Movie Theaters & Roller Skating

Happy New Year!!  January was a great month for me (and my husband).  I went to my nephews birthday party which happened to be at a local skating rink.  From the time I was about 12 until I was about 15, my life revolved around skating.  I spent every single weekend at the skating rink.  I loved it.  I even had some top notch skates too!  Well I have always desired to be able to skate again but I never thought I would be able to.  Boy was I wrong.  I was bound and determined when I found out that the party was going to be at the skating rink that I would skate.  So that's exactly what I did.  I was a little wobbly at first however I got the hang of it in no time.  It was just like old times (except a little bit harder on my knees this time around).  I loved it.  I felt so free going around the rink.  I was so proud of myself for getting to the point where I can start enjoying things again.  Now on to the movie theaters.  My husband and I went on a date night a couple of weeks ago (the first one in a good while).  We did dinner and a movie.  When we got inside the theater, my fear hit me again the way it always used to before my weight loss.  I thought...I won't be able to fit in the chair and I will have to raise the arms up to even sit down.  Well we found a seat and sat down.  When I sat down I couldn't believe it.  I had both of my arms down by my side and they still didn't touch the chair arms.  My husband sat down and after a few minutes of just soaking it all in he finally said, "I don't remember these chairs being so big before.  Are you sure we aren't sitting in handicap chairs."  I said, "nope....this is our new life....no limitations."  It was a wonderful feeling.  Anyone who has never been embarrassed about not being able to fit into a chair in a restaurant, at a play, at the coliseum, on an airplane...can't really relate to what I'm saying here.  Those that have can.  What a life changing experience to be able to enjoy a movie in a "comfortable" chair!  Life is really good these days.  I never knew I was missing out on so much when I was so heavy.  It honestly brings tears to my eyes thinking about all the years I wasted being overweight.  But that's all over with.  I will live life to the fullest from this point forward.  Oh yeah....I guess you are interested in knowing how much weight I'm down now right??  Well as of yesterday morning, I am officially down 174 lbs.  My husband is officially down 84 lbs.  I am wearing a size 18 now and some 16's.  I am also in an XL top which is a lot considering it used to be 5X.  I feel so blessed to have been able to have this experience!  Check out my new picture I posted of me at the skating rink.  May God bless you all!

67% Body Fat Loss

Happy New Year to you all!  I trust that your Christmas was a blessing and that your new year has started off the right way!  My holidays were great.  As you have probably guessed I have been extremely busy over the last month.  It starts with us getting a puppy right before Christmas.  He sure has kept us busy!  But he is super precious!  I was so excited to see myself get through the holidays without it centering around food.  I even did all my Christmas goodies and didn't crave a bit of them!  The most exciting part was that I was able to stand on my feet for over 13 hours and it didn't hurt any!  Don't get me wrong....I was tired but I wasn't hurting.  What a blessing!  So today I went for my 6 mo. check up following my surgery.  They were all VERY impressed with me.  The doctor told me that not many of his patients do as well as I have done.  I am currently down 167 lbs., 8 sizes and have lost 67% total body fat.  I am amazed at how quickly I have dropped this weight.  I am coming up on my 1 year anniversary of when it all started (the weight loss anyway).  February 1, 2010 was the day that Chris and I started eating right and began losing weight on this journey of ours.  I am officially in a size 18 which I don't think I have been in since I was a senior in high school.  I told the doctor today that my goal weight is 175 and he said that was a perfect goal for me.  I can't wait until I see the 100's again.  You all will probably hear me from far away yelling with excitement!  Also, I can't wait to see my goal size.....a 12!  I can't believe I am so close!  I talked with the doctor today about plastic surgery too.  He said that he thinks I should wait until this fall which I will follow his advice!  My work is sending me to Las Vegas in April for a conference.  I can't wait to sit on the airplane and not have to worry about the seatbelt fitting or crowded up against the person beside me.  I was on an airplane in September and it was still a little tight so I know in April it will be perfect.  The other thing that I am excited about is in June my husband and I are going with some friends of ours to Busch Garden's in Williamsburg.  That will be the first time I have been on a roller coster since I was 17 years old.  I absolutely can't wait.  I went on our church youth's group retreat back in December and I was able to do so much with those young people.  Including playing a full game of kickball.  I was so amazed at how great it felt to get outside and be active!  I am also going to start doing Zumba classes next week.....yikes!  Wish me luck.  I am actually pretty excited about it.  My husband is doing very good also.  I am proud of him.  I will post another update soon!