I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My husband and I are blessed to have his brother visiting this week. My husband has made an apple pie and a pumpkin pie for today and I was in charge of the acorn squash and the green been casserole. My mother is doing all the hard work!!
Thank goodness tomorrow is Black Friday!! I have managed to break my bathroom scale and the one that I want is 20% off tomorrow. My cell phone has stopped working on anything but speakerphone for the most part so I'll have to see what deals the cell phone place has going, and I need to get a girdle! I have the most beautiful dress for our work Christmas party. The original brown one that I wanted just wasn't going to fit around my boobs. I ended up selling it to one of my co workers :) The one that I ordered is at the following link. I think that it is beautiful!!! I'm very excited about it, but I need a little smoothing action around my middle. Hopefully I will find something that works :)
http://www.coldwatercreek.com/products/product.aspx?productid=36140&ensembleid=41441
Happy Thanksgiving and good luck on Black Friday!!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Five Month Surgiversary
Happy Surgiversary to me!!! I can't believe that 5 months has gone by since I had my surgery. It seems like just yesterday that I was waiting very impatiently for my surgery to be approved by the insurance company.
I can't even tell you all the changes that have happened since June 14th..... here are just a few:
* I lost 62.5 pounds since the surgery and 28 before the surgery for a total of 90.5 pounds!!
* I went from a size 26 to a size 14
* I can sit on my husbands lap without fear of crushing him :)
* I don't avoid eye contact any more
* I finally am comfortable enough to go shopping by myself
* I can do anything I want to, my weight isn't a hindrance any more!!
I look forward to loosing the next 47.5 pounds and feeling even better than I do now. Way to go me!!!
I can't even tell you all the changes that have happened since June 14th..... here are just a few:
* I lost 62.5 pounds since the surgery and 28 before the surgery for a total of 90.5 pounds!!
* I went from a size 26 to a size 14
* I can sit on my husbands lap without fear of crushing him :)
* I don't avoid eye contact any more
* I finally am comfortable enough to go shopping by myself
* I can do anything I want to, my weight isn't a hindrance any more!!
I look forward to loosing the next 47.5 pounds and feeling even better than I do now. Way to go me!!!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Time Flies When You're Having Fun
I can't believe another month has gone by. I've had so many WOW moments since the last time I posted. Here are a few....
*I can now shop in the Misses Department of JcPenny's and Kohl's.
*I can fit in an airplane seat with room on either side of me and without needing a seat belt extender.
*I can wrap a bath towel around me and it overlaps so I can run to get the phone without being totally naked :)
I have to say that I am enjoying shopping these days. I have had to buy clothing so that I don't freeze to death since winter is on its way. I have a bunch of cardigan sweaters that are great for layering that should get me through the winter and I have had to buy bulky socks since my feet are always cold (even colder than before). I try to keep about 3 pairs of pants that fit at all times since it is really hard to dress for work when your pants are falling off of you. Recently I've hit a few sales where it was buy 1 get 1 for 99 cents. I tried to get a pair of pants that would fit now and one that would fit later on so that I have something fun to look forward to. I am in a size 14 now for the most part, I have a couple of pairs of pants that are 14 that are a little too tight for my liking, but in a couple of weeks they should be fine. All my size 16 pants were dropped off at the Salvation Army today with my second load of the year. Taking the very minimum credit on all of donated clothing has added up to a nice tax right off for the year. I hope that someone out there needs clothing and that my donations will help them out!!
I am not planning on buying any more clothing until after Christmas. I've asked for gift cards or clothing from everyone as I feel like I am going through clothes like water. When I buy things I won't spend more that $20 on anything except for a heavy sweater which I might go up to $30 if it is on sale and I really like it. I'm already starting to look forward to the warm weather next year so that I can buy cute clothes for the summer. I've turned into a girly girl and it is rather scary :)
I'm looking forward to seeing family and friends over the holidays as everyone has said the change is so dramatic, I can't wait to see what they think!
*I can now shop in the Misses Department of JcPenny's and Kohl's.
*I can fit in an airplane seat with room on either side of me and without needing a seat belt extender.
*I can wrap a bath towel around me and it overlaps so I can run to get the phone without being totally naked :)
I have to say that I am enjoying shopping these days. I have had to buy clothing so that I don't freeze to death since winter is on its way. I have a bunch of cardigan sweaters that are great for layering that should get me through the winter and I have had to buy bulky socks since my feet are always cold (even colder than before). I try to keep about 3 pairs of pants that fit at all times since it is really hard to dress for work when your pants are falling off of you. Recently I've hit a few sales where it was buy 1 get 1 for 99 cents. I tried to get a pair of pants that would fit now and one that would fit later on so that I have something fun to look forward to. I am in a size 14 now for the most part, I have a couple of pairs of pants that are 14 that are a little too tight for my liking, but in a couple of weeks they should be fine. All my size 16 pants were dropped off at the Salvation Army today with my second load of the year. Taking the very minimum credit on all of donated clothing has added up to a nice tax right off for the year. I hope that someone out there needs clothing and that my donations will help them out!!
I am not planning on buying any more clothing until after Christmas. I've asked for gift cards or clothing from everyone as I feel like I am going through clothes like water. When I buy things I won't spend more that $20 on anything except for a heavy sweater which I might go up to $30 if it is on sale and I really like it. I'm already starting to look forward to the warm weather next year so that I can buy cute clothes for the summer. I've turned into a girly girl and it is rather scary :)
I'm looking forward to seeing family and friends over the holidays as everyone has said the change is so dramatic, I can't wait to see what they think!
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