I've lost over 200 pounds!

I did it!

So I can’t believe I haven’t shared the good news here on my blog. What am I waiting for? Well to be honest I have been a bit busy. I’ve increased my workouts so don’t have a lot of time during the week as it is work, workout, dinner, bed. But the good news is on New Year’s Day to start out my day my body decided to weigh me in at a lower weight. As of the 1^st I had officially lost 202 pounds. Yes I even got an extra two pounds in that. That was definitely a rough plateau in which I was up and down 2 pounds for two weeks. I also counted how much weight I lost during the holidays. Only because that is when most people gain. I was surprisingly shocked (so shocked I calculated twice) that I lost 19 pounds from Thanksgiving Day to January 1^st . That is a lot of weight and to have 2 weeks of it with no change means basically I lost 19 pounds in 3 weeks. I am shocked that it is so much not shocked I lost weight. I didn’t eat bad at all and felt no guilt this holiday season. I kept my workout routine and pretty much kept everything the same.

So as of this morning (1/5/12) I’ve lost a total of 205 pounds (128 since surgery). I have created a piece of paper that has 18 stars on it. Each star represents 10 pounds. So I only need to lose 1 star 18 times for a total of 180 pounds. I’m 4 pounds away from coloring my first one in which is exciting.

So I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that I’ve already lost more weight than what I want to weigh as my goal weight. I have lost more than the “average” adult weighs. I’ve never ever lost close to this much. The closest was when I lost about 115 pounds about 6 years ago. I am so humble about this change though. I know it doesn’t make me any more special than the next guy or gal struggling with weight. The only difference is it has clicked in my mind and I am taking action to make it happen. I know at any point I could gain the weight back which is my biggest fear which is what I am really trying not to do. But I like to focus on what to do and NOT what I shouldn’t do.  Because I’ve learned if you focus on what not to do well you spend so much energy on it; it happens anyways. Instead energy focused on what you should/want/need to do is much more beneficial.

Anyhow, I thank you all for your support and words of encouragement. It is all greatly appreciated!

Hubby made a delicious treat

So this morning hubby and I were talking about mixing up our protein shakes by adding other things to make them more interesting. I told him I would get burned out by the same protein shake over and over again. I told him about a blog I found that is a woman who had weight loss surgery and loves to cook and comes up with the most delicious sounding bariatric friendly recipes. I told him that he can eat bariatric friendly stuff that it is just very healthy nothing odd about it. In any event while I was visiting theworldaccordingtoeggface blog, he went in and concocted his own recipe. He brought it to me saying "Remember an orange julius? Taste this". OMG! It tasted like an orange julius. All he did was add some orange juice to my vanilla protein shakes. He said it was "approximately" 4oz orange juice and 12oz non-fat milk and 1 1/2 scoops of IDMS Multi-Pro Whey Vanilla Cream powder and some ice. It was a lot of liquid (I'm usually only doing 8oz total a day). If I were to make it I would make it a smaller shake and use 2 oz juice and 6 oz of milk and 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder. Anyhow I got approximately 45 grams of protein from that shake. YAHOO!

It is time to go clean the house. Wish me luck... my knee is absolutely at its worst. Hubby has offered to help do the things that require a lot of standing (vacuum, mop) and I will try to do most of the cleaning sitting down if I can (dishes, dusting, etc.).