13 months, waddaya get?

i don't have the measurements that go along with this but i wanted to go ahead and put the pics up. i'll post the measurements after lunch when i can find my tape measure and take them all.

anywho though, as of this morning i am exactly 13 months out from lap rny and i weigh 108 which is 15 pounds below my goal and 146 pounds below my starting weight of 254. this also puts me at exactly the same bmi as bettie page :~P (too bad i don't look like her when i'm all nakey!) actually, now that i'm down so small my body looks like a wax figure that somebody propped up too close to the fireplace, lols!! omgs, my rear end and my thighs, stomach and boobs are SCARY looking! here's the pics. enjoy and leave me lotsa lovins'! :~D

and check out my jeans and blouse! the jeans are from the children's section at target, size 14 (got those on lunch yesterday) and the blouse is a size xs from target.

okies y'all, imma gettin' a lil bit skeered now

okies, so i'm 5'0", pre-op i weighed 254 (11-27-06). tomorrow will be exactly 13 months since i had my surgery and as of TODAY i've lost 145 pounds. yup, you've got it folks, i weighed 109 as of first thing this morning!

i am no longer TRYING to lose weight, i eat everything under the sun pretty much (chocolate, chips and candy included!!! but i always make sure i get in what i "need" in addition to these little "extra treats".) and i don't exercise at all any more (i'm skeered to now! i'm afraid that'll make me lose EVEN MORE!) and yet i'm still losing weight! what tha crap's going on here???

so my nutritionist told me to keep doing what i'm doing and keep in touch with him but that he's not going to be concerned until i get underweight. (not "if" i get underweight but rather, "until"!) because i'm so short i would have to be 95 pounds to be "underweight" (96 is the very lowest i could be and still have a "healthy" bmi) BUT, that's only 14 pounds away! and i'm still losing anywhere from 6-9 pounds a month!!

yes, the weightloss HAS slowed down significantly (i'm no longer losing 11-17 pounds/month) BUT it's still coming off pretty fast for someone who eats as much junk as i do. so my question to you guys is this, "NOW WHAT??????"

possible obstruction? anyone have any info?

i'm not too sure but i think i may have an obstruction. i have a call in to my surgeon but in the meantime i wondered if anyone here could give me some information just for my own peace of mind. (or offer up any other possibilities.) here's the deal...

11-27-07 was my one year surgiversary and i weighed 115. then on saturday, 12-8-07 i weighed 114.0 but somehow by monday, 12-10-07 i weighed 117. ok, no big deal. i'm not really concerned about the weight because it's still within a healthy weight range for my height. then yesterday morning (i REFUSE to step on the scale today!!!) i weighed 121 which is approximately a 7 pound GAIN in 9 days.

i haven't changed my eating pattern (i'm very strict with my intake) and i haven't changed anything in my exercise routine (i don't exercise, lols!!) AND it isn't time for my period either because that happened two weeks ago. (plus i usually lose just before my period anyway.) i don't think i'm constipated because i've been having bm's about every 2-3 days so that's why i'm not sure if it's an obstruction or not. BUT, when i go i usually have to "help it along" a bit with chocolate ex-lax and it takes 6 squares at one time in order to produce a bm. (normal adult dosage is 1-2 squares once or twice daily.)

i had my girlfriend take a picture of me this morning so i could compare it to my one year pics and see how swollen my abdomen is. (i'll attach that at the bottom of this post so y'all can see.) i'm not having any pain besides gas pains but my abdomen sure does stick out now, even with compression pantyhose and a corset. see for yourself...



also, here's a pic of my abdomen with me laying down. the first one was taken on 12-8 and you can see my ribs and hipbones and how my pajama bottoms don't even touch my stomach since they rest on top of my hipbones. the second one (on the bottom) was taken last night and you really can't even see my hipbones or ribs anymore because of how swollen my abdomen is now.

1 year ago today...

one year ago today i was reborn. dr. facundus and dr. foreman gave me my life back and for that i am eternally grateful. no amount of thanks or praise will ever convey to them what this has meant to me and what it continues to mean to me on a daily basis. i can't even begin to express the extent of my gratitude...



















here's the measurements that go along with this...

first pic (brown shirt & pink skirt ~ before)
weight: 254
bmi: 49.6
bust: 43 1/2"
waist: 44"
hips: 56 1/2"
buttocks: 57 1/2"
thighs: 34 1/2"
upper arms: 16 1/2"

last pic (khaki pants with fall sweater 11/27/07)
weight: 115
bmi: 22.5
bust: 30"
waist: 27"
hips: 35 1/2"
buttocks: 36 1/2"
thighs: 20"
upper arms: 10"

so that means i've lost
weight: 139
bmi: 27.1
bust: 13 1/2"
waist: 17"
hips: 21"
buttocks: 21"
thighs: 14 1/2"
upper arms: 6 1/2"
for a grand total of 93 1/2"

is this a wow moment?

this is the outfit i wore to thanksgiving at katie's grandparent's house. the turtleneck is a size small from cato's and the skirt is size 16 CHILDREN'S from cato's!!! and the waist is HUGE on me!!!!

11 months and GOAL!!!! and rockin' the butterfly costume ;~)

yesterday was 11 months since i had lap rny. as of yesterday, i have lost 131 pounds and REACHED MY GOAL of 123 pounds!! :~D here's a pic of the scale and another one showing my body fat percentage just to prove that i actually MADE it, haha!!

AND, here's a pic of some of my extra skin (i even took the time to label it for ya ;~) just to prove that i may look great but it hasn't been without it's consequences. sorry if this offends anyone but hey, the truth hurts!



also, katie and i went to dan's halloween party last night. it was at his sister's mother-in-law's house (i think) instead of dan's house since he no longer lives in decatur. some of you may remember that last year i went as wednesday addams...



this was a month before i had my lap rny and i weighed 254 pounds. this year i went to the party as a beautiful pink butterfly weighing in at 123 pounds...



isn't the difference just incredible!!?! and yeah, i had to get the butterfly costume out of the children's section because the adult costumes were just too big!!!



anywho, here's this month's pics and measurements. and THIS is what it looks like to be at GOAL!!!! :~D


















here's the measurements that go along with this...

first pic (brown shirt & pink skirt ~ before)
weight: 254
bmi: 49.6
bust: 43 1/2"
waist: 44"
hips: 56 1/2"
buttocks: 57 1/2"
thighs: 34 1/2"
upper arms: 16 1/2"

last pic (pink turtleneck sweater with size 3 old navy khakis 10/27/07)
weight: 123
bmi: 24.0
bust: 31"
waist: 26 1/2"
hips: 35"
buttocks: 37"
thighs: 20"
upper arms: 10"

so that means i've lost
weight: 131
bmi: 25.6
bust: 12 1/2"
waist: 17 1/2"
hips: 21 1/2"
buttocks: 20 1/2"
thighs: 14 1/2"
upper arms: 6 1/2"
for a grand total of 93"

some gif's of me

me at kensie's birthday party. 9-23-06. 2 months pre-op, 254 lbs.

my before/current gif




a gif of my progression to date