New Weight

I weighed in this morning at 167, which is 121 pounds lost! Woot!!

More importantly, that puts me only 9 lbs away from my long-standing goal of 158. Of course, now that I'm this close I want to get under 150 and never go back, but I still can't wait to hit that 158 number that I've been after for so long.

Wish me luck!

Forgot again!

I forgot to post my new measurements and weight last week when I hit the 7 month mark. So, even though they are a week late, here is the information.

Weight - 172
Bust - 38.25"
Waist - 35.25"
Hips - 47"
Thigh - 22.75"
Arm - 11"

And since I haven't added things up in a few months, here's where I started:

Weight - 288
Bust - 46.50"
Waist - 43"
Hips - 66"
Thigh - 29"
Arm - 17.50"


Are you ready for me to tell you how many inches I've lost in the past 7 months?

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47.75" !!! How amazing is that? Almost 50" worth of unwanted fat, GONE!
And here are the pictures to prove it!

GOAL ACHIEVED!!

I know it's been a while since the last posting, sorry about that. As busy as this week is going to be, I had to get on and let you know that I have achieved one of my weight loss goals. You might be thinking, "But Marcie, you've achieved LOTS of goals already." While this is true, today is the first time that I have hit a weight mark by the day that I wanted to. When I went back to Dr. Lynch on April 8th, I wanted to weigh 180 but I missed it by 3 lbs. Today I'm actually ahead!

I wanted to weigh 175 by the time prom/graduating with my Master's came along. Both of these events will occur this coming Saturday, May 8th. Well, I hit 174 today! Not only am I ecstatic about lost 114 lbs in the past 7 months, but I'm super happy about hitting this goal.

Also, while I have your attention, let me show off some of Halen's b-day pictures. My baby girl is turning 6 in just two more days. I hope you enjoy her pictures!

Guess what day it is?!!?

That's right - it's the 13th! New picture time!! This time, Halen wanted to take them outside so that's what we did.

We also took new measurements like always. Here's the new info:

Bust - 38 1/2"

Waist - 35 1/4"

Hips - 50"

Thigh - 23"

Arm - 12"

Stats

So, check this out. Every time that a patient weighs in with the surgeon's office, we get a print out. The print out comes from a fancy schmancy scale that is called a body composition analyzer.

Here's all the stuff it lists:

body type, gender, age and height
weight, BMI, and BMR
impedance, fat %, fat mass
FFM and TBW

Then it goes to say what the desirable range of fat % and fat mass is, which for me is 21 - 33% and 30.5 - 56.5 respectively.

So here is what my printout says from today's (6 months out) visit:

Height: 5'2"
Weight: 183.0 (WOOHOO!)
BMI: 33.5
Fat %: 37.3 (almost there)
Fat Mass: 68.5 lbs (13 lbs of fat to go!)
FFM (fat free mass): 114.5 lbs
TBW (total body water): 84.0 lbs

As a point of reference, here are the numbers from my first print0ut from Aug. 2009

Height: 5'2"
Weight: 288
BMI: 51.8
Fat %: 53.0
Fat Mass: 150 lbs (Whoa!)
FFM: 133 lbs
TBW: 97.5 lbs

As you can tell, my appointment today went great and I'm down a total of 105 lbs! Look for new pictures next Tuesday!

New Pictures!

I know, I know, today isn't the 13th but we took some Easter pictures this morning and I wanted to share them with you.

Enjoy! =)

BINGO!!

It has finally happened! I have hit 100 lbs with my weight loss. And I hit it right on the nose! I weighed in on Thursday at 188, which is exactly 100 lbs from my pre-surgery weight.

Let me also tell you that I went to a Zumba class yesterday. This is a fitness "craze" that has been sweeping the nation and it has finally come to Lebanon, TN. It was so much fun! If you don't know what Zumba is (and if you don't want to click above), it's a fitness class, usually one hour in length, that uses latin dancing to help tone the body. It's all about having fun; in fact, our instructor kept saying, "If you aren't having fun, it isn't Zumba!" Their tag line is "Ditch the workout, Join the Party!" Who doesn't love a tag line like that?!?!

Just a short ten days from now will be my six-month anniversary (what some people call surgiversary), so look for more pictures to be coming then. In the meantime, I have my official 6 month post-op appointment with Dr. Lynch next Thursday the 8th.