Yesterday was my 2 month anniversary, and I'm down 38 pounds. It feels like this is going soooo slowly now. I feel like I'm averaging a pound a week, and, I get trapped into that feeling that "I could be doing this without having my innards re-arranged." BUT... I have to remind myself... I'm in this for the long term goal, which is keeping this weight off. Sure, I COULD lose a pound a week in every way I used to do this... The thing is... how long would that last? How long before I put it all back on... and then some? Yes... it was time to get off of the yo-yo plan, and this WILL help me reach that long term goal.
This past Thursday, I went to a support group meeting. It isn't one of the "official" ones through the clinic, but one a friend helped create and invited me to. It was nice to be around some people who are in a similar boat. I think I will enjoy it and look forward to going back. Prior to Thursday, 99% of the people I know who had surgery are pregnant now. haha. That was starting to freak me out a little bit, to be honest. I can think of few things I need less than to end up knocked up right now or any time, for that matter.
I'm sure it's time to kick my workouts up a notch. I'm going to stick with the yoga twice a week, and alternating days at the gym. My goal is to try to work in a weekend gym visit too. Every day, I'll do a some cardio, at least half an hour, on the days I only do half an hour, I'll do some weight training too. On the days I don't do weights, I'll do as much cardio as I can, ideally, building up to an hour. Now to convince myself to get out of bed earlier to make this happen. haha. Maybe I'll reserve the gym for during the week and do yoga on the weekend. I'm just thinking how I'm going to do all these things and end up having it benefit me... I need to find that material they gave us at the exercise class the clinic required. It says what, ideally, should be going on. I'll be glad when I get an elliptical for home. Then I will be able to do that little bit of cardio every day, even on yoga days because, let's be honest, I don't see myself doing yoga then leaving to hit the gym. Gotta keep it real.
It's super nice being able to wear clothes that I wasn't able to before. I think I'm going to have to shop for new ones soon here. That will be fun. I think I'm going to have to start with new bras. For a long time, I ran around in a sports bra because I didn't want to buy bigger ones when I knew I was going to be having surgery. It just seemed wasteful, to me. Now, I'm able to wear my old ones again, but they are getting loose even being hooked on the tightest set of hooks.
I'm still not being super adventurous with the food items... I made some chili this weekend. It wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, but it was good enough. I bought some salami and spread some cream cheese on it and had little rolled up salami snacks. Those were super tasty. Salami has always been a favorite of mine.
I think that's about it for this week. Speed bumps seem to be evening out, and that's making me happy. My energy is getting better, and I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
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