The Ups and Downs of the Scale

As I've said before, I weigh everyday.  It is the first thing I do every morning after I wake up and pee.  However, I only record my weight once a week.  On September 3rd, I was 1.8 pounds away from the 60 pound mark.  I was sure I'd hit it that week.  Boy was I wrong.  That following Monday, September 10th, I was 2.8 away from the 60 pound mark.  I had gained weight over the prior week and my motivation was really lacking.  Another week passed and now it was Monday, September 17th and now I was 3.4 away from that, what seemed to be elusive, 60 pound loss.  Around this time, the information at my support group really sank in and my motivation seemed to start improving at this point.  When I weighed in on Saturday following that September 17th weigh in, I had now reached my 60 pound weight loss and today when I weighed in I'm showing a total loss of 65 pounds!  I'm worried I will start wavering again in my losses since I lost 5 pounds in 4 days.  However, I'm hoping not.  I guess time will tell.

~Amy 

Neglect

Okay, I've neglected my blog and based on my post below, I've neglected other things too.  Sometimes, you just get tired of thinking about all that goes into daily life post bariatric surgery and you need a break of sorts.  I did anyway.  I feel back to concentrating on my post VSG life now though.  I have updated my pics of my progress I document here and made 2 posts in the last week, so I guess I'm done with my "break" for now.  :-)  On a good note, my scale finally went back down today.  I am 1 stinking pound away from my 60 pound weight loss now.  I hope to hit it soon.  I'm tired of that goal looming over my head.  I'm ready to make that goal and move on to my next one.

I have all my pics posted in a separate spot on my blog, but thought I'd post my face page compilation I did for my Facebook group here on my main page.  The more detailed pics can be found by clicking the link on the right side of my blog.   That's all for now y'all.  I hope everyone is doing well and rocking their sleeve.  It is still my favorite body part!

Do you see much difference?  I barely do, but people in real life are telling me how much I've changed.  I'm down 59 pounds and 16 1/2 inches overall so far.

~Amy

Motivation

I guess motivation is a good title for this post. The past few weeks I've been lacking it.  My exercise has been less than optimal and my diet......well, that's another story. It's not been way off track.  My sleeve helps tremendously with that.  However, I haven't been as disciplined with it as I should have been and it is showing on the scale. I was so close to the 60 pounds almost three weeks ago and I still haven't made it there. This week has been better. I feel more mentally optimistic and back on my game. This is definitely a journey. Not just a journey of losing weight and getting healthier, but a journey of learning.  A journey of learning about my issues with food and all that encompasses as well as learning how to live in this world peacefully (and not obsessively) with food.  This journey is so much more than I ever imagined it would be when I started this journey. I continue to immerse myself with Support in the ways I've discussed before - weekly and monthly support groups runs by a psychologist, my sleever's Facebook group and a local support group of other sleever's that meets monthly for lunch. I don't expect to go through this journey without hiccups along the way and I guess the past couple of weeks is what I'd call a hiccup. I think I learn a lot during those times and I think I grow during those times. I just wish those times didn't involve growing physically!  Anyway, like I said, I feel more back on track. Now I just need to keep it that way. I wanna reach 60 pounds lost soon!

I hope everyone is doing well and losin' lots of weight!

~Amy