15 month Update!!!

Dec 13, 2009

Well I can't really believe I am 15 months out as of tomorrow!!  I started this process weighing it at 380 pounds in a size 28...sometimes bursting out of this size...  Now I weigh about 180!!!  And can comfortably buy clothes at junior clothing stores!!  My 11's are starting to fall off of me and I buy mostly larges in shirts.  I feel so great these days! 

I would feel much better if I didn't have any extra skin, but all of that can be taken care of later!!  For now I'm just trying to firm up and get as healthy and strong as possible!  I have lost 4 inches in my neck alone and about 20 inches in my waist!! 

My life is so different now than it was 15 months ago.  I met the man of my dreams and am engaged!  We are getting married July 4th in Vegas and happily and excitingly planning the rest of our lives together!!!  I went to David's Bridal and was so worried about trying on dresses... I started trying them on and fell in love with the biggest, girliest, most expensive dress there!  Haha!!  I coudln't believe that I could ever wear a dress!!  Now I stare at it in my closet and can't wait to walk down the aisle and see Jeff's face when he sees me!  The chapel is paid for, my dress is in my closet, the girls are ordering their dresses, the rings are in lay away and the trip is booked!  We now just have to make payments and just count down until we are married:)

I had to ahve my gall bladder removed in September, then there were some complications so i had to go back and have a second surgery the following week.  They told me that if your gall bladder is acting up that you could feel like crap when you eat...I had a lot of times before I had it removed where I just never felt good after eating.  I was disappointed after having it removed because I couldn't eat anything!!  Everything I ate went right through me, I was scared to even eat cause I was worried I would get sick.  But now that it was almost 3 months ago..I've been able to eat about anything that I want.  I even made my Mom's homemade brownies with real sugar and was able to enjoy a couple bites!  :)  BUT...on the downside, now that I am learning about what will and will not make me sick, I sometimes feel like I push it to see what I can get away with.  I am a major food junkie and have a horrible addiciton.  I thought I was doing pretty good with it, but recently, I started to feel like I was losing that control...Part of it I think was PMS and just that time of the month, but also I need to get back on that bandwagon of protein first and lots of water.  I have been working out again, (before GB Surgery I was finally in a routine, but that surgery threw me out of wack!   I would be so tired, I would cry and had to have this stupid tube sticking out of my stomach for about a month...)  I finally feel close to back to normal and have been doing my workouts and the eliptical every other day.  I'm trying to firm up as much as I can now!! 

I am seriously considering plastic surgery!  Whatever I can get covered I want done immediately.... I work in payroll so year end is out of the question because of year end, I was hoping to get some done before the wedding but I'm thinking now I will have to wait...  SO then the questions will be do I wait and have babies first, or do I get done what I can now???  I'd like to get some done next year close to after the wedding, so we shall see!

I'll try and post a couple new pics real quick too! 

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