I got a job back at the end of December, and it's been a challenge to keep up with my life - much less do anything else. None the less, I am sorry for not having posted anything in 3 months. I probably wouldn't have posted this, but I got prodded a bit...thank you Betty for caring!
I've lost 68 lbs since the beginning of my journey. I've gone down from a size 22 to a 14 (I'm in normal clothes!) My BMI is no longer considered obese, I'm now just 'overweight'!
But, the girls that I work with don't really care (I get a sense of them rolling their eyes behind my back whenever I mention something) and it feels like I'm the same person that I always have been. Except that I tend to buy all of my clothes at Goodwill rather than Coldwater Creek these days. There's no point to spend a bundle of cash when I'm only going to be wearing these clothes for a couple of months.
I have to confess, I don't really do much by the book. The only thing that I do religiously is take my vitamins. I am supposed to get in 64 oz of water/drinks daily. I maybe get 40 oz in. I try really hard, but it's been impossible! Protein is the same, I get maybe 40-50 grams daily and I'm supposed to get 60-70. I know, I am sure I'm going to pay for this in the end. But in a way, not being perfect is a giant step in a positive direction for me. It used to be that when I went on a diet, I did it perfectly until I went off of it and then was perfectly awful off of it. Yo-yo should be my middle name. So, I'm just trying to be imperfect.
Betty and I are members of a Facebook group of bariatric patients who seem to all be perfectionists. So, I tiptoe through it all because I don't want to be yelled at. They are there to be supportive, and I appreciate that - but being perfectly imperfect seems the way to go for me... I'm sure once I'm over my honeymoon phase, I will have trouble maintaining my loss, and remind myself to try, try, try so that I can live a healthy life at a healthy weight.
Anyway...I checked in, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!
Here's a pic from a few weeks ago married with my before shot:
