Happy Halloween...

Had a fabulous night at a very good friends Halloween party. Only thing this has to do with my weight loss is just how comfortable and confident I felt dressing up and going out!!!! Its been such a long time since I looked forward to a good fancy dress party!!! Thought I would share a few photos...

Goal posts and Aqua Fit

Well this week has been another good week.  I have joined a gym and am easing myself in with two aqua fit classes per week.  When I feel a little stronger I will start more classes and use the gym itself.  Today I weigh 17 stone exactly which not only means I have lost 5llbs this week but It means I am that much closer to hitting the next goal post!!! I am hoping by Monday I will have a 16 in front of my weight which means I can say goodbye forever to 20st, 19st 18st and 17st.  I really can't believe quite how quickly this is going!  Just 8 and a half weeks ago I was wearing size 26/28 and now I am 20/22... just one or two more months till I open up my shopping experience and not have to go to the frumpy corner at the back!!!

It is getting so much easier to eat and drink.  Not so much pain and mostly I don't look like I am having a heart attack whenever I attempt to eat something other than yogurt.  Still can't eat much but I suppose I had better get used to that!  

Doc has now put me on multi vitamins and extra calcium.  The multi vitamins contain Biotin which I am happy about as everyone seems to be recommending that to minimise hair loss.  My skin has gone very dry so I hope they help with that too.  

I am going to a Halloween party tonight and I am dressing up,  I have not done that for years, and quite frankly never felt the need to paint myself green!! but tonight I am going too. For the first time in ages my cup is half full, I am looking forward to tonight, I am looking forward to what the next week will bring and I am looking forward to the rest of my life.  I am so happy to have my sleeve!

Pre & Post....

Hit the 3 Stone Mark!!!!!

I am so happy......

Today I stepped on the scales to find I have hit the 3 stone (42llbs) mark!!!!!

And to top that off I have managed not only to get into a coat I have not worn for 3 years, but I had my suit jacket underneath and I did the zip up with plenty of room!!! What a good day!!!

Oh What a night....

I am feeling so good today.. I am now 5 weeks post op and I am 38 llbs down.  I can't believe how different I feel!  Looking back to the weight going on, my biggest problems really started in the last couple of stone I had put on.  The reason this is weird is because it took a couple of years to put that on whereas its taken a less than a couple of months to lose it!  I have been in so much pain for what seems like forever with my knee and leg.  I have arthritis and a collapsed arch, at some points I could hardly walk with it and when I did it was mostly with a limp!  Yet in such a short space of time I am walking up to 6 miles and there is no pain!  

Last night I went out on the town with a couple of friends.  Something I have not done for a while because I felt so uncomfortable with myself and I also could not stand up for very long.  But last night, I dressed up in an outfit I bought over a year ago on ebay but it was too small and looked stupid, last night it fitted lovely, I wore heals!!!! YEY another goal hit!  I have not been able to wear heals for a long time.  Granted my tootsies were a little sore at the end of the night but that may have been able to do with the fact I danced all night!!!  I had such a good time,  I even got down on the floor with a group of random strangers and did 'Oops up side your head'  and the best part was, I was able to get back up on my own!  

Another new thing for me was the effects of alcohol!!! I had 3 drinks and actually felt drunk!  I am such a cheap date now!  And as it goes out of your blood stream as quick as it goes in..... No Hangover!!! 

I LOVE MY SLEEVE...

Exercise...

What a week... I have just spent a week in Mathry in West Wales and I have not done so much exercise since I really can't remember.  Just two months ago i struggled to walk 3 and a half miles yet on my first day in Mathry, only 2 stone lighter and I walked 6 miles!!! granted my other half had to push me for the last half a mile!!!! I climbed cliffs and walked through the countryside along coastal paths and I really enjoyed myself.  I have probably done more exercise in the last week than I have done in the last year!  I have come home to find I have only lost 3llbs!!!!  I have a horrible cold so I am hoping there may be some fluid retention from that!   The good news is I tried on some  new bras while I was away and I have lost 4 inches off my  back!!! maybe  I have built up a bit of muscle which as we all know is heavier!  I will definatley be keeping up the walking... you get to see some truly amazing countryside.  Back to work Monday so have to go shopping to buy some new work clothes... this is great!!!!  I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!!