It's Weigh In Day Again...

Wow! I haven't been on here in like forever!! Sorry about that!  I spend a lot of time on Facebook so my Facebook page for my journey is usually more up to date than this one.

So today is #WeighInMonday again!  I am down to.... *drumroll*......

Woohoo 263 lbs!!  I'm super excited to have broke into the 260's and now i'm oh so close to the 250's!!!  I was a little worried this week that I wouldn't have much of a loss because I only got to the gym 3 times last week.  But evidently that counted for something since last Monday's weigh in was 266 lbs!

My goal for this week is to get to the gym 4 days.  It's going to be a busy week again so I really hope I can do it!  I'm also hoping to break into the 250's, but i know its a little ambitious since that would be a 4 lb loss...but you never know.  Hard work and determination can go a long way!

I had my 6 week appt with the Dr on Friday.  Everything went well and they said my progress is on track.  They expect you to lose about 2-3 lbs per week in the beginning and since i'm losing 3-4 i'm a little above average.  That's always nice to hear!  I'm officially on the "Soft Foods" part of the diet.  Basically it means i can't have anything crunchy.  Which let me tell you, that totally sucks.  I mean sometimes you just need to crunch something!  I'm also still not supposed to be eating raw fruits or veggies.  Although i'm not quite sure why because i've had raw fruits already and everything has been fine.  Weird.

My personal trainer at our gym has been working me hard.  I had a session with him last week and couldn't walk the next morning.  It was crazy!  I have another session with him tomorrow morning and I'm asking him to give me some more focus on my arms because i noticed that the skin under my arm is getting really saggy.  Appartently i'm not keeping up with it yet.  

Well...that's about all i've got for now. I'm off to do some squats and planks here at home and then heading to they gym later to do some cardio and my weight machines.  I hope you all have a good week!

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~ Justina

7 Weeks Post Op:

Starting Weight:     322 lbs
Surgery Weight:     288 lbs
Current Weight:     263 lbs
Weight Lost:          - 59 lbs

Weigh In Monday...

It is weigh in day!  And the results are.........

I lost 2 more lbs!!  New weight is 270!!

I didn't hit the 260's like i wanted to, but that's totally okay and now my new goal for this week!

Unfortunatly i got hit with a killer cold today (as did the rest of my family) and it's awful.  It's making me cough and my throat is hurting a bunch. Ugh, so miserable.  I'm worried its going to put a kink in my workouts this weeks and i'm not excited about that.  I have my workout session with my trainer in the morning and i'm refusing to cancel it.  I NEED to go!  Even if i have to drag myself out of bed! Or maybe Daniel can kick me out of bed. lol

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~ Justina

1 Month Post Op:

Starting Weight:     322 lbs
Surgery Weight:     288 lbs
Current Weight:     270 lbs
Weight Lost:          - 52 lbs

One Month Since Surgery...

I'm such a blog slacker!! lol  So sorry i've been MIA.  But please remember that if i'm not on here i'm on Facebook posting away!

www.facebook.com/inspirationlivelonger

So...I've hit ONE MONTH SINCE SURGERY!!! It seems like it's been longer, weird.  And....I'VE HIT MY FIRST 50LB LOSS!  Woohoo!!

My one month surgery anniversary was thursday, i celebrated by weighing. lol  I came in at 272lbs which is exactly 50lbs since i started my journey and 16lbs since surgery! So awesome!

Everything seems to be going well.  I started with my personal trainer last week and love him, he's totally awesome.  I meet with him on Tuesday mornings and he's given me some weekly goals to hit.  I learned how to use 4 machines and he taught me how to do 3 core exercises i can do on the floor and one of them is on a wall.  I've been trying to do them at least every other day.  Today I skipped my normal afternoon Sunday nap and went to the gym instead.  That is crazy for me because i loooooove to nap!  I'm so sleepy now. lol

But i did 10 minutes on the Arc Trainer today!!!  The first time i did that machine i barely made it to 5 mins.  That sucker is hard (yet still easier than the elliptical for me).  I've been working up on 2 min intervals ever since that first time and I got to 10 minutes today.  It was exhausting but felt amazing to accomplish that!

This week i'm hoping to get to the gym more.  I seemed to be in some sort of funk last week and didn't want to go as much.  I'd get to motivation to go but wouldn't act on it or would make an excuse. NO EXCUSES!!!

Tomorrow is my weigh in day and i'm a little nervous.  I don't feel like i was active enough this week to lose anything.  I'm crossing my fingers though.  I'm hoping to see 269 lbs on that scale readout in the morning.  That would make me happy.  :)

Thanks for catching up and remember to check out my Facebook page for better updates!

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~ Justina

1 Month Post Op:

Starting Weight:     322 lbs
Surgery Weight:     288 lbs
Current Weight:     272 lbs
Weight Lost:          - 50 lbs