13 months after surgery

I missed the 1 year after surgery post...just plain forgot...but I am officially down 60 pounds so far...I have 15 more pounds to reach my goal...I have an appointment with my doctor next week...I will probably have him give me a small fill just to assure my self that I can make it throught those last 15 pounds...Things are well and I'm actually starting to think about having some of this loose skin removed soon...I believe I would loose another 5 or so pounds just by getting rid of that...The first thing to go...my bingo wings...yes that's right my bingo wings...that is that flap of skin hanging dow about 4-5 inches under my arms when I lift them....lol..
Thanks again for all your support and encourage ment...I don't think I would have done as well without all of you! :)

9 months since surgery

Tomorrow will be 9 months since the lap band surgery..Things are well but I've hit a plateau..Weight loss in the last 2 months has slowed weigh (lol) down. So I went to the doctor on October 7th and had a fill. For those of you who don't know, my band has a little balloon like thingy inside it and they can fill or take out saline as needed to tighten or loosen the band..My band holds 4 cc and I have around 3cc in mine right now. So at that last appointment I actually had gained 3 pounds since being in there August. They added about .5 cc into it when I was there. I hadn't weighed myself until this am....drumroll please! As of this am I lost that 3 pounds that I gained and lost 2 more! I have hit the 50 pound loss mark..I'm actually one pound more than that..So in 9 months I've lost 51 pounds...And I have to honestly say that I'm pretty proud of myself. I feel good and I'm beginning to like the way I look in clothes...now I'm not getting too comfortable yet..I'd still like to lose about 30-35 more pounds..With those nasty food filled holidays coming it maybe a little more difficult but I'm going to try...So I've set my self a goal...by New Years Day I wish to be at 75 pounds lost...My one year since surgery date is January 30th...originally my goal was 90 pounds by one year...after talking to some people...it takes most 1 1/2 -2 years to hit the 100 pound mark..so we'll see...I'm trucking for 75 pounds now and we'll see how it goes!

Baby Pods

No it's not my baby...It's my baby pod thou...what's a baby pod you ask...that thing around the baby...I made it! First I made some for my niece Jess for her photography business and then I decided to try and make some more and see if anyone was interested..well Nicole was..Nicole Everson Photography took these beautiful pics...Keep an eye out I should have some more soon!

6 Months Post-Op Today!!!

Today it has been six months since my lap-band surgery. And I have hit my half-way mark of losing 45 pounds. Dr. Kia set a goal of me losing 90 pounds in a year.
I've lost 3 pant sizes and 3 shirt sizes so far...My last appointment with Dr. Kia was on June 24th and he told me to lose another 6 pounds before I saw him again on August 12th...He'll be happy because since then I've lost 10 pounds and it's still coming off..
So things are going very well and I'm very excited about the next 6 months!

New Update

Wow..so I went to the doc on Tuesday the 24th...he gave me a fill and what a difference..I now have 2cc in my band and the amount of food I'm eating is down a lot!
I went from about a cup of food at a time to about 1/2 cup...So since Tuesday and the last update I made I'm down another 5 pounds! Crazy! But I'm getting used to this new amount and I'm hoping to drop alot more quickly...So I'm about 5 pounds from the half way mark of my goal of 90 pounds weight loss from this surgery which I had 5 months ago..I think I'm doing pretty good and I'll keep going!

Summer

Ok So I'm not real good at this blogging thing...Summer is here and it's a busy life at the Whitney household. Chris is back working at Work and Learn for the summer and is taking a six credit course too. Emi is busy with T-Ball and Soccer. Nate is just enjoying running around wherever we go..We've got the garden going and the camper ready to go at any time..Chris and the kids have even been "down by the river" doing some fishing too.
So according to my scale here at home I'm down to 264. Which I think is pretty good since I quit smoking almost 7 weeks ago and have been eating more lately. For awhile there I've was at a dead stop in the weight loss journey. The not smoking thing is getting easier and easier as the days go on. I haven't been out enjoying the night life at all since so I'm hoping that will go easier as time goes on.
So thanks to all for your encouraging comments and your comments on how good I'm looking. I can tell you that I feel thinner and am feeling really good.

14 weeks today

Okay so it's been 14 weeks (today) since my surgery...i think things are going pretty well.According to my scale here at home...I'm down to about 33 pounds lost..Now the offical "weigh in" won't be until next Tuesday when I go back to see Dr. Kia..Things are going really well!