Busy, Busy!

David's surgery went well.  He's recovering nicely.  :-)

I didn't do so well on my walking.  I walked with him, but I know we didn't get anywhere near 30 minutes total.  It was more important for me to hang out with him and/or Dad than go for my walk.

Getting back to my routine wasn't hard at all.

Tax refund came in and I went crazy!  Paid off vet bills, medical bills, bought a mattress, and a new pillow!  So I've been excited most of the week about this mattress getting to me.  Which is today!!  Now it's waiting on the call from FedEx guy so I can meet him at my house.  :-)

It's warmed up which means I'll need to get a gym membership soon.  I have no desire to walk and sweat then come back into work.

Minimal bouts of fatigue.  It's almost swung the other way - that I'm hyper all day long.  Which is normally when I get bored and in trouble.  Haha!

Twins?

NS Update - another bear!

I went to my doctor Monday since it's been awhile weighing myself on his scale.

217!  Woot!  Went home, immediately weighed myself and it had me at 220.8 or something.  So my home scale is way off.

I ordered my bear when I hit the 220.8 mark a few days before.  Was hoping it would arrive on its own, but nope.  It's coming with my next meal box the 2nd week of February.  :-)

I'm feeling a lot better.  I have more energy.   And it's hard for me to imagine carrying 30 extra pounds around all day long. 

I don't 'feel' smaller though.  Even though I know my gut is smaller because I can see my toes now.  Probably because I didn't see myself as fatter when I got up to the 240 - 250 mark.  I knew I was fat at 180 - 190.  But didn't realize how 50+ more pounds would limit my mobility and my health.

I've gotten antsy at work.  Leg or foot is always wiggling.  And the end of the day is like a kid in school staring at the clock ready to jump up and run out the door.

3 days off next week to be with my brother during his surgery.  Will still try to continue my walks when he's resting.

Well, That Was a Mistake

I've been extra hyper lately.  Not sure if it's the 9 dogs at my house, or waiting for my W2 so I can file and then refinance my home, or the weather, or all of the above.

So I got bored and looked up the medical definition for obese.  (Don't do it.)

And then I did the math.  I was happy to be under BMI of 40.  But then kept digging.  (Don't do it.)

A normal female my height would have to weigh 140 at the most.  I weighed about 130 or so as a teen.....and I still got called fat!!  And neither of those numbers is on my goal weight.

I do feel great right now.  But my first goal is to get under 200.  Then get to 185 which is what I weighed when I first started working at my current job.  After that it will be a discussion with my GP and my endo doc to see if we all feel I should lose more.  But 140 is nowhere on my radar.  I just keep thinking about all the loose skin that I'll have if I lost that much.
:-/

I miss veggies...

Due to poor planning on my part - I was unable to replenish my veggies this week.  So I haven't had any separate from what's in my meals for a day or 2.

And I miss my veggies.  I've also been wanting fruit lately.  Probably because I ran out of apples late last week.

I'm down to 221.2 which doesn't mean I get a bear yet.  Numi doesn't round down.  So I'll weigh myself on Friday and see if I'm below 221 yet.  :-)

I'm pretty sure I've dropped a shirt size and a Cassie skirt size.  Cassie is a pencil skirt made by Lularoe.  I plan on keeping all my work clothes because they're all Lularoe and stretchy.  And I have a belt I can always use if I get too small that the skirts start to fall off.  But that's a long way off.

It's been a little while since I've had a bout of fatigue.  Ears are still ringing though.

Saturday I took Cody with me on my walk, but Sunday I went on my own.  Sometimes it's nice to just walk and not have to stop to let a dog sniff every 5 feet.

I don't like the Milo flavor enhancers very much.  I prefer Stur or Sweet Drops.  Milo just tastes artificial to me.  Not sure if they don't use as much Stevia as the other 2 or what.

In a nutshell - things are progressing along at a good pace with my life change.

I should be wearing what?!

I've been getting a lot of ads about bras.  Don't know why.  It's not like I've searched for them recently.

But I decided to measure myself since I couldn't remember the last time I did that.  And I thought that the cup size didn't change.  Figured I've been a C my whole adult life.

So I measure under the boobies - 39 1/2.  About what I expected.

I measure around the boobs - 47.  No way.  So I do both measurements again.  Same thing.

Then I go find the booby chart.

And now I'm reviewing on Google and see some women measure above their boobies around by their armpits.  So I might have to check all this again!

Based on the chart though I'm a 4D/G.

So I've been way WAY off for at least 2 decades.

I told my wonderful neighbor/friend this story and she's laughing - naturally.  Then she says, "I could have told you that.  Mine are *not telling the public* and I know yours are bigger than mine."  She's the same one that had to tell me I was having hot flashes when I thought it was my AC not working right.

I'm still having a hard time absorbing this because the bra I'm wearing right now has the girls contained rather comfortably.  It's a ThirdLove.  And they don't make 4D bras.  Bastards.  :-)

This weekend I'll try on some 4D/G bras to see how they feel.  Probably won't buy anything expensive till my weight has leveled off.

I'm wearing my old jeans!

I saved most of my size 18 jeans.  This past weekend I got brave and tried on a pair.  They were a little tight around the waist, but I got them buttoned without having to fight very much.

And today I'm wearing  a different pair.  :-)

It's so cold outside and the jeans help keep me warm a smidge.  I was wearing pajama jeans that my BFF gave me.  And they are very comfy.  I can wear long johns under them which is lovely during winter.  But it's also nice to be able to fit into my real jeans.  <3

More people are commenting that they can tell I've lost weight. 

I love the mashed cauliflower dishes from Green Giant.  And I will be going this weekend to hunt down the cauliflower buffalo sauce one.  I like this stuff better than V8!  Most of my NutriSystem dinners I can mix right in with the mashed cauliflower and it tastes great.

Because I'm not ready to open my new box yet, I ate lunch for breakfast, I'll have dinner for lunch, and then breakfast for dinner. 

That's about all the flexibility that's allowed - being able to switch meals around.  There are no cheat days which makes sense to me.  Why spend one day screwing up what you've tried all week to maintain?