The Band In Me

I promised that I’d be open and honest on my blog. And though this is not a topic I’d typically discuss with a large majority of people I don’t know, I want to be honest about every piece of this journey. So, here it goes….

In my early teens, my period was what I believed to be normal. The first couple of days were very heavy and then it’d slowly taper off. A normal period for me could last anywhere between 5 to 8 days. It was never consistent.

During my adult life I have been putting on weight slowly to reach my high of 387 lbs. And remember, I come from a place of being heavy… all of my life.

Now that I have lost 88 lbs, my periods have really changed.

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I’ve been anticipating this day to come for a long time but more so the last couple of days as my weight has been hovering at 301 lbs. And I knew the minute it happened I would grab the camera and show all of you…

Goodbye 300+ pounds. May I never see the scale begin with the number 3 again!

I’m so excited. To date, it’s 87.6 lbs lost. And I’m still hoping that tomorrow it’s even lower.

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Nine years ago when Joanne and I first got together we would share sweaters and shirts. No many of them as we have vastly different styles. But I loved her sweaters that we slightly too big for her and perfect for me.

Winter was my favorite time so that I could wear her clothes.

But as time quickly passed us and I put on my “happy fat” sharing clothes stopped. She didn’t gain like did. Some, yes. But not like I did.

Last year when winter came upon us and neither of us had any long sleeve t-shirts I picked some up at Old Navy very cheap. We got identical shirts in different colors.

Mine were a 4x
Joanne’s were 2x

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Prior to surgery my weakest moment in the day was at night, after the kid had gone to bed.

Joanne and I would stay up late and catch up on some TV and in general spend time with each other. As most couples know, those moments after the kid goes to bed is the moment you actually get to have a conversation with your partner.

We would start our time together with something sweet. Before surgery that was a quick visit up the street to get a Sonic blast or a blizzard from Dairy Queen. This was something that happened several times per week. And the cause was mostly me. I love sweet stuff and I love to have something sweet as I unwind and watch TV.

I was well aware as surgery approached that I would have to change this behavior. And I took that challenge head on.

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That’s not unrealistic, right?

Don’t answer that.

I was just at an appointment and talking with my surgeon when he says to me… “you’re doing really good but remember the more you lose the slower you’ll lose.”

Ouch.

I mean I knew that but I didn’t want the reminder! I’m about to hit 80 lbs lost. And that dream of 100 lbs gone is about to become a reality. But I do NOT want my weight loss to slow down. This is a slow as I can take it.

So what? I’m aiming to lose 212 lbs by my 1 year surgery anniversary on June 8, 2011. Yes, I want to be at goal but it has to start simple.

If I lose 74 more lbs I’ll be 62 lbs away from goal. So my first aim is to lose another 74 lbs for a total of 150 lbs lost by my birthday on Feb. 20th.

Time to kick up the workout and run at it. I’m on it.