More Milestones!

This week seemed to last forever!  Or maybe it is because we have been slammed with winter again after taking the whole month of December off!  I have had zero motivation to do anything productive..but..I did sit at my desk and sign up for the gym!  If I can just get there..that is a huge step.  I am aiming for Monday-if the weather cooperates.

I decided to join Planet Fitness.  Even though I don't have one in my home town, I think the 12 mile drive is worth it.  I might not be able to go every day, but I am aiming for 3 times a week.  There is a Snap fitness right down the street from me, but it is very small and just uncomfortable for me.  I think this will work out much better-no pun intended :)

We are already 9 days into the new year!  On New Years Day, my girls and I went to a hotel overnight for some fun.  Even 7 months out from surgery, I still get really nervous to eat in a restaurant!  I don't eat out very often at all, but it always helps to look at a menu ahead of time, and this time I forgot.  I found some cheese soup and that was just the perfect amount.  It still is kind of funny when I get looks about the amount of food that I eat from the waitress.  I brought my own protein for the rest of the time and that works out just fine.

I was stressing about my bathing suit situation though.  My normal suit is a size 26 and when I put it on it was huge.  You can see down the back..and quite frankly..it was too big to hold up the "girls"!.  My search for a new one in January was futile.  The one that I might have bought was 120 and I didn't love it nearly enough to spend that.  So I wore an old one that fit just fine for a few hours..and thank goodness for cover ups!

     Look what else happened!!!

I lost 80 pounds!  80!   I thought 50 was awesome.  I thought 60 was so cool.  I thought 75 was a milestone.  But 80 is special because I am halfway to my goal!  I have a little ticker that I can record my weight loss on and it is smack in the middle.  It is only downhill from here!   This makes me so excited beyond words. I feel like I have climbed over a huge mountain.

I feel like I am still needing to change my diet a bit.  But I have no room for things other than protein so it is a real challenge.  I am going to invest in a good blender and maybe make some smoothies with fruit/veggies and unflavored protein powder.   That will be a new adventure for me.  

I go to the doctor in 2 weeks for my post-op check up so next week I am focused on getting started back at the gym and getting lab work done.  I am anxious to see what my Vit D level is.  It has been very,very low and I think that might be the reason for my lack of ambition.  Wish me luck next week..the gym is the monkey on my back and I am going to knock it off!