Jen M.
6 Month Surgiversary Update
Apr 07, 2014
It's been 6 months today since I had surgery! It's been amazing how time flies by and things change! I'm down 82 pounds, workout 4+ days a week for about 30 minutes to an hour each session. I have better endurance than I have in the past few years! Wearing 18's which I haven't been able to wear since 2004/2005! It feels great! I finally can see a jaw line and collar bones. I can feel my ribs and hip bones but I unfortunately sit on my tail bone and that's pretty painful! I have hit a stall though. I've been at 231.9 for the past almost three weeks and I just want to get to that 229.9 and I'd be happy. I know at 6 months is usually when people hit the stall wall but I'm not loving it! As soon as I started seriously working out, weight loss came to a skreetching hault. I change my workouts up but I am working mostly on the treadmill to build myself up for the March of Dimes walk which is anywhere from a mile to 5 miles. I want to jog it at a comfortable pace and see how far I can go. I have been pushing my power walks to 3 miles on the treadmills in 55 minutes, sometimes I try and jog a bit to get a farther distance! I know I could possibly e building muscle but I'd happily do it better if I could just break through and lose 2 more pounds... but who am I kidding! If I lose those two, why not another 16 so I can hit my 100lbs! I have 24 days until my San Diego vacation for one of my friends' wedding and I want to look fantastic! But I am starting to work out a little harder to build a better sweat to tone the parts that I'm self concious about but when I think about the scale and how I know it won't move, I tend to take out my frustration on the treadmill! If it isn't he treadmill in the gym at work, it's the treadmill and kettle ball at home... I do see small differences in my clothing and can see my clothes fitting better in certain areas even though I'm not seeing any movement on the scale but I want to see some numbers change... I guess I'll have to let this stall pass but I would love to see the numbers move some. Although, I wouldn't take back the surgery! I don't regret it at all and love the 82 pounds I have already lost!
