From Day 9 to Day 61

I am officially two months in!!!

I started the pre-op diet on April 2nd, and today is June 3rd, so I'm two months and one day in. Which is, let me tell you, plenty of time to see a HUGE difference!

My stomach no longer touches the steering wheel when I'm driving.

I can officially run. I have the stamina of a snail, but I can do it.

Someone went in and stretched out all of my clothes. Seriously. I was wearing a pair of jeans a couple of weekends ago, and walking through Austin when I suddenly realized that the only thing holding my jeans on my body was my shirt that was tapered at the bottom. I probably wouldn't be the first person to drop my pants on 6th Street, but it's a club I never had any intention of joining.

Speaking of Austin...a guy flirted with me. At first I thought he was trying to sell me something, but then I realized that he was really just flirting with me. How did I realize this? My much hotter than me roommate came walking up and he shifted gears to her, and clearly flirted...dang her. But he was flirting with me first!

Did I mention that none of my clothes fit me anymore? Except for the old stuff, which people keep asking me if they are new stuff, and I just keep lying and saying "yes" because it just seems like too much to go into the whole thing. So, yes, this is new. Or at least was new in 2003.

At work my new nicknames have become "Slim" and "Skinny Minnie". I'm fully aware that they are being kind, and that it is also an HR violation to just call me "Hot Stuff", so I'll take it.

I have had zero hip, knee, and ankle pain. Zero.

I also dropped some muscle unfortunately. I think my seven year old niece can probably bench press the same amount as I can right now. BUT, I am now cleared to lift weights, so that will change soon.

Oh, and the diabetes? Completely GONE. Zero insulin, and I've been on a completely open diet for a couple of weeks now. In other words, I can eat a cookie and my blood sugar stays well within range. Did you catch that folks? This is huge for me! No oral meds, no injections, no risks for stroke, or going blind, or any of the other crazy things that commercials freak you out about. If this were my only benefit from surgery, it would be enough.

Oh, and then there's that little thing of

I've Lost 50 Pounds!!!!

That's right...as of today I have lost a Border Collie. Two giant bags of dog food. Ten 5lbs bags of sugar. Five of my new nephew Colin who came in at 9lbs 3 ozs. 

As of 7:30 this morning my body no longer holds any of that. And I'm super excited.

This has not been the easiest journey in the world, but I have zero regrets. My original goal was to lose 100lbs by my birthday in October...if I keep this up, i'll have it by August. 

And I can't wait!!!! 

On April 2nd I weighed 412 pound.

On June 3rd I weighed 362 pounds. 

This is what a 50lbs weight loss journey looks like.

And yes, those two weeks in April/May when my weight kept going up and down ticked me off.

But then the scale moved once again. 

This is probably something I should remember.