Jon is amazing

Jon was 218.5 lbs this morning. He is 3.5 lbs away from his goal weight. This is the least he as weighed since he was about 13 0r 14 years old. It blows my mind. He has been maintaining his weight at around 220 lbs for the last 6 months or so. He makes me believe that we can do this for life. I am so inspired by him!

Watch out 160's...here I come!

Weight last week: 171
Weight this week: 170.5

Lost this week: 0.5 lbs

Total lost so far: 134 lbs

Left to lose: 21.5 lbs

TOM is here. I could have lost more this week but ate REALLY bad on Sat. I am ok with it. I hope to hit the 160's next week.

~~~~12's~~~~

I am on cloud 9 right now. I went to a thrift store today to get a few sweaters cause it is getting cold here. They had thier pants on sale for $2.99 a pair. I have been wearing 14's. They only had 1 pair of 14's that I liked but they had 2 pairs of size 12's that I liked. I figured I couldn't beat the price and I would be able to wear the 12's in a month or two. I tried them all on when I got home and the 12's FIT. The 14's are a little baggy and the 12's fit perfect. When I started losing weight I was wearing size 28 pants. My goal size was 12. I can't believe I am sitting here wearing 12's. In 14 months I went from size 28 down to size 12!!! I am changing my goal size to 8's as of today. If I can get to a 12, I can get to an 8!!!

I'm baaaaaaaaack!

Weight last week: 175
Weight this week: 171

Lost this week: 4 lbs

Total lost so far: 133.5 lbs

Left to lose: 22 lbs

I had a really good OP week. Last weeks gain made me take a long hard look at my eating and get back on track. I was nicely rewarded with a 4 lb loss this week. My hope is to be in the 160's sometime in the next 2 weeks. I can do it!

Vascular Surgeon Report

I went to the Vascular Surgeon yesterday. The Surgeon did another Carotid Ultrasound. He said that I have something called tortuous carotid arteries. That is just the medical term for curvy carotid artery veins. Evidently I was born that way. It makes it hard for them to get a clear view of the artery on an ultrasound. He said that I have some thickening in one place in my carotid but he doesn't feel like it is a problem at this point. I have to go back every 6 months for a carotid ultrasound. At some point I will have to have surgery to straighten out my artery and remove the thickening but the surgeon said that it wont be anytime soon. We still don't know what is causing the heart palpitations and chest pain. I have a followup with the Cardiologist on Nov 12. I have been cleared to exercise again and things are looking up!

Wake up call!

Weight last week: 173
Weight this week: 175

Lost this week: 0
Gain this week: 2 lbs

Total lost so far: 129.5 lbs

Left to lose: 26 lbs

This is the first week I have had a gain since I started losing weight. Week 61 of my weight loss journey and I gained 2 lbs. I know that it will come back off and I am doing ok with it. I deserved this gain. I am owning it and moving forward. I have been stress eating for 3 weeks and am surprised that I have only gained 2 lbs from it. In all fairness I was up 8 lbs between Tues and Sun. As of Sunday I am back on track and the weight is going back down. I think this was the wake up call that I needed to get back on track. I can do this!