Wow! back in Puerto Vallarta!!!

So here I am, thinking it has been too long since I updated the world....but seriously why not.....today I stepped on the scale and weighed in at 229.3!!!! YES!!!! you heard right, I have finally broken into the 220's!!!!!!

I am back in PV...after a wild week....hubby aiming at having  Gastric Plication, being approved, me flying on an express flight to San Diego, to make it to TJ, so that when we met at the Phoenix airport, he started getting cold feet......

So whatever, I am here as full support, I know what a life changing procedure is, and what is involved in your mental awareness of the issue....he was starting to not think it a good idea, and then all of a sudden, started questioning his mind-set.....as practical a person as I am....I still wanted him to do it, for his sake, and for his health's sake, however he felt scared and nervous, and wasn't sure, so I backed him up on the decision and left the door open....maybe next year he'll have it done, or maybe by next year, he'll have done it on his own.....

So we  flew in a few days early to PV, and have been enjoying my new found freedoms.....jumping on a pool float is no big deal, getting on an intertube at the lazy river....not such a huge spectacle, nor is gettin off......kayak, still doing it, and feel better at getting on and off....

best of all, I have stepped on the scale every day and have stayed within the range until today....when 229.3 was there.....220's here I come!!!!!

So it' been a couple of weeks...

So the last couple of weeks.....I have stayed at exactly the same weight for the last 2 weeks....so I guess I am on a stall....but all in all it has been good....I am starting to take things for granted.....like....I can walk into any store and buy clothes....

Today I walked into Target, saw that they had some watches on sale, some cheapy fashion watches for 12.99.....I strolled up, picked up the one I wanted and checked out....it was easy....and amazing I didn't have the anxiety of will this fit my wrist, or better....the reality, that I could never fit into anything cheap and cute.....

Oh! and another thing I have been enduring the last couple of weeks.....WARNING: TMI comming!


So I have had the hardest time going #2......and seriously, no pun intended....it has been sooooooo HARD......a week ago I seriously thought I was turning by butt inside out.....plus I'm only going 2-3 times a week max....

so I re-discovered PRUNELAX....

This has become my lifesaver.....I take 1 pill at night and then the next day I have an "easy" go....no cramps, no pain....just smooth sailing.....

Ok....no other updates.....I'll write in a few days.....

I fit a towel!!!!!!

So here is something I never thought to write as a goal.....

TO FIT IN A TOWEL......

You know, how for years, or at least as long as I can remember, I would get a bath towel, and after taking a shower, would grab the towel, and try to wrap it around me, and there always seemed to be a huge amount of towel missing so I'd have to hold it half hazardly with one or two hands....when I did shop for towels I'd look for extra large, super sized bath sheets...and still sort of had to hold on to it.....meanwhile, I'd see friends and family, get out of the shower, grab a towel, wrap it around their bodies, and walk around the house/room/locker-room....with a makeshift towel outfit......

So today I realized....I just grabbed the towel, a normal towel, and got out of the shower, wrapped it around my body, had enough towel to tuck and hold...and I was able to empty the dishwasher....and then it dawned on me.....

I FIT INTO A TOWEL!!!!!

I'm in the 230's!!!!

All I have to say is........

238.3!!!!!!!!!!


I am sooooooo psyched......yay!!!!!!!!!!!


I don't have a huge update....I'll write more on the weekend.....but YAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

So here I am....Sunday night....and getting ready for another week...

Week 1 done!....move into apartment....done!.....ready to go to bed....you betcha!

The week was un-eventful, I moved in on Wednesday (well the rental furniture people delivered the furniture) and I bought groceries...that was it for me!  but it still never ends....need shower curtain, forgot to buy, showered myself and the bathroom...oh well...there is always Thursday.....

But I am totally settled now, cooked a few meals for week of food (and cheated and got some Indian ready made at the Whole Foods)....but am ready to go...lunches in containers and ready to go....since I am waiting for my furniture, appliances, etc....I am refusing to buy a coffee maker, I'll drink the crap coffee at work, and instead I am going to drink a protein shake on the way into work....I have never had ready made shakes, so I bought a few: light muscle milk, EAS Advantage, and Pure Protein....I'll let you guys know if I like any of them and tell you what they taste like....

