45 Yrs Old, Happy wife, mother & grandmother but ready for change - Ennis, TX

I am sorry that it has been so long since my last post but man has life been busy. I am losing at a steady pace and as of yesterday I am down a total of 59 lbs from my highest weight and 35 down from my surgery weight which is about 2.9 lbs a week. I am lighter than I have been since before the birth of my daughter and I am feeling so much better.

I hope everyone else is doing well. I have started noticing some hair loss but I am believing it is just a stage and I am trying to make sure I get in all my vitamins and protein. I started taking Thrive to help with my energy and the vitamins and nutrients that I might be missing. I also went onto Bariatric pal online and ordered the Multi Vitamin plus patch so that I could get my vitamins in that way since the Multi Vitamin taken by mouth was making me nauseated. The one thing I think I am struggling with the most is getting in all of my water since I returned back to work. I really really love the way I feel now though in my clothes. I don't feel as self conscious and love my stomach getting smaller each day. My back no longer hurts like it did and guess what, I feel sexy again. I love that it seems to have even helped with my relationship with the Lord. Don't under estimate how being overweight affects us all. If there were one bit of advice I could give someone, it would be that. Life is to short to suffer physically, mentally and spiritually. I pray for you all. Oh, and here is a recent picture of me at my grand daughters graduation from Kindergarten.

So I changed things up a bit and guess what, I finally moved past my stall. I have been shooting for getting below 240 and as of yesterday I weighed in at 238.4. Happy Mother's Day to me!!!!

My next goal will be to get into the 220's. My gosh I haven't been this size in over 10 years. I am so excited. For those that are struggling, you can do this. We can do this together! Let me know how you are doing on your journey.

I love that I am finally getting used to my bodies cues and that I can recognize when I am getting full. It is strange at times because I feel like I am constantly waiting to eat or drink because of not being able to drink right after eating but I am getting more and more used to it.

Today I stepped on the scale and I am down another 2 lbs after being on a stall for the last couple of weeks. I was reading an article that said in order to trick your body from getting in a stall, you have to have a day to cheat. No I am not advocating going backwards but I do believe you have to mix things up a bit in order for your body to work at it's optimum. I know if you take certain pills like Advil, over time your body gets used to it and it doesn't work as well. Well it's the same way with our food. Allow yourself a day where maybe your carb count is a bit higher and then go back to do as you were. If we do this periodically, it seems to upset the apple cart and shift things to burning again. At least it has worked for me. I hope this helps someone.

The struggle is real, but it is so worth it.