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So. It's been 6 months! wow.. 6 months. 6 months has gone by like a flash. Seal was right "time keeps on slipping, into the future"

So i still don't have the net at home, Pics will be updated in the next day or two. This morning the scale said 252. So i'm about 6lbs off my 6 month goal, but in the grand scheme of things i'm not going to sweat 6lbs. April was a tough month I stalled a bit, which when you talk to other people isn't uncommon at around 6 months. I mean, this isn't the most natural way to lose weight. Your body is going to fight it once in a while. I probably would have made goal if i hadn't stalled a few weeks in April. I'll just have to try and catch up for my 7 month goal :) No problems per say. Feeling better since i've been taking my iron every night, but i haven't gotten my blood work done again yet, so we'll see how it's affected my levels.

I have my 6 month check up with Dr. Graber May 20th. I might actually get to see Dr. Graber this time. The last couple times it's been the Nurse Practitioner, but i know Friday's are a busy Surgery day so i hadn't expected to see him then. Maybe since it's a Tuesday i'll have a better chance this time :)

Overall i've been happy with how things have gone. I REALLY need to go to the gym and make a routine, I'm jiggling all over the place, i need to tone up if possible. My boobs are def smaller. I've invested in those chicken cutlet bra inserts to help fill things out a bit. Shopping is more a pleasure, although being inbetween sizes can be frustrating. And before i used to complain things were never in my size..now i can complain things are available in any size but the one i need. I hate seeing cute things in larger sizes that i can't have anymore, and none in mine. I swear there's a conspiracy to buy out the size i want no matter what size i am. 

The mind thing is hard. Looking at myself in the mirror and seeing where i actually am, as opposed to the image i have of myself in my head from before. I can't always see it. One day perhaps it'll sink in. 

See you next month!

Well, yesterday was my 5 month surgiversary, but i'm temporarily without internet so i couldn't do my update yesterday. When i weighed myself right before i took the pics the scale said 260, although this morning it was edging up on 262, which doesn't surprise me, but for arguments sake, let's just say i reached my 5 month goal lol.

Well..let's see.. I def have noticed hair loss. If anyone else (other than close friends i complain to) have noticed, they haven't let on. Perhaps they haven't noticed, but i have def lost a lot of have over the last 2 1/2 months. I hope it stops soon, AND grows back quickly.. I joined a gym, although i haven't managed to make it a "routine" in my life. I know i need it though..things are jiggling.. I haven't really had any issues with food. I had a bad run in with pre-mix mojito's. It was AWFUL, it was THE worst dumping i've ever had. Of course it was my own stupid fault because when i looked at the label after the second ingredient is sugar/glucose. My last labs showed my iron was low, so i've been taking (or trying to remember to take) the liquid iron suppliment every night. Hopefully the numbers at my next round of labs will be better.

It's been strange to look at pictures of me now and compare it to pre-surgery pictures. There's such a difference. When i think about how i look. I still think about myself as how i looked before, and then i see a picture of myself and i think..that doesn't look like me. Sometimes when i look at myself in the mirror, i think my face looks really different, other times i think it still looks the same. I'm definitely in uncharted territory now as far as size and weight goes. On one hand it's kind of scary, on another it's exciting. I think that's about it for now. Until next time..the big one..the half way mark..