So still...for me what is the best thing about this surgery....that I don't get hungry...I lucked out, I just don't get hungry....but I know that I am hungry and need food...and usually realize too late....like today, I woke up, messed around the house for a while and then decided to go grocery shopping for protein drinks, and other stuff (Whole Foods)....but I forgot to put fuel in the engine....so at around 3:30 I was still dealing with traffic, stores, and was getting annoyed at the littlest things, then the sweats, then I realized I hadn't eaten, so I swung my the first place I saw (McD's...not best choice) ordered a hamburger (a plain little burger, threw the top bun in bag, and ate....I also got an iced latte....I drank a few sips, but it was super sweet, I didn't know that they pre-sweetened their coffee at McD's....but oh well....it took the edge off....

So off I go, to watch the Golden Globes and get ready to face the world again tomorrow....

Today was the first day of my new job!!!

Last Thursday we flew out from CA to Orlando, FL.....our mission...to find a rental and to get ready for my first day on the job....

On Thursday night, we were walking around downtown and ran into a REMAX office to ask about the local building...out came the local Realtor douche bag, but as annoying as he was, he was the perfect guy for ALL of the downtown buildings.  We saw 2 units that night and scheduled to meet at 9am the next morning.....

The next day we looked at over 20 condos, privately owned and condo turned apartment complexes....and yes you would have guessed, the first one we saw that morning is the one we leased...that afternoon....so that was set! phew!  then to schedule rental furniture until my furniture gets packed and shipped and organized.....

and off we are.....I move in on Wednesday....furniture (rental) gets delivered tomorrow....


So then today....my first day of work...I was super jittery last night, and woke up a couple times....but amazingly enough...today went super smooth, loved my team members and just had fun....

Around 3pm they called me into the lobby to give me a vase of flowers....at first I thought...oh,....hubby so thoughtful....but NO! it was my mom and dad sending their best wishes....so needless to say he felt like a dork....(and so did I a little).....people would ask or say..."what beautiful flowers....is it your birthday"....NO!...it's my first day here...."oh they must be from  your husband"....NO! they're from my mommy and daddy....Ha!

Great day, great new beginnings!  yay for 2011....(oh by the way....still love my VSP, I mean, I have been eating out going on 2 weeks now...with a few days in between at home...and I can't over eat, and am still losing size!!!!)

New Year.....wow....

Time totally flies.....it is January 2011!!!!

So let's recap the year.....

Last year on New Year's Eve, I was sitting in the hot tub with my husband, I was totally down, was sick of my job, sick of being fat, and knew it was time to make a change.....as we sat there with a glass of wine, crying about my life.....I made a statement....

....IN 2010 I AM GOING TO CHANGE!!! IT WILL BE THE YEAR OF CHANGE, AND THE YEAR OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES!.....

So at the end of January I quit my job, and began job search....I know, I know...probably the wrong order to do things, but when things need to change...they just have to....so there I was....February, looking for a job, changing my resume and deciding to start changing my body...this time seriously......

So I started going to the gym twice a day, started a healthy diet, started cutting down on alcohol consumption, had myself tested for food sensitivities, and metabolic typing....all that was great, but I was still gaining weight...

I felt so out of control, now I had no job, and my body was just out of control...on a total gaining spiral....I weighed in at 310 at some point (even though I try to block that out)....

In May I was so down...I started researching surgical options, thought about what to do, and then in June I decided, I was getting a sleeve....scheduled and was ready to go....then I discovered the gastric plication procedure...and never looked back....I changed surgeons, and re-scheduled and had surgery in July!

Phew! what a year!!!!!

Since July:

• I have lost 59lbs (ugh I was so mad that I didn't make 60 by year end....but it'll happen).....
• I have a new awesome job
• I am moving cross country (from California to Florida) this week to start my new job
• My husband is down 40 lbs! His business is starting to kick butt.....

So I guess.....in the words of Oprah! "the universe gave me what I asked for"...what's the name of that whole creed.....the one about putting things out into the world and having positive thoughts and mantras....it worked....

This New Year's Eve I sat in the same hot tub, with a glass of champagne...and said:

....2010 WAS THE YEAR OF CHANGE, 2011 WILL BE THE YEAR OF GREATNESS!.........

Happy New Year everyone!