty fresh on this path of my new life, and there are still new things everyday I am learning. There has been something pretty new that has been happening. I am finding out how much I really want this. How I strong I am, how deep I am willing to dig to get it. Yesterday was 5K training at the park. Chris really wanted me to stay home, and that was making my already not really wanting to go feeling grow stronger. But I knew I had to go because I cannot go Saturday (unless I blew off his Commencement!). So I got myself ready to go and off I went. It was really cloudy and dark by the time I fought traffic and got there. I chatted for a minute with Liz and got started. We were setting out to do 3 laps (2.4 miles). About 3/4 of the way around I felt a drop of rain. By the time I made the first loop it was starting to drizzle. I knew that today I was not going to the gym, so that I could clean for the coming weekend. I also knew that I did not drive all that way to only do one lap. I continued. By now it was a straight rain. I am not gonna lie right before I hit the point of no return I did ask myself if I was crazy. Still I pushed. By the time I made it back around I was soaked through my clothes! I am talking to the bone! Honestly, I have never been more proud of myself. I didn't do the 3rd lap because I noticed that my workout bag was missing. I knew that Liz had it, but I didn't see her and I didn't want her to have to wait for me. I spotted her in the parking lot and got it! Thank goodness, because my inhaler was in there!
This is just one of the times recently I find myself pushing through whatever it is. Pain, tired, soaking rain. In my old life I would have stopped. I know I would have. There is a song on my 'Werk it' playlist called "Dead and Gone"
No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away
Oh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And oh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead and gone
This is exactly how I am feeling right now. Old me is gone. I don't want that girl anymore. I love this new girl!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
ARGH! 10 weekks!
The weight loss Gods are messing with me! Numbers first:
This weeks loss 1 (stinkin, stupid pound!)
Surgery total 50 on the nose!
Total loss: 84
A long LONG time ago when I was close to this goal, I couldn't pass it. I was working full time as a nurse, and going to the gym at night. Walking between 5-7 miles a day. No matter what I did I could not pass this number. I thought that after having my guts rearranged that moving past this number would be a breeze. Apparently not so much! UGH! I thought for sure I would be there this week. This is the first time I am truly a little pissed about not losing. I am only 2 lbs away!!!!
However, I am not dwelling. I was in the gym today. Met my couch to 5K training goals and am going to try to up my water more, and get more veg and fruit in. I also need to remember that I am now 5 sizes down. Also, that my weight loss is noticeable to people other then Chris and I!
We went camping this weekend. So. Much. Fun! I was very proud of myself that I did get (just about) everything in. I was a little short on fluids. But I blame that all on Chris, for wasting my drinking time getting his car stuck! LOL My everything is very different now, but I just did my thing and tired to do it fast so that I didn't make it a big deal. My belly button did great as well. I did find a deer tick near it on Saturday morning. Talking about making your heart beat fast! I hadn't even thought about bugs, I was only focused on the sand. But it is fine. I am counting down the months until I can get it fixed and more forward with my life!
This weeks loss 1 (stinkin, stupid pound!)
Surgery total 50 on the nose!
Total loss: 84
A long LONG time ago when I was close to this goal, I couldn't pass it. I was working full time as a nurse, and going to the gym at night. Walking between 5-7 miles a day. No matter what I did I could not pass this number. I thought that after having my guts rearranged that moving past this number would be a breeze. Apparently not so much! UGH! I thought for sure I would be there this week. This is the first time I am truly a little pissed about not losing. I am only 2 lbs away!!!!
However, I am not dwelling. I was in the gym today. Met my couch to 5K training goals and am going to try to up my water more, and get more veg and fruit in. I also need to remember that I am now 5 sizes down. Also, that my weight loss is noticeable to people other then Chris and I!
We went camping this weekend. So. Much. Fun! I was very proud of myself that I did get (just about) everything in. I was a little short on fluids. But I blame that all on Chris, for wasting my drinking time getting his car stuck! LOL My everything is very different now, but I just did my thing and tired to do it fast so that I didn't make it a big deal. My belly button did great as well. I did find a deer tick near it on Saturday morning. Talking about making your heart beat fast! I hadn't even thought about bugs, I was only focused on the sand. But it is fine. I am counting down the months until I can get it fixed and more forward with my life!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
So Stinkin Close!!! 9 Weeks
Today is 9 weeks! Wow it does fly by! First off here are the numbers:
Total loss for the week 6 lbs!
Total loss since surgery 49 lbs! I have lost a little more then one of the girls!!
Total loss from highest recorded: 83 lbs!
I am SO stinkin close to my first goal! It is not the 50 lb mark, which is awesome in it's self. I am 3 lbs away from my first goal!! ARGH! So close! I really want to be at that number or lower before Chris' graduation. I know it is just a number, but I haven't seen this number in a LONG L O N G time! Fingers crossed that this time next week I am shopping for my first Pandora charm!
I am still rockin the gym. Completed my 5K work out goals this week. Thursday they increase! I did notice that my heart rate stayed lower today even though I had the treadmill at a 5 degree angle @ 3.0 miles per hour. I hope that means my body is adjusting. I pretty sure it is. The work outs are getting easier each time.
I have felt pretty good. I did notice that I was wiped out over the weekend. We did get a lot done, but I just felt more tired than I had been. Today that is better. I wonder if it has anything to do with my period ending. I don't know. I am learning to take each day as it comes. That is a tough one to learn!
Oh, I almost forgot I joined myfitnesspal.com feel free to look me up. My user name is 2shortpeopleruleme. A lot of my bariatric friends use it for tracking. I am never going to hit the calorie goals! It has me at 1600, yeah, I am like a 1000 under that!
Total loss for the week 6 lbs!
Total loss since surgery 49 lbs! I have lost a little more then one of the girls!!
Total loss from highest recorded: 83 lbs!
I am SO stinkin close to my first goal! It is not the 50 lb mark, which is awesome in it's self. I am 3 lbs away from my first goal!! ARGH! So close! I really want to be at that number or lower before Chris' graduation. I know it is just a number, but I haven't seen this number in a LONG L O N G time! Fingers crossed that this time next week I am shopping for my first Pandora charm!
I am still rockin the gym. Completed my 5K work out goals this week. Thursday they increase! I did notice that my heart rate stayed lower today even though I had the treadmill at a 5 degree angle @ 3.0 miles per hour. I hope that means my body is adjusting. I pretty sure it is. The work outs are getting easier each time.
I have felt pretty good. I did notice that I was wiped out over the weekend. We did get a lot done, but I just felt more tired than I had been. Today that is better. I wonder if it has anything to do with my period ending. I don't know. I am learning to take each day as it comes. That is a tough one to learn!
Oh, I almost forgot I joined myfitnesspal.com feel free to look me up. My user name is 2shortpeopleruleme. A lot of my bariatric friends use it for tracking. I am never going to hit the calorie goals! It has me at 1600, yeah, I am like a 1000 under that!
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